West Indies finish at 224/6 on day 4
ROSEAU, Dominica: Kirk Edwards hit a resilient 110 on debut but West Indies was still struggling at 224-6, a modest lead of 81, against India at the close of the fourth day of the third cricket test at Windsor Park on Saturday.
Edwards stroked nine fours and a six in becoming the 13th West Indian to notch a century on debut. Barbadian Edwards, watched by his father Glendon, faced 195 balls and batted just short of five hours.
He received great support from veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who compiled an unbeaten 73. The pair shared a determined fourth-wicket stand of 161 that pulled the hosts out of the early peril of 40-3. Chanderpaul struck five fours off 201 deliveries in 280 minutes.
Offspinner Harbhajan Singh broke the stand by claiming Edwards and finished with 3-61. Swing bowler Praveen Kumar took 2-29, including a late wicket as the visitors grabbed three near the end to swing the balance back in their favour.
Earlier, Fidel Edwards grabbed 5-103 as India folded quickly in the morning session for 347, a first-innings lead of 143, after resuming on 308-6. India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni stretched his top score to 74.
Fidel Edwards struck with the second ball of the day, his well-directed bouncer hurrying Harbhajan (12) into a hook that skied into the leg-side for a running catch to wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh.
Dhoni and Praveen Kumar (23) added a further 31 before the last three wickets tumbled for eight runs. Dhoni swatted a pull straight to deep square leg at 339-8. Kumar's knock, decorated with two fours and a six off 27 balls, ended when he sliced a catch to backward point.
Fidel Edwards claimed his 10th five-wicket haul in tests when another lifter forced Sharma (2) to fend straight to short leg. Sharma returned to quickly put the skids under the home team.
Kieran Powell (4), on debut, fell cheaply for the second time in the match, deflecting a catch to Suresh Raina at third slip. Kumar added the wicket of the other opener Adrian Barath (6) at 10-2 as he steered a catch to gully.
Kirk Edwards and Darren Bravo tried to guide their team out of early trouble in a stand of 30 either side of lunch. Bravo (14) fell early in the second session, skewing Harbhajan's off-break to deep mid-off. Edwards and Chanderpaul struggled early on but blossomed as they settled in.
The 36-year-old Chanderpaul should have perished just before tea, edging Harbhajan to slip where Rahul Dravid dropped a right-handed chance.
The pair dominated the final session, as Chanderpaul passed his half century and Edwards got to his hundred in bizarre circumstances.
Edwards should have been run out seeking his 100th run on a risky single to mid-off. Chanderpaul sent his partner back but Harbhajan's throw deflected off Edwards and away from wicketkeeper Dhoni with Edwards well short of his crease.
The relief was evident as Edwards eventually scampered an overthrow and took off his helmet and raised both arms aloft like a triumphant boxer.
He survived a difficult chance to Dravid at slip off the back of the bat soon afterwards but could not see out the day.
Harbhajan claimed him to an outside edge as he tried to force through the off-side.
Three balls later, Harbhajan dismissed Marlon Samuels, lbw for a duck.
And in the day's final over, Kumar struck with the second new ball when Baugh (10) lofted a catch straight to short extra cover.
Scoreboard Saturday at stumps on the fourth day of the third cricket test between West Indies and India at Windsor Park:
West Indies 1st Innings 204
India 1st Innings
(Overnight 308-6)
Abhinav Mukund c Barath b Bishoo 62
Murali Vijay c Baugh b FEdwards 5
Rahul Dravid b Sammy 5
V.V.S. Laxman st Baugh b Chanderpaul 56
Virat Kohli c Baugh b Sammy 30
Suresh Raina lbw b FEdwards 50
M.S. Dhoni c Bishoo b FEdwards 74
Harbhajan Singh c Baugh b FEdwards 12
Praveen Kumar c Samuels b Bishoo 23
Ishant Sharma c Barath b FEdwards 2
Munaf Patel not out 4
Extras: (8b, 3lb, 3w, 10nb) 24
TOTAL: (all out) 347
Overs: 108.2.
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-18, 3-116, 4-168, 5-172, 6-275, 7-308, 8-339, 9-343, 10-347.
Bowling: Fidel Edwards 28.2-3-103-5 (1w, 2nb), Darren Sammy 28-7-51-2 (1w), Devendra Bishoo 38-2-125-2 (6nb), Kirk Edwards 4-0-19-0 (1w, 2nb), Shivnarine Chanderpaul 10-0-38-1.
West Indies 2nd Innings
Adrian Barath c Kohli b Kumar 6
Kieran Powell c Raina b Sharma 4
Kirk Edwards c Dhoni b Harbhajan 110
Darren Bravo c Kumar b Harbhajan 14
Shivnarine Chanderpaul not out 73
Marlon Samuels lbw b Harbhajan 0
Carlton Baugh c Mukund b Kumar 10
Darren Sammy not out 1
Extras: (5b, 1nb) 6
TOTAL: (for 6 wickets) 224
Overs: 83.
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-10, 3-40, 4-201, 5-201, 6-224.
Still to bat: Ravi Rampaul, Fidel Edwards, Devendra Bishoo.
Bowling: Praveen Kumar 15-5-29-2, Ishant Sharma 16-4-38-1, Munaf Patel 17-3-58-0 (1nb), Harbhajan Singh 25-6-61-3, Suresh Raina 8-1-19-0, Abhinav Mukund 2-0-13-0.
