West Indies vs Australia 1st Test, Day 5: Live scores, commentary
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West Indies v Australia KENSINGTON OVAL, APRIL 7-11, 2012 1st Test - WIN v AUS |
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| West Indies 1st Inn | 9/449 |
| Australia 1st Inn | 9/406 |
| West Indies 2nd Inn | 148 All Out |
| Australia 2nd Inn | 7/192 |
| West Indies won the toss and elected to bat | |
| Australia won by 3 wickets | |
| Australia | Over:47.0 RR:4.09 | ||||
| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| RJ Harris | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| BW Hilfenhaus* | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| West Indies | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| KAJ Roach* | 12.0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 3.75 |
| N Deonarine | 11.0 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 4.82 |
| Recent Overs: | ||
| 2 . . 1 2 . | | . 1 1 . 2 1 | | . 1 1 2 . 1 | |
| Last Wicket: | Hussey, 32 (BWD:Roach) |
| Current Partnership: | 3 runs, 5 balls, RR:60.00 |
The pendulum finally swung in Australia’s favour after almost three days and a session of domination from the West Indies in the Barbados Test match.
The fifth day’s play begins at 11.30 pm AEST on Wednesday.
In reply to West Indies’ first innings score of 449, Australia looked like they would concede a healthy lead when they lost both Michael Hussey, and Peter Siddle, for the addition of just two runs in the day.
And when Wade was sucked into playing the ball away from his body and to the slips, Australia were 8/285, 164 behind the West Indies.
That they would go on to declare at 9/406 was the turning point of the game.
First it was a 44-run partnership between Ryan Harris and Ben Hilfenhaus for the ninth wicket that brought respectability to the Australian score.
Stung by the runs and tiring a little by this time under the hot Barbados sun, the bowlers began to bowl even more waywardly and the last wicket stand between Harris and Nathan Lyon took full toll.
Harris ended unbeaten on 68, Nathan Lyon scored 40 and the last wicket added 77 runs to the total – in the process, batting and exhausting the West Indian fielders for 26 additional overs.
By the time the home team batted again – ahead only by 43 – the Windies looked shell-shocked. Sensing an opportunity to go for the kill, Ben Hilfenhaus ran through the top-order with Adrian Barath, Kraigg Brathwaite and Kirk Edwards scoring 2, 0 and 1 respectively.
First innings centurion Shivnarine Chanderpaul also failed and despite Darren Bravo’s 32 and a gritty unbeaten 20 from Narsingh Deonarine, West Indies hobbled to 5/71 at close.
This means they are ahead only by 114 runs and unless they can conjure up another 100 runs or so from somewhere, this match looks headed in only one direction – the visitors’. Australia are in pole position and anything less than a win from here will be a big surprise!
We will bring you the coverage throughout this first Test match of the series between West Indies and Australia from Barbados and hope to receive your opinions as the last day’s action unfolds from 11.30 pm AEST.
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8:00am
mickh said | 8:00am | Report comment
Springboks?,currie cup?, wrong sport .
Well done Aussies.
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7:54am
Jason Cave said | 7:54am | Report comment
Extraordinary win by the Australians. The West Indies will rue this one as the one that got away.
It reminded me of a Test between the West Indies & South Africa in 1992. This was South Africa’s first Test match back after a long time away due to the apartheid policies, and the only type of cricket the South Africans had been involved in (apart from rebel tours) was the Currie Cup.
At the end of Day 5, the South Africans needed only a handful of runs to win. But the problem was, the Springboks had forgotten how to win. And when you are up against a team that consisted of Ambrose & Walsh and also knows how to win, there’s only one result: a West Indian win.
12:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:58pm | Report comment
Yep I remember that game, it was a stunning collapse by South Africa and the heart went out for them. It was a bit up and down, the track even then, and Ambrose and Walsh were at the peak of their capabilities.
South Africa did not lose too many to non-Australian teams after that one!
