Edwards century helps WI A post 312 for 9
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Bangalore: India A's bowling woes were once again exposed as Kirk Edwards' hundred guided West Indies A to a mammoth 312 for nine in the unofficial ODI series-decider at Chinnaswamy stadium here today.
Edwards bludgeoned his way to his second List A century as he made 104 off as many deliveries to set the tone for the West Indies. West Indies profited after their openers Andre Fletcher (28) and captain Kieran Powell (40) laid a solid foundation with a stand of 74.
Edwards, who played a chanceless innings, was out in the 49th over after he had smashed 12 boundaries and three sixes. After he got his eye in, Edwards batted with gay abandon, executing drives and flicks off the pads. He did not lose the opportunity to hit sixes when the ball landed in his zone.
Edwards reached his sixth List A fifty with a superb six off Aparajith in 67 balls. Edwards also featured in stands of 66 and 93 with Jonathan Carter (35) and Leon Johnson (54) for the third and fourth wicket respectively. He perished in the 49th over trying to cut Jaydev Unadkat but only managing to inside edge on to his stumps.
The bowling woes continued for India as none of their bowlers, except Jaydev Unadkat, who had underperformed till the second match, came up with a fine figures of five for 55 runs. The left-arm orthodox Shahbaz Nadeem bagged two wickets for 33 and Vinay Kumar and Aparajith claimed one wicket each.
Put into bat, West Indies got off to a good start, both openers stitching a 74-run partnership for the first wicket. Andre Fletcher and captain Kieran Powell, who had failed to give a good start to the side in the last two matches, looked in fine touch.
Powell kept Indian fielders busy by scoring ones and twos early on, but opened up with his shots when Siddharth Kaul and Jaydev Unadkat's line wandered. On the other end, Fletcher played a rather sedate and subdued innings, but it proved enough for giving a good start to the visitors.
Just when the partnership was looking ominous, Nadeem struck twice in quick succession by sending Powell for (40) and Fletcher (28) to the pavillion. Powell holed up to Uthappa in the slips and Fletcher was bamboozled by an arm ball off Nadeem. The good work of the openers was continued by latter order batsmen Kirk Edwards, Carter and Johson.
Edwards and Carter put on a breezy third wicket stand of 66 runs in 78 balls before Carter fell to the first over off Baba Aparajith for 35 off 38 balls.
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