World T20, 2nd Semi-Final

India vs West Indies

at Mumbai, Mar 31, 2016

West Indies 196/3 beat India 192/2 by 7 wickets

West Indies Cricket Players

Brian Lara | Chris Gayle | Corey Collymore | Denesh Ramdin | Devon Smith | Dwayne Bravo | Dwayne Smith | Jermaine Lawson | Marlon Samuels | Omari Banks | Ramnaresh Sarwan | Ricardo Powell | Shiv Chanderpaul | Wavell Hinds | Joel Garner | Andy Roberts | Cameron Cuffy

India vs West Indies - Antigua Test Match

June 2-6 2006
Antigua Cricket Ground
Toss: India won the toss and decided to bat
Umpires: Asad Rauf, S J A Taufel
TV Umpire: BR Doctrove
4th Umpire: JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Result: India draw with West Indies

Antigua Test Start

Corey Collymore and Shivnarine Chanderpaul fit to play

West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul and fast bowler Corey Collymore passed fitness tests this morning in Antigua and are available for selection to the final Eleven for the first test match against India.
Chanderpaul suffered a small tear to his left hamstring during the third ODI in St Kitts. He was forced to miss the final two ODIs but remained with the squad to receive treatment from physiotherapist Stephen Partridge. Collymore twisted his right ankle in the final ODI in Trinidad and did not bowl in the game. After receiving treatment from Partridge, he was able to bowl in the Windies net session yesterday and participated fully in the practice session at the Antigua Recreation Ground this morning.
Meanwhile, a pitch with a little grass is the order of the day for the first Test. But the West Indies will start with the advantage. The West Indies Cricket Board announced the appointment of Ramnaresh Sarwan as vice captain of the West Indies cricket team for the remainder of the Digicel 2006 home series. Sarwan, age 25, will be number two to Brian Lara. Sarwan has performed outstandingly during his career and won the man-of-the-series award in the just-concluded one-day international series between the West Indies and India.

Antigua Test First Day

West Indies take charge against India

West Indies produced a strong bowling display to restrict India to 235 for 9 at stumps on day one of the first Test.
All-rounder Dwayne Bravo claimed 4-37 and Corey Collymore 3-27 as India struggled after electing to bat. Eight batsmen reached double figures for the tourists but none of them could go on to play a major innings and Rahul Dravid's 49 was the top score. India were 180-7 but Sri Sreesanth and Anil Kumble boosted the total by adding 47 for the eighth wicket. India sprang a surprise at the start by leaving out Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh and giving a debut to seam bowler VRV Singh.

Antigua Test Second Day

Chris Gayle force Windies punish India

Half centuries from Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Ramnaresh Sarwan put West Indies in command on day two of the first Test against India in Antigua.
Having dismissed the tourists for 241, the Windies reached 318 for 6 by the close, a lead of 77 runs. Gayle top scored with a typically belligerent 72, Bravo hit an attractive 63 while Sarwan laboured to 57. Virender Sehwag was the pick of the bowlers with 2-32, dismissing Bravo and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who made 24. Munaf Patel (2-60) and leg-spinner Anil Kumble (2-85) were also among the wickets but the inexperience of seamers Sri Sreesanth and VRV Singh was exposed during Gayle's initial assault.

Antigua Test Third Day

Wasim Jaffir ton turns tide for India

Wasim Jaffer scored his second Test century as India battled back to gain control after three days of the first Test against West Indies in Antigua.
The hosts had carved out a useful lead of 130 as they were bowled out for 371. But by the close, Jaffir's career-best 113 not out had steered India to 215 for 2 in their second innings, a lead of 85.
Jaffer shared an opening stand of 72 with Virender Sehwag (41), 75 for the second wicket with VVS Laxman (31) and an unbroken 68 with Rahul Dravid. The captain was still there on 21 not out at the close, while Jaffer's unbeaten knock has come from 223 balls, with 12 fours.

