India A v West Indies A - 1st Unofficial 4 day Test 1991/2 - West Indies A 1st Innings

India A v West Indies A - 1st Unofficial 4 day Test 1991/2 - Calcutta

Toss: West Indies A

West Indies A won an important toss, and predictably elected to bat first, with the pitch expected to take spin late in the match.
With all of the batsmen spending time in the middle, and lead by recently called up captain Dawnley Joseph with 111, posted a massive 1st innings score.
A long and frustrating unbroken 9th wicket partnership of 128*between tailenders Perry and Rose was the final nail in the India A bowler's coffin, allowing West Indies A to declare at 500/8 late on Day 2.
The bowlers struggled throughout, before Perry 77*, and Rose 50* ground them into the dust.
With the wicket expected to favour spin increasingly later in the match, West Indies A appeared in a very strong position to force a win.
A target of 351 to avoid the follow on left India A under pressure as they prepared to begin their innings.

West Indies A 1st Innings 500/8 Declared (Overs 157)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
SC Williams	lbw	b ST Banerjee	27	50	35	4	0
RG Samuels	lbw	b Gopal Sharma	45	101	81	6	0
DA Joseph*		b BKV Prasad	111	301	267	10	1
DRE Joseph	c NR Mongia	b SB Joshi	35	73	76	2	1
KLT Arthurton		b ST Banerjee	44	87	73	4	2
S Chanderpaul		b Gopal Sharma	46	118	92	2	0
CO Browne+		b SC Ganguly	20	80	61	1	0
RN Lewis	c VVS Laxman	b AR Kapoor	16	35	35	1	0
NO Perry	not out		77	135	135	10	0
F Rose	not out		50	118	102	1	0
AH Gray	dnb
extras		(b9 lb5 w4 nb11)	29
TOTAL		8 wickets for	500

FOW
1-50(SC Williams) 2-100(RG Samuels) 3-154(DRE Joseph) 4-229(KLT Arthurton)
5-309(DA Joseph) 6-334(S Chanderpaul) 7-359(RN Lewis) 8-372(CO Browne)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
ST Banerjee	27	4	115	2
BKV Prasad	26	1	71	1
SC Ganguly	15	2	52	1
Gopal Sharma	43	5	131	2
SB Joshi	23	3	65	1
AR Kapoor	23	7	52	1

Nehemiah Perry compounded India A frustrations by making an unbeaten 77*