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Twin ton-up England

AEP, Chester-le-Street
Cricket
Essex duo Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara both made centuries as they batted England into a commanding position on the first day of the second and final Test against the West Indies Thursday.
England, at stumps at the Riverside, were 302 for two, with left-hander Cook 126 not out.
Bopara was bowled shortly before the close for 108 - his third century in as many Test innings — by seamer Lionel Baker, who made the new ball cut back in to the right-hander.
The 24-year-old pair shared a second-wicket stand of 213 following the morning loss of England captain Andrew Strauss, who won a good toss.
Despite being 282 for two when Bopara was out, England sent in nightwatchman James Anderson ahead of star batsman Kevin Pietersen.
Anderson survived some testing bouncers from Fidel Edwards before his flashing
square-cut boundary off Baker took England to 300, got through to the close unbeaten on four.
Bopara -- dropped on the way making to 104 in Barbados in February and missed again during his 143 in England's 10-wicket first Test win at Lord's last week -- was put down on 51 and 91, the latter a very tough chance.
But a day after West Indies captain Chris Gayle had made clear his preference for Twenty20 cricket, while Strauss said Test matches were still the pinnacle of the game, this was not the best advert for the five-day format.
A placid pitch meant conditions were too heavily loaded in favour of the batsmen, who could score runs without taking undue risks in front of a meagre crowd of some 5,000.
Only Jerome Taylor of the West Indies quicks was able to combat occasionally the sluggish surface by making the odd delivery hurry past the outside edge on a day when the pacemen were too often
off-target to build pressure.
The hosts were 184 for one at tea.
Left-hander Cook was 82 not out and Bopara 59 not out.
Cook completed his ninth Test hundred when he drove Sulieman Benn through midwicket for his 11th four in 209 balls.
Bopara went into the 90s by lofting tall left-arm spinner Benn straight for the day's only six.
Next ball a fierce drive, which was technically a caught and bowled chance, clipped Benn's fingers before speeding to the boundary for four.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the first day of the second Test between England and the West Indies at the Riverside in Chester-le-Street on Thursday: ENGLAND: First innings Strauss c Ramdin b Gayle 26 Cooknot out 126
Bopara b Baker 108
Anderson not out 4
Extras: (b-9,lb-3,w-6,nb-20) 38
Total: (For 2 wkts in 90 overs) 302
Fall of wickets: 1-69,2-282
To bat: Pietersen, Collingwood, Prior, Broad, Bresnan, Swann, Onions Bowler O M R W
Taylor 14 1 42 0
Edwards 14 0 58 0
Baker 19 3 60 1
Gayle 12 2 28 1
Benn 22 6 78 0
Simmons 9 0 24 0
WEST INDIES: Gayle, Smith, Sarwan, Simmons, Chanderpaul, Nash, Ramdin, Taylor, Benn, Edwards, Baker Toss: England.
Umpires: Steve Davis and Asoka de Silva.