WEST INDIES, inspired by a masterful Shivnarine Chanderpaul century, won the second one-day match against England to level the series at 1-1.

Chanderpaul, dropped by Matt Prior on 27, hit 112 not out on another slow wicket in Guyana in a total of 264-8.

England did a decent job with the ball, but batted poorly, with the exception of skipper Andrew Strauss, and were all out for 243 with 10 balls left.

Strauss made 105 but was bowled by Kieron Pollard in the 47th over.

Dimitri Mascarenhas was the next best contributor with 29, while other batsmen – notably Owais Shah, who took 44 balls to make 22 – simply did not score quickly enough.

Strauss also went through a sluggish phase in the middle part of his innings with West Indies keeping a tight rein on the scoring.