West Indies A tour of India, 2013

[rkt.india]

only to pick legend in an India A team.

[saneindian]

PK has been injured since IPL.

IPL bhi to May mein hi khatam hua hai , 3-4 mahine hi to hue na :--D

[rkt.india]

IPL bhi to May mein hi khatam hua hai ' date=' 3-4 mahine hi to hue na :--D[/quote'] but you said get got injured without playing a game. He never got fit from previous injury in first place.

[Chandan]

http://goo.gl/TImmxV Yuvraj special seals comprehensive win Wisden India staff | Bangalore | 15 September 2013 Yuvraj Singh smashed 123 off 89 balls to to help India A beat West Indies A by 77 runs . © BCCI After spending six gruelling weeks in France, Yuvraj Singh returned to the cricket field on Sunday (September 15) and scored a ballistic century to help India A beat West Indies A by 77 runs in the first of three one-dayers at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. A strong batting performance was the foundation of India A’s win. Apart from Yuvraj, both Mandeep Singh and Yusuf Pathan made commendable half-centuries to help set West Indies A a daunting target of 313 in a match reduced to 42-overs-a-side after overnight rain had delayed the toss and the start of play. Half-centuries from Narsingh Deonarine and Ashley Nurse proved insufficient for West Indies A, and they were bowled out for 235 in 39.1 overs. Put in to bat, India A had a tough start against some tidy pace bowling, with Unmukt Chand (1) dismissed by Miguel Cummins early on. Robin Uthappa and Mandeep Singh put on 39 for the second wicket, before Uthappa (23) fell to Andre Russell, caught at deep square leg when attempting a pull. Despite Uthappa’s dismissal, the sizeable Sunday crowd cheered because Yuvraj walked in next. Yuvraj abstained from playing big shots early on and focussed on settling in, while Mandeep took on the aggressor’s role and raced towards his half-century, slog-sweeping a six off Ashley Nurse on one occasion. India A soon crossed 100 and carried on strongly. Yuvraj found his rhythm, cutting Ronsford Beaton through point for four – his first boundary of the innings after facing 39 balls. He then claimed the maximum off a free hit from Cummins. Mandeep and Yuvraj had put on 100 from 112, when Nikita Miller found the gap between Mandeep’s bat and pad and had him bowled for 67. Yusuf Pathan then came in, and his association with Yuvraj proved decisive. Yuvraj, who brought up his half-century in 60 balls, locked his sights on Miller and hit him for three sixes and a four – all back-to-back. Miller was clobbered over square leg, hit straight down the ground, and then heaved twice over midwicket in an over that yielded 23 runs. At the other end, Yusuf joined the carnival, taking 28 runs off Nurse. There was a huge six over long-on, a couple of fours at fine leg, and then two sixes over deep midwicket. Back on strike, Yuvraj then claimed 24 runs off Beaton, completing his century in the process – his first in 29 innings and nine months in any format. The two had put on 125 runs for the fourth wicket, 85 of which came in just four overs, when Yuvraj’s magnificent innings came to an end. He mistimed Nkrumah Bonner’s harmless full toss and was caught by Beaton at midwicket. His maverick burst had helped him score 123 in just 89 balls, and the Indians were four down for 272 in the 40th over. The batting carnage continued though, as Pathan went on to score an unbeaten 70 off just 32 balls, including two walloped sixes off the last two balls of the innings, taking India A’s total to 312 for 4. “I thought 280 would be a gettable total to chase but the way Yuvraj and Yusuf batted it was unbelievable,” said Deonarine after the match, pointing to the fourth-wicket stand as the key difference between the sides. Deonarine also admitted that an injury to Russell, who was limping and was replaced by Jonathan Carter in the first innings, had left West Indies A short of bowling options. “We missed our key bowler Russell to injury and we had to get someone to fill. The part-time bowler really felt the pain of Yuvraj and Yusuf’s batting.” West Indies A attempted a brave chase, but their inability to keep wickets intact and a failure to stitch together a meaningful partnership proved their undoing. Bonner smashed four fours early on, but was dismissed for 16, caught behind off Vinay Kumar. Kieran Powell, the captain, and Kirk Edwards then put on 23, scoring some crisp boundaries in the process. However, Powell (17) skied Vinay to gift an easy catch to Sumit Narwal. Kirk Edwards fell three overs later, caught behind off Narwal as West Indies A were reduced to 58 for 3. There was a brief resistance when Deonarine and Andre Fletcher put on 54 for the fourth wicket. Fletcher hit a couple of fours off Rahul Sharma and then slogged Yusuf over midwicket. Deonarine took runs off Yusuf as well, hitting consecutive fours at one point. The two had revived the West Indies A innings somewhat, taking the total past 100, when the stand was broken. Fletcher (29) attempted to slog-sweep Pathan but top-edged the ball to give Chand an easy catch. Deonarine carried on to score a half-century, but wickets fell all around him. Thomas (10) and Russell (1) fell in quick succession, before Deonarine himself departed, falling to Sharma for 57. West Indies A went on to cross 200, with Nurse scoring 57, but they were chasing an impossible target. West Indies A needed something special. Their failure to do so ensured the day was Yuvraj’s to savour. Scorecard: India A vs West Indies A, 1st one-day match, Bangalore

