Sylvester spoils India practice
Afp, St. John's
Sylvester Joseph plundered an undefeated hundred for his native Antigua Barbuda to expose some of the limitations of India's bowling in a two-day tour match at the Police Recreation Ground on Tuesday.Joseph, who has played four Tests and 13 one-dayers in a chequered international career, smashed 15 fours and two sixes in 128 not out to be the rock upon which Antigua Barbuda built their first innings total of 300. India lost Virender Sehwag caught at backward point for six off Adam Sanford, a fast bowler who played 11 Tests, to reach 33 for one when stumps were drawn on the first day. He faced 176 balls in four hours, and held the innings together, in the face of disciplined, if not menacing bowling from the Indians, boosted by the arrivals of five players, including leg-spin bowler Anil Kumble, for the Test leg of their tour of the Caribbean. Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was the most successful Indian bowler with three wickets for 46 runs from 15 overs, and Munaf Patel snared two for 39 from 11 overs. Irfan Pathan continues to struggle for form and went wicketless in conceding 70 runs in 12 overs, while Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, and Vikram Singh all had useful workouts. BRIEF SCORES
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: 300 all out (Joseph 128 not out; Sreesanth 3-46, Patel 2-39) INDIA: 33 for 1 (Jaffer 25 not out)
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