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Craig HillWest Indies on top after another thriller
May 24th 2006 07:04
Another thriller between the West Indies and India has resulted in a tight four wicket to the home side. After posting a respectable total of 9/245, the Indians were defeated with just only ball remaining. Sehwag was the top of the Indian batsmen, belting a typical quick fire 97 off just 83 balls. However, after cruising comfortably at 3/210, the visitors slumped badly to lose 6/35 off the last 13 overs to play. Ian Bradshaw was the best of the Windies bowlers with 2/40 from 8 overs, however it was the home side's fielding which put the pressure on the Indians with 3 run outs to Chanderpaul, Gayle and Edwards.
The run chase did not start well for the home side after losing 2 early wickets for just 31 runs. However, their poor start was reconciled by a match-winning performance by both Ramaresh Sarwan (115*), and with Chanderpaul (58), placing the Windies in a winnable position. Chanderpaul's dissimal with only 10 balls remaining, resulted in Bravo's wicket 5 balls later, leaving the home side needing 5 runs off 5 balls, of which Sarwan and wicketkeeper Baugh managed to salvage under pressure. Despite the thrilling win to the Windies, it were Indian bowlers Agit Agarkar (2/32 from 10) and spinner Harbahjan Singh (1/33 off 10 overs) who kept the visitors in the game right until the very end.
The enthralling victory to the West Indies gives them a 2-1 lead in the series, and sets up an interesting conclusion to the one-day tournament with only 2 matches remaining.
Sarwan on fire (from AFP)
The run chase did not start well for the home side after losing 2 early wickets for just 31 runs. However, their poor start was reconciled by a match-winning performance by both Ramaresh Sarwan (115*), and with Chanderpaul (58), placing the Windies in a winnable position. Chanderpaul's dissimal with only 10 balls remaining, resulted in Bravo's wicket 5 balls later, leaving the home side needing 5 runs off 5 balls, of which Sarwan and wicketkeeper Baugh managed to salvage under pressure. Despite the thrilling win to the Windies, it were Indian bowlers Agit Agarkar (2/32 from 10) and spinner Harbahjan Singh (1/33 off 10 overs) who kept the visitors in the game right until the very end.
Disappointment as India comes so close again (from AFP)
The enthralling victory to the West Indies gives them a 2-1 lead in the series, and sets up an interesting conclusion to the one-day tournament with only 2 matches remaining.
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