[Chandan]

http://goo.gl/Yg8cbX Upbeat India A look to seal the series Wisden India staff | Bangalore | 16 September 2013 After a comprehensive victory in the first match on Sunday (September 15), India A will take the field against West Indies A on Tuesday with the focus on sealing the three-match one-day series by winning the second one-dayer at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The batting, and to an extent the bowling, both fell in place for India A in their one-sided victory on Sunday. While Yuvraj Singh stole the show with his 89-ball 123, the rest of the team also contributed amply towards the 77-run win. Mandeep Singh and Yusuf Pathan scored important runs while batting, while Vinay Kumar and Sumit Narwal impressed with the ball. India A were put in to bat on a pitch with plenty of early assistance for the pace bowlers, and the tricky opening spell from the West Indian pacemen was negotiated commendably by Mandeep and Robin Uthappa. Mandeep then allowed Yuvraj to settle by bearing the brunt of the attack, before Yuvraj and Yusuf displayed their powerful hitting ability and took the game away from West Indies A. Set a daunting chase of 313 in 42 overs, the West Indies A batsmen were undone by a combined effort from the bowlers, as each of Narwal, Vinay, Yusuf and Rahul Sharma claimed two wickets. The challenge for India A now, will be to maintain the same level of performance for the rest of the series. With that in mind, it will be interesting to see the changes they make, if any, for the second match. A lead of 1-0 does provide an opportunity to ring in changes, with the likes of Baba Aparajith, Shahbaz Nadeem and Siddarth Kaul waiting on the sidelines. However, Lalchand Rajput, the India A coach, said winning was the primary aim. “There will be an opportunity for all players,” said Rajput. “We’re looking at that angle as well. A lot of players will get an opportunity to play these matches. But at the same time, we have to win as well. We have to manage both things.” Rajput was pleased that despite an optional training session for those who played on Sunday, there was a good turnout on Monday, with only Yuvraj and Vinay opting to sit out. Rajput described it as a mark of the team’s “keenness” and “spirit”. West Indies A, meanwhile, will be looking to shake away the inevitable after-effects that usually follow the sort of carnage they were subjected to at the hands of Yuvraj and Yusuf. It was particularly demoralising for their spinners, who let slip a decent start provided by the pacers with the wicket of Unmukt Chand early on. Nikita Miller, the left-arm spinner, and Ashley Nurse, the off-spinner, were both walloped for runs. Miller went for 62 in nine overs, of which 23 were conceded to Yuvraj in a single over. Nurse was taken for 58 in just six overs, with Yusuf hitting 26 in six deliveries. The batsmen were also guilty of failing to convert starts. Narsingh Deonarine scored 57 off 63, including six fours and a six, but failed to go on and get a big score. Andre Fletcher scored a quick 29, but threw away his wicket, while Nurse, lower down the order, ran out of partners and was eventually dismissed for 57. The spin department is likely to receive a boost, with Veerasammy Permaul, the West Indies A vice-captain, back in action. Permaul didn’t play the first one-dayer due to jet-lag, having joined the squad only on the previous day. But he bowled in the nets on Monday and said he was “fit”, although he stopped short of claiming he would play on Tuesday. As the match that will determine if the series is still alive before the third one-dayer, this is a key contest. And, although ‘A’ tours are often more about fine-tuning skills and gaining experience, there’s no doubt that the players like nothing better than winning. Teams (from): India A: Yuvraj Singh (capt), Unmukt Chand, Robin Uthappa, Baba Aparajith, Kedar Jadhav, Naman Ojha (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Vinay Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Siddarth Kaul, Sumit Narwal, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mandeep Singh, Rahul Sharma. West Indies A: Kieran Powell (capt), Veerasammy Permaul, Ronsford Beaton, Nkrumah Bonner, Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cottrell, Miguel Cummins, Narsingh Deonarine, Kirk Edwards, Andre Fletcher (wk), Leon Johnson, Nikita Miller, Ashley Nurse, Andre Russell, Devon Thomas.

