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Australia v West Indies WACA GROUND, FEBRUARY 1, 2013 1st ODI - AUS v WIN |
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| West Indies 1st Inn | 70 All Out |
| Australia 1st Inn | 1/71 |
| West Indies won the toss and elected to bat | |
| Australia won by 9 wickets | |
| Australia | Over:9.2 RR:7.61 | ||||
| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| UT Khawaja* | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 53.33 |
| GJ Maxwell | 51 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 145.71 |
| West Indies | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| JO Holder* | 4.2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.15 |
| SP Narine | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Recent Overs: | ||
| . . . 4 . . | | 1 . 4 1wd 4 . . | | . 1 | |
| Last Wicket: | Finch, 10 (c:Thomas b:Holder) |
| Current Partnership: | 32 runs, 35 balls, RR:91.43 |
The West Indies begin their tour of Australia with the first one day international of the five match series at the WACA in Perth on Friday.
We’ll bring you the live coverage of the action throughout this ODI at the WACA from 2.20pm AEDT on February 1.
A drawn ODI series against Sri Lanka followed a 0-2 T20 loss at the hands of the same opponents, wiping out some of the sheen from the 3-0 Test match victory over the islanders.
The home side know they cannot afford another slip-up against the West Indies, ranked seventh in the ODI world.
Changes have been made to try and eradicate some of the issues the side faced in the Sri Lanka series.
David Hussey’s poor form means he has been replaced by Aaron Finch, while Moises Henriques may have got a ticket to the Tour of India but he is not fit to play the first couple of ODIs here. James Faulkner has impressed the selectors enough to gain a place in the squad.
With Faulkner blasting the West Indians with the bat and the ball in their tour game, he may even replace Henriques in the playing XI.
There is one other late change to the side, with Dave Warner suffering from a thumb fracture in a training session. Usman Khawaja gets another shot at international cricket after he was surprisingly dropped after just one game.
West Indies are World T20 winners but followed up with a pretty underwhelming ODI series defeat in Bangladesh. A look at their squad gives the impression they have the talent in both batting and bowling departments and it is just a matter of time before they start winning more consistently.
Captain Darren Sammy has often been criticized for not deserving a place in the starting XI. While a look at his statistics might suggest there is some truth in that allegation, what he has also done well is drill a team ethic into them, along with coach Otis Gibson.
Chris Gayle had a below-par Big Bash League earlier this summer but he looked to be getting back into form towards the end of that series. Ramnaresh Sarwan’s re-entry into the squad makes a lot of sense given the recent change in ODI rules requires more than only flashy batsman in the order.
Kemar Roach will lead the pace bowling attack with Sammy to share quick bowling duties. All-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell will look to bowl as well.
Mystery spinner Sunil Narine wreaked havoc against Australia on their last tour of the West Indies but it will be interesting to see how he goes on pitches which may not assist his brand of bowling.
We will bring you the live coverage throughout the game from the WACA and hope to receive your opinions as the action unfolds.
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12:40am
Richard said | 12:40am | Report comment
What a crap game of cricket! Maxwell is the worst batsman I have ever seen..
10:18pm
Jason Cave said | 10:18pm | Report comment
Not exactly what Channel 9 wants to see, especially when the network is trying desperately to keep its long
running TV cricket rights alive.
And with Ten showing more and more of an interest in stealing the rights from Nine, the last thing 9 wants to see next Sunday is yet another one-sided game.
10:26pm
Atawhai Drive said | 10:26pm | Report comment
But games like today won’t exactly encourage Ten to come on board either.
10:15pm
Jason Cave said | 10:15pm | Report comment
Not exactly what Channel 9 wants to see, especially when the network is trying desperately to keep its long
running TV cricket rights alive.
6:12pm
Matt said | 6:12pm | Report comment
Oh no I’m psychic! Like I said, give someone enough chances statistically they’re bound to take one. Maxwell has one good game, now it’s back slaps all round at the selection table. He’ll suck, then just on the brink if getting booted make another 50 and get another 5 games.
6:32pm
Red Kev said | 6:32pm | Report comment
Invers will grin like a Cheshire Cat and Arthur will be busy polishing Maxwell’s … well you get the picture.
