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Chase fifty pulls deficit below 100

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West Indies 196 and 215 for 5 (Chase 70*, Dowrich 33*, Shami 2-53) trail India 500 for 9 decl. by 89 runs
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Decisive footwork, positive intent, a clear desire not to be bogged down helped Roston Chase succeed © AFP

Roston Chase became the first West Indian in 11 years to combine a five-for with a half-century in Test cricket as India were made to work hard on the final day at Sabina Park. The visitors still have a lead of 89 runs to bank on in their push for back-to-back victories away from home.

On day four, along with 82.1 overs, it appeared West Indies’ fight had gone missing too. Their openers fell early, and in ungainly fashion. One senior player fell for a duck and another was a sitting duck against a short ball. It had become a walk in the park for India. This morning, however, they were made to run. The first 25 balls cost 40 runs. The fast bowlers were hit through the line and over the top. The spinners were hit against the turn. Chase had finally made it a contest. Decisive footwork, positive intent, a clear desire not to be bogged down helped him succeed.

Notably, when he was put in trouble by India attacking him with bouncers – Umesh Yadav rapped him on the glove with a short ball directed at his throat – Chase was able to ward them off with a couple of authoritative pull shots. Even when he was defending the rising ball, he wouldn’t take his eyes off it.

His partner Jermaine Blackwood became the first West Indian since Shivnarine Chanderpaul in 2014 to hit two half-centuries in the same match. He found 24 of his 63 runs through and over mid-off. While his front foot doesn’t move too far towards the pitch of the ball when he attempts the drive, his hand-eye coordination made up for it more often than not. So did trusting his natural instincts. A player with his technique – static feet mean the hands invariably end up away from the body – does better going after the bowling and he did so with panache, exemplified by a superb six straight down the ground off Mohammed Shami in the fourth over of the day.

That Blackwood became R Ashwin’s first victim of the second innings, for 63 off 54 balls, meant the balance of power still remained with the Indians.

The wicket was a result of excellent planning. Blackwood had hit Ashwin for a six over his head and nearly took his hand off with a four to long-off. He clearly liked to lunge forward with hard hands. So Ashwin pulled his length back just a bit, he put a lot more into his action to generate some dip. Blackwood couldn’t reach the pitch of it and was caught spectacularly by Cheteshwar Pujara, diving forward and to his left at short leg to take the ball one-handed and inches from the ground.

The other Indian spinner did not have the best time. Amit Mishra was used liberally by Virat Kohli – nine overs for 52 runs – in the hope that the West Indians would slog against the turn and get themselves out. Chase’s discipline and later Shane Dowrich’s gumption forced a rethink. The ball was given to Shami and Yadav, who got it to reverse just before lunch.

West Indies would have been heartened by the fact that they only lost one wicket in two-and-a-half hours of play and had put on 167 runs along the way. They have four-and-a-half more hours to survive.

Alagappan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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