India Ma(nnava)de
four changes to their playing eleven – skipper Sachin Tendulkar, Ajay Jadeja,
Anil Kumble and Venkatesh Prasad made way for Sadagoppan Ramesh, Vinod Kambli,
Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Prasad.
The West Indies made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Philo Wallace, Stuart Williams, Carl Hooper, Keith Arthurton, Phil Simmons and Rawl Lewis made way for Jimmy Adams, Nixon McLean, One-day International debutant Wavell Hinds, Ricardo Powell, Nehemiah Perry and Hendy Bryan.
It was a 30-overs-a-side match. Brian Lara, the West Indian skipper, won the toss, chose to bat. Their openers didn’t get off the mark. Ridley Jacobs, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the match, he was caught by Nikhil Chopra off the bowling of Debasis Mohanty.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 23. Twenty-eight balls into the match, he was caught by Chopra. Mohanty broke the 32-run stand.
Adams, whose 23-ball (Rob)innings included a boundary, scored eight. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Singh. Shukla, who never represented India again, broke the 13-run stand. Hinds, who bowled four overs, scored a run. Eight balls later, he was caught by Prasad. Chopra broke the four-run stand.
McLean, whose 31-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Forty-four balls later, he was caught by Mohanty. Ramesh broke the 36-run stand. Powell, whose 44-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 46. Fifty-one balls later, he was stumped by Prasad. Chopra broke the 61-run partnership.
Lara, the player of the match, scored 60. His 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and five sixes. His 50 came off 4o balls. It included a boundary and four sixes. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Amay Khurasiya. Mohanty broke the 30-run stand. Perry, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was unbeaten, as was Bryan, who scored nine. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary.
India conceded a dozen extras. The West Indies scored 196 for the loss of seven wickets off 30 overs. Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper, bowled a wicketless overs, conceding a dozen. Singh, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 28. Sunil Joshi, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 29.
Ramesh, who bowled three overs, conceded 23, He picked up a wicket, as did Shukla, who bowled five overs, conceding 25. Chopra, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 23. He picked up a couple of wickets. Mohanty, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 52. He picked up three scalps.
Ramesh, who faced seven balls, didn’t get off the mark. Eleven balls into the chase, he was caught by Perry. Reon King broke the five-run stand. Ganguly, whose 46-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 32. Seventy-eight balls later, he was stumped by Jacobs. McLean broke the 73-run partnership.
Rahul Dravid, whose 49-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 39. Twenty-four balls later, he was caught by Bryan. McLean broke the 18-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Kambli, whose 14-ball innings included a six, scored 11. Half-a-dozen balls later, Lara and Jacobs ran him out.
Khurasiya, who faced 11 balls, scored three. Nine balls later, he was caught by Perry, who broke the five-run stand. Singh, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. He was unbeaten. Shukla, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Fourteen balls later, Mervyn Dillon broke the 14-run stand.
Chopra, who faced 13 balls, scored eight. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Jacobs. King broke the 20-run stand. Prasad, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Perry. Hinds broke the 13-run stand. Joshi, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was unbeaten.
The West Indies scored 16 extras. India, who scored 154 for the loss of eight wickets off 30 overs, lost by 42 runs. Bryan, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 33. He was wicketless. Hinds, who bowled an over, conceded half-a dozen. He picked up a wicket.
Perry and Dillon bowled half-a-dozen overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 30, the latter conceded 27. King, who bowled five overs, conceded 25. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did McLean, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 32.
Both India and the West Indies advanced to the final.
The West Indies made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Philo Wallace, Stuart Williams, Carl Hooper, Keith Arthurton, Phil Simmons and Rawl Lewis made way for Jimmy Adams, Nixon McLean, One-day International debutant Wavell Hinds, Ricardo Powell, Nehemiah Perry and Hendy Bryan.
It was a 30-overs-a-side match. Brian Lara, the West Indian skipper, won the toss, chose to bat. Their openers didn’t get off the mark. Ridley Jacobs, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the match, he was caught by Nikhil Chopra off the bowling of Debasis Mohanty.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 23. Twenty-eight balls into the match, he was caught by Chopra. Mohanty broke the 32-run stand.
Adams, whose 23-ball (Rob)innings included a boundary, scored eight. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Singh. Shukla, who never represented India again, broke the 13-run stand. Hinds, who bowled four overs, scored a run. Eight balls later, he was caught by Prasad. Chopra broke the four-run stand.
McLean, whose 31-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Forty-four balls later, he was caught by Mohanty. Ramesh broke the 36-run stand. Powell, whose 44-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 46. Fifty-one balls later, he was stumped by Prasad. Chopra broke the 61-run partnership.
Lara, the player of the match, scored 60. His 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and five sixes. His 50 came off 4o balls. It included a boundary and four sixes. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Amay Khurasiya. Mohanty broke the 30-run stand. Perry, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was unbeaten, as was Bryan, who scored nine. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary.
India conceded a dozen extras. The West Indies scored 196 for the loss of seven wickets off 30 overs. Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper, bowled a wicketless overs, conceding a dozen. Singh, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 28. Sunil Joshi, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 29.
Ramesh, who bowled three overs, conceded 23, He picked up a wicket, as did Shukla, who bowled five overs, conceding 25. Chopra, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 23. He picked up a couple of wickets. Mohanty, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 52. He picked up three scalps.
Ramesh, who faced seven balls, didn’t get off the mark. Eleven balls into the chase, he was caught by Perry. Reon King broke the five-run stand. Ganguly, whose 46-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 32. Seventy-eight balls later, he was stumped by Jacobs. McLean broke the 73-run partnership.
Rahul Dravid, whose 49-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 39. Twenty-four balls later, he was caught by Bryan. McLean broke the 18-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Kambli, whose 14-ball innings included a six, scored 11. Half-a-dozen balls later, Lara and Jacobs ran him out.
Khurasiya, who faced 11 balls, scored three. Nine balls later, he was caught by Perry, who broke the five-run stand. Singh, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. He was unbeaten. Shukla, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Fourteen balls later, Mervyn Dillon broke the 14-run stand.
Chopra, who faced 13 balls, scored eight. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Jacobs. King broke the 20-run stand. Prasad, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Perry. Hinds broke the 13-run stand. Joshi, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was unbeaten.
The West Indies scored 16 extras. India, who scored 154 for the loss of eight wickets off 30 overs, lost by 42 runs. Bryan, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 33. He was wicketless. Hinds, who bowled an over, conceded half-a dozen. He picked up a wicket.
Perry and Dillon bowled half-a-dozen overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 30, the latter conceded 27. King, who bowled five overs, conceded 25. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did McLean, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 32.
Both India and the West Indies advanced to the final.
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