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India clinch one-dayers in thrilling fashion
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: chasing a reduced victory target of 248 in 44 overs, the West Indies were bundled out for 191 off 36.2 overs to surrender the five-match one-day internationals series to India.
Earlier, electing to bat first, India had scored 260 off their allotted 50 overs in the deciding fifth one-day international here on Sunday.
June 02, 2002 - GMT
WI chase reduced target for victory
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Electing to bat first, India had scored 260 off their allotted 50 overs but due to rain, the target of 261 for the West Indies was reduced to 248 off 44 overs in the deciding fifth one-day international here on Sunday.
June 02, 2002 - GMT
Ganguly leads the way in deciding one-dayer
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Captain Sourav Ganguly was unbeaten on 54 as India looked set for a big total at 136 for two off 27 overs in the deciding fifth one-day international against West Indies on Sunday.
The 29-year-old Ganguly struck five fours as he raised 43 for the first wicket with Virender Sehwag and added 62 for the second with fellow left-hander Dinesh Mongia (28).
India had been bowled out for a paltry 123 in a match reduced to 25 overs on Saturday as West Indies won by seven wickets to level the series 1-1.
Sachin Tendulkar, back after missing the last game due to a shoulder injury, was on 14. Sehwag started aggressively for India, driving paceman Cameron Cuffy to extra cover for four in the second over.
The 23-year-old then drove him for two straight boundaries before hitting his fellow paceman Mervyn Dillon though the off-side for consecutive fours.
He was out for a run-a-ball 32, flicking Dillon to short mid-wicket, where Gayle held a leaping two-handed catch over his head to reduce India to 43 for one.
Ganguly took over after Sehwag's departure, driving Cuffy over extra cover for four and pulling medium-pacer Corey Collymore to the mid-wicket fence.
The Indian skipper then charged down the track and smashed left-arm paceman Pedro Collins over his head for two boundaries.
Mongia, who struck 74 in India's seven-wicket win in Barbados on Wednesday, received a life on 15 when he steered Collins uppishly to point, where Shivnarine Chanderpaul failed to hold the forward-diving catch.
He lofted Collymore over long-off for six, Cuffy managing to catch the ball but also stepping over the boundary rope. Mongia, however, fell later in the same over when Gayle took his second catch. Ganguly raised his 46th
one-day half-century off 73 balls, steering Dillon to the third-man fence for four.
The first two one-day matches were washed out in Kingston, Jamaica, while West Indies won the recent five-match test series 2-1.
June 02, 2002 - 1345 GMT
India elect to bat as Tendulkar returns
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: India skipper Sourav Ganguly elected to bat after winning the toss in the fifth and final one-day international against the West Indies at the Queen's Park Oval here on Sunday.
The five-match series is currently tied at 1-1, with India winning the third game by seven wickets at Bridgetown on Wednesday and losing the fourth by the same margin here on Saturday.
The first two one-dayers in Jamaica were rained off without a ball being bowled. India made two changes from the team that lost the 25-overs-a-side game here on Saturday, replacing Venkatsai Laxman and Tinu Yohannan with
Sachin Tendulkar and Ashish Nehra.
Tendulkar missed the fourth one-dayer due to a shoulder injury. The West Indies retained their squad.
India: Sourav Ganguly (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra.
West Indies: Carl Hooper (capt), Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ridley Jacobs, Mervyn Dillon, Cameron Cuffy, Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore.
Umpires: Eddie Nichols (WI) and Russell Tiffin (Zim).
Match referee: Mike Proctor (SA).
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