Pitch: 35
Toss: West Indies A
West Indies A took full advantage of perfect batting conditions to pile on 453/7 in their 1st Innings.
Opener Samuels made 105, and Arthurton 100, and with the other batsmen all contributing the visitors were never troubled.
Jadeja 107 and R.R.Singh 109 replied strongly for the home side, after fast bowler Gray 4-57 had taken early wickets, enabling them to declare.
Rain and bat light eventually forced an early closuring, wiping out the last 15 overs as the home side were making a bold attempt at scoring 200 to win in 42 overs, and leaving the match Drawn.
Samuels was named Man of the Match for his fluent innings on the 1st day, the most entertaining of 4 centuries scored throughout the match.
Match Drawn
Man of the Match: R.G.Samuels
West Indies A 453/7 declared (116.2 overs)
(P.A.Wallace 24, R.G.Samuels 105, D.R.E.Joseph 59, R.I.C.Holder 44, K.L.T.Arthurton 100, F.L.Reifer 35, C.O.Browne 53*; M.Venkataramana 3-102)
Indian Board President's XI 307/6 declared (102.1 overs)
(A.Jadeja 107, R.R.Singh 109, V.Yadav 28*, A.S.Wassan 23*; A.H.Gray 4-57)
West Indies A 54/0 (19.4 overs)
(P.A.Wallace 37*)
Indian Board President's XI 124/3 (27 overs)
(V.G.Kambli 59*, S.C.Ganguly 37; A.H.Gray 2-26)
Tony Gray was the best bowler in a high scoring match claiming 4-57 and 2-26
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