West Indies lose Chris Gayle, score 18 at lunch

Kingston, Jamaica, July 2 (UNI) West Indies went to lunch on third day at 18 for one chasing 269 runs to win the match and the series.

India took the wicket of Chris Gayle in the second innings to set up an exciting contest in the last innings of the tour. All the first three tests have been drawn and the two sides are locked at 0-0. With the pitch offering dual pace, the target looks quite challenging for West Indies.

West Indies reply to Indian target didn't begin in an auspicious manner as they lost their explosive opener in the first over of second innings. Like in the first innings, Sreesanth sent Gayle back in the first over in the second innings too. Gayle edged to the slips as West Indies lost their first wicket before opening their account.

Sreesanth bowled with a lot of fire and got enough movement and bounce off the pitch to trouble West Indies skipper Lara and opener Darren Ganga. At lunch Lara was batting on 8 and Ganga was gave him company on 10.

Earlier, Correy Collymore cleaned five Indian wickets including that of skipper Rahul Dravid as India added another 41 runs in the morning. With enough time left in the match, India needed as many runs as possible.

Dravid and Kumble defended well for first thirty minutes. The batsmen were tested by excellent seam bowling by Collymore who looked like taking wicket every ball. Collymore struck when he had Kumble caught at slips for 10.

Harbhajan hit a well timed cover drive for four off Collymore.

The bowler responded with a beauty that took Harbhajan's edge but flew past slip cordon to raise India's 150 in the second innings.

Dravid was finally foxed by Collymore and pitch combination.

Collymore's leg cutter lied very low and cleaned Dravid's stumps to send back the Indian skipper for 68. Harbhajan and Sreesanth batted with clear instructions to throw their bats around.

Sreesanth dealt some heavy blows, hitting Taylor for a huge six over long on and taking Collymore to the third-man boundary for four. Sreesanth jumped out of his crease to hit Taylor through the mid wicket region once more in the next over but didn't manage to negotiate the steep bounce and offered a simple catch to Lara for 16. Collymore sent Harbhajan back next over for 9 to end the Indian second innings for 171.

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