Pitch: 8A - Some help for spinners
Weather: 3 - Hot and sunny
Toss: India A
India A won the toss and elected to bat first on a pitch expected to offer help to the spinners.
They lost opener Jadeja early again, his 4th failure in a row in India A colours, but Laxman and Dravid repaired the damage.
Both batsmen settled quickly and moved steadily through the gears.
By the time Laxman was out for 91, leading the race to a century, the pair had added 169 for the 2nd wicket and set up a big total by scoring at above 5 per over.
Dravid went on to 119 off 137 balls, playing the anchor role to perfection, and thoroughly justifying the decision to promote him to number 3.
Kapoor and Chetan Sharma hit out at the end to take the score to 278/8 off 50 overs, a total which appeared well out of reach of an inconsistent West Indies A batting lineup.
Chanderpaul claimed 5 wickets. finding turn in the slog overs, but by that stage wickets weren't important, and India easily batted out their overs.
The other two spinners were disappointing on a pitch which should have offered them assistance, and the pacemen had little impact.
The West Indies openers got starts, and when they fell in quick succession captain Holder, and the experienced Arthurton took over.
With 20 overs to go, West Indies A needed 170 to win at 8.50 per over, having built a solid platform of 109/2 off 30 overs, and were still a chance with in form hitters like Drakes and Gibson to come.
Ashish Kapoor then kicked into gear, backing up his unbeaten 20* with the bat with 4 wickets and 3 catches, as he and Joshi spun their way through the West Indies A lower order on a turning pitch.
West Indies lost 66/8 to be all out for a disappointing 175, and lose by the huge margin of 103 runs.
Dravid was Man of the Match for his century which had set up what turned out to be an impregnable total on a pitch offering the spinners assistance.
India A take a 1-0 lead in the 5 match Unofficial ODI series.
India A won by 103 runs
Man of the Match: R.S.Dravid
India A 1st Innings 278/8 Closed (Overs 50)
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Jadeja | lbw | b OD Gibson | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| VVS Laxman | c CO Browne | b AH Gray | 91 | 147 | 97 | 14 | 0 |
| RS Dravid | b S Chanderpaul | 119 | 188 | 136 | 15 | 0 | |
| SC Ganguly* | c RIC Holder | b S Chanderpaul | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Gursharan Singh | c&b S Chanderpaul | 18 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| NR Mongia+ | lbw | b S Chanderpaul | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| AR Kapoor | not out | 20 | 42 | 24 | 2 | 0 | |
| SB Joshi | b S Chanderpaul | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chetan Sharma | b AH Gray | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| M Venkataramana | not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| BKV Prasad | dnb | ||||||
| extras | (b0 lb0 w1 nb4) | 5 | |||||
| TOTAL | 8 wickets for | 278 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-4(A Jadeja) 2-173(VVS Laxman) 3-195(SC Ganguly) 4-214(Gursharan Singh) |
| 5-219(NR Mongia) 6-249(RS Dravid) 7-249(SB Joshi) 8-274(Chetan Sharma) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AH Gray | 10 | 1 | 52 | 2 |
| V Drakes | 8 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| OD Gibson | 10 | 2 | 48 | 1 |
| RN Lewis | 6 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| KLT Arthurton | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| S Chanderpaul | 10 | 0 | 57 | 5 |
West Indies A 1st Innings 175/10 All Out (Overs 47.2)
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC Wallace | b Chetan Sharma | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | |
| SC Williams | c M Venkataramana | b SC Ganguly | 20 | 62 | 48 | 4 | 0 |
| RIC Holder* | c A Jadeja | b AR Kapoor | 63 | 122 | 107 | 6 | 0 |
| KLT Arthurton | c SB Joshi | b AR Kapoor | 47 | 70 | 57 | 5 | 1 |
| FL Reifer | b AR Kapoor | 7 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| S Chanderpaul | b Chetan Sharma | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| CO Browne+ | c AR Kapoor | b SB Joshi | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| V Drakes | not out | 6 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| RN Lewis | c AR Kapoor | b SB Joshi | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| OD Gibson | c AR Kapoor | b SB Joshi | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| AH Gray | lbw | b AR Kapoor | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| extras | (b0 lb0 w1 nb1) | 2 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 175 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-20(PC Wallace) 2-56(SC Williams) 3-145(KLT Arthurton) 4-149(RIC Holder) |
| 5-152(S Chanderpaul) 6-162(CO Browne) 7-168(FL Reifer) 8-168(RN Lewis) |
| 9-170(OD Gibson) 10-175(AH Gray) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chetan Sharma | 9 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| BKV Prasad | 7 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| SC Ganguly | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| M Venkataramana | 7 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| SB Joshi | 9 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| AR Kapoor | 9.2 | 0 | 36 | 4 |
| A Jadeja | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Young India A batsman Rahul Dravid celebrates his hundred in the first Unofficial ODI v West Indies A
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