Ross Taylor’s unbeaten 154 helped put New Zealand in command of the second Test on day two against England and the tourists then dismissed Alastair Cook before tea at Old Trafford on Saturday.England reached 42 for one at the interval after Cook was adjudged lbw for 19 to Iain O’Brien, who managed to cut a delivery back into the left-handed opener. Andrew Strauss was on 17 and Michael Vaughan had four. New Zealand made 381 for nine with the injured Daniel Flynn unavailable to bat. Flynn, who was hit in the mouth by an Anderson bouncer on Friday, went to hospital after the lunch break to visit a neurosurgeon as team management wanted to rule out concussion following complaints of nausea and vomiting.Brief Scores: England 42-1 v New Zealand 381 all out (J.How 64, R.Taylor 154 not out, K. Mills 57).West Indies reach 197-4Kingston: West Indies were 197 for four at lunch in response to Australia’s 431 all out on the third day of the first Test against Australia at Sabina Park, Kingston on Saturday. Runako Morton fell after scoring 67 runs while Shivnarine Chanderpaul was unbeaten on 59 when bails were removed. In their first innings, Australia wrapped up for 431 runs when Fidel Edwards captured a five-wicket haul following Ricky Ponting’s impressive 158.Brief Scores: West Indies 197-4 (R Morton 67, S Chanderpaul 59 not out) v Australia 431 all out (R Ponting 158, M Hussey 56, B Hodge 67, A Symonds 70 not out, F Edwards 5-104)
