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West Indies ‘A’ were keeping their eyes on the skies as they prepared for their opening four-day ‘Test’ against India at Grace Road in England today. The tourists were forced to complete their final practice session at the Leicestershire County Ground yesterday after rain swept across the central England venue. LIVE SCORECARD
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I had the misfortunate of being at Grace Road today. It was dire! The ball moved about all over the place in the first session and our second/third string batsmen had no answer. Then the sun came out and the pitch started drying out after lunch, just in time for the lower order to stage a mini fightback but of course the Indian batsmen made hay against some awful seam bowling from Baker.Here is how the batsmen fared:
Devon Smith - Out pushing hard at a full ball swinging away from him from the left arm swing bowler. Where have we heard that before?
Omar Phillips - Looked pretty solid at the crease until playing accross a full and straight deliver to be plumb lbw.
Kraig Braithwaite - Looked really solid for 13 and was easily the most accomplished of our top order batsman. He was starting to look set when the left arm seamer went around the wicket and produced a Wasim Akram style jaffer that took the edge and was caught at 3rd slip.
Andre Fletcher - Made no attempt to see off the moving ball. He was playing on the up through the off side and although he played some spectacular shots, his dismissal (caught at gully) was inevitable. He does not appear to be learning from his mistakes.
Kirk Edwards - An extremely painful 1. He lasted for 40 mins or so but looked like getting out any second whilst at the crease. He eventually went lbw leaving one that cut in dramatically from outside off.
Chadwick Walton - Bowled between bat and pad first ball. It was a good delivery but his technique looked so loose.
Dave Bernard Jr - Looked really good at the crease until he was given out to a shocking lbw decision. He went for a sweep to one going miles down leg by the Indian left arm spinner and was inexplicably given out.
Imran Khan - The best of the West Indian batsmen on the day. Lots of lovely shots through the off side hit with surprising power and placement. Unfortunately he played one shot too many and was well caught in the covers.
Andre Russell - This guy can bat and he was batting far too low in the order. He hit a monstrous six over midwicket and played a couple of fantastic pull shots.
The bowling was pretty awful tbh. Baker in particular was diabolical, wasting the new ball when there was still a tiny bit of movement available. Tonge was only slightly better. Andre Russell was easily the fastest bowler on either side and bowled some good yorkers, but he is still a bit raw with his line and length. Imran Khan got the ball to turn nicely but bowled a few too many loose deliveries for my liking (even for a leggie).
The Indian left arm swing bowler was extremely impressive. Not at all quick, but got huge movement each way and bowled from both over and around the wicket. It was a bit of a one man show as all the other Indian bowlers were ordinary.
The only area of our play that I was impressed with was the fielding and athleticism. India A outbatted and outbowled us but their fielding was awful and unathletic whereas ours was very good, particularly the arms of the outfielders which were powerful and accurate, giving Walton an easy time behind the stumps.
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