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Rain washes out day two

Author: Sir David Smith
Date: 16/05/2009

No play was possible on day two of England's second Test match against the West Indies at Chester-le-Street.

Persistent rain at the Riverside prevented the hosts from building on their first innings score of 302-2, with Alastair Cook stranded on an unbeaten 126.

In the Football League play-offs, Tore Andre Flo missed the decisive sudden death spot-kick which means that Scunthorpe United will face Millwall in the League One final.

The veteran MK Dons striker missed in the ninth round of penalties to finally end a marathon tie that never looked like ending.

The scores had ended deadlocked at 0-0 after 120 minutes of tense action at stadium:mk.

It was heartbreak for Roberto Di Matteo's side, who would have gone through had Jude Stirling scored the sixth penalty following Matt Sparrow's miss.

It means a second Wembley final for the Iron this year as they take on the Lions next Sunday.

Scunthorpe have been made slight favourites to secure a return to the Championship in the football betting odds.

Hull KR are the new leaders of rugby league's Super League following a hard-fought 20-12 victory at Wigan Warriors.

Michael Dobson was the man of the match for the Robins after he claimed 12 of his side's points at the JJB Stadium.

Sean O'Loughlin's early try gave Wigan the lead before Dobson levelled the scores on the stroke of half-time.

O'Loughlin again went over for the Warriors early in the second half, but tries from Paul Cooke and Jake Webster, plus four penalties from the reliable boot of Dobson, saw Hull close out the victory.

"Defensively we were very good, especially on our own line," admitted coach Justin Morgan afterwards.

"We had to defend huge amounts of minutes but we came up with a spirited effort.

"I asked for that and certainly got it. The guts and determination we showed defensively was first class."

In Friday's other game, Leeds Rhinos edged out Castleford by 24 points to 22 in a thrilling encounter at The Jungle.

Kevin Sinfield's last-gasp penalty gave Leeds victory when Cas looked like they had done enough to secure a draw.

In tennis, Andy Murray crashed out of the Madrid Open after losing his quarter-final 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to Juan Martin del Potro.

The world number three struggled to bounce back from losing a 5-2 advantage in a first set which he went on to lose on a tie-break.

Meanwhile, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic all reached the semi-finals with relative ease.

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