November 23: Middle-order batsmen Richard Smith and Wavell Hinds stroked a century each as West Indies `A' ended the first day of the three-day tie against India Youth on an impressive note at the Nehru Stadium here today.South-paw Hinds scored his second first class century, while Trinidad's Richard Smith hit an unbeaten 170. They put on 218 runs for the fourth-wicket after the India Youth seamers sent back three of their top-order batsmen with just 23.
Scoreboard
West Indies `A': Adrian Griffith c Dahiya b Zaidi 2 (22m, 16b); Sherwin Campbell c Gandhi b Kamal 4 (40m, 26b), Keith Semple b Kamal 10 (7m, 7b, 2x4), Wavell Hinds c Dahiya b Gavaskar 101 (210m, 148b, 18x4, 1x6), Richard Smith batting 170 (319m, 260b, 28x4), Christoper Gayle lbw Rohan 43 (95m, 92b, 8x4), Courtney Browne batting 9 (32m, 21b 1x4), Extras: (b1, lb5, nb5) 11.
TOTAL (for five wickets in 360 minutes, 94 overs): 350.
Fall-of-Wickets:1-7, 2-18, 3-23, 4-241, 5-326.
Bowling:Kamal 19-5-56-2, Zaidi 13-2-58-1, Kulkarni17-5-77-0, Bahutule 21-1-88-0, Sriram 8-2-18-0, Minhas 6-1-15-0, Gavaskar 7-2-26-2, Gandhi 3-1-06-0.
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