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| June 23, 2003 | Monday | Rabi-us-Sani 22,1424 |
First Test Hinds, Lara put Windies on top
GROS ISLET (St Lucia), June 22: Wavell Hinds struck 113 and captain Brian Lara an unbeaten 93 put West Indies in command before the rain arrived to halt the match in mid afternoon on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday.
In reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings of 354, the home side finished the morning session on 253 for three, left-handers Hinds and Lara having shared in a stand of 174 for the third wicket.
Hinds hit eight fours and four sixes in a solid 113 before he was run out by Marvan Atapattu in the 56th over of the innings, following a mix-up with Lara.
The left-handed Hinds had fallen out of favour with the West Indies selectors, but was recalled for the Sri Lanka series after Shivnarine Chanderpaul was ruled out with a broken finger.
He fully justified his recall with his fourth Test century, and helped put the home side in control following the loss of openers Chris Gayle, for 27, and Daren Ganga, 12, shortly before the close of play on day two.
Hinds survived an early scare on Sunday, having added 13 to his overnight 74 not out, when he spooned a Chaminda Vaas delivery to mid-off where Prabath Nissanka spilt the simple chance.
Lara was on the receiving end of several noisy appeals for lbw by spin bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan and Kaushal Lokuarachchi, but relentlessly built his innings.
Ramnaresh Sarwan, not out six at lunch, fell soon after for seven to Muttiah Muralitharan.
On Saturday, the tourists, who had resumed on 250 for four, were bowled out for 354 with Corey Collymore taking five for 66.
Hinds (74 not out) and Lara (36 not out) came together after the home side had slipped to 66 for two.
Openers Gayle and Ganga set off at a brisk rate, with most of the runs coming from boundaries.
Ganga scored 12 but then played across the line to Chaminda Vaas and was lbw.
Gayle and Hinds continued to look for big scoring shots. Thilan Samaraweera was on the receiving end as Gayle hit a four and Hinds a six in the 12th over.
The pair put on 48 runs but Gayle (27) was undone by a Muttiah Muralitharan delivery that turned sharply to trap him lbw.
Lara made his intentions clear right from the off by driving Muralitharan for four from his first ball.
The West Indies skipper made liberal use of the sweep to dominate the spinners, and Hinds followed suit with another mighty six lofted over the mid-wicket fence off Muralitharan.
Hinds took 57 balls to reach his half-century, and did so with a powerful straight drive off Prabath Nissanka.
West Indies gained the initiative with three wickets in the morning session but Sri Lanka, who were 288 for eight shortly before lunch, eked out 66 runs for the last two wickets.
Vaas, who scored 38 batting at nine, shared a 38-run stand with Muralitharan for the ninth wicket before adding a further 28 with Nissanka for the 10th.
Scoreboard
SRI LANKA (1st Innings):
M.S. Atapattu c Lara b Hinds 118
S.T. Jayasuriya c Banks b Collymore 8
K.C. Sangakkara lbw b Gayle 56
D.P.M. Jayawardene c Lara b Banks 45
H.P. Tillekeratne b Collymore 13
T. Samaraweera c Jacobs b Collymore 11
R.S. Kaluwitharana lbw b Collymore 2
K.S. Lokuarachchi c Lara b Collymore 15
W.P.U.J.C. Vaas c Jacobs b Gayle 38
M. Muralitharan lbw b Hinds 14
R.A.P. Nissanka not out 12
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-5, W-5, NB-8) 22
TOTAL (all out, 143.2 overs) 354
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-127, 3-195, 4-228, 5-266, 6-269, 7-285, 8-288, 9-326.
BOWLING: Dillon 29-7-48-0 (1nb, 2w); Collymore 29-5-66-5 (6nb, 3w); Taylor 27-3-97-0 (1nb); Hinds 11-4-28-2; Banks 33-8-74-1; Gayle 9.2-1-22-2; Samuels 3-0-9-0; Sarwan 2-1-1-0.
WEST INDIES (1st Innings, overnight 161-2):
C.H. Gayle lbw b Muralitharan 27
D. Ganga lbw b Vaas 12
W.W. Hinds run out 113
B.C. Lara not out 93
R.R. Sarwan c Atapattu b Muralitharan 7
M.N. Samuels not out 5
EXTRAS (LB-3, NB-12) 15
TOTAL (for four wkts, 74.2 overs) 272
FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-66, 3-240, 4-262.
TO BAT: R.D. Jacobs, O.A.C. Banks, M. Dillon, C.D. Collymore, J.E. Taylor.
BOWLING (to-date): Vaas 24.2-4-62-1 (4nb); Nissanka 12-0-69-0 (4nb); Samaraweera 4-0-31-0 (2nb); Muralitharan 25-2-92-2 (2nb); Lokuarachchi 9-3-15-0.—Reuters
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