5:35pm
Jason Cave said | 5:35pm | Report comment
These are the match details of the historic 1992 test between the West Indies & South Africa:
West Indies 262 (K Arthurton 59, D Haynes 58, R Snell 4/58) & 283 ( J Adams 79* B Lara 64 A Donald 4/74, R Snell 4/77)def South Africa 365 (A Hudson 165 K Wessels 59 J Adams 4/43) & 148 ( K Wessels 74 P Kirsten 52 C Ambrose 6/52 C Walsh 4/31) by 52 runs.
7:47am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:47am | Report comment
Australia win by 3 wickets!
An exciting end to the Test match with the Aussies coming back from behind and winning it by three wickets.
With this they have taken a 1-0 lead in the series.
Thanks for following this live coverage, we will back with the second Test from April 15.
7:45am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:45am | Report comment
Review, not-out!
Run-out appeal and the third umpire has been called for, but he is in!
Australia have won! Sneaked through for a single!
7:43am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:43am | Report comment
Played away to the leg-side for a single and the scores are level now. 1 needed to win, 3 wickets standing.
Hilfy on strike to Roach. A wicket here will make it interesting.
7:41am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:41am | Report comment
A run is scrambled by Hilfy. 2 needed now.
7:41am
Lucan said | 7:41am | Report comment
Super knock by Hussey.
7:41am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:41am | Report comment
Can Roach do a Malinga here? Malinga had picked up four wickets in four balls against South Africa in the 2007 World Cup to almost win it for his side from nowhere.
Hilfenhaus here.
7:40am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:40am | Report comment
OUT!
Awww, just when it looked like it was all over, Roach gets rid of Hussey, bowled off an inside-edge.
Only three needed, Hussey’s gone for 36.
7:39am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:39am | Report comment
Singles and a two and they now need only three for a win. A friend just texted me saying that the West Indies don’t look too concerned about losing it – almost as if they have gotten used to it.
7:36am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:36am | Report comment
Cut away by Hussey, seven needed for the win!
7:36am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:36am | Report comment
SIX!
Cometh the hour, cometh the man! Swept away into the stands and that goes over deep square-leg for a six.
The ball’s disappeared and a new one’s taken! It isn’t too dark out there, not as dark as it is needed for players to leave the field.
7:34am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:34am | Report comment
14 required and Hussey’s on strike.
Deonarine’s taking his own time to run from one end of the ground to the other to bowl.
7:32am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:32am | Report comment
OUT!
Wade’s gone! Roach’s got the wicket and before I type this, Ryan Harris has already taken his place to take strike!
Wade went for a slash but it went straight to the deep point region.
7:27am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:27am | Report comment
Roach’s continuing…appeal for caught-behind off the first ball. And for an lbw.
Not-out either way.
7:26am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:26am | Report comment
Gamesmanship is okay but not if you cannot keep your heads cooler, and not concede another overthrow, which is exactly what the West Indies do.
5 runs off the over. 19 needed now.
7:23am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:23am | Report comment
24 needed for the win. No sign of darkness. No sign of clouds.
But the sun could dip really quickly here.
7:19am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:19am | Report comment
…and now Roach pulls out of his action at the last moment. I am surprised they did not do this earlier.
7:16am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:16am | Report comment
Gamesmanship now from the West Indies, taking time to discuss, set fields and then the bowler stops mid-way in his action.
29 still needed to win.
7:13am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:13am | Report comment
SIX!
That could just be the blow that seals the deal! Pitched right up by Deonarine and Hussey has smacked it over long-on for a six.
Single follows and Australia need 30 now.
7:11am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:11am | Report comment
And it’s become sunny again! What’s next, snow?
5/155
7:08am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:08am | Report comment
Kemar Roach comes on now. How many more overs will this game last?
7:07am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:07am | Report comment
Four runs off the Deonarine over and now it is getting a tad darker. This is also around the same time where play has usually ended daily.
7:03am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:03am | Report comment
Review, not-out!
