Captains opt for batting practice
India A and the South Africans ambled through a fairly pointless final day at a sunny Arundel as both sides took the opportunity for what amounted to little more than an extended net session
Wisden Cricinfo staff
21-Jul-2003
Day 3 Close India A 319 and 160 for 3 (Badani 58*, Jaffer 54) drew with the South Africans 463 (Rudolph 83, Gibbs 79, Smith 79, Kirsten 75)
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Irfan Pathan celebrates one of his two wickets |
India A and the South Africans ambled through a fairly pointless final day at a sunny Arundel as both sides took the opportunity for what amounted to little more than an extended net session. With the first npower Test starting on Thursday, the South Africans opted to give some practice to their late middle-order batsmen and the match petered out into a tame draw.
The South Africans extended their first innings in the morning with Boeta Dippenaar making 37 in a little over two hours. But the small crowd were given more entertainment by Shaun Pollock, who hammered 36 from 37 balls, and Robin Peterson who struck 32 off 36 balls.
Aavishkar Salvi and Irfan Pathan picked up two wickets each in the five to fall, by which time the South Africans had piled up 463, a lead of 144.
In their reply, India A lost two wickets in quick succession. Shiv Sunder Das was bowled by Pollock for 15 (35 for 1), and Gautam Gambhir caught by Mark Boucher, the wicketkeeper, off Monde Zondeki for 18 (36 for 2). But Wasim Jaffer and Hemang Badani played well for their fifties, although Jaffer fell to a catch by Boucher off Robin Peterson shortly before the captains agreed to end what had become a meaningless exercise.