West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said winning the first Test against all odds would be a "massive" boost for West Indies on their tour of England. Kemar Roach followed up defiant West Indies batting – again led by Shivnarine Chanderpaul – with two late wickets on Sunday to leave the match heading for a dramatic finish on Monday.

Roach produced two quick, lifting deliveries to knock over England captain and first innings century-maker Andrew Strauss for one and night-watchman James Anderson for six, as the hosts reached 10 for two, chasing 191 for victory, in a torrid 20-minute period before the close on the penultimate day at Lord's.

"It would be massive," said Gibson. "We are coming back [on Monday] to fight, make England fight for the rest of the runs, and if we do well enough to win, it would be great, we would celebrate.

Prior to the last game of the league phase of IPL 2012, The Royals possessed an unique distinction of clinching all games where they had posted 160 plus totals batting first. However, tonight was not to be their night as the Mumbai Indians gunned down the Royals' challenging total of 162/6 in clinical fashion without losing any wickets and with 2 overs in hand to give themselves the perfect tune-up before the play-offs. After chopping and changing the top order as many as 7 times, Mumbai found the perfect opening partner for Sachin Tendulkar in Dwayne Smith tonight. Harbhajhan Singh's tactic of promoting Smith to the hot seat turned out to be a master-stroke as the free-swinging Caribbean allrounder blasted his way to a thoroughly entertaining 58-ball 87. Tendulkar's precision was indeed the perfect foil for Smith's aggression. Earlier in the day, the Royals posted a healthy 162-6 in 20 overs. Dhawal Kulkarni was the bowling star of the day, boasting of an impressive return of 3-18 in his rather delayed season debut. Shane Watson(45) and Stuart Binny (30) provided the RR innings the jumpstart it desperately needed before the lower order ushered in the psychological 160 mark. Eventually, it proved to be too little for the Indians, who will be hopeful of carrying the good form into the Play offs.

With the Daredevils crushing Kings XI Punjab at Dharamsala yesterday, Mumbai's play-offs passage was sealed. The Mumbai Indians collided with the Rajasthan Royals at the the Sawai Mansingh stadium in the final match of the league phase on Sunday evening in what was essentially the first dead rubber of the tournament. Though there was an air of inconsequentiality about the game, Mumbai, coming off a horrendous batting collapse against the Kolkata Knight Riders, were determined to iron out the glitches ahead of the knock-out rounds. Meanwhile, the Royals, whose play-offs chances were doused by the Deccan Chargers were looking to sign off on a high infront of a massive home crowd.

A spirited batting display from Shivnarine Chanderpaul (91), Marlon Samuels (86) and the West Indian lower order on day 4 helped them put up a fight against hosts England in the first of the 3 test series at Lord’s on Sunday. Resuming the day with 6 wickets in hand and still 35 runs behind England in their second innings, the West Indies rallied on the back of a brilliant 157 run stand between Chanderpaul and Samuels and made a commendable 345 all out in their second innings, setting the Poms a target of 191 to win with little over a day remaining in the test. Kemar Roach took two scalps late in the evening to cap off a fine day for the visitors leaving England at a dodgy 10/2 at stumps still needing 181 to win the test on the final day.

The West Indian overnight batsmen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels resumed play 35 runs adrift of the England first innings score and started off day 4 with a positive mindset. Chanderpaul was picking up singles much more regularly than the previous day while his partner Samuels pulled out his 'A game'.

The Deccan Chargers lived up their reputation of being last minute party poopers as the knocked out yet another hot favourite in the Royal Challengers Bangalore in a tense 9 run victory in Hyderabad on Sunday. The RCB skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to field first on a dodgy surface and his move paid dividends as DC were reduced to a shoddy 51/4 at less than 5 runs per over before a terrific 73 off 54 balls from South African JP Duminy helped them recover to post a presentable 132/7 on board. RCB's reply got off to a rapid start thanks to Chris Gayle's 10 ball 27 but a stupendous spell of bowling from speedster Dale Steyn (4-0-8-3) pulled things back for the hosts. The visitors then kept losing wickets regularly and capitulated to 123/9 in their 20 overs, 9 runs short of making it to the playoffs.

The party spoilers Deccan Chargers hosted an under pressure Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad on Sunday afternoon on the back of a rare victory a couple of nights ago at the same venue, knocking the Rajasthan Royals out of the tournament. The RCB skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to field first aiming to restrict the hosts in this must win game for his side. RCB went in with the same set of 11 players that took to the park in the previous game while DC welcomed back their skipper Kumar Sangakkara in place of Aussie Chris Lynn in their bid to avoid the wooden spoon.

West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel gave England little or no comfort either on or off the field after leading the West Indies attack in the first Test. Gabriel marked his Test debut with the promising figures of three wickets for 60 runs from 21.3 overs, as England were bowled out for 398 to grab a 155-run, first innings lead on the third day at Lord's on Saturday.

With Shivnarine Chanderpaul unbeaten on 34 and typically standing between the opposition and victory, Gabriel reminded his rivals how difficult it can be to dislodge the veteran West Indies left-hander.

The sight of Sharukh Khan, the KKR owner, dancing in joy, clapping and hugging his Knights summed up the satisfaction of a job well done. The Kolkata Knight Riders expertly defended 136 to seal second spot in the IPL table, that guaranteed them the extra cushion of a buffer game in the play-offs should they flounder in the first attempt. The Kolkata spinners' wile and guile struck telling blows at regular intervals to wipe out Pune for a shameful 102-8. While Shakib Al Hasan (2-18) and Yusuf Pathan(2-12) snared two wickets apiece, the other bowlers also made handy contributions. The Pune Warriors never really got going and slumped to their ninth consecutive defeat. Earlier in the evening, the Knights got off to a jittery start on a lively turf before Shakib Al Hasan(42) and Brendon McCullum(41) picked up the pace in the middle overs to push Kolkata to a competitive 136-4. Their 67 run counter-attacking association formed the cornerstone of Kolkata's innings. Deservedly, the game changing Shakib walked away with the Man of the match award.

The Pune Warriors, in action for the last time in IPL 2012 hosted the Kolkata Knight Riders at the splendid Subrata Roy Sahara stadium on Saturday evening. Whilst the Knights were hell bent on capturing a win to confirm a top two finish, the disappointing Warriors were eyeing a consolation victory to salvage a bit of shattered pride and sign off on a positive note. Rumors were rife that this would be Dada's farewell game.