7:02pm
Rob Barrow said | 7:02pm | Report comment
His shots were not convincig and Brashaw needs to be removed from the commentating, how biased is he towards Maxwell, are they related
7:29pm
Matt said | 7:29pm | Report comment
It’s soooo frustrating. Hell, give me 10 chances I’d make a 50. Course I’d do it with no class or consistency. A few broken ribs. But damnit I’d get there. Not many other sports where 1 good game buys you a dozen more.
1:06am
Varun said | 1:06am | Report comment
Maxwell’s batting belongs in t20 not in test cricket
9:39pm
Jake said | 9:39pm | Report comment
Wow. Maxwell shows some talent, that these Roarers having been criticising him over for the past 6 weeks, and yet they still criticise him.
Unbelievable you lot.
1:46am
MrKistic said | 1:46am | Report comment
Yes Jake, because to come out as a make shift opener when there are only 70 odd to get, and for him to swing wildly at every ball and actually connect with a few, while looking fairly ugly with each swing, doth not a good Indian Test selection make.
Maxwell has some talent and he showed it quite clearly today. It’s just not as a Test batsman.
4:34am
Baggy_green said | 4:34am | Report comment
Am amazed at the amount of negativity in general on theRoar , sure Maxwell is not technically the most gifted , but boy does he have an eye …. i think each of the shots that he connected showed a bit of class….these were not lolly-pop speed bowlers they were bowling 140+ …. Reminded me lil bit of Warner and his first T20 innings against SAF…Exact same comments of him being just a T20 wonder were made that time…..Look at where he is today.I don’t know if maxwell should play in india in the XI or not , but in 1-2 years given he is groomed properly , he has the potential to be a mighty dominating batsman across formats…
7:00am
Matt said | 7:00am | Report comment
Because there are statistically better players sitting on the sidelines for him to be the squad so the selectors can have their “all rounder” fix.
He’s not bad. He’s not top 11 in the country, though.
1:32am
Jake said | 1:32am | Report comment
I didn’t realise that it was a Test match that Aus played against the Windies. Forgive me MrKristic, could have sworn they were wearing coloured clothing.,,…
6:47am
MrKistic said | 6:47am | Report comment
It wasn’t, but the criticism of Maxwell has been mostly around his test selection, and the criticism is what you were referring to.
4:34am
Brendon said | 4:34am | Report comment
Would have been nice to see an actual cricket shot in there somewhere.
7:04am
Matt said | 7:04am | Report comment
Marcus North anyone? Always a bad selection. He sucked for ages, made a century. Sucked for another 8 innings, about to get dropped, makes a century. He only got and held onto his position from “hope he’d come good”. Then eventually he was dropped for good. Anyone on the outside knew he was a poor choice from the very start, unfortunately took the selectors a long time to figure it out.
That’s the concern… Give anyone enough games, they’ll make 1 score and the selectors will think they’re clever and it was a good choice.
Everything has to be in perspective as well, Sri Lanka are a much better bowling attack then Windies, if someone gets an average of 40 against the Windies it’d be more like 20-25 against the better teams (which is what we’re selecting for, India and England).
5:55pm
jamesb said | 5:55pm | Report comment
Hey guys, was there a cricket game on today?
Turned the tv on and there’s Eddie with Hot Seat.
Everytime I come home on a Friday, some team gets rolled for 70 odd. Channel 9 must be doing handstands with the cricket finish early again.
I have a movie that Channel 9 could show tonight.
Groundhog Day!
9:05pm
Atawhai Drive said | 9:05pm | Report comment
Halftime in the A-League clash between Mariners and Roar. South Africa have just lost their first wicket at Johannesburg.
Nein is showing Lethal Weapon, possibly the first one. Can’t believe they have missed the opportunity to slot in some episodes of F Troop.
5:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:23pm | Report comment
The second game will be played at the same ground on Sunday and most will hope for a better batting show from West Indies. And depending on how the pitch looks, West Indies could look at exploring the other option that you have on winning the toss – fielding first.
That’s it from me then…hope you have a good day!
5:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:21pm | Report comment
The last time Maxwell was walking back in an international he was in an angry state. This time he is a tad happier and speaking to Ian Healy, he says it was a lot of fun. He also says it was told to him during the game today (at 8/60) that he will open the innings.
