England v WI as it happened

West Indies 218-8 beat England 217 by two wickets

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Ian Bradshaw and Courtney Browne broke English hearts with a magnificent stand of 71 to carry West Indies to victory in the Champions Trophy final.

Bradshaw (35) and Browne (34) saw them to 218-8 with seven balls to spare after England had been bowled out for 217 earlier in the day.

England's total was built around 104 off 124 balls by Marcus Trsescothick.

Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison cut through the West Indies top order, but Bradshaw and Browne rose to the occasion.

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49th over: Wharf runs in with a crescendo of noise continuing to build around the ground. A no-ball costs England three as Browne plays to deep cover and he then slashes away to third man for four.

Bradshaw clinches a magnificent victory with a square drive to the boundary.

48th over: West Indies collect singles from the first five deliveries of Gough's final over as Bradshaw and Browne continue to bat superbly in dismal light, before he consludes his spell with a dot ball.

47th over: The pressure falls on Wharf with West Indies needing 19 off four overs. He does well to concede just two singles as the total moves past 200.

46th over: Browne sprints through for two after edging Gough down to Flintoff at third man. A push to mid-on for one brings up the 50 partnership.

45th over: Bradshaw and Browne see off Flintoff's final over and pick up two singles as a bonus.

44th over: The umpires are concerned about the light but the two Barbadian batsmen opt to stay on. Bradshaw drives Collingwood past cover for four and then cuts a short ball away for another.

43rd over: Browne takes a single to square leg as England turn again to Flintoff. The batsman appears fortunate as umpire Koertzen rejects a loud lbw appeal.

42nd over: Harmison comes up for his last over. He only concedes one run but cannot produce a wicket and finishes with figures of 2-34.

41st over: Browne plays Gough into the gap at mid-wicket for two. A full toss is punished as Bradshaw puts it away for four.

40th over: Browne produces a touch of Calypso cricket as he hammers Harmison square for four - West Indies need 47 off the final 10 overs.

39th over: Gough finds the edge but the ball does not carry to first slip Trescothick, who does well to take the pace off it and keep Bradshaw to one run.

38th over: Vaughan calls up Harmison to try and finish off the match. Bradshaw does well to squeeze out a yorker, adding two through mid-off.

37th over: Gough comes back into the attack, still looking for his first success but is denied a maiden as Browne takes two to square leg off the last ball.

36th over: Bradshaw steps across in front of his stumps and whips the ball down to long leg for one. Browne, a right-hander, adds one in the same direction with a sliced drive.

35th over: Bradshaw flashes a wide ball from Wharf and collects four via the edge to take the total past 150.

34th over: Collingwood strikes a crucial blow as Chanderpaul chips a simple catch to Vaughan at cover off the leading edge. West Indies 147-8 (Chanderpaul 47)

33rd over: Flintoff's spell ends after two overs as Wharf is recalled. Browne crashes away a half volley but the boundary fielder restricts him to one.

32nd over: Browne takes an easy single to open his account after playing and missing at the previous delivery. West Indies collect four leg byes off the final ball as Collingwood loses his line momentarily.

31st over: Flintoff finds plenty of movement off the pitch from round the wicket. A single to cover by Chanderpaul is the only run conceded.

30th over: Powell pays the price for a loose shot as he hits Collingwood straight to that man Trescothick at mid-wicket.
West Indies 135-7 (Powell 14)

29th over: Another bowling change sees Flintoff return. He is unlucky as he finds the edge of Powell's bat and the ball runs down to third man for four.

28th over: Collingwood replaces Trescothick as England continue their all-seam policy. Powell forces away square off the back foot and sprints back for a second run.

27th over: Powell pulls Trescothick through mid-wicket for four as the runs required total for West Indies comes down to double figures.

26th over: Powell flicks Wharf down to fine leg for a comfortable single. The over ends with a loud appeal as Powell plays across the line but he is saved by an inside edge.

25th over Trescothick's great day continues as Hinds chases a delivery that leaves him, nicking behind for Jones to pouch it.
West Indies 114-6 (Hinds 8)

Ricardo Powell gets off the mark first ball with a single.

