Schofield to escape rap

England A batsman Chris Schofield was booed when he reacted angrily to an umpire's decision in the Busta Cup match against Barbados in Bridgetown.  

Schofield was given out caught behind after umpires had conferred but the decision did not go down well with the Lancashire leg-spinner who brandished his helmet at the wicketkeeper Courtney Browne before running off the field to boos from the crowd in the Kensington stand.

It was the second time that an England A batsman had reacted to a decision. Earlier Ian Ward declined to acknowledge the crowd applause when he was caught behind for 137.

Coach Peter Moores said the response had been the result of competitive instinct but no action would be taken by match referee Dennis Depaiza who had looked at the evidence and decided the behaviour did not warrant any disciplinary action.

"It was nothing more than their competitive spirit coming out," said Moores.

"The match referee knows that cricket these days is not all nice and friendly so he is not taking any action. We may well have a word with them but have not discussed it yet."

"Our performance today was alright. It did not go exactly as we planned though we were had set ourselves a target of 450 and got pretty close.

"We would have liked to have got there more serenely without losing all those wickets and our bowling lacked a bit of discipline when we started out but once they settled, we had them under a lot of pressure and by the close, we were pleased with our position."

Despite their conduct, the second day of this Busta Cup match belonged to England A after they grabbed three late wickets in the evening session to have Barbados in a weak position at 71 for three in reply to their first innings total of 444.

Nine England A wickets fell during the day, six of them for just 57 runs as Barbados quick bowlers Hendy Bryan and Corey Collymore cashed in on their efforts from day one. Although Collymore started the ball rolling with the wicket of Ward, it was Bryan who finished with the best figures, taking 4-57 from 30 overs.

With the quick bowlers employed for most the day, play extended beyond the normal 5pm finish but with three wickets down, not out batsmen Ryan Hinds and Roland Holder accepted the umpires' offer of bad light with six scheduled overs remaining knowing they have to battle it all day on Sunday if they want to take first-innings points.