The win though, was set up by the Australian bowling, more specifically by Mitchell Starc who swung them like he was bowling on a typical English wicket. Of course, he had pace and bounce to support him as well and his five-wicket haul was well earned.
Starc should be the man-of-the-match as well.
5:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:18pm | Report comment
Game over, 1-0 to the hosts. Tapped to the off-side by Khawaja and off they go for a quick single.
Australia have pummelled the West Indian side by nine wickets.
5:17pm
jameswm said | 5:17pm | Report comment
Maxwell 48 of his 51 scored in boundaries.
5:35pm
MrKistic said | 5:35pm | Report comment
How many to misses from wild slogs?
5:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:16pm | Report comment
Maxwell gets to a stunning half-century!
Yep, he’s been under a bit of hammer recently but this is as good as it can get on what looked like a bowling-friendly wicket not so long ago. Cuts Narine away to the fence for a four to get to a 33-ball half-century.
Scores level.
5:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:14pm | Report comment
10 more needed and Maxwell tries to reverse-pull Narine away. Does not get any bat on it or it was travelling to Melbourne.
The next one is smacked over the extra-cover for a four.
5:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:11pm | Report comment
He’s probably watched a lot of Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open. He goes down the track and looking at it dropped so short, Maxwell’s forehanded it over the covers for a four.
1/60 in 7.4
5:15pm
Red Kev said | 5:15pm | Report comment
I’ve yet to see a conventional cricket shot
5:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:17pm | Report comment
West Indies tried hard to score runs off conventional strokes. Did not come close.
5:21pm
Red Kev said | 5:21pm | Report comment
Wait – I just saw the highlights of his 50, I see two.
5:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:09pm | Report comment
They need 15 more to win it. Something tells me that Maxwell might look to finish it off this over off Holder.
5:09pm
Martyn50 said | 5:09pm | Report comment
Only 9,000 turned up paying on average $120 per ticket, for a game that will be all over in just over 3 hrs
5:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:10pm | Report comment
More than the three-hour bit, it’s just sad that the game has turned out to be so one-sided.
5:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:07pm | Report comment
And just when the West Indians thought that Khawaja will be easier of the two bowlers to bowl to, he rocks back and cuts it through backward point for a four!
1/56 in 6.4
5:06pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:06pm | Report comment
After a cautious over played out by Khawaja, Maxwell continues his hammering. Slogs Narine over mid-wicket for a four.
1/51 of which 38 have been scored by Maxwell. Pasting.
5:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:01pm | Report comment
Seems like Khawaja has been dropped by the keeper. Was looking to defend on the front foot but the reactions from those around the bat tells me that it was put down by Thomas behind the wickets.
5:05pm
Jason said | 5:05pm | Report comment
Maybe Ussie’s luck is finally turning.
6:05pm
matt h said | 6:05pm | Report comment
Red Kev? Red Kev? Are you here to comment on this?
6:30pm
Red Kev said | 6:30pm | Report comment
I did, below where I said there was absolutely nothing to gain for Khawaja coming in. Detractors can point to a missed chance; is it not also notable that he recovered from that and finished not out? No, because there weren’t enough runs to get.
7:07pm
Rob Barrow said | 7:07pm | Report comment
Khawaja wil get a 50 or 100 o Sunday, 8 not out is fine for today
4:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:59pm | Report comment
Sunil Narine has replaced Roach but that does not stop Maxwell from banishing him over mid-off for a four.
1/43 in 4.3
4:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:56pm | Report comment
Usman Khawaja at three. Sanity could return when he’s on strike.
1/39 in 4.
5:04pm
Red Kev said | 5:04pm | Report comment
You mean Clarke is looking to protect himself, colour me shocked
5:09pm
Matt F said | 5:09pm | Report comment
??? They’ve promoted maxwell as pinch hitter and everyone else has moved one spot down the order. Hardly a grand scheme to protect our best batsman. Given maxwells move has worked I’m not sure why you’re so negative
5:14pm
Red Kev said | 5:14pm | Report comment
At 1/50 chasing 70 there is nothing to gain. All you can do is get out. Sending in the newest bat in the lineup may be a test of mental strength, but I am more cynical, protect himself, protect Hughes from another single digit score to go with his hundreds.
If he really wanted to test the test match batsmen he would have sent in Hughes and Khawaja as openers and told them not to come back to the rooms until they’d got the runs.