24th over Chanderpaul looks to get after Wharf by pulling in front of square, but some athletic fielding stops any boundaries. Hinds gets a thick edge through the vacant gully area for four.

23rd over Trescothick, who has only ever bowled 17.4 overs in one-day internationals, is a surprise arrival in the attack. He concedes two wides down leg side. Chanderpaul's pull to fine leg brings up the 100.

22nd over Wharf keeps Hinds on strike for much of the over after allowing Chanderpaul a single.

21st over Gough returns to the attack and is punished by Chanderpaul, with two fuller balls driven straight back down the ground and another cut just in front of square.

20th over Wharf bowls a tight over, Hinds getting off the mark with a single.

19th over Umpire Koertzen takes an age to confirm that Bravo has nicked Flintoff behind looking to push on the off side and the West Indies are in disarray.
West Indies 80-5 (Bravo 0)

18th over Chanderpaul flicks Wharf through the covers for four but the bowler continues to get movement off the seam to keep the Guyanese in two minds for much of the over.

17th over Lara eases Flintoff through the covers but is guilty of a ill-judged wafting shot, edging behind for Jones to collect.
West Indies 72-4 (Lara 14)

16th over With the fielding restrictions relaxed, Wharf replaces Harmison in the attack. The Durham pace man had figures of 7-1-24-2 in his opening spell.

Lara struggles to adjust to a lesser pace and a little swing. Jones appeals for a catch behind but the ball brushed Lara's shirt rather than his bat. The West Indies captain complains about the light, which is pretty poor.

15th over At the end of a quiet over, Chanderpaul steers Flintoff through mid off for four. West Indies' 67-3 compares with England's 63-2 at this point.

14th over Chanderpaul wakes up, thrashing a fuller delivery from Harmison through the covers for his first boundary. The next ball hits him on the elbow and he is lucky to ricochet misses the stumps.

13th over Lara flays Flintoff over the leg-side field for a one-bounce four. The England all-rounder concedes a leg-side wide and a no ball, the latter hitting Lara on the elbow. The physio pays him a visit.

12th over Harmison celebrates a Chanderpaul edge behind but the umpires confer and are unimpressed. Replays show the ball bounce just short of wicket-keeper Jones's gloves. A maiden over.

11th over Lara takes a single to bring the 50 up.

10th over Gayle takes successive boundaries off Harmison, executing a brilliant straight drive then flashing fine of point. But he perishes to a pull shot, toe-ending straight back to the bowler and England celebrate removing one of the West Indies dangermen.
West Indies 49-3 (Gayle 23)

9th over Flintoff joins the attack, with immediate results as sarwan edges his first delivery and Strauss takes a brilliant one-handed catch at slip.
West Indies 35-2 (Sarwan 5)

Lara gets off the mark first ball with a single to fine leg.

8th over Harmison keeps Gayle on strike for much of the over, bowling short and continuing his hostile pace.

7th over Gough bowls a maiden to Gayle, who is struggling with his leg problem - perhaps a result of cramp.

6th over Sarwan gets off the mark with a sweetly-placed four behind point.

5th over Gough gets a delivery to keep very low to Gayle, who seems to be struggling a little with a calf problem. The opener steers a straighter delivery through point and drives a second through midwicket.

4th over Harmison makes the breakthrough, Hinds getting a leading edge to a leaping Solanki at cover as he looks to work a full delivery on the leg side. West Indies 19-1 (Hinds 3)

3rd over Gough concedes another wide before Gayle drives him through extra cover to get off the mark with a boundary.

2nd over Harmison begins from the Pavilion End with three slips. The first delivery heads down leg side for another wide but Hinds is squared up by the second, clocked at 88mph. Harmison has an appeal turned down, pitching just outside leg stump.

1st over Gough opens the bowling from the Vauxhall End, beginning with two wides because of vicious swing, the second heading down leg side for four.

