England v West Indies: Shivnarine Chanderpaul adheres to the task and leaves England in sticky situation Which meant that when they did pitch up he leant easily into the ball and squeezed runs on the leg side. That made England bowl shorter and wider, playing into Chanderpaul's deft hands. He rarely flirted at balls he did not have to play, and his bat seems attached to a curtain rail, such is its habit of accounting for any lateral movement the bowler may produce. It is hard to be too critical of England's bowlers, who were methodical and consistent and a shade unlucky, but they were guilty of bowling too few deliveries - barely a dozen - at his stumps. A quarter of Chanderpaul's 202 Test match dismissals have been lbw, a high proportion. They could have tried to bowl fuller and straighter with cover on the leg side. Stuart Broad almost wriggled one such delivery past his bat as he poked unconvincingly. A thin inside edge saved him. But England seemed generally more intent on dragging him across his stumps and trying to induce him to play at wider balls. He refused. His concentration bubble was impenetrable. He may not be destructive but he is demoralising to bowl at because his method of playing the ball late off the back foot absorbs the bowlers" venom, making the ball appear slower and less potent. Chanderpaul's painstaking application rubbed off on Marlon Samuels, whose batting is like his West Indies Test career, a stop-start affair. He alternates resolute blocks with sudden bursts of adventure which often cause his downfall and ultimately his exclusion. On Sunday his little Guyanese partner implored him not to be drawn into temptation and he largely obliged. It was an excellent innings of admirable self-control that surprised England. They knew all about Chanderpaul's adhesiveness. They hadn't expected Pritt Stick at the other end too. It has made for an interesting final day.