England scent victory as West Indies wilt

By Ed Osmond

CHESTER-LE-STREET (Reuters) - England scented victory in the second test after reducing West Indies to 115 for three in their second innings at the close of the fourth day on Sunday.

West Indies, who were asked to follow on, trailed by 144 runs with seven wickets remaining and England should wrap up a 2-0 series victory on Monday.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (18) and Lendl Simmons (3) were the not out batsmen, with the obdurate Chanderpaul offering West Indies a glimmer of hope.

The gritty left-hander became his country's second highest test run scorer, passing Viv Richards on 8,540. Only Brian Lara stands above him on the list.

Earlier, England pace bowler James Anderson took five wickets and Ramnaresh Sarwan struck a defiant century as West Indies were bowled out for 310 in their first innings.

"We're delighted to have picked up 10 wickets today on what is still a pretty decent batting track," England fast bowler Stuart Broad told reporters. "Seven wickets tomorrow is certainly in our sights.

"There's no rush to get them all before lunch. It's still a wicket you need to be pretty patient on but if the weather stays right for us, we have to be ruthless enough to take our chance."

Sarwan was still optimistic about his side's chances of forcing a draw.