1429 BST As the West Indies batsmen emerge from the pavilion, the drizzle that has been present for much of the day gets heavier and the covers are brought on. It soon eases, though, and the umpires are keen to play on.

Innings break

50th over Harmison looks for a suicidal second run and is run out backing up as Sarwan delivers from midwicket.
England 217 all out (Harmison 2)

50th over Gough faces a single delivery and is stumped looking to loft Gayle over the cover boundary.
England 214-9 (Gough 0)

49th over Giles goes for a heave against Bravo and top-edges high to Lara at midwicket. England 212-8 (Giles 31)

48th over Lara is again magnificent in the field to finally dismiss Trescothick, collecting a push at mid off and throwing to the non-striker's end in time for Gayle to whip off the stumps.
England 211-7 (Trescothick 104)

TV umpire Darrell Hair is called in to adjudge Giles in his ground as Browne takes off the stumps.

47th over Bravo returns with two overs left, gaining a little reverse swing. Trescothick drives into the covers to bring up his century from 122 balls. He ends the over with another boundary, cutting.

46th over Trescothick survives again, and moves to 98, as backward point fielder Powell can only get an outstretched hand to his paddle-sweep. Giles nudges a single to bring up the 50 partnership from 46 balls.

45th over West Indies bring in a slip for Bradshaw but Giles gains an orthodox boundary with a square drive. Bradshaw finishes with figures of 10-1-54-2.

44th over Gayle bowls another good over and Collymore displays some fancy footwork to stop a Trescothick boundary.

43rd over Bradshaw returns to the attack and should be celebrating the wicket of Trescothick but wicket-keeper Browne gets to the left-hander's edge late and it just brushes his glove. Giles also nicks Bradshaw for four, though the vacant slip area.

42nd over Trescothick slog-sweeps Gayle for a boundary over midwicket.

41st over Giles drives a welcome boundary - the first in five overs - just past the bowler Hinds but he still finishes his quota with career-best figures of 10-3-24-3.

40th over Giles nudges a single to bring up the 150 but the applause is understandably muted. The TV umpire is called in when Giles drives straight and the bails are dislodged. Replays are inconclusive on whether bowler Gayle relayed the ball onto the stumps.

39th over Lara takes another catch and Hinds a third wicket as Jones gets a leading edge to midwicket looking to straight-drive.
England 148-6 (Jones 6)

Giles gets off the mark third ball, keeping the strike away from his more senior partner.

38th over Gayle returns to the attack after a single over from Bradshaw. With a collection of knocks and nudges, the batsmen gain five.

37th over Jones spends an over groping at Hinds, who gains movement away from the right-hander off the seam in his third maiden.

36th over Bradshaw returns to replace Bravo. Trescothick cuts him square and Sarwan fumbles over the rope. A flick over midwicket brings four more.

35th over Hinds allows just two off the over, continuing to get movement off the seam.

34th over Trescothick slices Bravo over point for a welcome boundary as umbrellas start to go up to greet the drizzle.

33rd over Hinds makes the breakthrough as Collingwood miscues to mid on looking to go over the top. Chanderpaul takes a steepling catch.
England 123-5 (Collingwood 16)

31st over Hinds bowls a maiden to Collingwood and the pressure is growing on England to get a move on with the run rate under four per over.

30th over Bravo blots the scorebook with his seventh wide after five dot balls.

29th over Just four runs available off Hinds with the field spread.

28th over Bravo allows another wide in an otherwise tight over.

27th over There is a worrying puff of dust - indicating the pitch may be breaking up - as Hinds beats Trescothick's bat.

26th over Bravo continues to struggle with his line, taking his total of wides to five with two more in this over. Trescothick chops to deep point to bring up his 20th one-day century - his fifth of the year - from 72 deliveries.

25th over Collingwood goes over the top against Hinds and only just misses out on a maximum as his lofted drive bounces on the rope. At the half-way mark, England are 101-4.

24th over Collingwood gets off the mark pushing a single on the leg side.

