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India 'A' slog for second day

July 31, 2003 23:21 IST
Last Updated: July 31, 2003 23:49 IST


Warwickshire continued to pile on the agony for India 'A' as they amassed 537 before being dismissed in their first innings on a truncated second day at Edgbaston on Thursday.

Leg spinner Amit Mishra captured a five-for but they cost him 183 runs as the tourists' final match - a four-day fixture - of the 40-day tour looked like turning out to be a miserable experience.

When bad light stopped play at 9.50 pm IST, India 'A' were five without loss in reply. Captain Shiv Sunder Das was batting on five and Wasim Jaffer was yet to open his account.

Although the Indians managed to break the overnight partnership of Ian Bell (75) and Tony Frost (76) early this morning, Warwickshire's lower order continued to frustrate their efforts.

Bell was caught by Hemang Badani off seamer Avishkar Salvi after only eight runs were added to the overnight total  of 302 but his fifth wicket stand with Frost was worth 97 runs.

Frost then found solid support in M A Sheikh (42) with whom he added 82 runs for the sixth wicket before being  stumped off Mishra.

Kenyan sensation Collins Obuya (36) and G G Wagg (74) then pushed the visitors to their wits end as Warwickshire realised 227 runs from their last five wickets.

Scoreboard on the second day:

Warwickshire 1st innings:
M Powell lbw b Mishra                68
I Westwood b Bhandari                19
I Trott c Patel b Balaji                 78
I Bell c Badani b Salvi                75
D Ostler c Das b Balaji               10 
T Frost st Patel b Mishra             76
M Sheikh c sub b Mishra             42 
C Obuya not out                         36
G Wagg c Badani b Mishra          74 
M Betts st Patel b Mishra            21 
N Carter b Pathan                        0

Extras: (b-2, lb-13, w-17, nb-6)      38

Total: (all out in 143 overs)        537

Fall of Wickets: 1-54, 2-137, 3-180, 4-213, 5-310, 6-392, 7-401, 8-496, 9-534.

Bowling: Salvi 26-8-97-1, Pathan 24-4-69-1, Bhandari 16-3-55-1, Balaji 31-12-72-2, Mishra 35-2-183-5, Sriram 10-2-42-0, Rayudu 1-0-4-0.

India A 1st innings:
S S Das not out                     5
W Jaffer not out                    0

Total: (for no loss in 4.2 overs)   5

Bowling: Betts 2-1-5-0, Carter 2-2-0-0, Sheikh 0.2-0-0-0.


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