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West Indies in India / Scorecard

West Indies in India ODI Series - 1st ODI

India v West Indies

India won by 14 runs

ODI no. 2480 | 2006/07 season
Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
21 January 2007 (50-over match)


India innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c Samuels b Gayle	69	114	75	10	0	92.00
24.4 Strikes! Chris Gayle gets a wicket in his first over. It's an important one. Gambhir cuts straight into backward point's hands. The ball is wide and slightly short but Gambhir can't get his timing going. Samuels accepts a simple catch. Gambhir 144/1
SC Ganguly	run out (Smith)	98	177	110	11	3	89.09
38.1 from Gayle, Outstanding fielding by Dwayne Smith, and Ganguly falls short of his hundred by just 2. 219/3
SR Tendulkar	lbw b Gayle	31	54	38	3	0	81.57
36.5 A good full-length delivery. Tendulkar first shaped to sweep, then changed his mind but was too late in bringing his bat down. The ball raps his front leg on the full in front of off. Good decision by Billy Bowden 214/2
MS Dhoni†	not out	62	56	42	3	4	147.61

R Dravid*	not out	54	48	35	4	3	154.28

Extras	(b 5, lb 8, w 11)	24

Total	(3 wickets; 50 overs; 226 mins)	338	(6.76 runs per over)

Did not bat SK Raina, KD Karthik, AB Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth, Z Khan

Fall of wickets1-144 (Gambhir, 24.4 ov), 2-214 (Tendulkar, 36.5 ov), 3-219 (Ganguly, 38.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
IDR Bradshaw	6	0	43	0	7.16	(2w)

JE Taylor	10	0	71	0	7.10	(3w)

MN Samuels	10	0	53	0	5.30	(2w)

DBL Powell	5	0	32	0	6.40	(1w)

CH Gayle	9	1	51	2	5.66	(2w)
24.4 to Gambhir, Strikes! Chris Gayle gets a wicket in his first over. It's an important one. Gambhir cuts straight into backward point's hands. The ball is wide and slightly short but Gambhir can't get his timing going. Samuels accepts a simple catch. Gambhir 144/1 36.5 to Tendulkar, A good full-length delivery. Tendulkar first shaped to sweep, then changed his mind but was too late in bringing his bat down. The ball raps his front leg on the full in front of off. Good decision by Billy Bowden 214/2
DJ Bravo	4	0	41	0	10.25

DR Smith	6	0	34	0	5.66	(1w)


West Indies innings (target: 339 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
CH Gayle	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	52	54	46	10	0	113.04
12.1 Beauty! Lands on the leg stump line, Gayle is turned inside out as he shapes to work it to the on side, and gets a outside edge as the ball turns and Rahul Dravid pouches a low catch at first slip. Huge wicket! 80/1
S Chanderpaul	not out	149	233	136	16	3	109.55

RS Morton	b Harbhajan Singh	8	21	16	1	0	50.00
16.2 Harbhajan nails another victim! Cleans up Morton! Drifts in on the middle stump line and straightens, Morton is beaten in the flight and by the straightening, tries to work to on side and is bowled. 102/2
MN Samuels	b Khan	40	75	60	3	1	66.66
33.1 bowled'm! good length delivery, pitched on and around the off stump line and this one shaped back in after hitting the deck. Samuels throws his bat at it but fails to make contact. 175/3
BC Lara*	st †Dhoni b Tendulkar	31	28	23	2	2	134.78
40.3 Tendulkar ends Lara's knock. Anticipating that Lara would come down the track, he fires is a seam-up delivery, full and outside off stump, Lara is beaten by the pace and the length as he tries to stab at it and Dhoni pulls off a smart stumping. That is a huge wicket and tilts the scale back towards India. 241/4
DJ Bravo	c †Dhoni b Khan	17	11	11	3	0	154.54
43.4 Gone! Zaheer takes out Bravo. Lands on a length, on the off and middle stump line, slants away, Bravo tries to cut it late, is cramped up a touch and nicks it to Dhoni 264/5
DR Smith	b Agarkar	1	3	3	0	0	33.33
44.2 Crash! a yorker skids under the desperate wave of the bat and cleans up the furniture. India are at a touching distance from a victory here. 269/6
D Ramdin†	c Gambhir b Sreesanth	7	15	6	1	0	116.66
47.5 Ramdin falls trying to go for a six. Again banged in short, at the body, Ramdin pulls, doesn't time it well and Gambhir moves to his left from fine leg to hold on to the catch. 304/7
IDR Bradshaw	run out (Sreesanth)	0	7	2	0	0	0.00
49.1 Sreesanth to Chanderpaul, Sreesanth keeps his cool and gets a run out. Driven back to him, he makes the stop, meanwhile Bradshaw is half-way down the track. Sreesanth doesn't throw, he runs with the ball towards the non-strikers end and beats Bradshaw 319/8
JE Taylor	not out	1	2	2	0	0	50.00

Extras	(lb 8, w 5, nb 5)	18

Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 233 mins)	324	(6.48 runs per over)

Did not bat DBL Powell

Fall of wickets1-80 (Gayle, 12.1 ov), 2-102 (Morton, 16.2 ov), 3-175 (Samuels, 33.1 ov), 4-241 (Lara, 40.3 ov), 5-264 (Bravo, 43.4 ov), 6-269 (Smith, 44.2 ov), 7-304 (Ramdin, 47.5 ov), 8-319 (Bradshaw, 49.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	10	2	48	2	4.80	(1nb)
33.1 to Samuels, bowled'm! good length delivery, pitched on and around the off stump line and this one shaped back in after hitting the deck. Samuels throws his bat at it but fails to make contact. 175/3 43.4 to Bravo, Gone! Zaheer takes out Bravo. Lands on a length, on the off and middle stump line, slants away, Bravo tries to cut it late, is cramped up a touch and nicks it to Dhoni 264/5
S Sreesanth	10	0	79	1	7.90	(4nb, 2w)
47.5 to Ramdin, Ramdin falls trying to go for a six. Again banged in short, at the body, Ramdin pulls, doesn't time it well and Gambhir moves to his left from fine leg to hold on to the catch. 304/7
AB Agarkar	10	1	75	1	7.50
44.2 to Smith, Crash! a yorker skids under the desperate wave of the bat and cleans up the furniture. India are at a touching distance from a victory here. 269/6
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	60	2	6.00	(1w)
12.1 to Gayle, Beauty! Lands on the leg stump line, Gayle is turned inside out as he shapes to work it to the on side, and gets a outside edge as the ball turns and Rahul Dravid pouches a low catch at first slip. Huge wicket! 80/1 16.2 to Morton, Harbhajan nails another victim! Cleans up Morton! Drifts in on the middle stump line and straightens, Morton is beaten in the flight and by the straightening, tries to work to on side and is bowled. 102/2
SR Tendulkar	10	0	54	1	5.40	(2w)
40.3 to Lara, Tendulkar ends Lara's knock. Anticipating that Lara would come down the track, he fires is a seam-up delivery, full and outside off stump, Lara is beaten by the pace and the length as he tries to stab at it and Dhoni pulls off a smart stumping. That is a huge wicket and tilts the scale back towards India. 241/4