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Barath, Bravo 50 on Day 1 vs Leicesteshire

Jun 03, 2012 Sports

 

Adrian Barath compiled an unbeaten half-century as West Indies posted 150-3 on a reduced first day of the tourist match at Grace Road.
Nadeem Malik (11-2-35-2) reduced the Windies to 25-2 before Trinidad and Tobago teammates Barath (53*) and Darren Bravo (66), who played against County in the Nokia Champions League T20 last year, shared 111 for the third wicket.
West Indies earlier won the toss and elected to bat and the game got underway at 11.30am after some overnight rain and morning drizzle.
Josh Cobb was named captain of the Leicestershire team, which included Michael Thornely after his brilliant debut at Glamorgan.
Kadeer Ali, Shiv Thakor, Rob Taylor, Nadeem Malik and James Sykes also came into the side while Ramnaresh Sarwan, Claude Henderson, Wayne White and Nathan Buck were rested.
Barath and Kieran Powell opened for West Indies and both batsmen drove a boundary in the opening exchanges. Malik bowled very well in his first spell from the Bennett End and took two wickets in an over as Powell nicked a seaming ball behind and captain Kirk Edwards was trapped right in front.
Bravo got off the mark with a tickle off his pads for four and a great stroke through point also raced across the turf. There was a double change as young seam duo Thakor and Taylor entered the attack and Bravo drove for three and four in consecutive overs.
Barath then played two fine strokes through cover to register further boundaries and it was a tough assignment for the young duo. They stuck to their task and beat the bat on a few occasions. The batsmen took their stand to 50 and slow left armer Sykes then entered the attack for his maiden bowl in the first team and West Indies moved to 82-2 at lunch.
New-ball pair Malik and Joseph resumed after the break and Bravo moved into the thirties alongside Barath with a drive through mid-wicket. The tourists’ 100 came up through a superb cover drive by Bravo but the players were soon off for a rain delay.
Tea was taken at 3.40pm and play resumed at 4pm. Bravo hit the first two balls through the off-side for four and then moved to an 83-ball 50 that contained eight fours. The stylish left-hander then hit another lovely stroke through extra before smashing a straight six and sweeping powerfully for four.
The stand was now into three figures but the impressive Taylor (11-3-23-1) ended Bravo’s knock with a well pitched-up delivery. The batsman attempted to drive but the ball nipped back between bat and pad to remove the bails.
Barath hit over the top for four in the 43rd over as he moved to a nicely compiled half-century from 136 deliveries. Assad Fudadin survived an early scare as he edged Sykes but Kadeer couldn’t quite hold onto a sharp chance at second slip.
The spinner looked the part on his debut and completed eight overs before bad light brought a halt to proceedings. The players were not able to return to the field.
Scores: West Indians 150 for 3 (Bravo 66, Barath 53*) v Leicestershire.

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