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Steve Barrett

HISTORICAL FACTS: Chanderpaul defies pm s xi in tour match - Caught on Camera

Tagenarine Chanderpaul hit 56 as the West Indies battled to a draw against the Prime Minister's XI. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Incapacitated Raymon Reifer and gritty Joshua Da Silva declined to chance their arm at notching the West Indies' first first-class win on Australian soil in more than 25 years, instead defending grimly to fight out a draw in the pink-ball tour match against the Prime Minister's XI at Manuka Oval.

Chasing 309 for victory after the PM XI's sporting declaration at 4-221 late on day three, the tourists shut up shop at the fall of the eighth wicket with eight overs to go, finishing on 8-277.

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