Sunday, August 26, 2018

India don’t WIn; Ven(gsarkar)ue unchanged

India made one change to their playing eleven – Sanjeev Sharma made way for the One-day International debutant Singh, who was (Rob)incidentally, born in Trinidad. The West Indies made no changes to theirs. Vivian Richards, the latter’s skipper, won the toss, inserting India.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 64 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Curtly Ambrose. Courtney Walsh broke the 47-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 66. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 32-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 36. He was run out.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 92 balls, scored 50. His innings included a couple of boundaries and the only six of the innings. He was caught by Ambrose. Richards broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.

Kapil Dev, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Keith Arthurton. Ambrose broke the 32-run stand. Singh, who faced five balls, scored three. Richards broke the nine-run stand.

Ravi Shastri, who faced four balls, scored three. He was caught by Richie Richardson. Ian Bishop broke the 19-run partnership. Dilip Vengsarkar, India's skipper, scored 38. His 43-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Richards. Ambrose broke the two-run stand.

Ajay Sharma, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was caught by Richards. Bishop broke the nine-run stand. Kiran More, who faced eight balls, scored four. He was caught by Bishop, who broke the four-run stand.

Chetan Sharma, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten. Narendra Hirwani, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. Bishop broke the two-run stand. The West Indies conceded 18 extras. India were dismissed for 192 off 49.5 overs.

Eldine Baptiste, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 49. Walsh, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket.

Richards and Ambrose bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, apiece, picking up a couple of wickets each. While the former conceded 47, the latter conceded 29. Bishop bowled 9.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up four scalps.

Gordon Greenidge faced 10 balls, scoring three. Dev trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 11-run stand. Desmond Haynes, whose 36-ball innings included three boundaries, scoring 18. He was caught by Srikkanth. Chetan broke the 23-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 49. Richardson, whose 61-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was run out. Arthurton, the player of the match, scored 76. His 114-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten.

Richards, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Hirwani, who broke the 18-run stand. Gus Logie, whose 57-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 45. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 18 extras. The West Indies scored 193 for the loss of four wickets off 47.2 overs, winning by six wickets with 16 balls to spare. Singh, who bowled eight balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was wicketless. Srikkanth, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Ajay, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 24. Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31. Chetan, who bowled eight overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket.

Dev, who bowled nine overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket, as did Hirwani, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 45.

The West Indies took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.










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