Chase also became the first West Indies player since Garry Sobers in 1966 to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same Test.
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The storm clouds stayed away this time, but the West Indies did not need any help for their salvation as Roston Chase’s unbeaten 137 steered them to 388 for six when the game was called a draw.
He continued: “I asked the bowlers to be a lot more patient in this Test match and I think the bowlers did an outstanding job”.
In losing three wickets for seven runs at the end of the truncated session, the West Indies exactly replicated their predicament at the start of the match when their captain, Jason Holder, won the toss and chose to bat first.
West Indies and New Zealand played in the most recent global series at t he Broward Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. We just went with the mindset that we were at war, and we can’t die today.
After scoring 69 for the WICB President’s XI against India last month, Chandrika has not made an impression in any of the four innings of the Test series.
“I was really proud of how he came out and played in the first innings after we lost a few early wickets”. Chase joined overnight batsman Jermaine Blackwood at the start of play in the morning session and showed the flawless frame of mind needed to save a Test match.
In his first match as the Test captain of the Indian team, Virat Kohli led India’s charge towards an improbable target of 364 set by the Aussies with a brilliant century.
This is the beauty of Test cricket.
15 – The number of consecutive Tests that Sabina Park had hosted without a draw, stretching back to the infamous match West Indies and England match in 1998 which was abandoned after 55 minutes due to a unsafe pitch.
“He’s now being mentioned and respected, where this is concerned with making a ton and taking a five-for”.
2-0 down going into the third Test, heads tends to drop off, but this has actually given us some hope going to St. Lucia. However, giving all credit to Chase and other West Indies batsmen, India skipper Virat Kohli defended his bowlers, saying that they tried their best in the given conditions.
Marlon Samuels then went for a duck, clean bowled by paceman Mohammed Shami, the ball keeping lower than the batsman was expecting and striking his off stump.
The Sabina Park has been a witness to some of the most historic Test matches, glittered with a host of individual performances and Roston Chase’s knock did justice to its rich history.
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Dowrich stroked 74 in a 144-run sixth-wicket stand before being dismissed lbw off Amit Mishra, by which time Chase had reached his century and was looking totally untroubled.
