Story India vs West Indies series

[Super Baz]

West Indies have arrived in India for a series that will consist of 3 test matches and 5 one day internationals

West Indies 14 man squad for the 3 tests
B.Lara(capt)
S.Chanderpaul
W.Hinds
C.Gayle
R.Sarwan(vice capt)
R.Morton
C.Baugh(wkt)
M.Samuels
C.Collymore
D.Bravo
D.Mohammed
I.Bradshaw
J.Taylor
F.Edwards

tour news:

West Indian cricket board have made a few surprise selections for the test series ,the first one mainly being the inclusion of Carlton Baugh to keep wicket ahead of Ramdin , others who get the chance in the test team are Samuels & Morton ,Dave Mohmammed is the only full time spinner picked which was a surprise ,maybe we might see Sarwan & Gayle get in a few overs.

 

[rabeta]

I like the look of this story, try to use some images and colour to improve the presentation but overall, a very good start. The inclusion of Carton Baugh is risky but very positive and I can see him doing well.

Check my Ashes 06/07 on ps2 story out at http://www.planetcricket.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28136

 

[Super Baz]

Test match schedule

1st Test - Nagpur
2nd Test - Mumbai
3rd Test- Delhi

line ups for the 1st Test starting today

India
S.Ganguly
V.Sehwag
S.Tendulkar
R.Dravid (Capt)
VVS.Laxman
MS.Dhoni(wkt)
H.Singh
I.Pathan
Z.Khan
A.Kumble
S.Sreesanth

West Indies
C.Gayle
W.Hinds
S.Chanderpaul
B.Lara(capt)
R.Sarwan
D.Bravo
C.Baugh
J.Taylor
C.Collymore
I.Bradshaw
D.Mohmammed
F.Edwards

 

[Super Baz]

India vs West Indies 1st Test :

Day 1

Hinds Exellent knock all in vain

The 1st test at Nagpur got under way when Rahul Dravid won the toss and put the tourists into bat . Chris Gayle and Wavell Hinds started the series off and it wasn`t long before we had the first wicket , Gayle was clean bowled by Zaheer Khan for 8 , Brian Lara then came to the crease and was looking for a good score having not played well in the ICC trophy recently , he started off by smashing Pathan for two boundries in succecive deliverys ,but his days were numbered when he tried to edge one he got too much bat on it and played it right into Sehwags hands at 1st slip off Kumble for 24 .
Things changed though for the tourists when Chanderpaul & Hinds joined up as they racked up a partnership of 145 for the 3rd wicket , but India came storming back in style Chanderpaul (78) & Hinds (94) fell in the same over to Harbaijan Singh and the whells came off the innings big style as thr west indies went from 198-2 to 216-7 in a short time , the Indian seemers returned to finish off the tail to leave the tourists 240-all out .
With only 8 overs left in the day India had no problems and at stumps were 15 without loss.

West Indies Innings:
Gayle b Zaheer Khan 8
W.Hinds c&b Harbaijan 94
Lara c Sehwag b Kumble 24
Chaderpaul c Dhoni b Harbaijan 78
Sarwan c Dravid b Kumble 3
Bravo c Sehwag b Kumble 0
Baugh c&b Kumble 4
Taylor b Zaheer Khan 20
Bradshaw c Kumble b Zaheer Khan 4
Mohammed c Sehwag b Pathan 1
Collymore Not Out 0

West Indies were 240-All out ( 89ovs) Hinds 94 , Chanderpaul 78

India Bowling
Kumble 23-3-54-4
Harbaijan 23-5-58-2
Pathan 14-3-37-1
Sreesanth 12-1-37-0
Zaheer Khan 14.2 -2-46-2
Tendulkar 3-0-7-0

(below )Hinds salutes as he makes his 50 & Kumble has Lara caught for 24

 

[plympilgrim]

wow nice presentation mate keep up the great work

 

[Super Baz]

India vs West Indies 1st Test

Day 2

Ganguly gives India the edge on day 2
Saurav Ganguly`s knock 0f 85 insured India had the upper hand on day 2 of the 1st test , the West Indies will rue their actions on the field as they put down two catches first of which came in the second ball of the day, Lara dropping Sehwag off Taylor . Rahul Dravid hit a patient 64 before giving a thin edge to 2nd slip off Collymore ,the indian captain would have been furious with himself as there was only two overs to go of the days play .

overnight : Ind 15-0

India Innings
Ganguly c Mohammed b Gayle 85
Sehwag c Lara b Bravo 24
Tendulkar c Lara b Mohammed 35
Dravid c Gayle b Collymore 64
Laxman b Taylor 38
Dhoni lbw b Taylor 2
PathanNot Out 15
Harbaijan Singh Not Out 3

India are 280-6Wkts (105ovs) Ganguly 85 , Dravid 64

West Indies bowling
Mohammed 26-5-54-1
Collymore 21-3-75-1
Bradshaw 19-6-38-0
Bravo 13-1-27-1
Taylor 17-0-42-2
Gayle 9-1-36-1

(below) - Ganguly smashes a 4 off Taylor & ( below right) Rahul Dravid moves onto 50

 

[Slowcoach]

Nice presentation Super Baz, I like the amount of detail you are providing with your summaries and scorecards, and the photos you have used are well chosen too.
The only thing I would suggest to improve the story is to include the balls faced and the fours and sixes for the batsmen and score when they were dismissed (e.g. S.Ganguly c and b Lara 10 (100 balls) 1 four, 1 six, 29/5), but then again I'm a cricket stats nut and maybe those things aren't as important to you as they are to me.

