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India beat
WI by first Test
MUMBAI: India beat West Indies by an innings
and 112 runs on the fourth day of the first Test
here at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.
October 12, 2002 - 0615 GMT
West Indies 158-8 at lunch
MUMBAI: West Indies were 158 for the loss of
eight wickets in their second innings at lunch on
the fourth day of the first Test against India
here at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul was 21 not out, West Indies
first innings total of 157 all out, while making a
reply to India first innings total of 457.
DAY
THREE
October 11, 2002 - 1120 GMT
West Indies 91-1 v India
MUMBAI: West Indies were 91 for the loss of
one wicket in their second innings at close of
paly on the third day of the first Test against
India here at Wankhede Stadium on on Friday.
India first-innings total of 457 and West Indies
first-innings total of 157 all out.
West Indies 209 runs behind and nine wickets in
hand, Chris Gayle was 34 not out Ramnaresh Sarwan
was 9 not out.
October 11, 2002 -
West Indies all out for 157
MUMBAI: West Indies were bowled out for 157 in
their first innings on the third day of the first
Test against India here at Wankhede Stadium on on
Friday.
India first-innings total of 457, Zaheer Khan
& Anil Kumble took four and Harbhajan Singh
& Javagal Srinath took one.
October 11, 2002 -
WI struggle to avoid a follow-on
MUMBAI: Despite a dogged effort by Shivnaraine
Chanderpaul, West Indies were teetering at 145 for
8 at tea on the third day of the first test
against India.
Replying to India's first innings total of 457,
West Indies were desperately seeking another 113
runs to avoid a follow-on. Tailender Mahendra
Nagamootoo was dismissed at the stroke of the
interval for 9 while Chanderpaul was unbeaten on
47. So far the left-hander has batted for 247
minutes, facing 140-balls and hitting four
boundaries.
Resuming at 33 for 2, the West Indies innings was
rocked by paceman Zaheer Khan who blossomed under
the cloud cover and claimed three wickets. He
removed the dangerous Carl Hooper to return with
fine figures of 14-4-35-4.
Indian spinner Anil Kumble and pace bowler Javagal
Srinath chipped in with a wicket apiece.
A ball from Kumble kept low, trapping Ramnaresh
Sarwan (22) leg-before wicket in the seventh over
of the morning. Srinath removed night watchman
Mervyn Dillon (21) to have the tourists struggling
at 59 for four.
With the wicket offering uneven bounce and slow
turn, Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly started the
day with a dual spin attack.
Chanderpaul and Hooper, playing his 100th Test
match, brought all their experience into play to
tackle the Indian spinners. Hooper started
cautiously before opening up.
He pulled Zaheer Khan to the boundary and then, on
23, he lofted off spinner Harbhajan Singh over
mid-wicket for another boundary. But Hooper fell
to a short ball from Khan, hooking him straight to
Sanjay Bangar on the long leg fence.
Buoyed by the success, left-arm seamer Zaheer then
trapped Ryan Hinds leg before wicket and got rid
of Ridley Jacobs, off a slower one, caught by
Ganguly at short mid-off for a duck.
October 11, 2002 - 0615 GMT
Fast bowler Zaheer sparks Windies collapse
MUMBAI: Left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan bagged
three wickets in four overs to trigger a West
Indies collapse in the opening Test against India
at the Wankhede Stadium here on Friday.
The West Indies were 145-8 at tea on the third day
in reply to India's 457, still requiring 113 more
runs with two wickets in hand to avoid a
follow-on.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul alone gave a good account
of himself in a brittle batting display, defying
the Indian attack for more than a session to
remain unbeaten with 47.
Zaheer, 24, began the West Indies slide in his
third over after lunch when he removed skipper
Carl Hooper and then went on to dismiss Ryan Hinds
and Ridley Jacobs in an impressive display of seam
bowling on a slow pitch. Hooper, playing his 100th
Test, pulled straight to Sanjay Bangar at
square-leg after contributing 23 off 49 balls with
three boundaries. Hinds was trapped leg-before for
nine, while Jacobs was caught by a diving Sourav
Ganguly in the covers for no score.
Zaheer's three wickets came for just 20 runs in
his first seven-over spell after lunch bringin his
total so far to 4-35, just a victim away from his
maiden five-wicket haul in 21 Tests.
Barring left-handed Chanderpaul, none of the West
Indian batsmen could apply himself against a
disciplined Indian pace-spin attack after the
tourists had resumed at 33-2.
India started the day with a double-spin attack
and got a vital wicket in the eighth over to put
the West Indies under pressure. Ramnaresh Sarwan,
a consistent run-getter, added just two to his
overnight score of 20 before being trapped
leg-before on the backfoot by leg-spinner Anil
Kumble.
