Lara helps Windies to draw
Lara helps Windies to draw
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Wednesday, 14, Jun 2006 10:57
A century from Brian Lara helped the West Indies to bat out the final day and secure a draw in the second Test against India in St Lucia.
The captain made 120 as the home side finished the match on 293-7 in their second innings, still 80 runs adrift of India's mammoth first-innings score of 588-8 declared.
Resuming on 43-1, the home side's hopes of batting out the day were hit with a double blow early on as Daren Ganga and Ramnaresh Sarwan both departed with just ten added to the overnight total.
Opener Ganga was completed foxed by Anil Kumble, losing his off stump after failing to offer a shot to the Indian spinner's googly.
Sarwan then swiftly returned to the pavilion, having made just one, as Munaf Patel got one to move slightly and Sarwan edged behind to Mahendra Dhoni.
However, if India thought they were going to roll the rest of the West Indian batsmen over, Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (54) had other ideas.
The pair put on 129 for the fourth wicket before India got a bit of luck as Chanderpaul top-edged a sweep shot off a full-toss from Kumble and Irfan Pathan took the catch at mid-on.
Lara completed a patient hundred soon after and he added a further 71 with Dwayne Bravo to put the game out of reach before eventually falling to Virender Sehwag lbw.
Bravo made 47 from 123 balls before he lost his wicket, inside-edging onto his pad and Yuvraj Singh made a smart catch at backward short-leg.
Denesh Ramdin (17 not out), Ian Bradshaw (1) and Jerome Taylor (0 not out) then safely negotiated the final overs to secure the draw for the West Indies and leave the four-Test series still tied at 0-0.