W. Indian has great debut

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32561, 22 March 1971, Page 26

W. Indian has great debut

(N.Z.P-A.-Reuter—Copyright) GEORGETOWN. A magnificent international debut by D. Lewis, strongly supported by the veteran, L. S. Gibbs, helped the West Indies to score 363 in its first innings of the third test with India at Bourda on Saturday.

In reply, India was 114 for one at the close of play on the second day, with S. Gavaskar 48 not out At one stage the West Indies was 256 for eight, but Lewis and Gibbs, ir. an eighthwicket partnership which yielded 84 runs, brought their team back into the game and enabled the West Indians to make their highest score of the series so far. STANDING OVATION When the last batsman, J. Noreiga, was run out for nine, Lewis was 81 not out, and

received a standing ovation. Gibbs had scored 25 when the partnership was broken. The Indians, leading 1-0 after their victory in Trinidad, started their first innings confidently and the openers, A. Mankad and Gavaskar, had scored 72 before Mankad was bowled by Noreiga. The pitch had little pace in it and Mankad and Gavaskar were able to take severe toll of any errors the bowlers made in either length or direction. However, both survived chances. Gavaskar, as he is prone to do, flashed at a ball from G. Shillingford and was put down at second slip by G. S. Sobers. He was then only six.

Mankad, when 21, also snicked to second slip but this chance was more difficult and C. Davis only just got his finger tips to the ball. Scores: WEST INDIES First innings R. Fredericks c Abid All b Venkataraghavan 47 M. Carew c Mankad b Durrani .41 R. Kanhai c Krishnamurthy b Bedi 25 C. Lloyd run out .60 C. Davis lbw b Solkar .. 34 G. Sobers c Venkataraghavan b Bedi 4 D. Lewis not out . 81 K. Boyce c Gavaskar b Venkataraghavan .. 9 G. ShlUingford c Bedi b Venkataraghavan ’ 5 L. Gibbs run out . 25 J. Noreiga run out .. 9 Extras (byes 11, leg-byes 9, no-balls 3) .. .23 Total 363 Fall of wickets: one for 78, two for 119, tbree for 135, four for 213, flve for 226, six for 231, seven for 246, eight for 256, nine for 340. Bowling-—Abid All, 13.2, S, 42, 1; Solkar, 17, 3, 34, 1; Venkataraghavan, 59, 14, 128, 3; Bedi, 55, 18, 85, 2; Durrani, 14, 3, 51, 1. INDIA First innings A. Mankad b Noreiga .. .. 40 S. Gavaskar not out .. 48 A. Wadekar not out . 16 Extras (byes 4, leg-bye 1, wide 1, no-balls 45 10 Total (for one wkt) .. 114 Fall of wicket: one for 72. Bowling.—Boyce, 4,1, 14, 0; Shillingford, 5,1, 21, 0; Gibbs, 7. 13, 15, 0; Noreiga, 10, 0, 36, 1; Sobers, 8,4, 18, 0.