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WI, India Test drawn
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: The West Indies batsmen succeeded in extracting a draw against India on the fifth and final day of the fourth Test on Tuesday.
May 14, 2002 - 1930 GMT
WI batsmen take Indian bowling to sword
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (119) and wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs (118) shared a sixth wicket partnership of 166 as West Indies, earlier struggling to avoid the following-on, were comfortably placed at 592 for the loss of six wickets at tea on the fifth and final day of the fourth Test against India on
Tuesday.
Jacobs who reached his second Test hundred, struck eleven boundaries and five sixes during his 206-ball innings.
Both India and West Indies are at level (1-1) of five-Test series.
May 14, 2002 - 1715 GMT
Fourth Test heads for draw despite Chanderpaul ton
ST JOHN'S, Antigua: West Indies left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul struck his fifth Test century and his third of the series as the fourth Test against India headed for a tame draw on Tuesday.
At lunch on the final day, Chanderpaul was batting on a slow 349-ball 106 with wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs on a fiery 77, including three big sixes.
The pair have shared an unbroken 112-run stand for the sixth wicket as the West Indies reached 494 for five in reply to India's first innings 513 for nine declared.
The 27-year-old Chanderpaul had scored a career-best 140 in the first drawn Test in Georgetown and then slammed 101 not out as West Indies won the third match at Barbados by 10 wickets to level the series 1-1.
The Guyanese has taken his series aggregate to 415 runs at an astonishing average of 207.5. Only captain Carl Hooper, who was out for 136 on Monday, has scored more runs this series -- 556 at 111.2.
West Indies resumed on their overnight 405 for five with Jacobs leading the charge. The Antiguan, who was left out of the first two Tests due to a lacklustre performance with the bat against Pakistan at Sharjah earlier this year, had scored a duck at Barbados but hit back on a good batting pitch in his hometown. Jacobs flicked left-arm paceman Ashish Nehra to the mid-wicket fence for four before cutting Javagal Srinath to the point boundary.
He reached his eighth Test 50, off 97 balls, with a couple to deep point before dancing down the track and lofting Nehra for a six that landed on the roof of the Richie Richardson stand.
Chanderpaul, who had started the day unbeaten on 80, brought up his century just 20 minutes before lunch, off 336 deliveries, on-driving Khan to the mid-wicket fence. India had won the second Test in Trinidad by 37 runs for their first win in the Caribbean in over 26 years. The fifth Test starts in Kingston, Jamaica on Saturday.
DAY
FOUR
May 13, 2002 - 2115 GMT
WI reach 405-5 v India
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Skipper Carl Hooper blasted a superb knock of 136 to put West Indies back into the game as the hosts went off the field with 405 for the loss of five wickets at the draw of stumps on the fourth day of the fourth Test against India on Monday.
May 13, 2002 - 1915 GMT
Hooper makes WI bat again
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Skipper Carl Hooper cracked an unbeaten 111 as West Indies, needing 314 to avoid following-on, were cruising at 340 for the loss of four wickets at tea on the fourth day of the fourth Test against India on Monday.
Hooper reached his 13th Test hundred, punctuated with ten boundaries and three sixes off 215 deliveries.
He collected 144 runs for the fifth-wicket partnership with Shivnarine Chanderpaul (61 not out) who scored his 25th Test fifty laced with ten boundaries off 166 balls.
May 13, 2002 - 1645 GMT
Hooper steers WI towards follow-on target
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Skipper Carl Hooper cracked an unbeaten 72 as West Indies, needing 314 to avoid following-on, were cruising at 266 for four at lunch on the fourth day of the fourth Test against India on Monday.
Hooper, looking for his third century of the series, shared in a 70-run stand for the fifth wicket with left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who was on a breezy 28.
The 35-year-old Hooper struck 233 for his maiden Test double century in the first drawn match at Georgetown and then scored 115 in the third Test at Barbados, which West Indies won by 10 wickets to level the series 1-1 after
India had won the second Test at Trinidad by 37 runs.
West Indies, replying to India's 513 for nine declared, resumed on their overnight 187 for three but lost Ramnaresh Sarwan early on for 51.
Sarwan, who had reached his 12th half-century in his 21st match on Sunday, was trapped lbw by left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan with a ball that pitched on leg-stump.
