Date-stamped : 25 Sep94 - 18:34 WC87 Group B: West Indies v England, 9 October 1987 Lamb Steers England to Win Over West Indies The West Indies innings was sort of up and down. Richardson played a good knock to help th Widies to recover from 2/53. De- Freitas and especially Emburey bowled superbly. Foster took the crucial wickets of Richards and Richardson. Then Logie along with Dujon smacked the England bowling. Pringle was mauled for 83 runs. Foster took Logie's wkt as his 3rd but still conceeded 53 runs. Harper also joined the revelry to smack 24 runs while Hoop- er remained on just 1! England required 244 at a run rate of 4.88. England's start was disastrous. Broad left early, and Robinson was never allowed to settle down. Walsh was the most economical giving away just 11 runs in his 1st 5 oclaiming the wkt of Broad. The Windies fielding was outstanding. The middle order was con- sumed by Hooper. Gooch, forced to play a sheet anchor's role be- cause of the tumbling wkts at the other end, was caught behind. Gatting was bowled, caught in two minds. Pringle was out to a splendid catch by Best who dived infront to catch the ball. England had lost 6 wkts for 153 when the countdown for the slog overs began. This meant an asking rate of 9 an over. Emburey had done well to help Lamb keep England in the hunt, but when he left in the 41st over, England's hopes seem to recede. But DeFreitas added 47 runs for the 8th wkt along with Lamb and kept Eng in the hunt. He was then bowled by Patterson just as he was cutting loose. 35 runs required in 3 overs with Foster and Lamb at the crease, 2 wkts in hand. Lamb smacked Walsh for 16 runs in the bowler's penultimate over including a six over square-leg. Patterson did well to restrict the scoring to only 6 runs in 49th over. With the last over to go, Eng needed 13 runs to win. Lamb pulled the 1st abll to mid-wicket for 2. Next ball he drew away to slice the ball to thirdman boundary. 7 runs required off 4 balls. As Lamb drew away again, Walsh tried to pitch at Lamb's feet and ended up giving away 4 wides. Walsh no-balled next, and had an altercation with umpire Rambabu Gupta. 2 rqd. off 4 balls. Foster merely steered the 3rd ball of the over to the thirdman boundary to give England a 2 wicket victory. Walsh was my "Man of the Match": he had managed to give away 54 runs in his last 4.3 overs! Gus Logie broke down on the field and had to be consoled by his team-mates. Thanks Shardul Nitin Mehta (corsair@chopin.udel.edu) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)