T&T Test abandoned after 22 overs bowled....India wins series 2-0

T&T Test abandoned after 22 overs bowled….India wins series 2-0

Aug 23, 2016 Sports

By Sean Devers in Trinidad
In association with Cascadia Hotel
& Lifetime Real Estate

After just 22 overs were bowled in the first session of day one and despite sunny conditions on each of the other four days, the fourth and final Test between West Indies and India never restarted and the match was

The fifth day in Trinidad was called off as well, West Indies v India, 4th Test, Port of Spain, 4th day, August 21, 2016 © Associated Press

abandoned at 09:35 hrs yesterday at the Queens Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad to give India the series 2-nil.
The officials turned up yesterday morning and were greeted by brilliant sunshine but their hopes of at least two sessions of action for academic interest was dashed because the area near the western boundary, which was covered overnight, was still strangely unplayable.
The lack of action was a major disappointment for the school Children, on Vacation, who turned every up every day and the ground staff who worked tirelessly in scorching sun in an attempt to facilitate some play.
The Umpires made their final inspection just for formality but hopes of play yesterday were sinking as fast the officials’ shoes were sinking in the soggy areas of the ground. Match referee Ranjan Madugalle spoke to the captains and the game was called as draw 10 minutes later.
This was only the third time in 18 years that a Test match was called off in the West Indies with less than a session being played which make the match the third shortest Test ever.
This was also the first time since India first toured West Indies in 1952/53 when Everton Weeks scored a double century in the first match, 161 in the third, and 109 in the fifth to lead the hosts to a 1-0 win, that they have won two Tests in a single series. While these two teams have played 21 Tests series against each other this was the 11th Test tour to the Caribbean by India.
In the first session India had dislodged Leon Johnson, again asked to open after being the leading run scorer for back-to-back Regional champions Guyana for nine and Daren Bravo (10). The consistent Kraigg Braithwaite (32) and Marlon Samuels (4) then saw their team, who opted to bat, to 62-2 when an early Lunch was taken.
At that point India, who held the number one position on the Test ranking for one week after Sri Lanka whitewashed Australia at home, were eying their first Test victory in Trinidad in 14 years to remain at the top of the ICC rankings, but that was not to be as the series ended in controversial and frustrating fashion.

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