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VIJAYAWADA (India), Feb 17: Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower scored 94 while Indian Board President’s XI leg-spinner Amit Mishra bagged six wickets for 94 runs as their three-day tour match ended in a tame draw Sunday.
Mishra gave a fine exhibition of classical leg-spin bowling as the Zimbabwe first innings folded up for 340.
Off-spinner Sharandeep Singh did the early damage, as he did Saturday, by having Flower caught in the slips for 89 before Mishra cleaned up the tail. Sharandeep finished with three wickets for 81 runs off 39 overs.
Having gained a 21-run lead, the Indian XI opened with first innings not out batsmen Abhijit Kale and Pravanjan Mullick who quickly set about demolishing the Zimbabwe attack with a 153-run opening stand.
Kale smashed 90 of 127 balls before being bowled by paceman Travis Friend.
The Indian XI were at 154 for one in their second innings when play was called off. Mullick remained undefeated on 62.
INDIAN BOARD PRESIDENT’S XI (1st Innings) 361-3 decl (G. Gambhir 218, R.S. Dravid 50).
ZIMBABWE (1st Innings, overnight 292-6):
S.V. Carlisle c Prasad b S’deep 20
T.R. Gripper c Mishra b S’deep 52
G.J. Rennie c Mullick b Mishra 52
A. Flower c Mullick b S’deep 94
T. Taibu c Kale b Mishra 2
H.H. Streak c Khoda b Mishra 0
T.J. Friend c Gambhir b Yohannan 52
A.D.R. Campbell b Mishra 25
R.W. Price c and b Mishra 0
M. Mbangwa not out 3
B.T. Watambwa c S’deep b Mishra 8
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-3, NB-19) 32
TOTAL (all out, 117.3 overs) 340
FALL OF WKTS: 1-47, 2-122, 3-165, 4-169, 5-169, 6-279, 7-310, 8-313, 9-328.
BOWLING: Nehra 25-6-58-0; Yohannan 20-8-71-1; Sharandeep Singh 39-9-83-3; Mishra 29.3-5-95-6; Rao 4-0-20-0.
INDIAN BOARD PRESIDENT’S XI (2nd Innings):
P. Mullick not out 62
A. Kale b Friend 90
V. Rao not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-1) 1
TOTAL (for one wkt, 42 overs) 154
FALL OF WKT: 1-153.
BOWLING: Streak 4-0-11-0; Friend 11-1-39-1; Watambwa 7-1-19-0; Mbangwa 6-1-16-0; Price 10-2-43-0; Gripper 4-0-25-0.
RESULT: Match drawn.—Reuters/AFP
