Lara ton fails to ward off defeat

Knight and Alec Stewart (74) shared an opening stand of 165 that lifted England to a formidable 293 for five off 50 overs.

Lara lashed three sixes and 15 fours in 110 off 106 balls. The home team eventually fell for 277 off 46.5 overs. Knight, 28, from Warwickshire, hit four sixes and 13 fours off 129 balls in just under three hours.

The opening pair had established a new first wicket record for England against the West Indies in limited overs internationals.

West Indies’ reply began with similar flourish to England’s. Clayton Lambert and Philo Wallace hit five boundaries in 25 before both fell within two runs of each other in the third and fourth overs.

Brian Lara and Carl Hooper shared a dazzling partnership of 88 off 82 balls but after thatthe middle order could not provide solid support.

SCOREBOARD

ENGLAND: N Knight run out 122, A Stewart b Walsh 74, G Hick b Lewis 29, G Thorpe b Simmons 4, A Hollioake not out 18, M Ealham b Simmons 20, M Fleming not out 22. Extras (lb 4): 4. Total (for five wickets, 50 overs): 293

Fall of wickets: 1-165, 2-227, 3-228, 4-249, 5-271.

Bowling: Rose 6-0-31-0, Walsh 10-0-57-1, Ambrose 8-0-42-0, Hooper 10-0-46-0, Lewis 8-0-55-1, Simmons 8-0-58-2.

WEST INDIES: C Lambert c Stewart b Headley 11, P Wallace c Hick b Brown 13, B Lara run out 110, C Hooper c Headley b Fleming 45, S Chanderpaul c Knight b Croft 8, P Simmons b A Hollioake 18, J Murray c Stewart b Headley 7, R Lewis st Stewart b Ealham 27, F Rose c A Hollioake b Fleming 24, C Ambrose not out 3, C Walsh b Ealham 0. Extras (lb 7, w 1, nb 3): 11. Total (all out, 46.5 overs): 277

Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-27, 3-115, 4-145, 5-187, 6-219, 7-222, 8-266, 9-274.

Bowling: Brown 5-1-32-1(w 1), Headley 10-0-63-2 (nb 3), Ealham 7.5-0-37-2, Fleming 7-0-54-2, Croft 10-0-37-1, A Hollioake 7-1-47-1.