October 18 Friday 2002
Kumble takes five as West Indies crumble 

CHENNAI: India's Anil Kumble (L) celebrates after taking the wicket of Ryan Hinds (R) of West Indies during the first day's play of the second test match between India and the West Indies on October 17, 2002.

CHENNAI: Leg-spinner Anil Kumble grabbed his 20th five-wicket haul to skittle West Indies for 167 on the first day of the second test against India on Thursday. The lanky bowler, celebrating his 32nd birthday, ripped through the batting on a turning pitch, with the last seven wickets tumbling for only 50 runs.  Kumble took five for 30, four of them in a sensational final spell in the evening conceding a miserly 10 runs, as the visitors once again failed to cope on a slow track. West Indies, who were struggling at 118 for four at tea after skipper Carl Hooper elected to bat, simply caved in as Kumble and off-spinner Harbhajan obtained sharp bounce as well on the newly relaid pitch.

Hooper's breezy 35 was the highest score as his team were dismissed for under 200 for the third straight time, following their 157 and 188 during their innings defeat in the first Bombay test last week. 

Harbhajan finished with three for 56. Stocky opener Virender Sehwag hit a typically brisk 23 as India raced to 31 for no loss in eight overs in reply at the close. Sanjay Bangar was unbeaten on six. Left-handers Chris Gayle and Wavell Hinds shared a patient 40-run opening stand in a determined bid to shore up their side's poor recent overseas batting record. Harbhajan struck the first blow close to lunch when he dismissed Gayle for 23, miscuing an ttempted shot over midwicket to Sachin Tendulkar at point. 

Kumble then trapped Hinds leg before for 18, although the batsman looked unlucky as television replays showed the ball had struck him clearly outside off-stump as he offered no stroke. Ramnaresh Sarwan reached 19 before being bowled between bat and pad by experienced seamer Javagal Srinath. Hooper joined fellow Guyanese Shivnarine 
Chanderpaul to add 55 runs for the fourth wicket from only 78 balls in a brief West Indies fightback from 62 for three before falling close to tea. 

Hooper, who had top-scored with 579 runs in the series when his team beat India 2-1 in the Caribbean earlier this year, hit seamer Bangar though mid-off and past covers and glanced left-arm fast bowler Khan to fine-leg for three of his six fours. 

After being lured into a hook in Bombay, Hooper again fell into the bowler's trap, driving his slower ball to cover where skipper Saurav Ganguly dived to his left and held a sharp two-handed catch. 

Chanderpaul (27) looked set to rescue West Indies from a shaky 118 for four at tea with left-hander Ryan Hinds as both looked comfortable against Kumble and Harbhajan. 

Chanderpaul had top-scored with 54 and remained 36 not out to provide the only real resistance by West Indies in Bombay. He counter-attacked, driving Bangar straight down the ground for four and cutting his next ball through the off side, but Kumble removed him immediately on his return to the attack. 

Chanderpaul had stayed for over two-and-a-half hours facing 85 balls when he nicked a Kumble ball that bounced awkwardly to fly off his bat shoulder to wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel. 

Kumble then trapped Ryan Hinds leg before for 16 in the next over with a delivery that kept low and Harbhajan, then had debutant Gareth Breese caught bat-pad at forward shortleg for five runs. 

Kumble yorked Mervyn Dillon for four and completed his five- wicket haul when last man Jermaine Lawson tamely drove to Ganguly at mid-wicket to be dismissed for nought.