[Chandan]

2nd ODI http://goo.gl/3YhKCx Carter, Cummins help West Indies A pull level Wisden India staff | Bangalore | 17 September 2013 Jonathan Carter smashed 18 fours and 3 sixes in his knock of 133. © Getty Images Scorecard: India A vs West Indies A, 2nd one-day match, Bangalore West Indies A showed plenty of spirit and the stomach for a fight to beat India A by 55 runs in the second one-dayer at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday (September 17). Jonathan Carter scored a century to help West Indies A set the Indians a target of 280 before the bowlers wrapped up the job to keep the three-match series alive. After a 77-run mauling in the first one-dayer, West Indies A rung the changes, bringing in Leon Johnson, Veerasammy Permaul and Carter to the playing XI. The changes worked, at least in terms of the batting, with Carter scoring 133, and Johnson providing him able support in a decisive fifth-wicket stand of 132. Put in to bat, West Indies A started off poorly, losing Kieran Powell, the captain, and Andre Fletcher to Vinay Kumar early on, to go two down for 21. However, Kirk Edwards and Carter came through the rough period with some confident batting. Edwards took 12 off an over from Vinay, crunching three fours through the off. At the other end, Carter was dropped on six – a costly miss in retrospect – by Yusuf Pathan at first slip off Shahbaz Nadeem. The two punished the loose deliveries and fended off the good ones. Edwards then stepped forward and smashed Pathan over deep midwicket for six, but met his end when he attempted the same stroke again. Yusuf pitched it down leg, and Edwards (36), well out of the crease, missed it, allowing Naman Ojha to stump him. That brought an end to the 79-run stand. Andre Russell then came in and whacked consecutive sixes off Pathan, both slog-swept over midwicket, and then needlessly attempted a third, gifting an easy catch to Sumit Narwal at long-on. That brought Johnson to the middle, and that was the cue for Carter to start attacking. He hit consecutive fours off Jaydev Unadkat, both behind backward square-leg, to bring up his half-century in 82 balls. Johnson and Carter piled on the boundaries, and soon put on 50 off just 58 balls. Carter neared his century as well with a couple of sixes. He first pulled Shahbaz Nadeem’s full toss over square leg, and then dispatched Narwal’s length ball into the stands. The century came with a single, off 119 balls, and the weekday Bangalore crowd, who turned out in fairly good numbers, applauded appreciatively. The stand ended when Johnson, having made 39, fell to Vinay after gifting an easy catch to mid-off, and Carter soon followed, trapped plumb in front by Unadkat for 133. Ashley Nurse and Devon Thomas then put on 19 to take the total to 279 for 6. The same frailties that affected West Indies A’s chase in the first match – an inability to convert starts into big scores and a failure to stitch partnerships – derailed India A on the day. India A were two down for 18 within the first seven overs after Uthappa and Mandeep Singh fell in quick succession. Unmukt Chand and Yuvraj Singh then went about repairing the innings, becoming increasingly confident as time passed. There was a particularly entertaining battle between Russell and Yuvraj, which began when Yuvraj pulled Russell majestically over the midwicket fence for six. Russell’s next delivery was a bouncer straight at Yuvraj’s face, which he managed to fend off. At the other end, Chand punished Carter by pulling him over midwicket for six, and then delicately prodding him away