India don’t WIn; Devictory’s convincing

India, playing their last One-day International before that summer’s Prudential World Cup in England, made no changes to their playing eleven, while the West Indies’ line-up had one – Winston Davis made way for Joel Garner.

On winning the toss, Clive Lloyd, the West Indian skipper, inserted India. Sunil Gavaskar, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was caught by Vivian Richards off the bowling of his fellow Antiguan Andy Roberts, who broke the nine-run stand.

Ravi Shastri, who faced 29 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Jeff Dujon. Malcolm Marshall broke the 27-run stand. Mohinder, who faced (Amarna)thirty-one balls, scored 11. Larry Gomes broke the 11-run stand.

Ashok Malhotra, who faced 22 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Richards. Gomes broke the 27-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 59 balls, scored 54. His innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Richards. Gomes broke the 35-run stand.

Dev, India’s Kap(il)tain, faced four balls, scoring a run. Roberts trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the five-run stand. Madan Lal, who faced 11 balls, scored six. Gomes broke the 13-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 11. Syed, who faced (Kirma)nine balls, scored three. He was run out. Balvinder Singh, who faced 23 balls, scored 16. He waS(andh)unbeaten.

Yashpal Sharma, who faced 64 balls, scored 25. Michael Holding broke the 15-run stand. Srinivas Venkataraghavan, who faced 11 balls, scored three. Holding broke the 13-run stand.

The West Indies conceded 20 extras. India were dismissed for 166 off 44.4 overs. Garner bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30. Marshall bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 25 and picked up a wicket.

Holding bowled 8.4 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 15. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Roberts, who bowled nine overs, conceding 38. Gomes bowled 10 overs, conceding 38. He picked up four wickets.

Desmond Haynes, who faced 31 balls, scored 19. He was caught by Venkataraghavan. Amarnath broke the 61-run stand. Richards faced 28 balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Shastri. Venkataraghavan broke the 45-run stand.

Gordon Greenidge, the player of the match, scored 64. His 95-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Sandhu. Shastri broke the 26-run stand.

Faoud Bacchus, who faced 56 balls, scored 26. He was unbeaten, as was Dujon, who scored 20 off 32 balls.

India conceded 10 extras. The West Indies scored 167 for the loss of three wickets off 40.2 overs, winning by seven wickets with 58 balls to spare.

Sharma bowled 14 wicketless balls, conceding 12. Dev bowled six wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 21.

Lal bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37. He was wicketless, as was Sandhu, who bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 30.

Amarnath bowled four overs, conceding 23. He picked up a wicket, as did Shastri, who bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 10.

Venkataraghavan, who was playing his last One-day International, was a fortnight short of his 38^th birthday. He bowled eight overs, conceding 24. He picked up a scalp.

India lost the three-match series 1-2.