India struggles
NZPA-Reuter Kingstown India faced 18 difficult overs on a damp pitch before heavy rain washed out play on the second day of their match against the West Indies Cricket Board XI yesterday. The touring side was 38 for two on the second morning of the four-day match when the rain, which washed out the whole of the first day, returned. The playing area was soon swamped and play was called off for the day. The Indian opener, Navjot Sidhu, who stayed 94 minutes for 17 not out after the touring side was put in, des-
cribed the conditions as the most difficult for batting he had ever experienced. Although play started on time, the pitch was still damp from the previous day’s soaking and the 18 overs bowled by fast bowlers Tony Gray, Patrick Patterson and Winston Benjamin were extremely lively. India lost two wickets for 12 in the first five overs and should have lost a third soon afterwards when Sidhu was dropped on five at second slip by Roger Harper off Gray.
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