for four to third man. The two took the stand past 50 and were looking in good nick when Chand, with 38 to his name, holed out to Fletcher at long on. Kedar Jadhav joined Yuvraj and, once again, the two got a partnership going but failed make it decisive. They had put on 32 in 44 balls when Yuvraj (40) prodded Nikita Miller straight to Powell at cover. Pathan fell in the very next delivery, edging to Nurse at first slip. Jadhav didn’t last long thereafter, holing out off Miguel Cummins for 35, leaving India A six down for 148. Cummins went on to record figures of 4 for 31. Ojha and Narwal did put on a fighting, and dangerously adventurous, 29 and the last-wicket pair slogged away. But the chase was always too big once the middle order crumbled. West Indies A bowled out India A in 48.4 overs with the series set to be decided at the same venue on Thursday. ---------------------------------------------------------- Yuvraj rues fielding errors [ Kanishkaa Balachandran in Bangalore September 17, 2013 Yuvraj Singh said not fielding well led to the target being 280 instead of 260 © In victory, and in defeat, Yuvraj Singh wore the same expression. With his team having come a full circle after a comprehensive mauling on Tuesday, Yuvraj didn't look for excuses. A point he repeatedly made was that of India A's fielding and more pertinently, the dropped catches that allowed West Indies A to get away to a score of 279. Jonathan Carter was the beneficiary of a regulation drop at slip when on 6, pushing at a delivery from the left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem to Yusuf Pathan who juggled the ball and failed to hang on in the second attempt. At 66, Carter had another life when he was sent back by his partner attempting a quick single, only for the throw from cover to miss the stumps with Carter well short of the crease. Leon Johnson survived a tough chance at slip, but the full impact of the Carter let-off bit them when he smashed 133 and shared a 131-run stand with Johnson for the fifth wicket. Catching aside, India's sloppiness extended to their ground fielding where at least three boundaries were conceded by schoolboy errors. India were guilty of leaking 135 runs in the last 15 overs. "We know we didn't field well. That's the reason the target was 280 and not 260," Yuvraj said. "If we want to do well day after tomorrow, we have to do well on the park - as simple as that. And obviously, dropping Carter's catch - he got a hundred. We didn't bowl well in the last ten overs." The overcast morning conditions had prompted both captains to bowl first in the first two games, but ironically, it backfired in both. India piled on 312 in the first game and West Indies 279 in the second and the chasing side never got close. Asked if he would change the pattern in the third ODI if given the chance, Yuvraj said it may not be such a straightforward decision going forward. "I hope I lose the toss. Looking at the conditions, you want to bowl first," he said. "We didn't get enough wickets at the start. The dropped catch didn't help. So I just hope I lose the toss and win the game." Yuvraj said his side was tied down by some intelligent bowling by West Indies, who didn't let them build any solid partnerships. A stand of 64 for the third wicket between Yuvraj and Unmukt Chand was the best they could manage. "I think they bowled in really good areas, and they didn't allow us to score freely," Yuvraj said. "That's the game. When pressure is created, it's tough to score. We never had a good partnership, which would have allowed us to go through."

