A day of clouds and rain produced just 30.3 overs of play, 73 runs and four wickets. But vitally for England, a determined effort from the West Indies bowlers failed to separate Mark Butcher (25, 109 minutes, four fours) and Nasser Hussain (20, 95 minutes, four fours)...
News Source: Trinidad Express
When the fine, persistent drizzle descended on the Queen's Park Oval yet again at 4.46 p.m. to end play for the day, Butcher and Hussain had already added 46 for the third wicket after England found themselves on eight for two.
The value of their effort, especially the final hour and 27 minutes yesterday afternoon, will better be appreciated today, once the sunshine prevails and England resume on 54 for two.
However, yesterday they denied the home side the fillip of further cheap wickets after they had been dismissed for 208.
Pedro Collins, making his return to the Test team about a year after his last game, ironically on this same ground against Australia, made an immediate impact-with the final ball of his first over-the second of the innings.
Making use of his recently-mastered inswinger which defeated so many batsmen in the Carib Beer regional series, the left-arm seamer won a plumb lbw verdict against England skipper Michael Vaughan before he had scored and with the total on just two.
The score had only progressed to six when the fast Tino Best got the chance to do one of his peculiar wicket celebrations.
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