ARUNDEL, England (AFP): A late order collapse by MCC helped West Indies to an unconvincing 29-run win here on the final day of three Thursday. The tourists were facing defeat when the MCC reached 213 for five with 20 overs remaining in pursuit of a 278 target. But the dismissal of skipper John Stephenson - reverse-sweeping spinner Omari Banks and being caught at leg slip by Brian Lara - for a determined 58 proved MCC's undoing. Wicket-keeper Riki Wessels was run out for 34 and then Min Patel (four) and Simon Jones (two) perished cheaply - Matthew Hoggard (25) then slogged a few boundaries before the match was ended when he was bowled by Jermaine Lawson. The game had looked set for an early conclusion after Pedro Collins made three early breakthroughs for the Windies. Collins struck twice in his fourth over to have first innings top scorer Sven Koenig (eight) caught behind and trapped his replacement Michael Powell lbw for nought with a ball of full length. In his next over Collins claimed the prized wicket of Graham Thorpe, who had been looking for a lengthy spell in the middle ahead of the First test. He had made only four before he was undone by a superb delivery which bounced and left him with Lara clinging onto the catch at first slip. But Alistair Cook, who led the Under-19s in last winter's World Cup and scored two centuries, impressed for the second time in the game. The Essex player employed the pull shot to good effect on his way to 50 out of 81 from 60 balls with eight boundaries. Dale Benkenstein (nine) gave his wicket away when his mistimed hook at Jermaine Lawson presented Collins with an easy catch at mid-on. Cook found a staunch ally in former Essex colleague and now MCC head of cricket Stephenson during a partnership of 74 in 17 overs. Cook looked set for an excellent hundred when on 89 he played back to a ball from Banks and was caught behind. His 119-ball innings contained 13 fours to leave the MCC on 151 for five. Stephenson and Wessels nudged their side towards the target before the quickfire end to the game in which Lawson and Banks also ended with three wickets apiece. The Windies had lost their last five wickets in 9.5 overs after resuming on 115 for five, with South African paceman Charl Willoughby capturing three wickets. Lara (43) fell to a Hoggard delivery which swung sharply and induced an inside edge with Wessels taking a fine catch to his right. Lara's stand with Gayle added 87 in 19 overs but then the innings was rapidly ended with the last four wickets tumbling for just three runs. Score summary: West Indies 380 (D S Smith 142, B Lara 113 ret hurt; M Hoggard 4-32)/ 157 (C Gayle 84; M Hoggard 4-58, C Willoughby 5-48) v MCC 260 (S Koening 79; D R Smith 3-4)/ 248 (A Cook 89, J Stephenson 58; P Collins 3-40, J Lawson 3-50, O Banks 3-55) West Indies beat MCC by 29 runs Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com