Windies A clinched the series with an emphatic victory - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 A defeated India A emphatically by 10 wickets and in process, clinched the unofficial Test series 2-1. Their task was made easy by superb fast-bowling display, which didn’t let the visitors stay for long at the start of the fourth and final day
at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia.
Earlier, India only added 21 runs to their overnight score of 181 for 7. With Vice-Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 hoped for a miracle to happen on the final day but he was the first one to fall, after scoring his second fifty of the series,
adding only four on resumption. The next one to follow was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shami-Ahmed-c2496 for zero; both fell to McClean who bagged his first five-wicket haul of the series.
The Caribbean openers gave a batting lesson to an overrated India A by chasing the 97 in just over an hour. It was another commanding display with the bat as Kieran Pollard scored an unbeaten 56 off just 50 balls, supported well by fellow-opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kraigg-Brathwaite-c71708,
who made a solid 36.
First match of the series was played at Bridgetown where India secured a 2-wicket win in a closely contested match. The Second match was played at Kingstown where the locals inflicted a huge 125-run victory to the visitors and outclassed them in the second
innings when the tourists were bundled out for less than a 100.
For the Asian team, their performance in the final game was a repeat of their displays at Kingstown, St Vincent. The brittle batting lineup was a major disappointment for the tourists with their much talked-about top order only managing five fifty plus scores
in six innings, three of them from the skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CA-Pujara-c1209.
The team was severely criticised back home when many cricket pundits predicted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 was already fighting for his place in the national Test squad and his failures
against a relatively little known opposition has dented his chances for an International Test recall. India A coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lalchand-Sitaram-Rajput-c72139 will have to do a lot of explaining when on his return from a disappointing tour.
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