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BIRMINGHAM, England, July 31 (AFP): Giles took four wickets for five runs as West Indies collapsed to 336 all out on the third day of the second Test against England at Edgbaston here Saturday.
That left West Indies 230 behind England's first innings 566 for nine declared and 31 short of avoiding the follow-on.
But at tea England captain Michael Vaughan decided not to make the tourists bat again preferring to let his opponents bat last on a pitch which is already showing signs of cracking.
Giles's haul, which saw him finish with four for 65, came in the space off 33 balls as West Indies imploded from 322 for four to lose their last six wickets for just 14 runs.
West Indies resumed after lunch on 288 for three with Ramnaresh Sarwan 135 not out and fellow Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul, dropped on 21, unbeaten on 27.
But Sarwan, dropped on 92, added just four more runs to his first Test hundred against England, and sixth overall, when he chopped a short and wide ball from pace bowler Andrew Flintoff on to his stumps.
The 24-year-old right-hander had faced 226 balls with 25 fours putting on 76 with Chanderpaul.
Giles, on his home ground, then produced a classic delivery that pitched on leg stump and hit the top of off to bowl Dwayne Bravo for 13.
And nine balls later wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs went for a duck, an edged drive off Matthew Hoggard well caught by first slip Marcus Trescothick.
Giles, man of the match in England's first Test win at Lord's with nine for 210, then finally saw the back of the obdurate Chanderpaul for 45.
Pushing forward, the left-hander was caught off pad and glove by a diving Robert Key at silly point.
It was the first time in 19 hours and 12 minutes of Test cricket that Chanderpaul, whose three previous scores were 101 not out against Bangladesh at Kingston in June and 128 not out and 97 not out at Lord's had been dismissed.
He then had a third dismissal when Pedro Collins (six) was brilliantly caught one-handed low down by Flintoff at short backward square leg.
scoreboard
England 1st Innings 566-9
West Indies 1st Innings (overnight: 184-2)
C. Gayle b Hoggard 7
D. Smith c Giles b Hoggard 4
R. Sarwan b Flintoff 139
B. Lara c Thorpe b Flintoff 95
S. Chanderpaul c Key b Giles 45
D. Bravo b Giles 13
R. Jacobs c Trescothick b
Hoggard 0
O. Banks c Jones b Harmison 4
P. Collins c Flintoff b Giles 6
C. Collymore lbw b Giles 2
J. Lawson not out 0
Extras (b9, lb5, w1, nb6) 21
Total (10 wkts, 91.3 overs,
392 mins) 336
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