5:27pm
Matt F said | 5:27pm | Report comment
I imagine his priority was to win the match and set the tone for the series. Preparing players for test matches probably wasn’t on his mind, nor should it have been. This is the ODI side, not the test side.
When Finch and Maxwell were walking out to bat the commentators said that everyone was shifting down the order by one spot (well those above Maxwell obviously) so being 1/50 has nothing to do with anything. Besides, Clarke was named at 4 at the start of the match so at 1/50 he wouldn’t have been due to come in anyway.
I get that you’re on the “everyone hates Usman” conspiracy bandwagon and it’s been clear from the start of the innings that you wanted Maxwell to fail, but seriously we’ve just had a massive win and everything Clarke did today came off. Give a little credit where it’s due.
7:10pm
Rob Barrow said | 7:10pm | Report comment
I hope this was a one off, Khawaja and Finch should open on Sunday as Maxwell’s batting won’t work if we are chasing 250, he got very lucky with his shots today. He is a bit like Afridi will succeed 1 out of 10 times and we will love it when he does. I was thinking Clarke was protecting Hughes as well but he can’t protect him in the ashes or in the next game. Great win by the boys.
4:52pm
jameswm said | 4:52pm | Report comment
After 3.2 overs the Aussie run rate is 11.7.
4:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:52pm | Report comment
Edged and gone? Given not-out but they are taking the DRS.
Finch was looking to cut it but does not get the middle and there seemed to be some noise when it went through to the keeper. Umpire did not hear anything but the fielders did and there does seem to be a huge nick on replays. It does not show on Hot-Spot though but on a normal replay, there is a good, healthy sound.
Finch’s not happy and dare I say that West Indies are not over the moon either. Just relieved.
1/39 in 3.3
4:55pm
MrKistic said | 4:55pm | Report comment
So snicko is not part of the DRS yet they’ve decided to give him out on sound alone? There was no hot spot at all, isn’t that all they’ve got to go with?
At least it gives Uzzie a bat.
4:57pm
josh said | 4:57pm | Report comment
Not much of a bat.
4:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:58pm | Report comment
There is nothing in the rules that says that a batsman cannot be given out on sound alone by the third umpire. If anything, it raises the questions against the Hot-Spot yet again.
5:00pm
jameswm said | 5:00pm | Report comment
But the sound could have been anything. I’ve seen that happen before. How can they give it out on sound if there is no clear hot spot or deviation?
I don’t get that.
5:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:02pm | Report comment
Yep, that’s true, it could have been anything. I am just saying that the third umpire is allowed to use his own discretion even without using the Hot-Spot., nothing in the rule-book that says he HAS to use only Hot-Spot.
5:05pm
MrKistic said | 5:05pm | Report comment
I guess that’s true, but I’ve seen the same thing over the summer and it’s gone the other way. Again, there’s just no consistency with it.
4:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:51pm | Report comment
Wow, some ‘orthodoxy’. That’s from Finch this time, short and wide from Holder and it has been cut up and over the covers for a four!
Slashes one that is fuller through the covers for a couple of runs.
4:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:49pm | Report comment
Smashed him over mid-off for a six! The quicker he’s bowling, they are going to the fence ever faster.
Maxwell’s probably still seething from that last ball loss at the hands of Sri Lanka and West Indies have just been unfortunate to come in his way.
0/32 in 3.
4:51pm
jameswm said | 4:51pm | Report comment
Nah he’s playing with a free licence and he knows it. Sometimes you just get lucky when you swing.
4:49pm
josh said | 4:49pm | Report comment
This is ridiculous.
4:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:47pm | Report comment
Maxwell has gone down the track and Roach digs it down short.
Off the next one, he moves down again and expecting a short one, he goes for a pull. It is a top-edge and flies it away to fine-leg for a four.
4:46pm
Jason said | 4:46pm | Report comment
Pretty disrespectful batting this to be honest. I hope Roach nails him with one.
4:50pm
Matt F said | 4:50pm | Report comment
Perhaps roach could earn respect by bowling a decent ball…
4:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:45pm | Report comment
Maxwell’s not stopping at what he did first over. Moving around in his crease and trying to slash, cut, bludgeon them everywhere.
Missing all of them that second over.
0/21 in 2.
4:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:42pm | Report comment
Right, so we are in a middle of an ODI. One that isn’t affected by rain.
And Australia are 0/18 in 1 over chasing 71.
Jason Holder on debut, takes the other new ball.
4:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:41pm | Report comment
What! He’s gone down the pitch and smoked it through extra-cover for another four!
Stunning shot off a bowler bowling at more than 140 km/hr!
And again! This is a six! This is a slog, mow over long-on, taking his foot out and then smacking it away. Except that it has come in the first over of the innings.
0/18 in 1
4:41pm
jameswm said | 4:41pm | Report comment
Maxwell 18 off 5? WTF?
They’ll knock this total off in 5 overs at this rate. may as well hit them while they’re down.
4:39pm
Jason said | 4:39pm | Report comment
Maxwell’s already the top scorer in the match after 5 balls!
4:41pm
jameswm said | 4:41pm | Report comment
Yep, one ahead of Mr Extras.
4:42pm
Red Kev said | 4:42pm | Report comment
Were any of them,cricket shots? Radio makes it hard to tell, but they,sound like slogs every ball (not really test batting in other words).
4:45pm
Jason said | 4:45pm | Report comment
All slogs.
4:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:45pm | Report comment
Last over of T20 cricket-stuff.
4:46pm
The Dish said | 4:46pm | Report comment
Give the man some credit mate, he has made more runs in one over then anyone has made for the entire game.
4:49pm
Red Kev said | 4:49pm | Report comment
If Invers and Arthur use this to jam him in the test side it is relevant
4:56pm
The Dish said | 4:56pm | Report comment
yeah IF they do you may have a point. But the fact is they haven’t and he is batting in a one-dayer
5:33pm
Red Kev said | 5:33pm | Report comment
Maxwell playing well is not a good thing for Australian cricket
7:39pm
The Dish said | 7:39pm | Report comment
That’s ridiculous, anyone playing well for Australia is a good thing.
7:11pm
Rob Barrow said | 7:11pm | Report comment
That innings shows nothing for him being a test batsman, in fact it shows he is not a test batsman.
4:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:39pm | Report comment
Second one of the over! This is on a length but bit wide and Maxwell has gone after the bowling. Smacks it hard through the covers for another four.
Field’s being reset now.
0/8 in 0.3
4:38pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:38pm | Report comment
Kemar Roach will open the bowling for the West Indies. Stopped in his action because the sight-screen isn’t in place.
But off the first real ball of the innings, Maxwell has tonked it through the covers for a four! It was short and wide, not quite the line and length you want to bowl on a helpful track.
0/4 in 0.2
4:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:35pm | Report comment
So Glenn Maxwell will open the innings instead of the injured Warner. He walks out with Aaron Finch, who needs some runs at the international level to justify his place despite all those big knocks at the domestic level.
71 is the target.
4:36pm
Jason said | 4:36pm | Report comment
Meanwhile, poor Ussie looks like not getting a bat again.
4:38pm
Red Kev said | 4:38pm | Report comment
Invers and Arthur will be happy then.
4:39pm
jameswm said | 4:39pm | Report comment
Yep, Maxwell opening pushes Ussie down to 5.
Poor game sense though. Chasing a low score on a difficult wicket, don’t yopu put in your batsman most able to counter it?
Oh well, with two hitters in, they might just slog. That’s as likely to work. Maybe they’re trying to give Maxwell every chance they can.
4:31pm
Red Kev said | 4:31pm | Report comment
It would be nice to see our openers knock this off without losing a wicket.
4:37pm
Red Kev said | 4:37pm | Report comment
I take that back, just heard that Maxwell is opening – go Kemar!
4:30pm
Pope Paul VII said | 4:30pm | Report comment
What a farce. Kemar likely to pick up a couple cheapies possibly?
4:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:29pm | Report comment
This was a difficult track alright but Mitchell Starc made it look like it was the WACA from the late 1980s. Basically he did to West Indies what the likes of Curtly and Courtney had done to Australia those days.
Starc ends with 5/20, while McKay got three. Faulkner has a couple of wickets debut with one in his first over.
Nothing much to talk about the West Indian batting except that at 17, Extras was the top-scorer followed by Darren Sammy, who made 16. For the nth time today, what was he thinking when he decided to bat first after winning the toss?