Antigua Test Fourth Day

Wasim Jaffer puts West Indies on back foot

Opener Wasim Jaffer hit a magnificent 212 and Mahendra Dhoni lashed six sixes in a frantic 69 as India created a match-winning position against West Indies here on the fourth day of the opening Test.
India, who started the day on 215 for two, declared at 521 for six at Antigua Recreation Ground. West Indies, set a challenging 392 to win in just over a day, were 13 without loss at the close.
Jaffer's maiden double century was the anchor of India's superb fight-back after conceding a first-innings lead of 130. Dhoni provided late acceleration and his dismissal, to a catch at deep midwicket which was nearly his seventh six, proved a controversial moment at the end of the day.

Antigua Test Fifth Day

Antigua Test ends in a thrilling draw

West Indian paceman Fidel Edwards, hampered by a hamstring injury and batting with a runner, and his last-wicket partner Corey Collymore played out 19 balls to deny India victory in the first Test at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
The match had seemed headed for stalemate when the West Indies reached tea on 158 for three, but India applied the pressure relentlessly to take six wickets in the final session. Edwards and Collymore were both one not out at the end after leg-spinner Anil Kumble had come close to bowling India to victory by taking four for 107.

Scores

India 1st Innings 241 all out (92.5 overs)	India 2nd Innings 521 for 6 (150.5 overs)
West Indies 1st Innings 371 all out (98.3 overs)	West Indies 2nd Innings 298 for 9 (95.0 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
W Jaffer	c D Ramdin	b F H Edwards	1	9	0	0
V Sehwag	c B C Lara	b C D Collymore	36	37	7	0
V V S Laxman	c D Ramdin	b D J Bravo	29	74	5	0
R Dravid	c B C Lara	b C D Collymore	49	173	4	0
Yuvraj Singh		b D Mohammed	23	67	3	0
M Kaif	c D Ramdin	b D J Bravo	13	38	2	0
M S Dhoni	c B C Lara	b C D Collymore	19	27	2	0
A Kumble		b D J Bravo	21	51	4	0
S Sreesanth	not out		29	54	2	0
V R V Singh	c R R Sarwan	b D J Bravo	2	8	0	0
M M Patel		b F H Edwards	0	28	0	0
Extras		9nb 2w 8lb	19
Total		all out	241

Bowler O M R W F H Edwards 18.5 3 53 2 I D R Bradshaw 24.0 3 83 0 C D Collymore 17.0 7 27 3 C H Gayle 4.0 0 6 0 D J Bravo 22.0 9 40 4 D Mohammed 7.0 1 24 1

Fall of wicket   10 W Jaffer 51 V Sehwag 72 V V S Laxman 126 Yuvraj Singh 155 M Kaif 179 M S Dhoni 180 R Dravid 227 A Kumble 231 V R V Singh 241 M M Patel

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
C H Gayle	c R Dravid	b A Kumble	72	91	13	1
D Ganga	lbw	b M M Patel	9	13	2	0
R R Sarwan	lbw	b A Kumble	58	110	9	0
B C Lara	c Yuvraj Singh	b M M Patel	18	21	2	1
S Chanderpaul	c M S Dhoni	b V Sehwag	24	79	3	0
D J Bravo	st M S Dhoni	b V Sehwag	68	92	11	0
D Ramdin	c M S Dhoni	b M M Patel	26	68	3	0
I D R Bradshaw	c Yuvraj Singh	b V R V Singh	33	85	6	0
D Mohammed	not out		19	34	2	0
F H Edwards	c M S Dhoni	b V R V Singh	4	15	1	0
C D Collymore	lbw	b A Kumble	0	1	0	0
Extras		22nb 2w 2b 14lb	40
Total		all out	371

Bowler O M R W S Sreesanth 16.0 1 96 0 M M Patel 28.0 7 80 3 V R V Singh 15.0 1 61 2 A Kumble 27.3 6 86 3 V Sehwag 12.0 2 32 2

