Fri, Oct 12, '18
When Roston Chase had addressed the press a day before the match, he reckoned the feeling in the Windies camp was that they needed the opposition to punch them first before they could land one of their own. If India's total in excess of 600 runs in the first Test, followed by Windies' capitulation in back-to-back innings was a blow that struck the visitors hard, Chase was at the forefront of a counter-punch effort that helped Windies end Day 1 of the second Test in Hyderabad on a positive note.
Having lost half their side for 113 runs, Chase led a spirited fightback with his unbeaten 98, supported well by Shane Dowrich and Jason Holder, as the visitors went into stumps at 295 for 7, having lasted beyond 80 overs for the first time in eight innings in India. On a day when India managed to bowl 95 overs, it was the lower middle order (sixth wicket onwards) that batted for close to 60 per cent of the overs, with Chase being involved in a century stand with Holder after a half-century association with Dowrich.
The familiar middle-order woes of Windies had resurfaced at the start of the second session, with Kuldeep having bagged three of the first five wickets. While none of the partnerships for the first five wickets lasted beyond 34 runs, the first real sign of a fightback was the sixth-wicket association of Chase and Dowrich as they recorded the first instance of a Windies pair lasting beyond 100 deliveries in this series. Be it calculated assaults, strong defence or strike rotation, Chase and Dowrch had all bases covered as they denied India a wicket for more than 20 overs during their 69-run stand that lasted for 124 deliveries. Their stand was yet another instance of a rearguard action for Windies in recent times, with 34 per cent of their 50 fifty-plus stands (including the one that was to follow) since 2017 coming from wickets six to 10.
Fri, Oct 12, '18
Jaguars vs Volcanoes
SPINNERS Veerasammy Permaul, Ramaal Lewis and Ricardo Adams combined to subdue and mesmerise the Windwards Volcanoes batsmen and became the chief architects of destruction which allowed the Guyana Jaguars to stay on course for one of the semi-finalist berths with another convincing 93-run win in their Cricket West Indies (CWI) Group A Super50 encounter at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy last evening.
It was the Guyanese third consecutive triumph in as many matches, after they succumbed to defeat to the odds-on favourite, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in their first game, and kept their winning ways by defeating the defending champions, Volcanoes, who were bowled out for 138 in 36.3 overs.
Lewis (7.3-0-25-4), Permaul (10-0-32-3), Adams (8-1-22-2) and Clinton Pestano (5-0-13-1) were Jaguars wicket-takers who proved too much for their opponents whose chances of advancing to the semi-finals seem to be in jeopardy. The Super50 crown is quietly slipping away from their grasp.
read more at Guyana Chronicle
Red Force vs Windies B
The highly touted T&T Red Force batting line-up finally clicked yesterday as the team tallied 318 for nine wickets in its 50 overs against the Windies B team during the teams' fourth round match of the CWI Super50 Tournament at the Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain.
Batting first the Red Force batsmen finally found form with a number of them catching the eye with good batting display. None was better than the returning Jason Mohammed who slapped 83 off 90 deliveries with six fours and four sixes. Opener Lendl Simmons batted well and scored a run-a-ball 75 laced with 13 fours.(Trinidad Guardian)
Final scores were:
Red Force 318/9,Mohammed 83, L Simmons 75, Rhamdin 55, B Charles 3/48;
Windies B 248/10, 248/10, Keegan Simmons 60, A Joseph 51*, Odean Smith 49, S Narine 4(?) wkts
Thu, Oct 11, '18 by KRISSANIA YOUNG
A daunting task lies ahead of the Windies, in their quest to rectify their disappointing first Test outing against hosts India, when the second Test bowls off at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday October 11, at 11:00 p.m., ECT. This, a ground that has previously hosted four Test matches, in which India failed to claim a mere three of a possible eighty wickets, with three matches producing results, all in favour of the home side, two of which were by an innings victory margin. Windies enters the match with their backs against the wall, after failing to bat a combined one-hundred overs during the first Test and also failing to reach the two-hundred mark in either of their turn at the crease, sparking many harsh words in their direction form sections of the cricketing world.
