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India 'A' crumbles to an innings defeat as Peterson, Dros excel
Staff Reporter - 25 March 2002
India `A' were handed a crushing defeat by the South Africa Board
President's XI in the three-day tour game being played at
Chatsworth on Sunday. The tourists were bundled out for a
meagre 90 runs in their second innings, with left-arm spinner
Robin Peterson finishing with dream figures of 7.2-4-9-4. The
South Africa Board President's XI emerged victorious by an
innings and 109 runs.
On the final day the home side resumed at their overnight score
of 369/7 and went to on to make 411/8 declared in their first
innings. Gerald Dros, a 28-year-old right-hand batsman from
Northern Transvaal, remained unbeaten on 117. This is only his
second hundred in eight years of first class cricket. Dros faced
220 balls, hitting 16 boundaries and a six; in what turned out to
be a match-winning knock. The other overnight not out
batsman Alfonso Thomas went on to make 22 runs, adding 40
runs for the eighth wicket. Amit Mishra, the 20-year-old leg-
spinner from Haryana was the best of the Indian bowlers, picking
up a five-wicket haul (31-4-115-5)
Trailing by 199 runs in the first innings, India 'A' got off to a
shocking start, losing the stylish left-handed opening batsman
Gautam Gambhir (7). India 'A' were in dire straits at 28/3 after
losing Amit Pagnis (3) and Abhijit Kale (6). Skipper Jacob Martin
and Rohan Gavaskar put on 28 runs for the fourth wicket, which
was to be the highest of the innings. Ironically, Martin (25) and
Gavaskar (13) were the only players to get to the double-figure
mark apart from Extras (13). India 'A' lost their last seven
wickets for just 34 runs, with Peterson plucking out four of those
wickets.
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