http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 A vs India A- 2nd Unofficial match- Match Recap
Making a comeback in the second One Day against West Indies A, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 A finally managed to bag a victory of 108 runs at National cricket stadium, St George’s, Grenada on 29th, June,2012, consequently levelling the series.
Winning the toss, the Indians choose to bat, while posting yet another modest total of 184 from 50 overs for the loss of seven wickets. Visiting bowlers dictated terms in the second innings as they bowled out the West Indians on a lowly score of 76 in 27.1
overs.
Jalag Saxena was awarded the Player of the Match accolade for his match-winning, all-round performance where he scored an important 35 runs from 56 balls in the death overs, and bagged a couple of scalps to help his side bowl out the opposition.
Problems with the bat for the visitors were again evident, with both openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970(9), back in the dressing room while the team’s total hovered at 39. None of the players from the middle order could capitalize on their starts,
but small contributions added up to compile 184 runs.
The highest score by Indian batsmen during the second One Day belonged to Rohit Sharm, who scored 39. Followed him was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WP-Saha-c2800 managed scores of 20 and 21 respectively.
The right-arm quick, Jason Holder, was the pick of the bowlers for the home side as he nailed three wickets while the rest of the bowlers besides http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NO-Miller-c2125, picked up one a piece.
Posting 185 as target, the visiting pace attack started in fine fashion, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kirk-Anton-Edwards-c71510, with the score on reading 2 down for 1. The batting suffered the most dreadful collapse
of the tournament where only three batsmen managed double figures with half the team managing a duck.
The highest score in reply to the chase belonged to Jason Muhammad as he resisted with 26. The opening bowlers, Dinda and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bhuvneshwar-Kumar-c48045 picked up two wickets each but the star of the show was 23-year-old Akshay Darekar, who dented the opposition four
times, conceding just17 runs.
The series is evenly poised for the final encounter and considering the tone of the fixtures, one expects another dramatic finale between the two sides. The decider kicks off on July 1st at St. George’s.
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