http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 A vs India A – 3rd unofficial Test recap – Day 2 Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieran-Omar-Akeem-Powell-c71441, who was included only in the final unofficial Test of the series, replied to his critics with a brilliant career best 139 which put West Indies A in control in the decider against India A, being played at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St.
Lucia, on June 18, 2012. The second day’s play saw Caribbean side sitting comfortably at 320 for 8 with two wickets in hand.
The hosts wasted no time in capitalizing the opportunity provided by another poor show by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 A batters. Building on the momentum built by their bowlers, the local batsmen took full advantage of the situation and consistently built partnerships which led
to a big total.
Powell, who recently returned from a disappointing tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, scored his second first-class century of the year. The knock came off 255 deliveries with 10 fours and 3 sixes. Another highlight of the 22-year-old’s innings was his involvement in four
fifty-plus partnerships which considerably helped the hosts.
He shared a 54 run second-wicket partnership with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Devon-Cuthbert-Thomas-c53930 respectively.
The hosts batted with responsibility and made the visiting bowlers toil hard for wickets and Powell was the common factor during his nearly 7-hour long innings. Thomas was the second highest scorer with his gritty 50-run knock.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WP-Saha-c2800 on the bowling off Akshay Darekar. Bonner
joined Powell and steadied the innings before falling to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Lyndon-Carter-c69137 lbw back but Pagon managed to deny him.
Pagon’s departure brought Thomas in, who then shared the highest partnership with Powell and in the process raised his fifty before falling to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Veerasammy-Permaul-c94981 fell to Awana for 3. The
final scalp of the day was the most prized one, Powell finally perishing off Ahmed as the Windies closed on 320 for 8.
For the visitors Saxena stood out with three wickets, followed Ahmed and Awana, both of whom grabbed two each, while the other went to Darekar. The match has entered into an interesting phase, with the Caribbean team having a healthy 90-run lead and with
still two days to spare, the match will definitely produce a result. The Windies are looking favourites at this stage.
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