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STONEYWOOD-DYCE skipper George Ninan reckons Scotland chiefs would be mad to keep on snubbing Jan Stander.

THE old adage about catches winning matches was borne out again as Prestwick outgunned Poloc in their Western First Division tussle at Shawholm.

Stuart Broad etched his name in Lord’s folklore yesterday – but England still had work to do to defy a West Indies fightback and clinch victory in the first Investec Test. They had Graeme Swann to thank for finally shifting Shivnarine Chanderpaul (91), just before tea on day four, after the previously immovable left-hander’s crease occupation reached 425 balls following his 87 not out first time round.

GRAEME Swann admitted Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 91 for West Indies had frustrated England on day four of the first Test at Lord’s, but remains confident of victory.

SCOTLAND’s cricketers came a distant second as the first phase of their CB40 campaign ended in a comprehensive 89-run defeat to Hampshire yesterday.