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D Williams' 50: 179 min 139 balls 5 fours

D Williams' 50: 179 min, 139 balls, 5 fours.WEST INDIES WON BY THREE WICKETSUmpires: S A Bucknor and S Venkataraghavan.TV replay umpire: C E Cumberbatch.Match referee: B N Jarman.. After the match, the two captains paid tribute to their best players. England's Mike Atherton said of Angus Fraser: "Angus bowled outstandingly well throughout the match for us. It's extremely unfortunate for him to take 11 wickets in the match and finish up on the losing side." The West Indies' skipper Brian Lara said of Carl Hooper: "As long as Carl was there, I thought we were going to win the game. Even so, it is the captain's job to keep perspective, raising those players that need it, while calming down the highly strung.It is not an easy job to perform, and yet if England are to bounce back and provide a worthy challenge to the West Indies over the rest of the series, it is one Atherton must take on immediately.QUEEN'S PARK OVAL scoreboardFinal day; England won tossENGLAND - First Innings 214 (N Hussain 61no, A J Stewart 50).WEST INDIES - First Innings 191 (B C Lara 55; A R C Fraser 8-53).ENGLAND - Second Innings 258 (A J Stewart 73; C E L Ambrose 5-52).WEST INDIES - Second InningsS L Campbell c Stewart b Headley 10(14 min, 12 balls, 2 fours)S C Williams c Crawley b Fraser 62(169 min, 120 balls, 11 fours)*B C Lara c Russell b Fraser 17(71 min, 52 balls, 3 fours)C L Hooper not out 94(352 min, 203 balls, 10 fours)S Chanderpaul c Thorpe b Tufnell 0(10 min, 10 balls)J C Adams c Stewart b Fraser 2(9 min, 7 balls)D Williams c Thorpe b Headley 65(220 min, 172 balls, 7 fours)C E L Ambrose c Russell b Headley 1(7 min, 6 balls)K C G Benjamin not out 6(21 min, 16 balls)Extras (b10, lb8, nb7) 25Total (for 7, 440 min, 98.2 overs) 282Fall: 1-10 (Campbell), 2-68 (Lara), 3-120 (S Williams), 4-121 (Chanderpaul), 5-124 (Adams), 6-253 (D Williams), 7-259 (Ambrose).Bowling: Headley 16-2-68-3 (nb4) (5-0-30-1, 3-1-11-0, 4-0-12-0, 4-1-15- 2); Caddick 16-2-58-0 (nb3) (8-1-28-0, 2-0-12-0, 4-1-7-0, 2-0-11-0); Tufnell 34.2-9-69-1 (nb2) (10-3-24-0, 2-1-1-0, 14-5-20-1, 2-0-5-0, 6.2-0-19-0); Fraser 27-8-57-3 (7-2-19-1, 7-2-7-2, 8-3-10-0, 4-1-19-0, 1-0-2-0); Hollioake 5-0-12-0 (2-0-4-0, 3-0-8-0).Progress: Fourth day (Sunday): Lunch: 29-1 (S Williams 13, Lara 5) 6 overs 50: 58 min, 12 overs 100: 132 min, 29.4 overs Tea: 104-2 (S Williams 58, Hooper 13) 34 overs 150: 241 min, 54.2 overs Bad light stopped play 5.36pm Close: 181-5 (Hooper 40, D Williams 36) 67 overs Fifth day (yesterday): 200: 353 min, 79.5 overs New ball taken, 81 overs, 206-5 250: 409 min, 91.2 overs Lunch: 259-7 (Hooper 83) 93.3 overs. "I tested him out and he coped extremely well," said Glenn Hoddle, who said Dublin will play some part in the friendly but would not reveal what position it would be in. Strong in the air, an intelligent leader of the line and a capable goalscorer, it is no wonder Dion Dublin has been compared to Geoff Hurst.

Not that the two have identical styles but Dublin, like Hurst, will be making an England debut in the February before a July World Cup final. However, Dublin could find himself playing at centre-half rather than centre-forward against Chile at Wembley tomorrow, thus inviting another World Cup '66 comparison. His gangling physique and aerial prowess are reminiscent of Jack Charlton but, more pertinently, so is his late arrival on the international stage. Charlton was 29 when he made his debut in April 1965, Dublin will be 29 this April and his emergence is equally unexpected.At Bisham Abbey yesterday, Dublin began training at centre-half and finished it at centre-forward. But Couples added: "I don't think I deserve to use one."The crucial point, however, is that Martin has been disabled since birth and Coffin has consistently ruled in his favour so far. He granted a temporary injunction that enabled Martin to play in the Qualifying School last December, where he missed a place on the main tour by two shots and for two events on the Nike Tour, the equivalent of Europe's Challenge.Martin immediately gained his first professional victory at the Lakeland Classic in Florida and was signed up by Nike, whose new campaign features the slogan "I can" Or in Martin's case: "I can.. with a cart.".

Thomas Muster began his defence of the Dubai Duty Free Open title last night with a narrow victory against a familiar adversary, Sandon Stolle, who had embarrassed him on this same Centre Court two years ago on the occasion of Austrian's first outing as the world No 1. Stolle, son of Fred, one of the great characters of the Australian game, fought for every point over two hours and 10 minutes before the 30-year- old Muster's perseverance edged the contest, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4. Muster considered that his labours were not helped by an overrule by the German umpire, Rudi Berger, on a break point in the opening game of the final set. Abject in defence, they were also woeful up front where Matt Jansen - whose transfer from Carlisle was completed after the game can only improve matters.Crystal Palace (3-5-2): Miller; Ismael (Rodger, 61), Linighan, Hreidarsson; Smith, Edworthy, Roberts, Gordon, Brolin; Dyer, Bent (Ginty, 66). Substitutes not used: Quinn, Emblen, Nash (gk).Wimbledon (4-4-2): Sullivan; Perry, Blackwell, Thatcher, Cunningham; Ardley (Castledine, 90), Jones, Fear, M Hughes; Euell (Clarke, 75), Leaburn. Substitutes not used: Reeves,Cort, Heald (gk).Referee: K W Burge (Tonypandy)..