[Pagalpanti]

Yusuf as slip fielder was appalling. Over all after a good bowling start fielders took it easy and dropped a lot of catches, not everytime can we chase 280-300.

[Chandan]

3rd ODI http://goo.gl/WXeCMG ‘A’ very bad outing West Indies A’s Kirk Edwards hits ton as India A lose the third game by 45 runs and the series 2-1 Sriram Veera Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 at 10:32:52 AM Windies A’s Kirk Edwards plays a shot during his innings of 104 yesterday Nothing changed in two days. India A’s bowling continued to be as poor as it was in the previous game and their batting uninspiring, barring Baba Aparajith and Yuvraj Singh of course, as they went down tamely to a spirited West Indies A in Bangalore. Let’s dwell a bit on the Indian bowling, who conceded 312 runs, before we proceed any further. Some of you have wondered, in mails, whether this is an indication of poor bench strength in Indian cricket but that probably would be a harsh judgement to make. Though this is an A side, this attack isn’t quite the second rung; that place belongs to the likes of Ishwar Pandey and Mohammad Shami. Jaydev Unadkat, who so it happened picked up five wickets yesterday, was pretty ordinary through the series, Sumit Narhwal, who was dropped for this game, didn’t look good enough for this level and his replacement Siddharth Kaul wasn’t up to the task yesterday. Vinay Disappoints But the biggest disappointment has to be R Vinay Kumar. He was in the Indian team not far back but has been on an inexorable slide ever since. He is still the most talented of the bunch, and someone who still moves the ball both ways, but somehow it’s not falling in place for him. Yesterday too wasn’t his day as he leaked 56 runs from 10 overs. It’s not the runs but the manner in which they were conceded that must annoy him. The lengths weren’t great, the attempted bouncers didn’t have venom, and the slower ones weren’t disguised well. He is a tremendously dedicated man and rest assured he would do his best to sort out the problem but for his own good, he better hasten that process if he doesn’t want to be left too far behind in the race. Many players have gone ahead of him already. The best thing to come out of the Indian camp yesterday was Aparajith’s knock. He replaced Unmukt Chand, who was pretty disappointing in the last two games, and batted with a sense of serenity about him. There were nudges, glides, late cuts and also some quality back-foot punches. He didn’t give an impression of a guy who would collar a bowling attack but someone you can depend on for solidity. And that last adjective shouldn’t hint at a grafter as he came across as that wonderful cricketing cliché goes, ‘a busy batsman’. “It was a nice experience for me as this was the first time I was playing with Yuvraj Singh and it made my innings easier. I just had to get a single and get to the other side. He was striking the ball really well and looking for fours and sixes because he was cramping a bit.” India A, already without Mandeep Singh who couldn’t bat as he had fractured his fingers while fielding, struggled after Yuvraj, who was cramping up a touch, and Aparajith fell and slowly succumbed. Edward Shines However, the man of the game was Kirk Edwards. Having failed to convert his starts in the previous two games, the man who made a debut Test hundred against India in 2011 before losing his way, staked his claim with a fine stroke-filled innings. An interesting character, he had, in 2011, swaggered into a press meet after his debut hundred and talked about how the West Indian fans need to change. “Around the Caribbean you usually hear a lot of negatives. I take all the negatives and transfer it to positives. The more the people tell me I can't, I feel I can. You drive to the supermarket and people are saying, 'you can't play ... can't,' and you feel you can. And you want to prove all the people wrong. I guess people should keep saying I can't.” Out of the West Indies side for a while now, he must have heard a lot more of that negative chatter. Yesterday, he responded with a knock that was not only entertaining but pretty skilful as well. Admittedly the bowling wasn’t great but the way he manoeuvred the field was exemplary. Only in the end overs, did he flex his muscles, carting the likes of Kaul and Vinay for fours and sixes. Rest assured, Edwards would be the one to watch out for during the four-day games that will start later this month. Scorecard:West Indies A 312/9 (Edwards 104) beat India A 267/8 (Aparajith 78, Permaul 3-55) by 45 runs ---------------------------------------------------------- http://goo.gl/Qc5Yw2 Yuvraj Singh blames bowlers for loss against West Indies A India A skipper Yuvraj Singh says bowlers failed to execute plan as Kirk Edwards took the match and series away with a blistering century. NDTVCricket 19 September 2013 19:52 India A skipper Yuvraj Singh was left distraught after his bowlers leaked runs in the final unofficial ODI against West Indies in Bangalore on Thursday. After letting the West Indians score a daunting 312, the Indians went down by 45 runs to lose the three match series 2-1. Yuvraj, making his cricket comeback in this series, looked solid once again. His 61, however, was not enough to help India A reach anywhere close to their target. Yuvraj is clearly unhappy with the way his bowlers leaked runs. The likes of Siddharth Kaul, Vinay Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat and Yusuf Pathan were targeted in particular. "It (the defeat) is very disappointing. Credit to West Indies as they put just too many runs on the board today. We discussed before the game how we are going to bowl but it didn't work out," said Yuvraj in a post-match chat. (Match highlights) The West Indian who decimated India's bowling was Kirk Edwards, who hit a-run-a-ball 104 after the visitors were put into bat. Yuvraj was all praise for the Barbados cricketer and said his ability to switch gears was impressive. "He started slowly and played really well once he switched gears. He took the match away from us completely," Yuvraj said. Indian batsmen too showed fighting spirit with Baba Aprajith scoring 78 at the top. He partnered Yuvraj to take the fight into the West Indies camp. The 112-run stand for the 3rd wicket between them finally went in vain. "Me and Baba played well but both of us got out at the wrong time," said Yuvraj, when asked if his team could have stolen a win despite a challenging target. The two teams will now lock horns in a one-off T20, to be played on Saturday.

