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Rain washes out fourth day of West Indies v India
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
by Jonathan Gaskin
GROS ISLET, St Lucia (AFP): India's hopes of victory may have been dashed, and West Indies' chances of salvation enhanced, when not a ball was bowled on the scheduled fourth day in the second Test on Tuesday.
Persistent showers drenched the Beausejour Cricket Ground throughout the day, and West Indies, following on 373 runs behind on first innings, were offered a respite from the eager Indians.
The home team was set to continue from their bedtime total of 43 for one in their second innings, with opener Daren Ganga not out on 24, alongside West Indies captain and batting superstar Brian Lara not out on 15.
Replying to India's first innings total of 588 for eight declared, West Indies had been dismissed for 215 about 10 minutes past the scheduled tea break on Monday's third day, and India enforced the follow-on.
Umpires Simon Taufel and Asad Rauf conducted several inspections of the outfield on Tuesday, but the rain never relented, and play was eventually called off about half-hour before tea.
The weather outlook from the St Lucia meteorological office has predicted more of the same on Wednesday's fifth and final day.
"Cloudy to overcast with periods of moderate to heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms," a report on their website indicated.
The Met Office added that a tropical wave - a typical phenomenon at this time of the year in the Caribbean - is producing cloudiness, showers, and thunderstorms over the islands, including St Lucia, at the southern end of the Caribbean chain.
The four-Test series, level at 0-0, falls at the start of the rainy/hurricane season in the Caribbean that traditionally runs from June to October.
The first Test of the series at the Antigua Recreation Ground ended in a tense draw, with the West Indies' last wicket pair of Edwards and Collymore surviving the last 19 balls of the match.
The series concludes with Tests at Basseterre (June 22-26), and Kingston (June 30-July 4).
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