Nightwatchman Mervyn Dillon survived against spin,
but fell against pace in overcast conditions after
hitting a straight-six off Kumble and one four in
his 56-ball 21.
Javagal Srinath, returning to Test cricket after
announcing his retirement in June, bowled Dillon
with the one that cut in sharply off the pitch to
reduce the tourists to 59-4.
Indian seamers and spinners did not allow even
Chanderpaul and Hooper to take liberties in the
morning session, which yielded 58 runs.
Hooper played a couple of attacking shots in the
closing overs of the first session, pulling Zaheer
for a four and then lofting off-spinner Harbhajan
Singh over mid-wicket for another boundary.
Zaheer had the last laugh when he removed the West
Indies captain in the second session to help his
team seize the initiative.
Kumble took 2-46, including that of Mahendra
Nagamootoo (9) who was brilliantly caught by
Harbhajan at fine-leg on the stroke of tea.
DAY
TWO
October 10, 2002 - 1115 GMT
West Indies 33-2 v India
MUMBAI: West Indies were 33 for the loss of
two wickets at close of paly on the second day of
the first Test against West Indies here at
Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.
India first-innings total of 457.
Ramnaresh Sarwan was batting on 20 and Mervyn
Dillon was playing on 4.
October 10, 2002 - 0905 GMT
India 401-5 at tea
MUMBAI: India were 401 for the loss of five
wickets in their first innings at tea on the
second day of the first Test against West Indies
here at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.
Rahul Dravid was 98 not out.
October 10, 2002 - 0615 GMT
Dravid steadies India after early setbacks
MUMBAI: Rahul Dravid was batting on 72 for his
28th test half-century as India crawled to 359 for
four on the second afternoon of the first test
against West Indies on Thursday. The 29-year-old,
batting in his haracteristically slow and steady
manner, rescued India after they had lost two
wickets for just 15 runs in the morning session
when West Indies took the second new ball.
Dravid and Vangipurappu Laxman (32 not out)
patiently added 63 for the fifth wicket as India
looked on course for a potentially match-winning
total on a freshly laid wicket at the Wankhede
Stadium.
But the scoring rate came down drastically as
Mervyn Dillon bowled an inspired 5-1-10-0 spell
after lunch and leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo
bowled a negative line outside leg stump.
Dillon struck Laxman on the chest with a ball that
rose sharply after pitching and hit Dravid on the
thigh with a fast full-toss. India managed only 17
runs in the first hour after lunch from 13 overs.
Trinidadian Dillon, who captured both wickets to
fall on Wednesday, earlier had Sachin Tendulkar
edging an attempted cut shot outside the off stump
to wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs, who grabbed his
150th test victim.
Tendulkar faced only six deliveries on Thursday,
failing to add to his overnight score of 35 before
an expectant home crowd. Seamer Cameron Cuffy had
Indian captain Saurav Ganguly adjudged lbw by
umpire Asoka de Silva of Sri Lanka to reduce the
hosts to 296 for four.
But the left-hander, who scored four runs, may
have been unlucky as television replays showed the
ball had pitched outside leg stump. Dravid, fresh
from his career-best 217 against England at The
Oval in August, drove left-arm seamer Pedro
Collins through the covers for four and then
rocked on his back foot to steer Cuffy to
the
backward point fence. He raised his 50, off 123
balls, with a single to cover off Nagamootoo. The
right-hander from Bangalore, playing his 65th
test, also has 13 hundreds.
DAY
ONE
October 09, 2002 - 1125 GMT
India 278-2 v WI
MUMBAI: India were 278 for the loss of two
wickets in their first innings at the close of
play on the opening day of the first Test against
West Indies here at Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.
Main feature of the day's play was a superb
century-knock of 147 by Virender Sehwag.
Sachin Tendulkar was batting on 35 and Rahul
Dravid was playing on 28.
October 09, 2002 - 0825 GMT
Sehwag hits century in record stand
MUMBAI: Virender Sehwag smashed a career-best
124 not out to put India on course for a big total
in the first Test against the West Indies here on
Wednesday.
Opener Sehwag cracked two sixes and 22 fours in
his third Test century in 10 matches as India
posted 175 for no loss at tea on the opening day
after electing to bat on a newly laid pitch at the
Wankhede Stadium.
Sanjay Bangar played a supporting role as he
contributed just 44 in a big stand for the opening
wicket. He played only one big shot in his
171-ball knock, lifting left-arm spinner Ryan
Hinds for a straight six.
The stand was India's highest for the opening
wicket against the West Indie, eclipsing the
previous best of 153 between Sunil Gavaskar and
Chetan Chauhan at this venue in 1978-79.
