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Vol. 5 Num 72 Sat. August 07, 2004  
   
Sports


WI wobble again


West Indies suffered another depressing day on their tour of England as they were bowled out for just 223 by Derbyshire on the first day of three.

In their final match before next week's third Test against England at Old Trafford -- West Indies have lost the first two by huge margins of over 200 runs each -- the tourists' innings lasted under 41 overs.

Their fielding display also inspired little confidence as Derbyshire reached 102 for two at stumps -- just 121 runs behind.

Admittedly West Indies were without rested captain Brian Lara and the three frontline pace bowlers who played in the second Test at Edgbaston but that alone could not excuse the performance of those on the field.

Lara, who has been facing calls to stand down as skipper was backed Thursday to continue by tour manager Tony Howard in a statement which also said the team was "fully focused on achieving better results".

But once again a lack of application cost West Indies and had Derbyshire held their catches they might have been in an even worse position.

Dwayne Smith top scored with 55 but was put down three times in a West Indies innings where only three other batsman made it past 30.

Derbyshire off-spinner Nathan Dumelow had a day to remember, taking career-best figures of five for 51.

The hosts gave a debut to 16-year-old Chris Paget, a pupil at Repton School in Derbyshire, who became the youngest to play for the county since 1967.

Paget's day was spolit when he had Smith dropped in his third over, the batsman instead falling to Dumelow.