Rain Wrecks Windsor Park Debut

West Indies was offered a temporary reprieve in the third and final cricket Test against India Wednesday after persistent rain ruined the opening of Windsor Park.
The hosts were all too familiar position, which is sent to be involved, from 75 for three in their first innings after rain allowed only 31.1 overs on the opening day of Test cricket latest outpost.

Weather interrupted for about 15 minutes after West Indies continued their lunch-time and three of 64 field players will never return.

Rich applause from the modest crowd, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and was the most capped player in the West Indies 133 tests, has joined fellow left-hander Darren Bravo 45 minutes before lunch.

They were still together after the interval when the rain swept across the country, add 40 - unbroken - for the fourth wicket and both get their steps with a crisp cover drive off Praveen Kumar.

West Indies had early in crisis again, Ishant Sharma, undermining their weak batting before lunch to a top-two wickets for eight runs in 23 overs.
Lanky Sharma, the most successful bowlers in the series have now taken 18 wickets in three games.

Kieran Powell's decision to the hosts and left-handed middle-order batsman Kirk Edwards was able to bring stability to their Test debuts, and his batting will soon be drowned in the West Indies 35 for three within the first hour and a half years.
Powell seemed comfortable NOK at the crease, played patiently before he was caught at second slip by Kumar three.

Nerves Edwards was not a problem either, having played 0:01-day internationals - but they soon learn to be tough tests when he was dubious caught behind for six, essaying the hook at a short rising delivery.

TV replays suggested the ball ricocheted his helmet and English can be resolved by Judge Richard Kettleborough wrong.

Sometimes Adrian Barath bowled 12, pulling a short ball to his stumps of the glove Sharma, a ball after she had survived a strong challenge to the leg-side catches the keeper.

West Indies made two changes, adding Powell and Edwards, after falling Lendl Simmons and Ramnaresh Sarwan.

Munaf Patel India brought in to replace other fast medium bowler Abhimanyu Mithun.
West Indies trail 0-1 after a three-game series, they lost the first test, 63 runs for four days at Sabina Park in Jamaica, and the drive to make a new attempt at Kensington Oval in Barbados.

Windsor Park was 12 place in the Caribbean from the stage, and 106 globally.