http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 tumble – West Indies v India – 1st Test – 2nd Day’s Recap
India took the edge over West Indies in the first of the three-match Test series, at the Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica in the Caribbean. At http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347 of the second day’s play on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, the visitors gained an overall lead of 164 runs with seven
more wickets remaining in their second innings. Veteran batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 one for his side.
Earlier, the number one Test side in the World elected to bat first after winning the toss and posted a challenging total of 246 runs. They struggled in their first outing, losing eight wickets for just 85 runs on the board, but came back well, courtesy
half-centuries from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fidel-Henderson-Edwards-c57010 made a welcome comeback to his side, dismissing four batsmen in the innings.
The Windies would have liked to take advantage of the first innings collapse of the Indian team, but the hosts failed to make an impression once they came out to bat.
Opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ramnaresh-Ronnie-Sarwan-c83880, who also got out after
scoring three.
The innings was then stabilised by two http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-Michael-Bravo-c52477. The pair expressed a lot of maturity and piled up a brilliant 56-run stand for the third wicket.
Barath looked the best amongst both sides, as he timed the ball beautifully and didn’t get troubled by the uneven bounce of the pitch. He is an extremely talented youngster and showed a lot of courage as well, as he wasn’t afraid to take the aerial root.
He advanced down the track and smashed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Mishra-c871 for a boundary, bringing up his half-century.
However, the 21-year-old got out to a terrific out swinger by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143. He collected 64 runs in his brilliant knock. The hosts saw a collapse after that, as wickets started to tumble after the fall of Barath.
Wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390, also failed to rescue his team from trouble, scoring 23 runs.
West Indies were all-out for 173 runs, as they struggled against the Indian seamers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Varun-Mishra-c94922 grabbed a couple of wickets each for their side.
India reached 91/3 in their second innings. The batsmen were troubled by Devendra Bishoo, who took one wicket, but Dravid looked as solid as ever and finished the day with an unbeaten 45.
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