ROSEAU, Dominica: Kirk Edwards hit a resilient 110 on debut but West Indies was still struggling at 224-6, a modest lead of 81, against India at the close of the fourth day of the third cricket test at Windsor Park on Saturday.
Edwards stroked nine fours and a six in becoming the 13th West Indian to notch a century on debut. Barbadian Edwards, watched by his father Glendon, faced 195 balls and batted just short of five hours.
He received great support from veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who compiled an unbeaten 73. The pair shared a determined fourth-wicket stand of 161 that pulled the hosts out of the early peril of 40-3. Chanderpaul struck five fours off 201 deliveries in 280 minutes.
Offspinner Harbhajan Singh broke the stand by claiming Edwards and finished with 3-61. Swing bowler Praveen Kumar took 2-29, including a late wicket as the visitors grabbed three near the end to swing the balance back in their favour.
Earlier, Fidel Edwards grabbed 5-103 as India folded quickly in the morning session for 347, a first-innings lead of 143, after resuming on 308-6. India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni stretched his top score to 74.
Fidel Edwards struck with the second ball of the day, his well-directed bouncer hurrying Harbhajan (12) into a hook that skied into the leg-side for a running catch to wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh.
Dhoni and Praveen Kumar (23) added a further 31 before the last three wickets tumbled for eight runs. Dhoni swatted a pull straight to deep square leg at 339-8. Kumar's knock, decorated with two fours and a six off 27 balls, ended when he sliced a catch to backward point.
Fidel Edwards claimed his 10th five-wicket haul in tests when another lifter forced Sharma (2) to fend straight to short leg. Sharma returned to quickly put the skids under the home team.
Kieran Powell (4), on debut, fell cheaply for the second time in the match, deflecting a catch to Suresh Raina at third slip. Kumar added the wicket of the other opener Adrian Barath (6) at 10-2 as he steered a catch to gully.
Kirk Edwards and Darren Bravo tried to guide their team out of early trouble in a stand of 30 either side of lunch. Bravo (14) fell early in the second session, skewing Harbhajan's off-break to deep mid-off. Edwards and Chanderpaul struggled early on but blossomed as they settled in.
The 36-year-old Chanderpaul should have perished just before tea, edging Harbhajan to slip where Rahul Dravid dropped a right-handed chance.
The pair dominated the final session, as Chanderpaul passed his half century and Edwards got to his hundred in bizarre circumstances.
Edwards should have been run out seeking his 100th run on a risky single to mid-off. Chanderpaul sent his partner back but Harbhajan's throw deflected off Edwards and away from wicketkeeper Dhoni with Edwards well short of his crease.
The relief was evident as Edwards eventually scampered an overthrow and took off his helmet and raised both arms aloft like a triumphant boxer.
He survived a difficult chance to Dravid at slip off the back of the bat soon afterwards but could not see out the day.
Harbhajan claimed him to an outside edge as he tried to force through the off-side.
Three balls later, Harbhajan dismissed Marlon Samuels, lbw for a duck.
And in the day's final over, Kumar struck with the second new ball when Baugh (10) lofted a catch straight to short extra cover.
Scoreboard Saturday at stumps on the fourth day of the third cricket test between West Indies and India at Windsor Park:
West Indies 1st Innings 204
India 1st Innings
(Overnight 308-6)
Abhinav Mukund c Barath b Bishoo 62
Murali Vijay c Baugh b FEdwards 5
Rahul Dravid b Sammy 5
V.V.S. Laxman st Baugh b Chanderpaul 56
Virat Kohli c Baugh b Sammy 30
Suresh Raina lbw b FEdwards 50
M.S. Dhoni c Bishoo b FEdwards 74
Harbhajan Singh c Baugh b FEdwards 12
Praveen Kumar c Samuels b Bishoo 23
Ishant Sharma c Barath b FEdwards 2
Munaf Patel not out 4
Extras: (8b, 3lb, 3w, 10nb) 24
TOTAL: (all out) 347
Overs: 108.2.
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-18, 3-116, 4-168, 5-172, 6-275, 7-308, 8-339, 9-343, 10-347.
Bowling: Fidel Edwards 28.2-3-103-5 (1w, 2nb), Darren Sammy 28-7-51-2 (1w), Devendra Bishoo 38-2-125-2 (6nb), Kirk Edwards 4-0-19-0 (1w, 2nb), Shivnarine Chanderpaul 10-0-38-1.
West Indies 2nd Innings
Adrian Barath c Kohli b Kumar 6
Kieran Powell c Raina b Sharma 4
Kirk Edwards c Dhoni b Harbhajan 110
Darren Bravo c Kumar b Harbhajan 14
Shivnarine Chanderpaul not out 73
Marlon Samuels lbw b Harbhajan 0
Carlton Baugh c Mukund b Kumar 10
Darren Sammy not out 1
Extras: (5b, 1nb) 6
TOTAL: (for 6 wickets) 224
Overs: 83.
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-10, 3-40, 4-201, 5-201, 6-224.
Still to bat: Ravi Rampaul, Fidel Edwards, Devendra Bishoo.
Bowling: Praveen Kumar 15-5-29-2, Ishant Sharma 16-4-38-1, Munaf Patel 17-3-58-0 (1nb), Harbhajan Singh 25-6-61-3, Suresh Raina 8-1-19-0, Abhinav Mukund 2-0-13-0.
News Posted: 10 July, 2011
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