Umpire’s given Wade out and the batsman has challenged the decision…
…that looked like it had come off the under-edge and rightly the decision is overturned.
7:02am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:02am | Report comment
Four!
Reverse sweep from Hussey once again to Bishoo and for the second time in as many overs, it has gone all the way to the fence.
Target’s only 44 now.
6:56am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:56am | Report comment
OUT!
Australia have lost their fifth now and clearly, this is getting more and more absorbing.
Deonarine is spinning the web from around the wicket, gets Clarke to hit back at the bowler, who gleefully catches it.
52 needed, 5 wickets standing now!
6:54am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:54am | Report comment
Four!
Five runs off the first five balls and Hussey unleashes the reverse sweep to Bishoo.
Goes through, what was earlier the point region, for four and reduces the target to 52.
6:50am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:50am | Report comment
OUT!
Bowled him! Ponting’s bowled for 14 and the West Indies are doing their best to inject some life into this one.
Deonarine’s got his third, bowling from around the wicket, he has got the ball to skid through and Ponting’s missed that one.
4/131 in 36. 61 still needed and a maximum of 27 overs remaining.
6:43am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:43am | Report comment
66 needed…seven wickets, no clouds.
6:41am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:41am | Report comment
OUT!
Cowan’s finally gone, short from Deonarine but a quicker one and he tried to pull it. Did not get the middle and got the short mid-wicket fielder.
Cowan’s travails have now ended, 100 balls for 34, a strike rate which was a vast improvement from what it was 1 hour ago.
3/126, chasing 192.
6:53am
Red Kev said | 6:53am | Report comment
If his name was something less lily-white Australian … like say Khawaja, he’d already be dropped for that strike rate.
7:11am
jamesb said | 7:11am | Report comment
Cowans slowness has probably cost Australia a test win
7:50am
jamesb said | 7:50am | Report comment
great knock Hussey, well done
good win by Australia, somehow they’ve come from nowhere where in the first inns, Aust were 200 behind with 3 wickets remaining. Its fitting also that Harris is at the crease with the winning runs
6:37am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:37am | Report comment
Four!
Goes for four! And that’s a reverse sweep from Ponting! That’s a rare stroke, if he has played that at all!
Why are the quick bowlers not bowling?
6:34am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:34am | Report comment
Pulled, or attempted anyway, and the ball and the bat go in opposite directions!
The bat slips out of Ponting’s hand and just goes over the wicket-keeper!
6:32am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:32am | Report comment
78 needed, 31 official overs and a lot of sunshine over the ground.
6:31am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:31am | Report comment
Five singles off the Bishoo over…continues to be two spinners bowling in tandem.
Deonarine’s darting them really quick…
6:25am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:25am | Report comment
OUT!
Got to his half-century and he has now got out…
86 still needed for a win here. Eight wickets remaining and while it shouldn’t be difficult, they will want new man, Ricky Ponting to get set quickly.
6:20am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:20am | Report comment
Four!
Pulled away by Watson and that has gone away to the fence, bringing up his half-century off only 54 balls.
He has batted well but he has a task on hand.
Surprised to see spinners bowl from both end, they will run through the overs.
6:18am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:18am | Report comment
Deonarine sends down a maiden, which should help their cause!
6:17am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:17am | Report comment
Cowan’s trying fanciful strokes and the 12th man’s all over the place, after almost every over, forcing the batsmen a change in gloves (and tactics!)
6:16am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:16am | Report comment
3 runs off the Bishoo over, which cuts the target down to 95.
6:12am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:12am | Report comment
Cowan’s woken up, cuts it and gets it almost to the fence. Three for him and seven in Deonarine’s over.
98 needed to win.
Bishoo is on.
6:07am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:07am | Report comment
Australia move on to 1/87 and we have a bowling change, Deonarine comes in.
6:06am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:06am | Report comment
Carlton Baugh comes up to the stumps. Cowan takes a single to third-man.