23rd over Wavell Hinds joins the attack and takes a wicket with his very first ball - not just any wicket either. Flintoff pulls to midwicket where Lara takes a brilliant catch low to his left.
England 93-4 (Flintoff 3)

22nd over Both batsmen are patient against Bravo, who bowls a full line and gains some swing.

21st over Trescothick edges four through the vacant slip cordon and Flintoff gets off the mark with a single first ball. Collymore finishes his quota with figures of 10-1-38-0.

20th over Bravo joins the attack for the first time, replacing Gayle at the Vauxhall End. He struggles a little with his line to both left-handers, conceding three wides in four deliveries.

He makes amends, though, driving down the wicket to collect a Trescothick nudge and throwing down the stumps with Strauss well short of his ground.
England 84-3 (Strauss 18)

19th over Collymore bowls another tight over - his ninth - but concedes the sixth wide of the innings with a leg side delivery.

18th over Strauss cuts loose, pulling Gayle over the cover fielder for four.

17th over Strauss continues to struggle to get Collymore away, the veteran conceding just a single off the over.

16th over After a lengthy drinks break, Gayle resumes with the fielding restrictions now relaxed.

15th over Collymore switches ends to replace Bradshaw. Trescothick misses with a pull but it bounces off the hip for four. Gayle gets in the way of a cracking pull at midwicket.

14th over Off-spinner Gayle gets a surprisingly early chance to join the attack, replacing Collymore. Trescothick slog-sweeps and Wavell Hinds cannot collect on the deep point rope, allowing a boundary.

13th over Bradshaw almost misses the cut strip with a wide that brings up the 50. Strauss gets his first boundary, cutting behind point.

12th over Point fielder Gayle just gets out of the way of a full-blooded cut from Trescothick.

11th over Vaughan looks to cut but gets a bottom edge onto his stumps and West Indies are celebrating again.
England 43-2 (Vaughan 7)

Strauss survives a loud appeal from Bradshaw, from a delivery angling down leg side.

10th over Trescothick chops Collymore through a packed off-side field for four, flicks his next ball round the corner through vacant fine leg then takes a step down the wicket and hoists over cover for a third boundary.

9th over Vaughan goes after a wider one from Bradshaw but it spits up and beats the bat in another maiden over.

8th over With the help of some dubious bounce, Collymore bowls the first maiden of the match to Trescothick.

7th over Vaughan emphasises his return to form with a cover drive off Bradshaw for the first boundary of the day. The left-armer gives Trescothick space outside off-stump and the batsman gratefull cuts square. Another single makes it 10 off the over.

6th over Vaughan gets off the mark with a nudge on the leg side. With boundaries still not forthcoming, the crowd greet Trescothick's chip for two to square leg as it it had been hoisted into the pavilion.

5th over Bradshaw makes the breakthrough as Solanki nicks a delivery moving away from him off the seam.
England 12-1 (Solanki 4)

4rd over Collymore struggles for control against the combination of left-handed Trescothick and right-handed Solanki, conceding two wides.

3rd over Trescothick enjoys some luck as a leading edge falls safely between two fielders in the covers.

2nd over Collymore shares the new ball from the Vauxhall End. Solanki gets on tghe back foot and drives behind square for a single. Trescothick is squared up by a delivery that jags in sharply.

1st over Bradshaw opens the bowling from the Pavilion End, getting some swing away from Trescothick. The left-hander nudges a single fine of gully to get the innings underway. Solanki gets off the mark to point.

1013 West Indies fielders huddle on the outfield at a stadium that is still only half-full. Trescothick and Solanki follow them down the pavilion steps.

0945 Brian Lara wins the toss an unsurprisingly opts to bowl first in overcast conditions.

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England: M Vaughan (capt), M Trescothick, V Solanki, A Strauss, A Flintoff, P Collingwood, G Jones (wkt), A Wharf, A Giles, S Harmison, D Gough.

West Indies: B Lara (capt), C Gayle, W Hinds, R Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, R Powell, D Bravo, R Hinds, C Browne (wkt), I Bradshaw, C Collymore.

Umpires: S Taufel (Aus), R Koertzen (SA).