Hooper cut Khan to the third-man fence and then steered occasional slow bowler Sachin Tendulkar to the point boundary for four more.
The Guyanese drove Tendulkar over extra-cover for a big six and raised his 50 by driving him to the long-off fence for four. The tourists are one bowler short with leg-spinner Anil Kumble on his way back to India for surgery to a broken jaw he sustained after being hit by a rising delivery from paceman Mervyn Dillon.
The 31-year-old Kumble, who will undergo an operation on Wednesday in Bangalore, bowled 14 overs on Sunday despite being wreathed in bandages.
DAY
THREE
May 12, 2002 - 2140 GMT
West Indies struggle v India
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Making a reply to India's first innings total of 513 for the loss of nine wickets, the West Indies had scored 187 for the loss of three wickets at the draw of stumps on the third day of the fourth Test on Sunday.
May 12, 2002 - 1915 GMT
WI chase a mammoth Indian total
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Responding to India's first innings total of 513 for the loss of nine wickets, the West Indies had reached 88 for the loss of Chris Gayle when the stumps were taken off for tea break on the third evening of the fourth Test on Sunday.
Gayle scored 32 runs punctuated with five boundaries off 88 deliveries. He also shared an opening stand of 65 runs with Wavell Hinds who was still playing on a polished 48 which included six boundaries. Gayle was dismissed by Zaheer Khan through a catch behind the stumps by wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra.
May 12, 2002 - 1645 GMT
Ratra hits
maiden ton as India declare on 513-9
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra
slammed his maiden Test century as India declared
their first innings at 513 for nine on the third
morning of the fourth Test on Sunday.
Ratra, 20, who had almost been left out of the
match due to poor form with the bat, celebrated by
punching the air and raising both his arms. The
youngster remained unbeaten on 115 after
Vangipurappu Laxman fell for 130, adding just six
to his overnight score.
They shared in a record 217-run partnership for
the seventh wicket, beating the previous Indian
record against West Indies of 186 put up in 1971
at Barbados by Eknath Solkar and Dilip Sardesai.
West Indies were 17 for no loss in reply by lunch,
with Chris Gayle on seven and fellow left-hander
Wavell Hinds on nine.
Ratra, from the northern state of Haryana, became
only the second Indian wicketkeeper to score a
Test century overseas. Vijay Manjrekar had scored
118 at Kingston in 1953, although it was the only
one of his 55 Tests in which the middle-order
batsman kept wicket.
India resumed on 462 for six but Laxman departed
early to a freak hit-wicket when his back leg
clipped the stumps as he tried to play a late
flick off paceman Mervyn Dillon.
Ratra, who had started the day on 93, brought up
his century by glancing Dillon to the fine-leg
fence for his 12th four. Paceman Cameron Cuffy
dismissed Zaheer Khan (4) and Javagal Srinath (15)
before Indian captain Saurav Ganguly decided to
close the innings.
The Indians suffered a big blow on Sunday with
leg-break bowler Anil Kumble ruled out for further
play in the match due to a fractured jaw.
Kumble, their most successful current bowler with
318 Test wickets, had been hit by a rising ball
from Dillon while batting on Saturday. India won
the second Test at Trinidad by 37 runs but West
Indies hit back with a 10-wicket win at Barbados
to level the series 1-1.
DAY
TWO
May 11, 2002 - 2145 GMT
India score 462-6 v WI
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: India had posted 462 for
the loss of six wickets at the draw of stumps on
the second day of the fourth Test on Saturday.
May 11, 2002 - 1905 GMT
WI fail to restrict India
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: West Indies' pacers effort to reduce India did not bear any fruit as the tourists had marched safely to 337 for the loss of six wickets in the afternoon session of the second day of the fourth Test on Saturday.
Vangipurappu Laxman was playing on 56, punctuated with four boundaries off 157 deliveries and wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra was batting on 38 scored off 114 balls and four hits to the fence. They had added 65 valuable runs for the unfinished seventh wicket partnership.
May 11, 2002 - 1635 GMT
Windies' pacemen hit back as India struggle
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: West Indies' fast bowlers hit back on Saturday to reduce India to 272 for six in the morning session of the second day of the fourth Test.