 

[Super Baz]

India vs West Indies 1st Test

Day 3

Indian tail press home advantage with the bat

India moved into a strong position after day 3 of the 1st test , Irfan Pathan was the unlikely hero smashing an unbeaten 88 , Anil Kumble pitched in with a 40 and Harbaijan made a solid 31 , after a long day in the field for the Windies India were eventully bowled out for 436 giving them a 196 run lead after the 1st innings .
The West Indies 2nd innings started just after tea and it wasn`t long before CHris Gayle was back in the pavilion when he was adjudged lbw for 10 off the bowling off Zaheer Khan , Brian Lara stepped up to the crease with a good knock needed but disaster struck the windies with 3 overs left of the days play Wavell Hinds sliced one to point and then a over later Lara misjudged a Harbaijan delivery and was stumped for 46 ,the windies finished the day on 99-3 .

overnight 280-6 (Pathan 15* , Harbhaijan 3* )

India 1st Innings :
Pathan Not Out 88
Harbhaijan c Baugh b Taylor 31
Kumble c Baugh b Collymore 40
Zaheer.K b Taylor 6
Sreesanth c Baugh b Bravo 4

India were 436 -all out ( 168ovs) Pathan 88* , Ganguly 85 , Taylor 4-78

West Indies bowling :
Bradshaw 28-9-57-0
Taylor 30-3-78-4
Collymore 33-10-88-2
Mohammad 40-7-95-1
Bravo 25.5-3-66-2
Gayle 12-1-49-1


West Indies 2nd innings :
Gayle lbw b Zaheer .K 10
W.Hinds c Laxman b Sreesanth 33
Lara st Dhoni b Harbhijan 46
Chanderpaul Not Out 4
Sarwan Not Out 0

West Indies are 99-3 wkts ( 35ovs) Lara 46

India bowling :
Pathan 5-0-17-0
Zaheer.K 5-0-16-1
Kumble 7-0-16-0
Harbhaijan 12-3-31-1
Sreesanth 6-1-14-1

(below left) Pathan celebrates his 50 & (below right)Lara walks off dejected after being stumped for 46

 

[rabeta]

Thats Pathan celebrating a wicket not 50 lol but any way well presented and India are going well!

 

[Super Baz]

i knew that Rabeta ,it was one of the best pics i could find of Pathan celebrating , and the other player with his helmet on makes it look like the other batsmen

 

[manee]

http://www.planetcricket.org/forums/showthread.php?t=21004&page=1

This will help your presentation...maybe use cricinfo for pictures, it is very good...

Use the link and the story will look much better.

 

[Super Baz]

India vs West Indies 1st Test

Day 4

India cruise to victory in 4 days

India wrapped up the 1st test just after tea on day 4 , the Windies started the day off at 99-3 with Chanderpaul & Sarwan at the crease and it was important these two stayed there for as long as possible with two big knocks required but India had other ideas . Sarwan was first to go edging to 3rd slip off Pathan then two overs later Bravo was lbw Pathan for 2 ,the panic button was pressed when Chanderpaul was another lbw victim this time to man of the match Kumble for 39 . A possitive for the Windies to take from the match was the unbeaten 59 by Carlton Baugh unlucky for the toursits nobody was able to help him , Windies were bowled out for 265 leaving India 70 to win.
Sehwag went about it one-day style with a quick 35 before giving a thick edge to Gayle off Collymore , Ganguly(28) and Tendulkar(2) fisnished off the run chase .

overnight : WI 99-3 ( Chanderpaul 4* Sarwan 0* )

:West Indies 2nd Innings
Chanderpaul lbw b Kumble 39
Sarwan c Sehwag b Pathan 12
Bravo lbw b Pathan 2
Baugh Not Out 59
Taylor b Kumble 9
Bradshaw b Harbhaijan 8
Mohammed c&b Harbhaijan 25
Collymore b Kumble 4

West Indies were 265-all out (93ovs) Baugh 59* Harbhaijan 3-54

India Bowling
Zaheer.K 17-3-54-1
Pathan 16-0-46-2
Sreesanth 13-1-35-1
Kumble 24.1-2-65-3
Harbhaijan 23-4-54-3

India Req 70runs to win

India 2nd Innings:
Ganguly Not Out 28
Sehwag c Gayle b Collymore 35
Tendulkar Not Out 2

India were 70-1wkt (19ovs) Sehwag 35 , Ganguly 28*

West Indies bowling
Taylor 6-0-30-0
Bradshaw 6-0-22-0
Collymore 3.5-1-5-1
Mohammed 4-0-12-0

1ST TEST
India Beat West Indies by 9 wkts

(below left) Kumble bowls Collymore & (below right) Carlton Baugh`s 59 not out all in vain for the tourists

 

[Super Baz]

thanks for the feedback guys , i tried the image shack but my pc has some cookies/ non critical spyware on it so it wouldn`t let me join ,i`ll get it sorted hopefully for the 2nd test starting

once again thanks for your comments/help

 

[MWaugh]

looks good man. nicely set out and very easy to read which is always good. india easily defeating the west indies there

 

[Hooper]

Oh...C'mon Windies