http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760: 3rd Test – First session summary
West Indies continued to dominate India in the final Test of the three match series at the Wankhede Stadium in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 on Wednesday, November 23, 2011.
The tourists started day two of the match with 267 runs on the board and just a couple of wickets down. They added 111 runs in the morning session today and lost just one wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kirk-Anton-Edwards-c71510.
Overall, the Windies reached 378 runs for the loss of three wickets until lunch on day two.
The star of the session for the Caribbean Kings was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386, who completed his third Test century overall and second of the ongoing series.
Conditions at the Wankhede Stadium proved to be ideal for the visitors after their skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 opted to bat at the toss yesterday.
There was not much change in the pitch today, as batting was still quite easy. However, there were a few rough patches on the wicket, which might end up being a concern for the Indian side, as the game progresses.
Coming back to today’s play, Bravo and Edwards stretched their century partnership to 164 runs, as they dominated the opposition’s bowling attack.
Edwards batted brilliantly and struck some terrific boundaries in the day. He would have liked to score a century, but got a good delivery from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566.
The solid right-handed batsman was dismissed after contributing 86 runs to the total with the help of 13 fours. He pushed at an away seaming ball and only managed to edge it to the hands of wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieran-Omar-Akeem-Powell-c71441 was the next man to walk in the middle and was welcomed by an excellent bouncer by Sharma.
The batsman was in no position to play it and the ball struck him on the helmet. However, he managed to survive the early pressure and started scoring runs with ease.
Bravo, at the other end, kept on playing his natural cricket and smashed one stylish boundary to bring up his ton. At close of play, he was unbeaten on 105 runs with the help of 12 boundaries whereas Powell was batting on 38.
Sharma was the only bowler to pick up a wicket in the session. He really bowled well and could have ended up with a couple of more wickets had luck favoured him.
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