108 needed and it will be safe to say that the number of overs will be decided by the weather. For now, it is sunny.
6:04am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:04am | Report comment
SIX!
Shot! Pulled away by Watson for a six, this is not intent, this is almost as if the win is their right…
1/84
6:03am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:03am | Report comment
Australia have moved on to 1/77 now…
5:59am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:59am | Report comment
Four!
Shot again! This time it is Watson who drives it crisply to the left of mid-off and Australia are revealing their hand early.
1/74
5:57am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:57am | Report comment
Fidel Edwards shares the attack after the break. No slip in place.
5:56am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:56am | Report comment
A pull shot for a couple, and a late cut for a single to Watto.
Then Cowan stuns us all with a pull stroke to the fence! All rise…
1/68 in 23
5:53am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:53am | Report comment
Anyone still here? If this is your first time at cricket, rest assured, don’t use Ed Cowan’s batting as a template. It is a much more interesting game than that.
Sammy will begin proceedings to Watson…
…131 needed in 41 overs, of which I don’t know how many will actually be possible.
5:39am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:39am | Report comment
End of a session which promised so much , but did not deliver anything.
Glad that it is early morning in Australia and most people would be asleep. Cricket lovers there would have been disappointed to see the approach of the batsmen. Those who did fight off the sleep to stay awake must be drowsy now after watching Eddie Cowan bat.
Australia need another 131 runs. They are well placed if we have the entire quota of 63 overs bowled. Something which looks near impossible.
Special mention for Kemar Roach who bowled with a lot of verve and purpose. Very unlucky to not have some wickets against his name.
5:32am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:32am | Report comment
Australia go to tea with some positivity. Nine runs off the Bishoo over.
1/61 in 22 overs.
5:31am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:31am | Report comment
FOUR!
Bishoo bowling around the wicket pitches it short. Watto goes back and pulls it to the mid wicket boundary. That was well places by him.
5:30am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:30am | Report comment
The last over before tea possibly. Bishoo makes an appearance. Watson and Cowan treating him with as much respect as possible.
Not a bad time for me to try and have a bowl, might get away with a couple of maiden overs to international batsmen.
5:26am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:26am | Report comment
Cowan walks down the track towards the bowler with some intention..
Intention to only defend it.
5:24am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:24am | Report comment
With the kind of approach the batsmen have shown till now, Ryan Harris should be very disappointed. If they were never going for a win, why did they have to declare in the first innings? They could have let him go on and look for a century.
Very disappointing session for neutral cricket fans.
5:22am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:22am | Report comment
An attacking shot at last. It is another matter that he does not connect with it too well. Atleast he showed some intent.
Watson mishits a pull shot towards square leg and gets an easy two.
1/49 in 20 overs.
5:19am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:19am | Report comment
Cowan wants to make sure he is there when play ends. If he continues at this rate he would barely reach 20..
5:16am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:16am | Report comment
Can we inject some intent into this game ?
Australia need 146 to win in 45 overs. Which looks rather easy. But with this overrate and the kind of weather we have had over the five days, they won’t get the full quota of overs in. Is this going to turn out to be a damn squib ?
1/46.
5:09am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:09am | Report comment
West Indies have an over rate of 11 per hour. While Cowan has a strike rate of about 16 per 100 balls. Both of them could prove to be decisive at the end.
Sammy steady yet again. Cowan keeps defending.
1/42
5:02am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:02am | Report comment
Roach who has had two inside edges just missing the stumps and going to the boundary,two close lbw and one caught behind shout, and had one straight forward catch dropped, continues..
Fair to say he has been very unlucky.
4:59am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:59am | Report comment
Just 9 runs have been scored in the last 7 overs. Do the batsmen really think they will be able to face the entire quota of 63 overs today?
Wonder what the briefing has been for Cowan ! He is 6 off 37 balls.
1/39
4:56am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:56am | Report comment
Another big appeal from Roach. Beats Cowan with the pace and swing. The ball went in between the bat and pad. Just took a clip of the pad actually. Rightly given not out by umpire Gould.
