Goud slams century in drawn tie

Published October 27, 2002

PUNE (India), Oct 26: Yere Goud top-scored with 107 for national champions Indian Railways Saturday as their three-day game against West Indies ended in a predictable draw.

Goud, 30, a consistent middle-order batsman in domestic cricket, hit 12 fours as he rallied the home side from early trouble to an eventual 402 all out midway through the last session. West Indies had scored 449 for eight declared.

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES (1st Innings) 449-8 declared (C.H. Gayle 154, D. Ganga 71, K. Parida 4-107).

INDIAN RAILWAYS (1st Innings, overnight 179-1):

S. Khanolkar c Powell b R. Hinds 102

M.Kartik b Cuffy 72

T. Singh lbw b Cuffy 21

Y. Goud c Jacobs b Nagamootoo 107

J.J. Martin c W. Hinds b Cuffy 5

A. Sharma c Ganga b Breese 13

Raja Ali lbw b Cuffy 16

J.P. Yadav lbw b Sarwan 15

Harvinder Singh c Samuels b Breese 17

Zakir Hussain not out 7

K. Parida b Nagamootoo 2

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-19, W-2, NB-1) 25

TOTAL (all out, 110.2 overs) 402

FALL OF WKTS: 1-167, 2-180, 3-205, 4-225, 5-280, 6-320, 7-345, 8-378, 9-400.

BOWLING: Cuffy 27-4-84-4; Powell 18-2-85-0; Nagamootoo 20.2-2-75-2; Breese 31-3-103-2; Gayle 4-1-15-0; R.O. Hinds 3-0-3-1; W.W. Hinds 3-1-6-0; Sarwan 3-0-9-1.

WEST INDIES (2nd Innings):

C.H. Gayle not out 9

W.W. Hinds not out 22

EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-3) 4

TOTAL (for no wkt, seven overs) 35

BOWLING: Harvinder Singh 2-0-13-0; Zakir Hussain 2-1-8-0; Yadav 2-0-5-0; Parida 1-0-8-0.

RESULT: Match drawn.—Reuters

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