At lunch, Vangipurappu Laxman, India's last top order batsman, was at the crease on 17 with wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra unbeaten on 12. India resumed on 226 for three but captain Sourav Ganguly departed early, adding just four
runs to his overnight 41.
The left-hander cut paceman Cameron Cuffy to point where Wavell Hinds held on to a sharp catch. Three overs later Dravid, who started the day unbeaten on 86, dragged a wide-ish ball from Mervyn Dillon onto his stumps to
end his 291-ball knock with 91.
Dillon softened Anil Kumble with a short ball that hit him flush on the jaw and then had him caught at leg slip for six while fending off another rising delivery as India slumped to 257 for six.
The first four of the day came after 90 minutes when Laxman, man-of-the-match in India's 37-run second Test win at Trinidad last month after half-centuries in both innings, drove paceman Adam Sanford straight down the ground.
Ratra got off the mark by edging left-arm paceman Pedro Collins through the slip cordon for four.
Opener Wasim Jaffer had scored 86 on Friday but key batsman Sachin Tendulkar fell for his third duck in four
innings.
West Indies won the third Test at Barbados to level the five-match series 1-1.
DAY
ONE
May 10, 2002 - 2135 GMT
India reach handsome 226-3
ST JOHN'S, Antigua: India after being asked to bat first, had posted a handsome 226 for the loss of three wickets at the draw of stumps on the first day of the fourth Test against the West Indies here on Friday.
Rahul Dravid was batting on 86 and skipper Sourav Ganguly was playing on 41.
May 10, 2002 - 1830 GMT
Jaffer, Dravid flay WI attack
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: India had reached a solid 153 for the loss of Shiv Sunder Das. Opener Wasim Jaffer played a lead role in taking the tourists to a score of great comfort.
He was playing on an unbeaten knock of 80 runs punctuated with 13 boundaries off 163 deliveries. He was assisted by Rahul Dravid batting on 67 off 171 balls.
The two had gathered 140 runs for the second wicket by tea on Friday after being asked to bat by West Indies on the first day of the fourth Test.
May 10, 2002 - 1630 GMT
Jaffer stands firm as India hold off WI attack
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Opener Wasim Jaffer led the charge with a fluent 48 as India reached 73 for one by lunch on Friday after being asked to bat by West Indies on the first day of the fourth Test.
Jaffer, who scored a half-century in the third Test at Barbados, struck seven fours and shared in an unbroken 60-run stand for the second wicket with Rahul Dravid, who was on 21, after Shiv Dundar Das was bowled for 3.
India were bundled out for 102 in their first innings at Barbados as West Indies won by 10 wickets to level the series 1-1.
The visitors lost Das early when he dragged a wideish delivery from left-arm paceman Pedro Collins on to his stumps, but Jaffer and Dravid dug in on a good batting track to ensure there were no further mishaps. Jaffer cut paceman Cameron Cuffy to the point fence for his first boundary and then drove him through the covers for four more.
The opener, playing his fourth Test, then rocked on the backfoot and cut Collins for three boundaries through the off-side before steering him to the third-man fence. He was fortunate on 46, when he edged Cuffy just short of Brian Lara at first slip.
Dravid, who had scored an unbeaten 144 in the first drawn Test at Georgetown, played the anchor role by keeping the scoreboard ticking over with ones and twos. India, who won the second Test at Trinidad by 37 runs, brought leg-spinner Anil Kumble back into the side in place of off-break bowler Harbhajan Singh.
West Indies also made one change, bringing in left-hander Wavell Hinds in place of opener Stuart Williams.
May 10, 2002 - 1410 GMT
West Indies put India in to bat
ST JOHN'S, Antigua: West Indies skipper Carl Hooper elected to field after winning the toss in the fourth Test against India at the Antigua Recreation Ground here on Friday.
The West Indies included opener Wavell Hinds in place of Stuart Williams for the only change from the team that won the third Test by 10 wickets to square the five-match series 1-1.
India replaced off-spinner Harbhajan Singh with leg-spinner Anil Kumble.
West Indies: Carl Hooper (capt), Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ridley Jacobs, Mervyn Dillon, Adam Sanford, Pedro Collins, Cameron Cuffy.
India: Sourav Ganguly (capt), Shiv Das, Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Venkatsai Laxman, Ajay Ratra, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra.
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim).
Match-referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL)
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