Sehwag, who turns 24 in 10 days, never allowed the
West Indian bowlers to dominate with his wide
range of attacking shots as he batted comfortably
against both pace and spin during his 181-ball
knock.
The Delhi batsman completed his half-century off
85 balls in the last over before lunch when he
square-drove left-arm fast bowler Pedro Collins
for his 11th boundary.
He took 53 deliveries more to complete his
hundred, lofting part-time seamer Wavell Hinds
over mid-wicket for his 19th boundary. He then
went on to surpass his previous best of 106
against England at Trent Bridge in August.
West Indies skipper Carl Hooper, playing his 100th
Test, used all of his specialist bowlers in short
spells in hot and humid conditions bu none could
provide the breakthrough.
The pitch had neither pace nor bounce for fast
bowlers even on the first day of the match and the
Indian openers made the most of the conditions to
give their team a solid start.
Sehwag played attractive shots against both
seamers and spinners, starting with two successive
boundaries in Collins's opening over.
He then took two fours off Cameron Cuffy and three
in an over off leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo,
who hardly turned the ball in the first two
sessions.
Sehwag continued to frustrate the West Indies who
had to use as many as seven bowlers in an
unsuccessful bid to break the stand. He struck the
first six of the match, hoisting Nagamootoo over
long-off.
October 09, 2002 - 0615 GMT
India off to a comfortable start v WI
MUMBAI: Openers Virendra Sehwag and Sanjay
Bangar got India off to a confident start
Wednesday in the first cricket Test against West
Indies, reaching 75 without loss at lunch on the
first day at Wankhede Stadium.
Sehwag was unbeaten on 50 and Bangar was not out
18 at the first interval. Indian captain Sourav
Ganguly won the toss and had little hesitation in
deciding to bat first on the newly laid pitch,
although the wicket was generally slow and a few
deliveries did rise awkwardly. While Bangar
defended everything thrown at him, Sehwag
blossomed
to play some of his trademark cut shots to deal
mainly in boundaries.
Sehwag stroked consecutive fours off Pedro Collins
in the fourth over of the innings. Carl Hooper
turned to spin as early as the 13th over after
both his opening bowlers, Merv Dillon and Collins,
failed to get any assistance from the wicket. Leg
spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo found too little
purchase from the wicket and conceded too
many
boundaries to Sehwag, who hit 11 fours and reached
his half century of 85 balls.
October 09, 2002 -
Indian openers survive first hour
MUMBAI: India's openers Sanjay Bangar and
Virender Sehwag survived the opening hour of the
first Test against West Indies on a Mumbai wicket
that showed early signs of uneven bounce on
Wednesday.
India were 28 for no wicket after 13 overs in hot
and humid conditions at the Wankhede Stadium.
Sehwag was on 11 and Bangar 13 after captain
Saurav Ganguly had elected to bat first. The
explosive Sehwag, opening the batting for the
first time in India after his recent successes in
a four-Test series in England, started shakily
against
pacemen Mervyn Dillon and Pedro Collins.
The 24-year-old batsman was lucky on nought when
left-arm seamer Collins rapped him on the pads
right in front of the wicket off a no-ball.
All-rounder Bangar, who can also chip in with some
useful medium-pace bowling, made a good start by
steering Dillon to the third-man fence for four.
But runs came in a trickle after that as the ball
either seemed to keep low or shoot up suddenly on
a freshly re-laid wicket that has a tinge of
green.
Paceman Javagal Srinath made his Test comeback for
India after having announced his retirement four
months ago, on his return from the Test series
defeat in the Caribbean.
West Indies captain Carl Hooper, playing in his
100th Test, opted for three pacemen -- Dillon,
Collins and Cameron Cuffy -- and leg-break bowler
Mahendra Nagamootoo in his side. The Test is the
first in a three-match series.
October 09, 2002 - 0415 GMT
India elect to bat v WI
MUMBAI: India skipper Sourav Ganguly elected
to bat after winning the toss against the West
Indies in the opening cricket Test at the Wankhede
Stadium here on Wednesday.
India: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Sanjay
Bangar, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul
Dravid, Venkat Laxman, Parthiv Patel
(wicket-keeper), Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh,
Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan.
West Indies: Carl Hooper (captain), Chris
Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine
Chanderpaul, Ryan Hinds, Ridley Jacobs
(wicket-keeper), Mahendra Nagamootoo, Pedro
Collins, Mervyn Dillon, Cameron Cuffy.
Umpires: David Shepherd (England) and
Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka).
TV umpire: Shivram.
Match referee: Mike Proctor (South
Africa).
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