India lose third One Day against W Indies

West Indies beat India in the third One Day International by 18 runs. Electing to bat first, they set a target of 249 runs in the stipulate...

West Indies beat India in the third One Day International by 18 runs. Electing to bat first, they set a target of 249 runs in the stipulated 50 overs. India in reply managed to score 231 runs.

Earlier Report

ST VINCENT, April 30: India, facing a daunting task of scoring five runs per over for victory, were placed at 88 for one after 20 overs in the third One-Day International match here today.

West Indies had scored 249 for nine in their allotted 50 overs with opener Stuart Williams top scoring with 76.

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Williams raised 60 runs for the second wicket with Brian Lara (33) after the early fall of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, leg before to Abey Kuruvilla. After the departure of Lara and Jimmy Adams, Williams and Carl Hooper added 86 for the fourth wicket.

Medium-pacer Kuruvilla turned out with the best figures conceding just 34 runs for the wicket of Chanderpaul. Off-spinner Noel David, who impressed with teasing spell and three wicket in the second one-dayer, bowled his 10 overs for 38 runs and the scalp of Jimmy Adams.

The Indian innings suffered an early setback when Sachin Tendulkar was bowled by Courtney Walsh for just 9 runs in the fifth over.

But fellow opener Saurav Ganguly (batting 33) and one-drop batsman Rahul Dravid (batting 35) have put their heads together and batted in the most sensible manner to give India hope.

SCOREBOARD

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West Indies: Stuart Williams c Robin Singh b Tendulkar 76, Shivnarine Chanderpaul lbw Kuruvilla 5, Brian Lara b Robin Singh 33, Jimmy Adams c Dravid b David 9, Carl Hooper c & b Kumble 48, Roland Holder c Karim b Prasad 16, Ottis Gibson run out 3, Curtly Ambrose b Prasad 13, Courtney Browne not out 10, Franklyn Rose run out 9, Courtney Walsh not out 0. Extras (b 4, lb 15, w 2, nb 6): 27. Total (for nine wickets off fifty overs): 249.

Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-71, 3-86, 4-170, 5-193, 6-197, 7-214, 8-228, 9-248.

Bowling: Prasad 10-0-53-2 (nb 3), Kuruvilla 10-2-34-1 (nb 2, w 1), Kumble 10-1-46-1, Robin Singh 7-0-46-1 (nb 1), David 10-1-38-1, Tendulkar 3-0-13-1.