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England Win Wraps Up Series

Author: Sir David Smith
Date: 27/05/2009

England's odds for the World Twenty20 have been slashed following a 2-0 victory in the ODI series against the West Indies.

England won the third one-dayer at Edgbaston on Tuesday by 58 runs.

Chasing 329 the tourists were never in the hunt, especially after losing skipper Chris Gayle for 11, while Runako Morton (21) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (9) also made little impact.

When Dwayne Bravo fell for 26 it was 99-4, but Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Denesh Ramdin then put up some resistance.

Ramdin made 45 at almost a run a ball, while left-hander Chanderpaul reached 68 before he clipped a catch to Ravi Bopara off the bowling of Stuart Broad.

Kieron Pollard (12) and Jerome Taylor (18) were both run out to add to the Windies' misery and then Graeme Swann clean bowled Ravi Rampaul for 16.

James Anderson completed the job by yorking Sulieman Benn for 31, with the Windies all out for 270 in the final over.

Ahead of next month's World Twenty20, the cricket betting odds have now been cut on England winning on home soil.

In the domestic Twenty20 Cup, Lancashire got the better of Yorkshire after winning their North Division encounter by six wickets at Old Trafford.

Derbyshire won by 59 runs at Durham in the same pool, while Surrey secured a 21-run win over Sussex in a South Division encounter at The Oval.

Leeds Rhinos jumped up to third place in rugby league's Super League table following Tuesday's 46-16 victory over Hull FC.

Keith Senior marked his 300th appearance for the Rhinos with two tries.

Meanwhile, further scores from Lee Smith (2), Brent Webb, Carl Ablett, Ryan Hall and Kevin Sinfield saw Leeds move to within two points of league leaders St Helens.

In the French Open tennis, fourth seed Novak Djokovic barely had to break sweat after reaching the second round when his opponent Nicolas Lapentti retired hurt.

Fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro is also through after beating Michael Llodra in straight sets.

Elsewhere, ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France beat compatriot Julien Benneteau in four sets, but 15th seed James Blake is out after losing in straight sets to Leonardo Mayer.

In the women's draw, second seed Serena Williams suffered a major scare before beating world number 100 Klara Zakopalova in three sets.

Meanwhile, fellow seeds Elena Dementieva and Jelena Jankovic fared better after coasting past Chanelle Scheepers and Petra Cetkovska to book their passages into the second round.

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