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Dead pitch demeans Test cricket

Both captains agreed that the Kensington Oval pitch didn't do Test cricket many favours as the fourth Test ended in a predictable draw

02-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Featherbed downgrades Strauss's ambitions

England have had to radically downgrade their ambitions on this tour. The best they can now hope for from a series where in which they were expected to prevail is a draw. That would be enough to retain the Wisden Trophy, but it is hardly the emphatic stat

02-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Not just an assistant coach

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the fifth day in Barbados

02-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Cook century ensures the stalemate

Alastair Cook converted his first Test century for 14 months into a career-best 139 not out, and Kevin Pietersen massaged his average with an unbeaten 72, as England overcame some early uncertainty to push the fourth Test at Bridgetown to the deathliest o

02-Mar-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Ramdin pays thanks to the names who made him

This has been a game for celebrating centuries in an unusual manner but Denesh Ramdin did something even more individual, pulling out a handwritten note on reaching his maiden hundred

01-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Recipe for stalemate

It's a recipe for stalemate. Take two struggling bowling attacks, add in a sprinkle of in-form batsmen and finish off with a deadly flat pitch. Bake for a few days, but don't expect the excitement level to rise too much. It leaves a bland taste in the mou

01-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Oh for pity's sake, Sid

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the fourth day in Barbados

01-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Sarwan 291 powers dominant Windies

Ramnaresh Sarwan made a magnificent career-best 291, and Denesh Ramdin converted his maiden Test century into a fill-your-boots 166

01-Mar-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Sarwan revels in form of his life

Sarwan's third century of the series felt as inevitable as the sun rising in the morning. This is the type of surge that his talent has always suggested could happen since he made his debut, aged 19, against Pakistan

01-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Teething troubles undermine referrals

The West Indies coach, John Dyson, is normally a fairly mild-mannered person, but watching two of his key middle-order batsmen get dispatched by the referral system nearly tipped him over the edge

28-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

When is not-out out? When it's referred

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the third day in Barbados

28-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Sarwan endures amid umpiring chaos

Ramnaresh Sarwan once again stood between England and their hopes of squaring the series in the fourth Test in Barbados

28-Feb-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Luckless Edwards remains philosophical

Fidel Edwards might not be buying Jerome Taylor a drink any time soon. They are new-ball buddies, who have made England hop around at times in this series, but in this match Taylor has not done much to help his friend out. On the opening day he dropped a

27-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Bopara's abundant class

A week ago Ravi Bopara was in the sleepy city of Christchurch, but the world is a small place these days. Now he is England's Test No. 6 and is going to take some shifting

27-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Taylor's untimely tumbles

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the second day in Barbados

27-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

England make 600 after Bopara hundred

If England's cricketers thought they had batted with intent on the first day at Bridgetown, their efforts were nothing compared to the free-flowing onslaught they produced on the second

27-Feb-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Injured Flintoff to head home

Andrew Flintoff will return home from the tour of West Indies later on Friday to continue his rehabilitation from the hip injury that forced him to miss the fourth Test in Barbados

27-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Windies rue squandered chances

Chris Gayle doesn't let many emotions show on the cricket field, but he must have been churning inside when Andrew Strauss's regulation outside-edge fell from his grasp

26-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Flintoff's tour hangs in the balance

Andrew Flintoff's immediate future should become clearer on Friday with the ECB expected to make an announcement over his rehabilitation from the hip injury that ruled him out of the fourth Test in Barbados

26-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

Strauss the leader shows how it's done

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the first day in Barbados

26-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Barbados

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