End of a brilliant over by Kemar.
1/37 in 14 overs.
4:55am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:55am | Report comment
DROPPED!
Sammy drops Watson. The two batsmen living a charmed life. It was short an wide, Watson went fot it. Too fast for Darren. That should have been taken.
4:53am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:53am | Report comment
An Watson survives yet again. The impact was just outside the off stump. West Indies lose out on both their reviews now.
Roach is bowling an excellent spell here.
4:52am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:52am | Report comment
REFERRAL time once again. In swinging ball from Roach , appears to be going onto the stumps. What remains to be seen is whether he was struck outside the off stump.
4:51am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:51am | Report comment
FOUR!
Shot and wide outside off. Watson having no problem in dispatching it to the point boundary.
4:50am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:50am | Report comment
Sammy who had gone off the field to seek some attention is back on. The keeper is upto the stumps.
Cowan edges but Baugh cannot hold on to it. The ball gets parried away towards second slip, but falls well short of him.
6 off 35 for Eddie.
1/32 in 13 overs.
4:45am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:45am | Report comment
The UDRS indicates that the ball would just go on to hit the top of the stumps. The on-field umpire gave that as not out, so the decision remains unchanged.
It was a sharp inswinger from Roach. Watson did not get a good stride in.
1/32
4:42am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:42am | Report comment
Appeal for LBW.
To review or not to review is the question. They go for it..
4:35am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:35am | Report comment
Warner was very important to Australia’s hopes of chasing the score down. This is big blow to it. It has been a queer performance by the openers till now.
Sammy looks in a bit of a bother. Holding on to his back. That does not stop him from bowling his usual stump to stump stuff.
1/31 in 11 overs.
4:32am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:32am | Report comment
OUT!
That is a big big wicket. Exactly what West Indies wanted. Sammy gets his man again. Warner nibbles at one angling out.
4:29am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:29am | Report comment
Cowan pulls one to fine leg. Eddie is on 4 from 24 balls. Australia look in no hurry for now.
0/29 in 10 overs.
4:24am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:24am | Report comment
Fidel has not been happy with the ball right from the start. Finally manages to convince the umpires to change it. West Indian fans should not mind the delay.
4:21am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:21am | Report comment
Sammy coming round the wicket to Warner. And keeps bowling very wide. Only a single conceded.
0/27
4:16am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:16am | Report comment
Finally some semblance of control. Single conceded by Fidel..
0/26
4:11am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:11am | Report comment
A very wide delivery to end the over. Lucky to have not been called.
Steady bowling by Sammy. They need a wicket.
0/25
4:06am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:06am | Report comment
Three runs off the over. Every time Warner manages to connect the ball, he gets a single. WI slightly clueless about the field placements.
Lets see if Sammy can get a hold on the proceedings.
0/24
3:59am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:59am | Report comment
FOUR!
Another inside edge by Warner runs down to fine leg. Very similar to the one in the first over.
This is going just fine for Australia.
0/21 in 5 overs.
3:58am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:58am | Report comment
By the way, Kieron Pollard has given one of his best performances in the IPL.
64 off 33 balls including 4 huge sixes. Followed that up with 4 wickets for 44 in his 4 overs. And two catches too.
” He plays with a lot of passion when representing the Mumbai Indians”, says Ravi Shastri.
3:55am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:55am | Report comment
The chase has begun cautiously. No intentions shown by the batsmen yet. They don’t need to with the singles being easy to get, thanks to this field.
0/16 in 4 overs.
3:51am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:51am | Report comment
Better over from Roach. Just three of it. Point and square leg both in position.
0/13
3:46am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:46am | Report comment
Two runs off that wayward over including a no-ball.
0/10
3:43am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:43am | Report comment
Fidel Edwards to bowl the second over. West Indies have an in-out field. A couple of slips and fielders on the boundary too.
