DEVON Smith converted his overnight hundred into a big one, and lower-order half-centuries from David Bernard and Gavin Tonge helped West Indies A take a first-innings lead against India A on the final day in Croydon.
The game, however, ended in a high scoring draw with only 18 wickets falling in four days.
Scores: India A 543 for 8 (Pujara 208*, Russell 5-97) drew with West Indies A 563 (Fletcher 123, Smith 170)
West Indies began the final morning on 332 for 3 and continued their strong response to India’s 543. Smith and Kirk Edwards added 70 more for the fourth wicket before the innings suffered a hiccup – both batsmen were dismissed with the score on 402. They lost two more wickets cheaply to be reduced to 413 for 7 before Bernard and Tonge came together.
They added 64 runs for the eighth wicket and more useful contributions from the tail steered West Indies past India’s total, securing a 20-run lead before the last wicket fell. (Cricinfo)

INDIA-A 1st Innings
543 for eight declared
(Cheteshwar Pujara 208 not out; Andre Russell 5-97)

WEST INDIES A 1st innings
(overnight 332 for three)
K. Brathwaite lbw b Unadkat 3
O. Phillips b Jaskaran Singh 22
A. Fletcher c Pandey b Unadkat 123
*D. Smith lbw b Dhawan 170
K. Edwards c wkpr Saha b Iqbal Abdulla 40
+C. Walton st Saha b Iqbal Abdulla 4
D. Bernard c and b Tiwary 70
I. Khan c Mukund b Iqbal Abdulla 0
A. Russell c Pujara b Tiwary 17
G. Tonge c Dhawan b Unadkat 54
L. Baker not out 2
Extras (b26, lb11, w1, nb20) 58    
TOTAL (all out, 169.4 overs) 563
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Brathwaite), 2-54 (Phillips), 3-279 (Fletcher), 4-402 (Edwards), 5-402 (Smith), 6-411 (Walton), 7-413 (Khan), 8-477 (Russell), 9-528 (Bernard)
Bowling: Kulkarni 30-6-111-0, Unadkat 37.4-9-100-3, Jaskaran Singh 23-3-97-1, Iqbal Abdulla 50-9-128-3, Tiwary 24-1-72-2, Dhawan 5-1-18-1