Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga hit half-centuries to help West Indies make a confident start to the third Test against India on Thursday at Warner Park. Gayle was dismissed for 83 and Ganga was unbeaten on 64, as West Indies, choosing to bat, reached 207 for one in their first innings when stumps were drawn on the rain-marred opening day.
The series concludes at Kingston's Sabina Park from June 30 to July 4. Warner Park is staging its first Test and has become the ninth Test venue in the West Indies and the 94th in the World.
SCOREBOARD:
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WEST INDIES (1st Innings):
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C. Gayle b Patel 83
D. Ganga not out 64
R. Sarwan not out 44
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EXTRAS: (LB-7, NB-9) 16
TOTAL: (for 1-wkt) 207
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TO BAT: B. Lara, S. Chanderpaul, D. Bravo, M. Samuels, D. Ramdin, P. Collins, J. Taylor, C. Collymore.
FALL OF WICKET: 1-143.
BOWLING: Patel 14-2-53-1 (nb7); Sreesanth 14-5-30-0 (nb1); Kumble 21-5-54-0 (nb1); Harbhajan 12-1-57-0; Sehwag 3-0-6-0.
OVERS: 64.
INDIA: V. Sehwag, W. Jaffer, V. Laxman, R. Dravid, Y. Singh, M. Kaif, M. Dhoni, H. Singh, A. Kumble, S. Sreesanth, M. Patel.
TOSS: West Indies.
UMPIRES: R. Koertzen, B. Jerling.
TV REPLAYS: C. Mack.
RESERVE: L. Kelly.
MATCH REFEREE: J. Crowe.
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