Some people still believing that West Indies have a chance of winning, I doubt that. The last wicket pair showed us again that if the batsmen apply themselves, getting wickets on this track can be difficult.
3:41am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:41am | Report comment
No ball from Roach, gets flicked to the leg side for two.
Good start to the chase.
0/8 after the first over.
3:38am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:38am | Report comment
FOUR!
Pushes at a ball going across. Inside edges to the fine leg boundary. Warner starts with a four.
3:36am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:36am | Report comment
The Sun is Shining and the Weather is Sweet.
Players onto the field. Roach to take up the attack.
3:29am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:29am | Report comment
Play restarting in another 10 minutes from now. Till then head for the nearest TV set and try to catch some IPL action. Close match on the cards.
3:17am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:17am | Report comment
With the light too being an isssue in the last session of the day, the task only gets stiffer for the Australians.
But the reduction of overs also takes a batting collapse out of the picture. So Warner and company can throw the kitchen sink at it right away.
3:21am
Shezad said | 3:21am | Report comment
How long till the AUS innings start
2:57am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:57am | Report comment
Geoff Lawson thinks that the visitors need atleast 45 overs to pull off the win. While, Michael Holding wears his West Indies cap and is wishing for it to rain throughout the rest of the day.
Meanwhile, the rain has stopped. The Super Sopper being used. We can expect play to start in some time I think. Will keep you updated.
2:53am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:53am | Report comment
My My ! What do we have here !
Blue tarpaulin spread all over the pitch. It has started raining in Barbados. An rather heavily too. Out of nowhere !
That makes the task a little more difficult for the Australians.
2:16am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:16am | Report comment
OUT!
Finally the Aussies get the 10th wicket, finally I can have my food!
Roach got an inside-edge to that one and is bowled by Harris for a well-made 25 off 49.
West Indies have been bowled out for 148 which means that Australia need 191 to win the game off 62 overs.
Back after lunch in 40 minutes.
2:11am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:11am | Report comment
Appeal again!
And given not-out by the umpire! Swinging away from the left-hander Bishoo, taken by the keeper but given not-out.
Excellent decision, it hit the pad I think…
2:10am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:10am | Report comment
Appeal!
Third-umpire called for a run-out appeal! Would have been worse than the Edwards’ wicket – throwing it away to a run-out.
2:08am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:08am | Report comment
Watson continues…trying his best to add to his one wicket.
2:07am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:07am | Report comment
West Indies move on to 9/146 but there is a change in the ball. No, the new ball is still hours away but the older one’s gone really old and crickety.
2:01am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:01am | Report comment
The partnership for this 10th wicket is 17 runs long now.
Watson, who replaces Siddle concedes two.
9/142.
1:57am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:57am | Report comment
Watson comes on. Four minutes to lunch.
Probably more minutes for lunch.
1:57am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:57am | Report comment
Four!
Shot, Roach gets a four through the slips and that takes the potential target to more than 180!
Australia will be getting slightly, that teeny-weeny uncomfortable!
9/140 in 63.
1:54am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:54am | Report comment
A couple of three-run overs for West Indies. Just a reminder that if the 10th wicket does not fall by the designated lunch break time, then we will carry on till the wicket does fall.
9/134 in 62. The lead is 178 and it is 66 overs remaining.
1:50am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:50am | Report comment
Dropped!
Clarke hasn’t got a hand there and that can be termed a dropped. A couple of vital runs for Roach.
Three off the Lyon over.
9/131 in 61
1:46am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:46am | Report comment
A couple of runs off the Siddle over, takes the lead slowly over to 171.
Spin at last. Nathan Lyon, who had dropped Sammy earlier in the day, comes in now.
1:40am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:40am | Report comment
One off the Hilfenhaus over. How the West Indies will want this last pair to bat half as well the Aussie last pair.
Hilfy, by the way, has four wickets.
9126 in 59.
1:33am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:33am | Report comment
OUT!
