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West Indies v India 2nd Test

India tour of West Indies - 1997 (1996/97) · Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain · 14 March 1997

Match drawn

Match drawn. Navjot Sidhu top-scored with 201 for India. Curtly Ambrose took 5/87.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
India tour of West Indies - 1997 (1996/97)
Ground
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Dates
14 March 1997 to 18 March 1997
Toss
West Indies, chose to bat
Result
Match drawn
Player of the match
Navjot Sidhu
Captains
Courtney Walsh (West Indies), Sachin Tendulkar (India)
Debut
Mervyn Dillon (West Indies)
Umpires
LH Barker and SG Randell
Match referee
PL van der Merwe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

West Indies won the toss and chose to bat. It was Mervyn Dillon's first Test.

West Indies batted first and made 296 all out. Roland Holder top-scored with 91 off 238 balls, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul made 42. Anil Kumble took 5 for 104 for India. That was well above the 1990s average first-innings total at Queen's Park Oval, 215 across 9 Tests.

India replied with 436 all out. Navjot Sidhu top-scored with 201 off 491 balls, and Sachin Tendulkar made 88. Curtly Ambrose took 5 for 87 for West Indies. The innings was built on a 174-run stand for the third wicket between Navjot Sidhu and Sachin Tendulkar. India led by 140 on first innings.

West Indies made 299 for 6 in their second innings. Stuart Williams top-scored with 128 off 299 balls, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul made 79. Sunil Joshi took 3 for 57 for India. The innings was built on a 176-run stand for the second wicket between Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Stuart Williams, 59% of the total.

Match drawn.

WEST INDIES, FIRST INNINGS: 296 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Sherwin Campbellc Venkatesh Prasad835
Stuart Williamsc Rahul Dravid1827
Shivnarine Chanderpaulc Nayan Mongia4282
Brian Larac Mohammad Azharuddin1451
Carl Hooperc Mohammad Azharuddin4085
Roland Holderbowled91238
Junior Murrayc Anil Kumble1124
Curtly Ambrosec Rahul Dravid1655
Franklyn Rosec Rahul Dravid3485
Courtney Walshc Nayan Mongia03
Mervyn Dillonnot out03

Extras 22 · Total 296 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Venkatesh Prasad269541
Abey Kuruvilla229360
Anil Kumble3981045
Sunil Joshi22.32793
Sourav Ganguly5331

FALL OF WICKETS

1-26 (Stuart Williams), 2-29 (Sherwin Campbell), 3-59 (Brian Lara), 4-99 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul), 5-149 (Carl Hooper), 6-169 (Junior Murray), 7-220 (Curtly Ambrose), 8-289 (Roland Holder), 9-290 (Courtney Walsh), 10-296 (Franklyn Rose)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstStuart Williams and Sherwin Campbell26
secondShivnarine Chanderpaul and Sherwin Campbell3
thirdBrian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul30
fourthCarl Hooper and Shivnarine Chanderpaul40
fifthCarl Hooper and Roland Holder50
sixthJunior Murray and Roland Holder20
seventhCurtly Ambrose and Roland Holder51
eighthRoland Holder and Franklyn Rose69
ninthCourtney Walsh and Franklyn Rose1
tenthFranklyn Rose and Mervyn Dillon6
INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 436 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
VVS Laxmanlbw02
Navjot Sidhubowled201491
Rahul Dravidbowled57182
Sachin Tendulkarrun out (Courtney Walsh)88233
Sourav Gangulyc Shivnarine Chanderpaul655
Mohammad Azharuddinbowled16
Nayan Mongiabowled1739
Anil Kumblenot out1246
Sunil Joshic Courtney Walsh2441
Abey Kuruvillac Junior Murray218
Venkatesh Prasadc Brian Lara01

Extras 28 · Total 436 all out

Bowler (West Indies)OMRW
Curtly Ambrose41.410875
Courtney Walsh3611710
Franklyn Rose356931
Mervyn Dillon356923
Carl Hooper289530
Shivnarine Chanderpaul81200

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (VVS Laxman), 2-171 (Rahul Dravid), 3-345 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-370 (Sourav Ganguly), 5-371 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-382 (Navjot Sidhu), 7-401 (Nayan Mongia), 8-420 (Abey Kuruvilla), 9-420 (Venkatesh Prasad), 10-436 (Sunil Joshi)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstNavjot Sidhu and VVS Laxman0
secondNavjot Sidhu and Rahul Dravid171
thirdNavjot Sidhu and Sachin Tendulkar174
fourthNavjot Sidhu and Sourav Ganguly25
fifthNavjot Sidhu and Mohammad Azharuddin1
sixthNavjot Sidhu and Nayan Mongia11
seventhAnil Kumble and Nayan Mongia19
eighthAnil Kumble and Sunil Joshi5
ninthSunil Joshi and Abey Kuruvilla14
tenthVenkatesh Prasad and Sunil Joshi0
11thAnil Kumble and Sunil Joshi16
WEST INDIES, SECOND INNINGS: 299 FOR 6
BatterHow outRB
Sherwin Campbelllbw455
Stuart Williamsc Anil Kumble128299
Shivnarine Chanderpaulc Mohammad Azharuddin79241
Brian Larac Mohammad Azharuddin1957
Carl Hooperc VVS Laxman1449
Roland Holderc VVS Laxman928
Junior Murraynot out1229
Curtly Ambrosenot out1031

Did not bat: Franklyn Rose, Courtney Walsh, Mervyn Dillon

Extras 24 · Total 299 for 6

Bowler (India)OMRW
Venkatesh Prasad207380
Abey Kuruvilla236471
Anil Kumble4091092
Sunil Joshi3611573
Sourav Ganguly3060
VVS Laxman93210

FALL OF WICKETS

1-25 (Sherwin Campbell), 2-201 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul), 3-244 (Brian Lara), 4-252 (Stuart Williams), 5-271 (Carl Hooper), 6-273 (Roland Holder)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstStuart Williams and Sherwin Campbell25
secondShivnarine Chanderpaul and Stuart Williams176
thirdBrian Lara and Stuart Williams43
fourthCarl Hooper and Stuart Williams8
fifthCarl Hooper and Roland Holder19
sixthJunior Murray and Roland Holder2
seventhCurtly Ambrose and Junior Murray26
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