West Indies level series with thumping win A refreshingly professional approach from the West Indians saw them level the series with a thumping 10-wicket win in the third Test at the Kensington Oval, Barbados. Earlier, centuries from skipper Carl Hooper (115) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (101*) had secured them a massive 292-run first-innings lead. The Indian second innings began on a promising note but once Wasim Jaffer (51) was needlessly run-out, the wickets began to fall at steady intervals. Rahul Dravid (14) and Sachin Tendulkar (8), on whom the Indian hopes of saving the match rested, were both dismissed cheaply. A 65-run partnership between VVS Laxman (43) and Sourav Ganguly (60*) only delayed the inevitable. Zaheer Khan too played his part in saving the Indians the ignominy of suffering an innings defeat, making a hard-hitting 46 off 45 balls. But the target of five runs that India set the West Indies was never going to help them avoid the eventual 10-wicket defeat.

India need to show greater self-discipline, says Wright It was a familiar Indian tale; a rousing Test win followed by a heart-wrenching capitulation in the next match. India’s seventh defeat in eight Tests at the Kensington Oval has thrown the series wide open. In fact, with the next two Tests being played on relatively fast pitches, it is the Indians who might be at a slight disadvantage. Coach John Wright was understandably critical of his team’s performance in the third Test. He blamed the poor shot-selection of his batsmen for the 10-wicket defeat. "At the end of the day the biggest issue we have on the tour is shot selection," Wright said. "That's something you can talk about and something you've got to practice. It is disappointing when you see the same mistakes made on occasions." "There's self-discipline required in the shots you hit in the middle," he continued. "We have to make the right decisions." Many of India’s top batsmen – Shiv Sunder Das, VVS laxman and even Sachin Tendulkar - were guilty of getting out to poor shots on the first day. It resulted in India putting up a very modest 102 in the first innings. "We really needed to go through that first part of the first day, that was crucial. We lost a few wickets early, then there was the unfortunate run out of Rahul Dravid and we didn't get anything out of our tail," Wright observed. Skipper Sourav Ganguly also harped on the need to elicit more meaningful contributions from the lower-order. “On the first morning of a Test match, any team can get a few good balls and lose a couple of early wickets, but their lower order comes out and gets runs. We could not do that," he said.

Haynes names Border as his greatest opponent Desmond Haynes will always be regarded as one of the finest openers of all time. But surprisingly for a man of his stature, Haynes still carries a few regrets. "I wanted to score more than 8032 Test runs and also score two more centuries in Test cricket to have 20 hundreds beside my name. And yes, I wanted to be the skipper of the West Indies team (after Viv Richards),” he said. He also had an opinion on India's legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev that he wished to share. "You say Kapil was a fast bowler? Do you know what Viv said about him? Viv used to tell that Kapil was so slow that you couldn't even go for hooking him!" When asked about the best batsman he had played against, Haynes, had no hesitation in naming Allan Border. "I don't like to praise the Aussies. But I feel Allan was a great batsman.”

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