England stay alive after Windies thriller

Off-spinners James Tredwell and Graeme Swann took seven wickets between them as England kept their World Cup quarter-final hopes alive with an 18-run win over the West Indies.

West Indies, chasing 244 for victory, were 222 for six after a stand of 72 between Ramnaresh Sarwan (31) and all-rounder Andre Russell (49) rescued them from the depths of 150 for six.

But they lost their final four wickets for three runs to finish on 225 all out, with Sulieman Benn the last man dismissed when he was run out by Jonathan Trott’s throw to wicketkeeper Matt Prior with more than five overs left.

England now need Bangladesh to lose to South Africa on Saturday.

If Bangladesh win, England can still go through if India beat West Indies on Sunday in the final match of Group B.

However, a West Indies win would see them into the last eight.

Russell, caught on 39 at long-on by Trott only to be awarded a six after the diving fielder just glanced the boundary marker, saw his 46-ball innings end when he was lbw to World Cup debutant Tredwell.

The spinner was named man-of-the-match for his four for 48 to spark the climatic slump.

England then saw Sarwan turn Swann (three for 36) straight to Ian Bell at short leg.

Two balls later Kemar Roach was caught by a diving Chris Tremlett off Swann to leave West Indies 223 for nine.

West Indies had seen fit-again opener Chris Gayle (43) make a typically rapid start as their fifty came up inside five overs.

But Tredwell took his first one-day international wicket when, fifth ball, he had Gayle, pushing half-forward, lbw to end a 21-ball innings featuring a six and eight fours.

Tredwell, in only his fourth ODI, then had Devon Smith stumped by wicketkeeper Prior as he took two wickets for nine runs in eight balls.

Tredwell then had Darren Bravo edging to England captain Andrew Strauss at first slip.

Darren Sammy, the West Indies skipper, struck several sixes off Tredwell before playing onto Ravi Bopara for 41 off 29 balls.

And when Devon Thomas also played on to Bopara, West Indies were 118 for five.

Swann had the big-hitting Kieron Pollard plumb lbw for 24, despite a desperate review, and West Indies were six down.

Earlier, Luke Wright kept England’s hopes alive with 44 after they’d slumped to 134 for five.

Trott (47) was the only other England batsman who made more than Strauss’s 31 in an innings where debutant leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo took three wickets and Russell claimed four.

SCOREBOARD

Andrew Strauss c Gayle b Russell 31

Matt Prior b Russell 21

Jonathan Trott c Gayle b Bishoo 47

Ian Bell b Roach 27

Eoin Morgan c Thomas b Bishoo 7

Ravi Bopara b Russell 4

Luke Wright c Russell b Bishoo 44

James Tredwell run out 9

Tim Bresnan not out 20

Graeme Swann b Russell 8

Chris Tremlett c Thomas b Roach 3

Extras: (1b, 4lb 15w, 2nb) 22

TOTAL: (all out) 243

Overs: 48.4. Batting time: 210 minutes.

Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-79, 3-121, 4-134, 5-134, 6-151, 7-192, 8-216, 9-238, 10-243.

Bowling: Kemar Roach 9.4-2-34-2 (2nb, 1w), Sulieman Benn 10-0-56-0 (2w), Andre Russell 8-0-49-4 (3w), Darren Sammy 3-0-28-0, Devendra Bishoo 10-0-34-3, Kieron Pollard 8-0-37-0 (1w). West Indies Innings=

Devon Smith st Prior b Tredwell 10

Chris Gayle lbw b Tredwell 43

Darren Sammy b Bopara 41

Darren Bravo c Strauss b Tredwell 5

Devon Thomas b Bopara 10

Ramnaresh Sarwan c Bell b Swann 31

Kieron Pollard lbw b Swann 24

Andre Russell lbw b Tredwell 49

Sulieman Benn run out 2

Kemar Roach c Tremlett b Swann 0

Devendra Bishoo not out 0

Extras: (7lb, 3w) 10

TOTAL: (all out) 225

Overs: 44.4.

Fall of wickets: 1-58, 2-67, 3-91, 4-113, 5-118, 6-150, 7-222, 8-223, 9-223, 10-225.

Bowling: Tim Bresnan 7-1-47-0, Graeme Swann 10-1-36-3 (1w), Chris Tremlett 5-0-47-0 (1w), James Tredwell 10-2-48-4 (1w), Ravi Bopara 8.4-2-22-2, Luke Wright 4-0-18-0.

Result: England won by 18 runs.

Toss: England.

Umpires: Steve Davis, Australia, and Bruce Oxenford, Australia.

TV umpire: Simon Taufel, Australia. Match referee: Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lanka.