The schedule is as follows:
3 day First Class match v Indian Board XI at Kanpur
50 over List A match v Indian Board XI at Nagpur
20 over match v Indian Board XI at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
3 day First Class match v Indian Board President's XI at Punjab C.A.Stadium, Chandigarh
50 over List A match v Indian Board President's XI at Bangalore
20 over match v Indian Board President's XI at Cuttack
1st Unofficial T20 International v India A at Lucknow
2nd Unofficial T20 International v India A at Calcutta
1st Unofficial ODI v India A at Bombay
2nd Unofficial ODI v India A at Delhi
3rd Unofficical ODI v India A at Calcutta
1st Unofficial 4 day Test v India A at Ahmedabad
2nd Unofficial 4 day Test v India A at Bangalore
INDIA pitches 1988-1998
At the Eden Gardens in Calcutta there are usually plenty of runs to be had on the first three to four days but the spinners then begin to take over as the wicker breaks up. In Bangalore the wearing quality of the pitch is also suspect and again batting is easy early on but becomes more difficult on the final day. Delhi wickets usually help the spin bowlers at some stage. Often the wicket is slow paced at the start but occasionally the spinners find the ball turning on the opening day. The Punjab C.A. Stadium in Chandigarth producers good batting wickets, sometimes a little slow paced, while the Sector 16 Stadium in the same city often helps the bowlers, offering an uneven bounce or some grip for the spinners. Good batting wickets are also not unknown at the venue. Nagpur is frequently a graveyard for bowlers, producing easy or slow paced wickets full of runs throughout. The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) also favours the batsmen, more often than not the bounce is low and the scoring rate slow, with spinners getting a bit of help on the final day. In Madras there is sometime a little help to the quicker bowlers on the first morning and rather more assistance for the spinners late in the game, in between the batsmen should enjoy themselves although the bounce cam be low or even erratic at times. The wickets at Lucknow are usually slow paced but have a tendency to crumble late in the match so other things being equal it’s better to bat first here. In Ahmedabad the wickets are frequently over watered and offer help to the seamers on the first day. By mid match the spinners are finding some grip and turn so expect a decisive result more often than not at this venue. Kanpur is also a good venue for the spinners and can also produce wickers of varying bounce. In Cuttack the wickets are often slow paced, just occasionally lively for the opening morning and sometimes offering a little help the spinners on the final day.
Kanpur plays host to the first game of the West Indies A tour of India in August 1991/2
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