Gone! Caught! Edwards’ gone for 3, throwing it away!
Edwards had done this in the first innings too and he does it again – instead of trying to survive, he goes after the bowling and holes out.
West Indies did not need 22 to win off the last two overs of this game and unless Edwards has been watching a lot of IPL, I don’t understand why he played that stroke.
9/125
1:31am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:31am | Report comment
The field is now coming in, there are slips, short cover, short-leg…Hilfenhaus sends down a maiden.
…8/124 in 57.
While the number of overs isn’t really a big deal right now, it is worth noting that West Indies’ run-rate of 2.93 is the highest of the innings. Australia’s run-rate was 2.8 in their innings, and West Indies are now at 2.17. The pitch isn’t going to get easier.
1:27am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:27am | Report comment
No spin, it is Siddle brought back into the attack.
West Indies 8/122
1:21am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:21am | Report comment
Just a single off the Hilfenhaus over and West Indies trundle along to 8/120.
55 overs have been bowled. Will we see any spin now?
1:17am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:17am | Report comment
Dropped!
Difficult chance on the follow-through but it adds to the burgeoning list of drops this game.
It was Watson who drops it.
8/119 in 54.
1:14am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:14am | Report comment
It is Fidel Edwards and Kemar Roach at the crease.
8/119
1:09am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:09am | Report comment
OUT!
And this could well be the end of the Test, Baugh is gone!
Baugh has holed out off the bowling of Hilfenhaus, caught at mid-on and the West Indians have lost the last of their recognised batsmen. It was just a chip and it carried to mid-on.
8/116 now.
1:09am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:09am | Report comment
Only a couple of runs off the Watson over. The trouble with the Sammy wicket is that the run-rate will plummet.
7/116
1:08am
Walt said | 1:08am | Report comment
Hilfy gets number 8 and Clarke has to be deciding right now whether or not to win this Test.
1:02am
Walt said | 1:02am | Report comment
I think if Australia has to chase 180-190 to win with 2 sessions, they really should go for it.
This new Australian team needs to make its own history and have glorious moments that cricket writers will refer to in the next generation.
Batting out a tame draw means nothing to anyone but wins like this make great teams.
1:11am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:11am | Report comment
Chasing down 175 in 70 or not shouldn’t be a matter of debate at all according to me!
1:20am
Walt said | 1:20am | Report comment
Any chase over 150 needs heads to be put together and for those heads to remain cool. The West Indies probably wont get 150 in their second dig and there is every chance Australia wont either knowing their shaky line up.
We know too well from experience that totals of 170 or so should never be taken for granted.
1:42am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:42am | Report comment
It will be difficult on this pitch but my point was about whether or not Australia should go for it. There cannot be any debate whether they should or should not – unless and until they are 5/40 or thereabouts, there is no question of not going for the target.
1:01am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:01am | Report comment
Drinks time and that’s at the time where West Indies have a lead of 157.
79 overs to go in the day. Not a factor yet.
12:59am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:59am | Report comment
Four!
Baugh has been batting well so far but this time he plays a false stroke. Gets an edge and that is gone all the way to the fence.
West Indies 7/114 in 51.
12:52am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:52am | Report comment
OUT!
Sammy’s gone and the dropped catch does not cost the Australians too much. The ball jumped a tad on the batsman, and Sammy got an edge that he tried to push away with his shoes. But that only pushed it back on to the stumps!
7/106 and a lead of only 149 so far.
12:49am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:49am | Report comment
Another maiden from Hilfenhaus here.
6105 in 49.
12:45am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:45am | Report comment
A couple of singles for West Indies off Watson.
6/105 in 48
12:43am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:43am | Report comment
A maiden over from Hilfenhaus and now it is Watson who comes on to bowl.
Watto had taken the new ball.
6/103
12:38am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:38am | Report comment
Will that dropped catch change the way Sammy bowls?
12:36am
Walt said | 12:36am | Report comment
Oooh!
