Saturday, Sep 13, 2003
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NEW DELHI, Dec. 12 (1974)-Exciting stroke play led by Richards and Lloyd on a slow turning pitch put the West Indies in a winning position on the second day of the second Test match. Unless the weather intervenes to wash out play, India has virtually no chance of saving this match. It did not look one-sided at all by lunch time on a chilly day, when the West Indies was struggling with 89 for 3 against some accurate flighted spin from Prasanna and Bedi. But a beautiful unbeaten century by 22-year-old Vivian Richards, playing in his second Test, and another spell of imaginative hitting by Clive Lloyd wrested the initiative from the Indian spinners and put the visitors completely on top. Vivian Richards, who did not offer a single chance to the bowlers, provided the 30,000-strong crowd with the finest display of driving on the off-side that we have seen so far on this tour. There is a classical purity about the backlift and mode of defence of this right-handed batsman from Antigua. On his Test debut at Bangalore, he was surprised by the unorthodox delivery and bounce of Chandrasekhar, but to-day he was a picture of assurance against the Indian spinners. — N. Ram
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