India made four
changes to the eleven that lost the Reliance World Cup semi-final to England –
Sunil Gavaskar, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Mohammad Azharuddin and Manoj Prabhakar
made way for Dilip Vengsarkar (who succeeded Kapil Dev as skipper), Arun Lal,
Anshuman Gaekwad and Arshad Ayub (who was making his One-day International
debut).
The West Indies made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played India – Malcolm Marshall and Tony Gray made way for Carl Hooper and Patrick Patterson. On winning the toss, Vivian Richards, their skipper, chose to bat. Their openers put on 51. Desmond Haynes faced 46 balls, scoring 20. He was run out.
Gordon Greenidge, whose 40-ball innings included a maiden, scored 36. Maninder Singh broke the 20-run stand. Richards, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was stumped by Kiran More. Singh broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.
Richie Richardson, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by Gaekwad. Singh broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just eight. Gus Logie, whose 46-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ravi Shastri, who broke the 20-run stand.
Hooper, whose 84-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 57. He was unbeaten. Jeff Dujon wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored four. He was caught by Vengsarkar, whose fellow Mumbaikar broke the S(hastr)ixth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.
Roger Harper, who faced 17 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was stumped by More. Gaekwad broke the 21-run stand. Winston, whose 29-ball (Benjam)innings included three boundaries and three sixes, scored 31. Dev broke the 65-run stand. Courtney Walsh, who faced four balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 20 extras. The West Indians scored 203 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Chetan Sharma bowled seven overs, conceding 49. He was wicketless, as was Ayub, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 26. Dev bowled seven overs, conceding 13. He picked up a wicket.
Gaekwad bowled eight overs, conceding 39. He picked up a wicket. Shastri bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a couple of wickets. Singh bowled eight overs, conceding 40. He picked up three scalps.
Lal, who faced 20 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Patterson, the player of the match, broke the 13-run stand. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark, Gaekwad, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Patterson.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Richards. Patterson broke the five-run stand. Chandrakant Pandit, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was trapped leg before by Richards, who broke the 13-run stand.
The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Vengsarkar, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was caught by Richards off the bowling of Benjamin. Dev, whose 64-ball innings included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 87. He was caught by Haynes. Patterson broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth 113.
Shastri, whose 57-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. Patterson broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth just a run. Ayub faced five balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Hooper broke the eight-run stand.
Sharma, who faced 20 balls, scored just two. He was trapped leg before wicket by Walsh, who broke the five-run stand. More, whose 36-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 33. He was caught by Haynes. Patterson broke the 38-run stand. Singh, who faced 13 balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.
The West Indians conceded 17 extras. India, who were dismissed for 193 off 44.4 overs, lost by 10 runs. Hooper bowled seven overs, conceding 42. He picked up a wicket. Richards and Walsh bowled nine overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 39, the latter conceded 21.
Benjamin bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 53, picking up a wicket. Patterson bowled 9.4 overs, conceding 29. He picked up six scalps.
The West Indies led the seven-match series 1-0.
The West Indies made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played India – Malcolm Marshall and Tony Gray made way for Carl Hooper and Patrick Patterson. On winning the toss, Vivian Richards, their skipper, chose to bat. Their openers put on 51. Desmond Haynes faced 46 balls, scoring 20. He was run out.
Gordon Greenidge, whose 40-ball innings included a maiden, scored 36. Maninder Singh broke the 20-run stand. Richards, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was stumped by Kiran More. Singh broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.
Richie Richardson, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by Gaekwad. Singh broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just eight. Gus Logie, whose 46-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ravi Shastri, who broke the 20-run stand.
Hooper, whose 84-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 57. He was unbeaten. Jeff Dujon wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored four. He was caught by Vengsarkar, whose fellow Mumbaikar broke the S(hastr)ixth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.
Roger Harper, who faced 17 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was stumped by More. Gaekwad broke the 21-run stand. Winston, whose 29-ball (Benjam)innings included three boundaries and three sixes, scored 31. Dev broke the 65-run stand. Courtney Walsh, who faced four balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 20 extras. The West Indians scored 203 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Chetan Sharma bowled seven overs, conceding 49. He was wicketless, as was Ayub, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 26. Dev bowled seven overs, conceding 13. He picked up a wicket.
Gaekwad bowled eight overs, conceding 39. He picked up a wicket. Shastri bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a couple of wickets. Singh bowled eight overs, conceding 40. He picked up three scalps.
Lal, who faced 20 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Patterson, the player of the match, broke the 13-run stand. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark, Gaekwad, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Patterson.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Richards. Patterson broke the five-run stand. Chandrakant Pandit, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was trapped leg before by Richards, who broke the 13-run stand.
The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Vengsarkar, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was caught by Richards off the bowling of Benjamin. Dev, whose 64-ball innings included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 87. He was caught by Haynes. Patterson broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth 113.
Shastri, whose 57-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. Patterson broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth just a run. Ayub faced five balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Hooper broke the eight-run stand.
Sharma, who faced 20 balls, scored just two. He was trapped leg before wicket by Walsh, who broke the five-run stand. More, whose 36-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 33. He was caught by Haynes. Patterson broke the 38-run stand. Singh, who faced 13 balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.
The West Indians conceded 17 extras. India, who were dismissed for 193 off 44.4 overs, lost by 10 runs. Hooper bowled seven overs, conceding 42. He picked up a wicket. Richards and Walsh bowled nine overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 39, the latter conceded 21.
Benjamin bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 53, picking up a wicket. Patterson bowled 9.4 overs, conceding 29. He picked up six scalps.
The West Indies led the seven-match series 1-0.
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