It was a
48-overs-a-side match. India made (Ra)VI changes to their playing eleven – V B
Chandrasekhar, Chandrakant Pandit, Woorkeri Raman, Sanjay Manjrekar,
Margashayam Venkataramana and Rashid Patel made way for Shastri, Krishnamachari
Srikkanth, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Kapil Dev, Kiran More and Arshad Ayub.
West Indies made three changes to the eleven that last played India – Carl Hooper, Roger Harper and Patrick Patterson made way for Keith Arthurton, Vivian Richards (the West Indies’ captain, who was, incidentally, celebrating his 37th birthday) and Eldine Baptiste. Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s captain, won the toss, putting the hosts in.
Gordon Greenidge, who faced 10 balls, scored four. Dev broke the 26-run stand. Desmond Haynes, the player of the match, scored 117. His 132-ball innings included eight boundaries and five sixes. He was unbeaten. Richie Richardson, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Sidhu. Dev broke the 25-run stand.
Arthurton, whose 60-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 25. He was caught by Srikkanth. Shastri broke the 65-run stand. Richards, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 40. Ajay Sharma broke the 79-run stand. Gus Logie, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 25 extras. The West Indies conceded 248 for the loss of four wickets off 48 overs. Chetan Sharma bowled six overs, conceding 32. He was wicketless, as was Sanjeev Sharma, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 55.
Ayub bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 46. Ajay bowled five overs, conceding 26. He picked up a wicket, as did Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 43. Dev bowled nine overs, conceding 30. He picked up a couple of scalps.
Srikkanth, whose 40-ball I(a)nnings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Richards. Bishop broke the 40-run stand. Shastri, whose 55-ball innings included a boundary, scored 23. Courtney Walsh broke the 20-run stand.
Sidhu, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Baptiste. Richards broke the 31-run stand. Vengsarkar, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Richards broke the nine-run stand.
Dev, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Richards, who broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 20 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Baptiste, who broke the one-run stand.
Ajay, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 43. He was unbeaten. More faced 32 balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Richards. Baptiste broke the 72-run stand.
Sanjeev, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Bishop was in seventh heaven. Ayub, who faced five balls, scored four. He was unbeaten. The West Indies conceded 18 extras. India scored 198 for the loss of eight wickets off 48 overs, losing by 50 runs.
Curtly Ambrose bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 42. Walsh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30, picking up a wicket. Baptiste and Bishop bowled nine overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 30. Richards, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up three scalps.
The West Indies led the five-match series 1-0.
West Indies made three changes to the eleven that last played India – Carl Hooper, Roger Harper and Patrick Patterson made way for Keith Arthurton, Vivian Richards (the West Indies’ captain, who was, incidentally, celebrating his 37th birthday) and Eldine Baptiste. Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s captain, won the toss, putting the hosts in.
Gordon Greenidge, who faced 10 balls, scored four. Dev broke the 26-run stand. Desmond Haynes, the player of the match, scored 117. His 132-ball innings included eight boundaries and five sixes. He was unbeaten. Richie Richardson, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Sidhu. Dev broke the 25-run stand.
Arthurton, whose 60-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 25. He was caught by Srikkanth. Shastri broke the 65-run stand. Richards, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 40. Ajay Sharma broke the 79-run stand. Gus Logie, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 25 extras. The West Indies conceded 248 for the loss of four wickets off 48 overs. Chetan Sharma bowled six overs, conceding 32. He was wicketless, as was Sanjeev Sharma, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 55.
Ayub bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 46. Ajay bowled five overs, conceding 26. He picked up a wicket, as did Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 43. Dev bowled nine overs, conceding 30. He picked up a couple of scalps.
Srikkanth, whose 40-ball I(a)nnings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Richards. Bishop broke the 40-run stand. Shastri, whose 55-ball innings included a boundary, scored 23. Courtney Walsh broke the 20-run stand.
Sidhu, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Baptiste. Richards broke the 31-run stand. Vengsarkar, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Richards broke the nine-run stand.
Dev, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Richards, who broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 20 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Baptiste, who broke the one-run stand.
Ajay, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 43. He was unbeaten. More faced 32 balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Richards. Baptiste broke the 72-run stand.
Sanjeev, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Bishop was in seventh heaven. Ayub, who faced five balls, scored four. He was unbeaten. The West Indies conceded 18 extras. India scored 198 for the loss of eight wickets off 48 overs, losing by 50 runs.
Curtly Ambrose bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 42. Walsh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30, picking up a wicket. Baptiste and Bishop bowled nine overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 30. Richards, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up three scalps.
The West Indies led the five-match series 1-0.
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