Windies captain, Jason Holder, has however come out swinging in favour of his charges ahead of the second Test, calling for patience and sending a reminder of his team’s recent run of form in this format of the game (WDLWWL). After Holder’s press address, one would be inclined to agree with the Windies skipper (even if only partially), calling to mind the impressive summer the Caribbean team had against both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, teams who were ranked ahead of them in the ICC Test Rankings. To give some perspective to the loss, the Caribbean men entered the first Test behind the eight ball, before a ball was even bowled, lining up without forty-four of the ninety-six (of a possible one-hundred) wickets which were claimed this summer, with the loss of senior man Kemar Roach and captain, Jason Holder.
Does this, however, excuse the batting display of the team? There is a fine line between attacking and being reckless. It was during the second innings that Windies crossed this line when, even after wickets were tumbling, there seemed to be no attempt to adjust the plan to attack, no plan ‘B’. What was so disappointing about this display, is that the visitors thrust aside all the things they did well this summer: consolidating, forming partnerships and aiming for the 90-over mark. On the contrary, Windies batsmen failed to find the necessary balance between defence and attack, along with striker rotation, to cause the Indians any problems. With the team facing that intimidating first innings total of 649, however, one of the fundamental principles of the game occurred: runs on the board equalled to pressure.
Windies missed the plot in playing the extra batsman, as opposed to the left-arm orthodox spinner, Jomel Warrican; removing the balance a fifth bowler brought to the team. The moment the decision was made to play four bowlers, was the moment Devendra Bishoo was damned to bowl over a half-century of overs. This work load removed any sting the Guyanese would have had, had he been kept fresh. There is however, hope that Windies will return with a fighting performance, starting later this evening. After all, they have done it before against England in Headingley (2017) and Pakistan in Sharjah (2016). All things being equal, hopefully, along with the return of Holder and Roach, we can then judge a full-strength Windies team, a team with their skipper, as, despite your thoughts on Jason Holder, he is the undoubtedly the leader of this unit.
Thu, Oct 11, '18
USA vs Hurricanes
At Kensington Oval: Kenjige grabbed 3-22 from eight overs to earn the Player-of-the-Match award and Patel completed a tidy all-round performance with 2-4 from 2.1 overs to undermine the Hurricanes’ pursuit of a target of 198.
Orlando Peters hit half-dozen boundaries in the top score of 37 from 35 balls, but no other batsman reached 20, as the Hurricanes were bowled out for 109 in 30.1 overs.
Earlier, Patel was one of a handful of United States batsmen that got starts, but failed to carry on, leading the way with a circumspect 39 from 80 balls.
Monank Patel scored 27, Steven Taylor made 22 and Alex Amsterdam got 21.
Leg-spinner Damion Jacobs was the pick of the Hurricanes bowlers with 3-40 from 10 overs; Rahkeem Cornwall, Jeremiah Louis and Chesney Hughes supported with two wickets apiece.
Marooners vs Windies B
At the Three Ws Oval: Brathwaite struck three fours and three sixes in an unbeaten, even 50 from 31 balls, as the Marooners successfully chased 175 for victory.
He shared a 90-run – unbroken – fourth-wicket stand with Jonathan Drakes, whose 41 from 46 balls included four boundaries.
Marooners had a strong start with openers Kyle Corbin and Kjorn Ottley sharing 70 before they were dismissed – and the home team stumbled to 88 for three in the 20th over.
Brathwaite joined Drakes and they carried the Marooners over the finish line in the 32nd over.
There was neither substance nor stability from the Pride, after they were sent in to bat, except for a period where Kevin Stoute joined left-hander opener Shayne Moseley and they put on 40 for the fourth wicket.
Moseley made 49 from 87 balls to lead the way, Stoute supported with 37, Shamar Springer got 22 and Miguel Cummins made 20.
Brathwaite was the pick of the Marooners’ bowling with 3-21 from 10 overs and Akeem Jordan took 3-36 from 9.2 overs.
Thu, Oct 11, '18
West Indies suffered their biggest defeat against India in the first Test at Rajkot when they lost by an innings and 272 runs. West Indies lost all their 20 wickets in 4 sessions of play and the match got over in 3 days.
If you take all their previous 5 defeats against India, it was all by colossal margins. A loss by 237 runs, by an innings and 92 runs, by an innings and 126 runs, by an innings and 51 runs and by an innings and 15 runs. The last time West Indies won a Test match against India was at Kingston in 2002. The last time West Indies won a Test match in India was way back in 1994 at Mohali.
Against this background, West Indies are now approaching the second Test against India at Hyderabad. Let us analyse what the Windies should do to win the second Test and level the series.
Cricket analyst C. Namasivayamhas 6 suggestions for the West Indies