Fall of wicket   18 D Ganga 137 C H Gayle 159 B C Lara 182 R R Sarwan 255 S Chanderpaul 282 D J Bravo 331 D Ramdin 359 I D R Bradshaw 370 F H Edwards 371 C D Collymore

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
W Jaffer		b I D R Bradshaw	212	399	24	1
V Sehwag	c C H Gayle	b C D Collymore	41	58	6	1
V V S Laxman	c I D R Bradshaw	b D Mohammed	31	58	5	0
R Dravid	c I D R Bradshaw	b D Mohammed	62	177	2	0
Yuvraj Singh	c S Chanderpaul	b C H Gayle	39	83	5	0
M Kaif	not out		47	87	6	0
M S Dhoni	c D Ganga	b D Mohammed	69	52	4	6
Extras		9nb 6w 5lb	20
Total		for 6	521

Bowler O M R W F H Edwards 5.4 2 16 0 C D Collymore 23.0 8 50 1 I D R Bradshaw 40.0 9 108 1 D J Bravo 26.2 4 98 0 D Mohammed 29.5 5 162 3 C H Gayle 22.0 6 67 1 R R Sarwan 4.0 0 15 0

Fall of wicket   72 V Sehwag 147 V V S Laxman 350 R Dravid 375 W Jaffer 419 Yuvraj Singh 521 M S Dhoni

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
C H Gayle	lbw	b A Kumble	69	188	9	3
D Ganga	c Yuvraj Singh	b A Kumble	36	78	5	0
R R Sarwan	c A Kumble	b S Sreesanth	1	7	0	0
B C Lara	lbw	b S Sreesanth	0	7	0	0
S Chanderpaul	c R Dravid	b A Kumble	62	109	10	0
D J Bravo	c M S Dhoni	b V Sehwag	28	41	5	0
D Ramdin	c R Dravid	b V Sehwag	8	21	1	0
I D R Bradshaw	c M S Dhoni	b M M Patel	10	37	0	0
D Mohammed		b A Kumble	52	55	10	0
F H Edwards	not out		1	36	0	0
C D Collymore	not out		1	8	0	0
Extras		17nb 5b 8lb	30
Total		for 9	298

Bowler O M R W M M Patel 20.0 4 55 1 S Sreesanth 19.0 10 49 2 A Kumble 34.0 8 107 4 V R V Singh 11.0 3 35 0 V Sehwag 11.0 2 39 2

Fall of wicket   67 D Ganga 68 R R Sarwan 72 B C Lara 171 C H Gayle 202 S Chanderpaul 220 D J Bravo 226 D Ramdin 277 I D R Bradshaw 297 D Mohammed

Indian Team for Antigua Test

W Jaffer, V Sehwag, R Dravid, V V S Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, M Kaif, M S Dhoni, A Kumble, S Sreesanth, V R V Singh, M M Patel

West Indies Team for Antigua Test

C H Gayle, D Ganga, R R Sarwan, B C Lara, S Chanderpaul, D J Bravo, D Ramdin, I D R Bradshaw, C D Collymore, D Mohammed, F H Edwards

The Venue

Antigua

The Antigua Recreation Ground, known locally as the ARG, became cricket's 52nd Test venue in 1980-81 when it hosted England, a Test marked by a hundred from the island's most famour son, Viv Richards.
Despite the relatively small size of Antigua - population 70,000 - crowds at the Rec are knowledgable and enthusiastic. The centre of activity is the two-tier Double Decker stand where partying well after the close of play, and music and entertainiment during it - this was where the colourful Gravy paraded himself - with wickets and runs accompanied by music and trumpets. The remainder of the ground has slowly evolved into a well-appointed stadium. For many years Antigua had a unique ground staff, largely made up of inmates from the adjoining prison. For years the warden of the prison was Malcolm Richards, the father of Viv. The west side is dominated by St John's Catholic cathedral.

2006 India West Indies Cricket Series

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