Friday, September 22, 2017

Ind(ia)eed, the champs WIn K(omfort)a(pi)(b)ly

India made no changes to their playing elven. The West Indies made one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Joel Garner made way for Winston Davis.

On WInning the toss, Clive Lloyd, the West Indian captain, chose to bat. Gordon Greenidge, who faced 13 De(li)veries, scored nine. He was caught by Dilip Vengsarkar. Kapil broke the 17-run stand.

TH(ayn)esecond-wicket stand was worth 101. Desmond, who faced 93 balls, scored (Amarna)thirty-eight. He was caught by Dev off Mohinder’s bowling. The third-wicket partnership was worth 80. Lloyd, who scored 42 balls, scored 41. He was run out.

Faoud Bacchus scored eight off as many balls. Roger Binny broke the 15-run stand. Dujon (Jef)faced 13 balls, scoring nine. He was caught by Ravi Shastri. Binny broke the 26-run stand.

Richards, the (Vi)vi(a)nner of the player of the match award, scored 119. His 146-ball innings included six boundaries and a six. He was caught by Syed Kirmani. Balvinder Singh Sandhu broke the one-run stand.

Larry Gomes, who faced 22 balls, scored 27. He was unbeaten. Andy Roberts, who faced nine balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Sandeep Patil. Binny broke the 17-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 13. Malcolm Marshall, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was run out. Michael Holding, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was caught by a substitute. Madan Lal broke the 10-run stand. Davis, who faced two balls, did not open his account. He wasn’t dismissed.

India conceded 18 extras. The West Indians scored 282 for 9 off 60 overs. Amarnath bowled a dozen overs, conceding 58. He picked up a wicket. Lal, who bowled 12 overs, conceded 47. He picked up a wicket.

Dev bowled 72 deliveries, conceding 46. He picked up a scalp. Sandhu bowled 12 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 42 and picked up a wicket. Binny bowled a dozen overs, conceding 71. He picked up three wickets.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced nine balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Dujon. Roberts broke the two-run stand. Shastri, who faced 15 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Dujon off Roberts, who broke the 19-run stand.

Vengsarkar, who faced 59 balls, scored 32. He retired hurt when India had 89 runs on the board and had lost a couple of wickets. The third-wicket pair put on 41. Patil, who faced 31 balls, scored 21. He was caught by Gomes off his own bowling.

The fourth-wicket stand was worth 13. Yashpal Sharma, who faced 10 balls, scored nine. He was run out. Amarnath, who faced 139 balls, scored 80. He was caught by Lloyd. Holding broke the 50-run stand.

Binny faced four balls, scoring a run. Holding trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the two-run stand. Dev, who faced 46 deliveries, scored 36. He was caught by Haynes. Holding broke the 17-run stand.

Lal, who faced 15 balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten. Kirmani, who faced two balls, did not open his account. Marshall dismissed him, breaking the two-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on just a couple. Sandhu, who faced two balls, didn’t score. He was run out.

The West Indies conceded 21 extras. India were dismissed for 216 off 53.1 overs. The defending champions were the Winners by a margin of 66 runs.

Davis bowled 12 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 51. Marshall bowled 11 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 20 and picked up a scalp. Gomes’ 12-over spell included a maiden. He packed a (pach)panch, and picked up a scalp.

Roberts bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29 and picked up two wickets. Holding bowled 9.1 overs. He conceded 40 and picked up three scalps.

  





  

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