[MCcricket]

Indian selectors need to realize the need for impact players, Unadkat, VK, Narwal bowling at 125 k are an embarrassment, Indian selectors have always been ignorant in this matter and same with most coaches in India and BCCI, WI bowlers were making the batters jump and same with SA and other sides on our recent A tours, most bowlersl we have picked up are no hoppers AS INTERNATIONAL BOWLERS, PANDEY , SHAMI, SUYAL, PANKAJ, SHUKLA, AND BOWLERS WITH PACE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT, NADEEM WAS VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE. Like any team needs two openers , solid one down batter, stroke players coming down and then one or max two attacking and defensive players, you cannot have a bowling attack with trundlers, maximum a team can have one trundle who can bat well, there should be at least two attacking fast bowler in a team.

[FischerTal]

Pankaj Singh, Pawan Suyal, and Ishwar Pandey should have played the ODIs

[TheWall]

none from this India A team are fit to play for the senior team...

[AbhishekS]

Not even Yuvraj? :O You gotta be kidding me. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 4

[India-KXIP fan]

:kxip:'s Yuvraj Singh and Rahul Sharma were the standouts and deserve to once again be in the Indian LOI teams. :clap:

[jusarrived]

Indian selectors need to realize the need for impact players' date=' Unadkat, VK, Narwal bowling at 125 k are an embarrassment, Indian selectors have always been ignorant in this matter and same with most coaches in India and BCCI, WI bowlers were making the batters jump and same with SA and other sides on our recent A tours, most bowlersl we have picked up are no hoppers AS INTERNATIONAL BOWLERS,[b'] PANDEY , SHAMI, SUYAL, PANKAJ, SHUKLA, AND BOWLERS WITH PACE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT, NADEEM WAS VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE. Like any team needs two openers , solid one down batter, stroke players coming down and then one or max two attacking and defensive players, you cannot have a bowling attack with trundlers, maximum a team can have one trundle who can bat well, there should be at least two attacking fast bowler in a team.

who exactly told you this ? I have sen only small clips of Shukla and Suyal bowling , so I will leave them out . The rest are all 128-138 K Bowlers like Narwal , VK and Unadkat . On a good day all of these bowlers hit 140 ..but none of them are bowlers with Pace .

[MCcricket]

Please read the entire paragraph, no offence, Unadkat , Vk , Narwal were bowling at 125 to 130 k which is sad, I have watched the games on willow, Shami, Pandey, Pankaj are fast Medium and bowl 135 to 144 k range, while the former can be classified as fast spinners , Suyal, Aaron, Umesh, Suyal, Shukla can bowl fast, we cannot be a top team with the bowling attack worse then Hong Kong side.

[JaFanatic]

India A vs West Indies A : 1st Unofficial test - Pre match discussion Squads: India A: Pujara ©, Jiwanjot, KL Rahul, MJuneja, Paliwal, Khadiwale, Rasool, Bhargav, Pandey, Shami, Dinda, Motwani(W), Dhawal & Dogra West Indies A: Kirk Edwards ©, Kieran Powell, Kraigg Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cottrell, Miguel Cummins, Narsingh Deonarine, Assad Fudadin, Jahmar Hamilton, Delorn Johnson, Leon Johnson, Nikita Miller, Veerasammy Permaul, Shane Shillingford, Chadwick Walton.

[JaFanatic]

My XI Rahul Jiwanjot Pujara Juneja Paliwal Motwani Rasool Kulkarni Shami Pandey Bhargav

[Austin 3:!6]

I thought Sehwag and Zak is playing?

[Austin 3:!6]

What is Pujara doing in India A? He is our main test batsman and should not play A matches. You do not see Kohli playing ODI's for India A.

[JaFanatic]

I thought Sehwag and Zak is playing?

They are in for 2nd and 3rd matches