Hooper and Chanderpaul follow on in familiar roles

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 ...

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.

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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 was 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.

(Reuters)

SCOREBOARD (Lunch)

India (1st innings): 513/9 decl
West Indies (1st innings, Overnight 187/3): C Gayle c Ratra b Khan 32, W Hinds b Tendulkar 65, R Sarwan lbw Khan 51, B Lara lbw Kumble 4, C Hooper batting 72, S Chanderpaul batting 28; Extras: (b-4, lb-6, nb-4) 14
Total: (For 4 wkts, in 99 overs) 266
Fall of wickets: 1-65, 2-121, 3-135, 4-196
Bowling: Javagal Srinath 23-10-37-0, Ashish Nehra 21-6-63-0, Zaheer Khan 20-3-61-2, Saurav Ganguly 3-0-7-0, Sachin Tendulkar 18-2-59-1, Anil Kumble 14-5-29-1