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West Indies vs India, 3rd Test at Basseterre, , Jun 22 2006 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
3rd Test, Basseterre, June 22 - 26, 2006, India tour of West Indies
581 & 172/6d
(T:392) 362 & 298/4

Match drawn

Player Of The Match
135 & 66*
daren-ganga
New
IND 2nd Innings
Full commentary
end of over 85Maiden
IND: 298/4CRR: 3.50 
Yuvraj Singh8 (50b 1x4)
Rahul Dravid68 (131b 4x4 1x6)
Marlon Samuels 20-3-68-0
Chris Gayle 14-2-31-0

The Test match is over. Dravid shakes hands with Samuels, the bowler, walks across to have a pleasant chat with Lara, both captains have a laugh about something, and slowly the players walk out of the arena. So that's it then, a rather strange match is over. Looked to yawning towards a draw, before Jerome Taylor brought it alive with an inspired burst. India rallied through VVS Laxman's 10th Test ton, but couldn't avert the follow-on. But Lara chose not to enforce and there was a bit of stop-start chase on the final day before the curtains came down.

This is Sriram Veera, along with Sajan Nair, signing off. Please join us for the last and final Test, starting on June 30 in Jamaica. Till then, good bye and good luck!

84.6
Samuels to Yuvraj, no run

lands outside the off stump, turns away, Yuvraj watches Ramdin gather the ball. That's it, end of the day's play.

84.5
Samuels to Yuvraj, no run

slightly short of length, outside the off stump, punched to cover.

84.4
Samuels to Yuvraj, no run

tossed outside the off stump, Yuvraj leans forward, head over the ball , to smother it.

84.3
Samuels to Yuvraj, no run
84.2
Samuels to Yuvraj, no run

a perfect forward defensive stroke by Yuvraj.

84.1
Samuels to Yuvraj, no run

overpitched on the off stump, driven to mid-off

end of over 841 run
IND: 298/4CRR: 3.54 
Rahul Dravid68 (131b 4x4 1x6)
Yuvraj Singh8 (44b 1x4)
Chris Gayle 14-2-31-0
Marlon Samuels 19-2-68-0
83.6
Gayle to Dravid, no run

defended off the back foot. Dravid turns, looks at the umpire to see if the time is up so that he can walk off but there will be one more over before the game will be called off.

83.5
1
Gayle to Yuvraj, 1 run
83.4
Gayle to Yuvraj, no run
83.3
Gayle to Yuvraj, no run
83.2
Gayle to Yuvraj, no run
83.1
Gayle to Yuvraj, no run

right up to the batsman, Yuvraj dead-bats it away to the off side

end of over 832 runs
IND: 297/4CRR: 3.57 
Rahul Dravid68 (130b 4x4 1x6)
Yuvraj Singh7 (39b 1x4)
Marlon Samuels 19-2-68-0
Chris Gayle 13-2-30-0
82.6
Samuels to Dravid, no run

fullish, on the middle and leg, pushed to the on side

82.5
Samuels to Dravid, no run

on the middle and leg, turned to short fine-leg

82.4
Samuels to Dravid, no run
82.3
Samuels to Dravid, no run

lands on the middle, Dravid lunges forward, it pops off the pads for Ramdin to run out forward to gather it.

82.2
1
Samuels to Yuvraj, 1 run

eased through covers

82.1
1
Samuels to Dravid, 1 run

paddled away to long-leg

end of over 824 runs
IND: 295/4CRR: 3.59 
Yuvraj Singh6 (38b 1x4)
Rahul Dravid67 (125b 4x4 1x6)
Chris Gayle 13-2-30-0
Marlon Samuels 18-2-66-0
81.6
Gayle to Yuvraj, no run

outside the off stump, turns away, Yuvraj shoulders arms

81.5
Gayle to Yuvraj, no run