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Volume No. 1 Issue No. 32 - Wednesday, November 27, 2002
West Indies Cricket Tour of India
by: Thomson Fontaine

West Indies completed a mixed tour of India by winning the seven one day international series 4 -3. Earlier in the tour, the West Indian tourists were defeated by India 2-0 in the three test match series. The loss of the test series was the first time India defeated the West Indies in a home series.

At the end of the series, the twenty-three year old West Indian opener Chris Gayle(inset) was named Man of the Series for having scored 475 runs at an average of 65 with three centuries. Largely on account of his batting in the series, Gayle was promoted to number three in the World One Day International Batting Ratings behind Sri Lankas Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar of Indian. No other West Indian batsman is in the top ten with the closest been Brian Lara at number 19.

Although the West Indies team performed poorly in the test series, the resulting one day victory provided a glimpse into the possible fortunes of the team in the up-coming World Cup series. The young players in Gayle, Sarwan, Hinds, Powell, Samuels combined with the skill and experience of Chanderpaul, Hooper and Lara appear poised to perform well during the World Cup.

Samuels in particular seem to have come into his own with a flawless display of batting during the series in which he hit his maiden one day international hundred just a few weeks after scoring his first maiden test hundred on the same tour.

The consistency of Sarwan, who unfortunately seem unable to score centuries but who bats consistently with several scores past fifty, and the flair of Hinds and Powell should give the West Indies a better than fair chance of competing in the World cup.

In the seventh and final one day, Samuels, the elegant 22-year-old right-hander, unfurled a breathtaking repertoire of strokes in an unbeaten 108 off just 75 balls that propelled the West Indies to a formidable 315 for six. Combined with a devastating opening burst from fast bowler Jermaine Lawson, the West Indies crushed India by 135 runs for an emphatic series win.

After winning the two first one day series, Chris Gaylethe West Indies felt that India was unfairly awarded a win in the third match. The West Indies having scored 301 in their fifty overs, India were 201 for 1 off 27 overs when an unruly crowd invaded the pitch. Play could not continue and India was adjudged winners by 81 runs by the match referee based on the Duckworth/Lewis method.

The method recalculates the numbers of overs to be played in the event of rain or delay and have come in for severe criticism in the way some matches have turned out based on the system.

The West Indies Cricket Board has since appealed that decision arguing that the Duckworth/Lewis method should not have been applied to this situation and would only set a bad precedent for unruly crowds to determine the outcome of one day matches.

West Indies lost the fourth one day match to India, came back in the fifth, lost the sixth and ended by winning the seventh. Overall, it was a thrilling one day series, which provided a lot of drama, plenty of runs, and close finishes.

For instance in the first one day, the West Indies overcame a formidable Indian total and a hostile crowd to pull off a thrilling last-ball victory. In the second one day, chasing 279, the West Indies won by seven wickets with four balls to spare.

In the fourth one day series, although the West Indies scored a formidable 324 for 4 largely on account of a sparkling 140 by Chris Gayle off 127 balls, the Indians came charging back and scored the runs with two overs to spare.

When the West Indies bounced back in the fifth game, Wavel Hinds and Chris Gayle plundered the Indian bowling to race to 132 off just 17 overs, chasing a total of 271. West Indies easily won by five wickets.

With all the flair and heroics of the one day, the test series was a completely different affair with the West Indies losing the first and the second test by an innings and 112 runs and 8 wickets respectively. The third and final test ended in a draw after both Laxman and Tendulkar scored huge centuries to rescue the Indian batting.

The West Indies now moves on to Bangladesh where they are expected to play three one day internationals and two tests. The team will be captained by Ridley Jacob in the absence of Carl Hooper who is on his way to Australia for a knee operation.

The last time the West Indies played against Bangladesh, they were humbled by lowly Bangladesh losing badly in the test series. This time around, they will be looking to put on display the newly found form of the young West Indian cricketers. In the run up to next years World Cup.




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