Cricket: Shiv should get better of fellow elder statesman; WEST INDIES v ENGLAND THIRD ODI SKY SPORTS 1 1.30pm.Byline: By James Milton MOST bookies could not split the West Indies West Indies, archipelago, between North and South America, curving c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean. and England before the one-day series and the opening two games in Guyana appear to have vindicated that stance. The West Indies recovered from their disastrous Duckworth-Lewis miscalculation mis·cal·cu·late tr. & intr.v. mis·cal·cu·lat·ed, mis·cal·cu·lat·ing, mis·cal·cu·lates To count or estimate incorrectly. mis·cal in the first ODI with an assured 21-run win on Sunday. Despite that defeat, the return to action of Andrew Flintoff has nudged England into favouritism with some firms. A fully-firing Flintoff will aim to extend the West Indies' grim recent one-day record in Barbados. In their last nine ODIs at the Kensington Oval Not to be confused with Kennington Oval. The Kensington Oval is located to the west of the capital-city Bridgetown on the island of Barbados. "The Oval" is one of the major sporting facilities on the island and is primarily used for cricket. , their only victory came against Bangladesh in the 2007 World Cup. And in their last match at this venue, a Kevin Pietersen  This article is included in the list of featured articles.Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE (born 27 June 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa) is an English cricketer. ton helped England to a thrilling one wicket win, albeit in a World Cup dead rubber. With two such evenly-matched teams, the layers are giving little away on the match odds although Totesport and Bet365's even money about the Windies is of some interest. Their batting has been fairly strong, despite two failures from Chris Gayle and some decent spells from James Anderson and Stuart Broad. And the home bowlers returned fine figures in the second ODI where, once again, they were backed up by some electric work in the field. There have been six run-outs in the Twenty20 match and the first two ODIs and on each occasion England have been on the wrong end. Skipper Andrew Strauss and Owais Shah are unlikely to be mistaken for gazelles between the wickets and the likes of Dwayne Bravo may pick them off once again. Two of the West Indies' elder statesmen - Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul - remain dynamite fielders and both have starred with the bat in the first two matches. The pair are equally crucial to the Windies' chances and it is a little surprising to see Hills make Chanderpaul an outsider to outperform his fellow Guyanese. The left-hander launched a blistering attack in the first match, taking 26 off one Steve Harmison over, and followed that with an unbeaten 112 in the second ODI. He averages a commendable 41.37 in one-day matches at the Kensington Oval while Sarwan has failed to reach double figures in four of his seven innings at the ground. Recommendations S Chanderpaul to outscore Verb 1. outscore - score more points than one's opponents outpoint beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard R Sarwan 3pts Evens Hills England to have more run-outs than West Indies 1pt 15-8 Blue Square, Skybet CAPTION(S): Shivnarine Chanderpaul hits a six off Steve Harmison during the first ODI in Georgetown |
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