There was good news for the World Cup hosts as Ramnaresh Sarwan returned to action after a hand injury with 27, but he had to play second fiddle to Samuels, who is now adding consistency to his undoubted natural talent and showed no sign of worry about an ongoing investigation into claims that he recently passed team information to a bookmaker in India.

BBC: Last Updated: Monday, 5 March 2007, 23:28 GMT