Hooping it up
West Indies Walsh bats despite twisted ankle
Posted: Monday November 16, 1998 03:42 PM
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Carl Hooper propped up the West Indies lower batting order with an innings of 109 Ben Radford/Allsport |
KIMBERLEY, South Africa (AP) -- Although he opted not to bowl in Griqualand West's second innings, West Indian paceman Courtney Walsh Monday spent enough time on the field as a batsman to allay any fears that he might have a serious injury.
Walsh, who twisted his ankle while bowling on Saturday, was at the wicket for just under an hour and displayed no signs of discomfort while scoring an unbeaten 15 in the visitors' first innings 466.
He and fellow paceman Mervyn Dillon, who slapped 44 runs off 65 deliveries, also put on exactly 50 for the final wicket to give their side a 195-run first innings advantage.
Griquas, who were dismissed for 271 in their first innings, had scored 27 for the loss of one wicket at tea on the third day.
While Dillon's knock helped lift the visitors innings most of the hard work had already been done by the likes of Carl Hooper and wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs.
Hooper, who resumed on 64 in the morning went on to his 100 (10x4 1x6) in 243 minutes, but was out 15 balls later when he skied a delivery from Swanepoel to Botha on the mid-off boundary.
A powerful gusting wind blew the ball all over the place and in the end Botha did well to hang on to a difficult swirling catch.
Deon Kruis had earlier found himself in a similar situation in dismissing Franklyn Rose off his own bowling with the ball seemingly shifting all the way from mid-on to the bowler's left.
Jacobs, who teamed up with Hooper to put on 79 for the seventh wicket, was trapped leg-before by Pat Symcox after rattling up an aggressive 40 (5x4s 1x6) off 58 deliveries.
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