Windies level after Chanderpaul ton

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Ever since coach John Dyson called in his batsmen for bad light on Friday evening, wrongly believing his side were ahead on the Duckworth Lewis tables, West Indies cricket has struggled to cope with the humiliation of such a blunder.

But Chanderpaul made the most of a reprieve on 27 to hit a brilliant 112 off 126 balls and restore West Indies' pride by securing an emphatic 21-run victory which levelled the five-match series at 1-1 with three to play.

Chanderpaul even battled with cramp during the latter stages of his innings, which forced him to bat with a runner and miss the start of England's reply, but did not prevent him audaciously reverse-sweeping two of his 10 boundaries.

His masterful display allowed West Indies to recover from losing two wickets inside the first six overs to post a competitive 264 for eight and England were dismissed for 242 in reply despite Andrew Strauss' 105 off 129 balls, his first one-day international hundred in three years.

Just two days earlier Chanderpaul had hit 26 off one over from Steve Harmison, but this was a more measured innings where he was content to allow Ramnaresh Sarwan (74) play the more aggressive role for a large part of their 133-run partnership.

Jimmy Anderson was again impressive with the ball for England, taking three for 37.

Strauss batted superbly in reply but when he was bowled England still needed 36 from 20 balls and the game was over when Kieron Pollard bowled Anderson.