Windies secure draw

SYDNEY – West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored a defiant half-century to help the tourists draw their three-day match against Victoria in Melbourne yesterday.

Chanderpaul top-scored with a patient 59 from 177 balls after all rounder Marlon Samuels struck a brisk 50 the previous day to help West Indies make 302 in reply to Victoria’s first innings of 571. With less than a session left in the match and no real hope of a result, both teams agreed to settle for a draw and play an impromptu Twenty20 match.Smith captured three wickets and scored 40 with the bat in the three-day match, then blasted an unbeaten 81 from just 40 balls in the Twenty20 match, which Victoria won by four wickets.The West Indians lost the first test in Brisbane with a day to spare but Chanderpaul, who batted for more than four and a half hours to help secure the draw with Victoria, said his team would have to adopt a more cautious approach in Hobart.- ReutersWith less than a session left in the match and no real hope of a result, both teams agreed to settle for a draw and play an impromptu Twenty20 match.Smith captured three wickets and scored 40 with the bat in the three-day match, then blasted an unbeaten 81 from just 40 balls in the Twenty20 match, which Victoria won by four wickets.The West Indians lost the first test in Brisbane with a day to spare but Chanderpaul, who batted for more than four and a half hours to help secure the draw with Victoria, said his team would have to adopt a more cautious approach in Hobart. – Reuters