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- Updated: July 23, 2016
Lunch West Indies 90 for 3 (K Brathwaite 46*, Samuels 0*, Shami 2-23) trail India 566 for 8 decl. by 476 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Kraigg Brathwaite and nightwatchman Devendra Bishoo frustrated India on a docile track for 16 overs before Amit Mishra and Mohammed Shami gave India two wickets in the morning session of the third day of the Antigua Test. Patience had been the buzzword leading into the series, and against a stodgy batting line-up on a flat pitch, the India bowlers were in for a test of their patience. Brathwaite was at the forefront of the resistance, facing 91 balls in the session that produced just 59 runs. Scoring runs wasn’t high on agenda anyway.
The partnership between Brathwaite and Bishoo wasn’t without incident, though. When Brathwaite was attacked with a forward and backward short leg, Brathwaite failed to keep the balls angled into his ribs down on at least three occasions, but managed to avoid the fielders. Bishoo’s outside edge was beaten at least seven times. It would have frustrated India all the more that Bishoo faced only 15 balls in …
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