Runako Morton slammed an aggressive 103 before retiring hurt against Somerset in Taunton, England yesterday to press for a place in next Thursdays first Test against England. From all accounts, Morton was severe against anything short or too full and may just have booked a place in the starting XI. Morton and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (82 n.o.) revived the Windies innings after the team had slumped to 44 for 4, losing Gayle, Sarwan, Ganga and Devon Smith cheaply. From reports it seems that Gayle and Smith fell to loose shots. It will be critical that the top order avoid such collapses against the English bowlers in the Test series.Read more

Runako Morton's duck in the second game of the 4 match One-Day series against India continued his run of poor form in the shortened version of the game. Dating back to the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006, Morton has strung together scores of 0, 2, 43, 7, 14 n.o., 8 and 0 in his last 7 ODI innings, for an average of 12.33.Read more