Indian Board XI v West Indies A - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - West Indies A 1st Innings report

Indian Board XI v West Indies A - 3 day First Class match - 1991/2 - Kanpur

West Indies A got off to a good start, scoring freely against the seamers early, with the openers putting on 56.
Wickets steadily fell to the spinners after that on a pitch which had improved to Normal after being slow on the first day, and the West Indies were eventually all out for a mediocre 211.
Left arm Joshi was the best of the spinners, having 4-40 at one stage, but tired after and finished with 4-70.
Offspinner Gopal Sharma grabbed a couple of late wickets to finish with 3-39, but was not as accurate generally and probably flattered by his figures.
The other 3 spinners all grabbed a wicket apiece.
For West Indies A, the batting of Shivnarine Chanderpaul was the only real bright spot, showing his tenacity to finish with 48* as the tail fell around him, an innings that West Indies fans would become familiar with throughout his future career.
With a lead of 85, the Indian Board XI would have been hoping for quick runs to set up a declaration and possible run chase.

West Indies A 1st Innings 211/10 All Out (Overs 74)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
SC Williams		b SB Joshi	35	51	54	4	0
S Ragoonath		b SB Joshi	19	58	32	1	0
RIC Holder*	c Gopal Sharma	b SB Joshi	31	78	68	3	0
KLT Arthurton	c SB Joshi	b Gopal Sharma	28	54	51	3	1
FL Reifer		b RV Bharadwaj	23	34	33	3	0
S Chanderpaul	not out		48	126	113	4	0
RD Jacobs+		b WV Raman	4	13	12	0	0
V Drakes	lbw	b SB Joshi	2	14	13	0	0
OD Gibson		b Gopal Sharma	17	49	46	2	1
R Dhanraj	c SS Dighe	b SV Bahutule	4	16	16	1	0
IA Allen	c V Razdan	b Gopal Sharma	0	12	6	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w0 nb0)	0
TOTAL		10 wickets for	211

FOW
1-53(SC Williams) 2-56(S Ragoonath) 3-110(KLT Arthurton) 4-117(RIC Holder)
5-137(FL Reifer) 6-141(RD Jacobs) 7-148(V Drakes) 8-193(OD Gibson) 9-204(R Dhanraj)
10-211(IA Allen)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
V Razdan	10	0	43	0
PL Mhambrey	6	2	23	0
Gopal Sharma	12	2	39	3
SB Joshi	27	9	70	4
SV Bahutule	10	3	15	1
RV Bharadwaj	4	0	14	1
WV Raman	5	3	7	1

Shiv Chanderpaul finished with an unbeaten 48* as wickets tumbled around him