Dahiya delights

November 25: The wicket-keepers of either side made the most of it scoring half centuries each, on the final day of the three-day West Indie...

November 25: The wicket-keepers of either side made the most of it scoring half centuries each, on the final day of the three-day West Indies A8217; against India Youth, which ended in a tame draw, at the Nehru Stadium here today.

India Youth8217;s wicket-keeper, Vijay Dahiya, finally ran out of partners at the other end, remaining unbeaten with 75 when their innings folded 35 minutes before tea at 363, 16 runs short of the visitor8217;s score of 399. Later, Courtney Browne, smashed the quickest 50 in the match, coming of just 36 balls.

Bishop was very pessimistic about the opening pair, and stated that some working out has to be done. He was happy that Courtney Browne was among the runs, but will be missing the services of spinner, Raul Lewis, who has been recalled to join the West Indies team, currently in South Africa.

Lewis recalled

Spinner Raul Lewis has been summoned to join the West Indies team in South Africa in the place of the injured Ram Narayan who has been ruled out for the forth coming Testseries starting next week.

8220;We were informed about it late last night 2 a.m and soon the officials here made arrangements to send off Raul Lewis early this morning,8221; said coach Roger Harper.

Raul Lewis is the second player to be called from this touring team after Lloyd Lamonte Rieffel had returned from Dhaka. 8220;We will miss his services, but Mahindra Naga Motoo who is replacing Raul is also a good spinner,8221; said Harper.

The hosts were injury prone yet again, as wicket-keeper Vijay Dahiya had to leave the field after being hit on the wrist off a shot by Keith Semple, who was trying to sweep, off the bowling of Rohan Gavaskar. He was replaced by Mithu Minhas, who made a poor show dropping Courtney Brown.

Scoreboard

West Indies A8217; 1st innings: 399-7 decl

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India Youth 1st innings: Devang Gandhi c Bishop b McGarrel 120, S Ramesh c Griffith b Collins 46, Rohan Gavaskar c Gayle b McGarrell 4, Mithu Minhas b McGarrell 28, S Sriram c Semple b Collins 45, Vijay Dahiya not out 75, SairajBahutule c Browne b Semple 24, Obaid Kamal b McGarrell 13, Nilesh Kulkarni c Griffith b McGarrell 0, Ashish Winston Zaidi c Griffith b Bishop 0. Extras: b9, lb7, nb12 28. Total all out in 115.2 overs: 383.

Injured Amit Pagnis did not bat.

Fall-of-wickets: 1/128, 1/133, 3/215, 4/230, 5/296, 6/330, 7/382, 8/382.

Bowling:Collins 20-2-90-2 nb5, Bishop 21.2-3-58-1 nb4, Tuckett 20-1-65-0 nb1, McGarrel 33-5-87-5, Gayel 14-1-40-0, Semple 7-1-27-1.

West Indies A8217; 2nd Innings:Adrian Griffith c amp; b Kulkarni 2, Sherwin Campbell b Kamal 8, Keith Semple run out 19, Christopher Gayle not out 27, Courtney Browne not out 57. Extras:

lb2, nb1 3.

Total for three wickets in 36 overs 111.

Fall of wickets:

1-11, 2-11, 3-34.

Bowling: Kamal 5-2-10-1, Zaidi 5-3-5-0, Kulkarni 13-5-27-1, Gavaskar 3-1-35-0, Sriram 1-0-1-0, Gandhi 4-1-31-0.