Nathan Lyon just dropped the Test match!!
12:39am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:39am | Report comment
Long way to go for that but another 30-40 runs from Sammy and you never know!
12:36am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:36am | Report comment
Dropped!
Sitter! Dolly! And all those things you call it!
Pitched right up, had a field for the stroke that Sammy played to deep mid-on and what does Nathan Lyon do? Spills the one coming straight to him!
12:35am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:35am | Report comment
Four!
Another one by Sammy, this time over the mid-off area and it has gone to the fence.
Sammy is doing the right thing, no point blocking away and then getting out. An innings of 30-40 will be of immense value.
12:33am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:33am | Report comment
Four!
Gone for four after a couple of balls earlier there was a huge appeal. Went for a whipping stroke through mid-wicket for a four.
6/97
12:26am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:26am | Report comment
Three runs off the Siddle over. For some reason, despite the ball being 44 overs old, one side is shining really brightly.
Is it for real or just my TV?
6/91 in 44.
12:20am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:20am | Report comment
Four!
Straight-driven off the bowling of Ryan Harris and Baugh gets the first boundary of the day. Should make him feel better…
6/88
12:19am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:19am | Report comment
Some problems with the landing area for the bowlers.
12:15am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:15am | Report comment
Four Byes!
Awww, that has swung into the batsman and done so much that it beats the batsman, stumps and the wicket-keeper en route the boundary.
Four byes and valuable runs at that.
6/84 in 42. Run-rate touches two.
12:14am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:14am | Report comment
Siddle’s gone back to bowling that length that had found a lot of success against India in the summer – the full-pitched one with a hope that the ball will nip around a little more than normal.
12:11am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:11am | Report comment
A couple of runs for Baugh to end the over.
6/78 in 41. The lead is a meagre 121.
12:10am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:10am | Report comment
Darren Sammy, who tonked a few heavy ones, is at eight and off the mark with a single to the leg-side.
West Indies move on to 6/76
12:08am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:08am | Report comment
OUT!
Yep, I thought so, the lower-order will not be finding it easy to face pace bowling of this quality and Deonarine is caught plumb in front.
Harris was getting them to go away from the bat all this while but this one came in and Deonarine did not get his bat down in time, hit the pads and would have hit middle.
6/75
12:05am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:05am | Report comment
A couple more singles in the over. There is a bit of reverse going for the bowlers and on an up and down fifth day track, it will be interesting to see how the West Indian lower-order handles it.
5/74 in 40.
12:03am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:03am | Report comment
Th first run of the morning comes off a flick to deep square-leg. This field also means that Clarke understands the importance of saving runs – a fifth day pitch can never be easy for chasing down 200.
12:01am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:01am | Report comment
Peter Siddle to share the attack.
12:00am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 12:00am | Report comment
Harris starts off with a maiden over. There were indications there that the ball could do a little, with most deliveries shaping away from Deonarine but a couple also coming in.
He is now on 20 from 100 balls.
5/71 in 39.
11:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 11:55pm | Report comment
The batsmen are walking out to the middle, Carlton Baugh and Narsingh Deonarine.
It is sunny right now, but the dark clouds aren’t too far away – something that the West Indies will not mind too much.
Ryan Harris has the ball in his hands.
11:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 11:34pm | Report comment
Hello and welcome to the fifth and the final day’s play of the Barbados Test match.
Exactly one day ago, West Indies looked like they held all the aces. Especially after Michael Hussey and Peter Siddle fell for the addition of just two runs in the day. Then something happened and changed things around for the Aussies and they are currently in the driver’s seat.
That something consisted of Ryan Harris’ unbeaten half-century and his ninth and tenth wicket stands with Hilfenhaus and Lyon to go with Hilfy’s three-wicket haul at the start of Australia’s innings.
11:32pm
PLANKO said | 11:32pm | Report comment
Is it starting … How is the weather !
11:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 11:35pm | Report comment
I shall update you with the bit on weather and the start in a while.