Windies A trio romps before fall
LEICESTER, England (CMC) — Imran Khan, Gavin Tonge, and Lionel Baker indulged themselves, but they failed to save West Indies A from defeat, when India A won the opening four-day Test by six wickets at Grace Road yesterday.
Khan stuck seven fours in the top score of 62 from 95 balls in just under two hours, and Tonge hitsix fours and one six in 46 from 57 balls as Windies-A were dismissed for 257 in their second innings after lunch on the final day.
Windies A were again undermined by left-arm fast bowler Jaidev Unadkat. He took six wickets for 62 runs from 27.5 overs to end with match figures of 13 for 103.
Baker, bowling second change, snared opposing captain Cheteshwar Pujara and Manoj Tiwary for 31 from 7.4 overs before Ajinkya Rahane struck him for the last of his four boundaries to formalise the result in the first hour after tea.
West Indies A ran into early trouble, when they continued from their bedtime total of 125 for five, and Unadkat trapped Dave Bernard Jr without addition to his overnight duck.
Khan came to the crease and dominated a stand of 39 for the seventh wicket with Edwards, but two wickets in the space of 24 balls wobbled Windies A.
Scoreboard
WEST INDIES A 1st Innings 144
(J Unadkat 7-41)
INDIA A 1st Innings 291
(A Rahane 69; A Russell 5-68)
WEST INDIES-A 2nd Innings
*DS Smith b Ganapathy 37
K Brathwaite lbw b Unadkat 1
O Phillips b Unadkat 35
A Fletcher run out 14
K Edwards c Pujara b Iqbal Abdulla 18
+C Walton lbw b Unadkat 13
D Bernard lbw b Unadkat 0
I Khan lbw b Unadkat 62
A Russell lbw b Iqbal Abdulla 1
G Tonge b Unadkat 46
L Baker not out 1
Extras (b8, lb17, w2, nb2) 29
TOTAL (all out, 81.5 overs) 257
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Brathwaite), 2-75 (Smith), 3-102 (Phillips), 4-106 (Fletcher), 5-125 (Walton), 6-125 (Bernard), 7-164 (Edwards), 8-176 (Russell), 9-256 (Khan)
Bowling: Kulkarni 24-6-70-0, Unadkat 27.5-9-62-6, Ganapathy 12-3-53-1, Iqbal Abdulla 15-4-40-2, Tiwary 3-1-7-0
INDIA A 2nd Innings
A Mukund run out (Edwards) 17
S Dhawan b Russell 21
A Rahane not out 33
*C Pujara lbw b Baker 15
M Tiwary c wkpr Walton b Baker 19
M Pandey not out 1
Extras (lb4, w4) 8
TOTAL (4 wkts, 26.4 overs) 114
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Dhawan), 2-40 (Mukund), 3-67 (*Pujara), 4-109 (Tiwary)
Bowling: Bernard 6-0-22-0, Tonge 3-0-15-0, Russell 10-1-42-1, Baker 7.4-0-31-2
Result: India A won by six wickets
Series: India A lead two-match series 1-0
Umpires: R Bailey, J Lloyds