4:23pm
Red Kev said | 4:23pm | Report comment
So all out for 70!
5/20 for Starc.
Extras the top scorer.
WTF is going on?
4:34pm
jameswm said | 4:34pm | Report comment
Starc got 4 wickets in 8 balls at one stage Kev.
4:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:23pm | Report comment
Five wickets for Starc, bowled him!
That wasn’t full and the batsman was expecting it to be. On a length and he tries to move away and hit it over the in-field. Instead he misses and it hits the top of the leg-stump..it’s out of its slot.
West Indies have been bowled out for 70 on a difficult track.
4:23pm
Matt said | 4:23pm | Report comment
What did I say, put Starc on. 5 balls to do what Johnson couldn’t do in 5 overs.
4:22pm
Jason said | 4:22pm | Report comment
Starc gets his Michelle.
4:22pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:22pm | Report comment
Perfect yorker. Swinging in, very full and a millisecond later from the number 11 Roach would have seen Starc get his fifth. Jams it down well.
Single to third-man off the next one.
9/70 in 23.3
4:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:21pm | Report comment
Starc comes on to build on his 4/18 from his six overs.
4:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:18pm | Report comment
Five outside edges missed, got him off the sixth!
Too good for a quintessential number 10 batsman. It was a matter of time before he got one to nick through to the keeper and that’s exactly what he did off the sixth ball of the over.
The first four all missed the outside edge of the bat off defensive strokes, the fifth was an airy-fairy swish that did not come close but off the last ball of the over, it takes a slight nick through to the keeper.
9/68 in 23
4:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:17pm | Report comment
Narine, it seems, is trying his best to get an edge but is missing by miles each time.
Four such swishes in a row for him.
8/68
4:16pm
Matt said | 4:16pm | Report comment
It’s Sri Lanka all over again. They’re on the ropes, FINISH them! Who cares Johnson sucks, he’s had 5 overs at the tail and can’t get jack, put Starc on there now! Like kulasakra, he was on fire, aus on the ropes, took him off and they tripled their score. It’s not their job to make sure it’s entertaining, it’s their job to win
4:15pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:15pm | Report comment
Johnson’s trying really hard to get among the wickets. Everyone else has at least a couple.
Unfortunately for him, Holder’s getting his bat away when it’s swinging out and jamming it down to in-swingers and doing them well.
8/68 in 22
4:12pm
jameswm said | 4:12pm | Report comment
If Starc keeps bowling like this the person it might hurt most is Johnson. I see them as an either or proposition (at best), for tests I mean.
4:23pm
Elisha Pearce said | 4:23pm | Report comment
Agreed. With Siddle, Pattinson and Starc/Johnson the odd man out of a balanced lineup is the second left armer.
Having said that. We might pick 7 bowlers in a test soon.
4:27pm
Red Kev said | 4:27pm | Report comment
I think Siddle, Bird and Starc/Pattinson is a better lineup.
4:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:12pm | Report comment
That’s the widest wide I have seen in recent times. Outside the line of the pitch I reckon on the off-side from Johnson.
8/66 in 21.1
4:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:10pm | Report comment
It’s a maiden from McKay first up in this second spell. What matters more is that he also got a wicket that over.
8/65 in 21.
4:09pm
jameswm said | 4:09pm | Report comment
Best thing about the collapse is we might not need Maxwell to bowl.
4:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:05pm | Report comment
Gone this time! Leading edge and caught!
It was a short of length delivery from McKay, bowling his first ball this spell and Sammy wanted to flick it to deep square-leg for a single. Instead, the ball bounces more than he expects and the leading edge goes straight up and to Bailey at short mid-wicket.
McKay has a bad slip in his attempt to go for the catch but he’s smiling from that wicket.
8/65
4:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:05pm | Report comment
Change in bowling now. Australia will look to clean them off and Clint McKay comes on.
4:04pm
Jason said | 4:04pm | Report comment
Windies currently 8/65. Only another 10 runs before they can start feeling confident.
4:03pm
Matt said | 4:03pm | Report comment
Why the hell isn’t Starc bowling. Bowl him til his arm falls off. The dude is on fire today, GO!
4:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:03pm | Report comment
Now that is the shot of the game. Swing or no swing, bounce or no bounce, Sammy has skipped down the track to Johnson and bludgeoned it through mid-off for a four.
4:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:02pm | Report comment
Bouncer and that goes over the keeper again! The second time that it has flown over Wade and gone for four byes.
That takes extras to 16, the highest-scorer in this innings so far.
7/60 in the 20th.
4:02pm
Elisha Pearce said | 4:02pm | Report comment
I was following the game on cricinfo a little bit earlier and the phrase “Oh my god!!!” was used in their normally reserved commentary.
That was at 5 down. Clearly things aren’t progressing well at the “oh my god!!!” stage of an inning.
Watching on TV the pitch doesn’t look like a green top though.
4:04pm
jameswm said | 4:04pm | Report comment
Yeah a mainly swing bowler like Starc only needs a little bit from the pitch.
4:20pm
Elisha Pearce said | 4:20pm | Report comment
He’s an amplified version of why Ishant Sharma was hard to handle for a couple of years.
Height/angle, hits the deck hard, quick and late movement. Having all of that at ones is a great package. Hopefully he gets all of it going together in more matches!
3:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:58pm | Report comment
Four for Sammy! He’s showing them how to do it!
Half-volley from Faulkner and he hits it uppishly but in gap through the covers. With the fielders in attacking positions, it was always going to go to the boundary once he had hit the gap.
7/55 in 19. This partnership is already 16 runs old.
4:00pm
jameswm said | 4:00pm | Report comment
Sammy can bat
4:03pm
Elisha Pearce said | 4:03pm | Report comment
He’s good value for a lower order guy,
4:04pm
Matt said | 4:04pm | Report comment
Why’d you have to jinx him?
4:21pm
Elisha Pearce said | 4:21pm | Report comment
I’ll stand by that! Still better value than any of the top order guys!
3:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:58pm | Report comment
Caribbean flair from Sammy, almost Gordon Greenidge-like swivel-pull over mid-on for a couple of runs.
7/51 in the 19th,
3:56pm
jameswm said | 3:56pm | Report comment
Three left arm quicks bringing the ball back in to the right hander! How often do you see that?
3:54pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:54pm | Report comment
And now here we go, there’s a short-leg coming into place for Sammy.
3:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:51pm | Report comment
Is that out? There seemed to be some noise there but given not-out.
Over the wicket from Faulkner and he was trying to flick it to the leg-side, squaring the batsman up. Seems to have hit the back pocket through to the keeper, Wade, who did not appeal whole-heartedly either.
7/48 in 17.2
3:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:47pm | Report comment
Wow, Johnson’s getting them to move back into the batsman!
Sammy’s shouldered arms to one that is angling away but it suddenly swings back in! Thuds into his pads and there is an instant appeal for lbw. Going over the stumps that one!
7/44 in the 16th.
3:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:45pm | Report comment
And now Johnson’s up to bowling inswinging yorkers! Fortunately for the batsman, Holder, he gets his bat down in time and the inside edge gets him a single to square-leg.
Will be a memorable first run in ODI cricket for Holder, having struggled to get it in difficult conditions.
7/43 in the 16th.
3:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:43pm | Report comment
The only action in that Faulkner over is a quicker yorker that almost takes Sammy’s toe along. A maiden otherwise.
7/42 in 15.
3:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:41pm | Report comment
Three runs off the Johnson over. Holder’s still to get off the mark though.
7/42 in 14.
3:38pm
jameswm said | 3:38pm | Report comment
61 is WIndies lowest ever score. Sorry – it’s 54.
Let’s see if this cut and paste from cricinfo works, for lowest ever scores. I’ll tidy it up.
Zimbabwe 35 18.0 1.94 1 v Sri Lanka Harare 25 Apr 2004 ODI # 2122
Canada 36 18.4 1.92 1 v Sri Lanka Paarl 19 Feb 2003 ODI # 1958
Zimbabwe 38 15.4 2.42 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 8 Dec 2001 ODI # 1776
Sri Lanka 43 20.1 2.13 2 v South Africa Paarl 11 Jan 2012 ODI # 3225
Pakistan 43 19.5 2.16 1 v West Indies Cape Town 25 Feb 1993 ODI # 808
Zimbabwe 44 24.5 1.77 1 v Bangladesh Chittagong 3 Nov 2009 ODI # 2920
Canada 45 40.3 1.11 1 v England Manchester 13 Jun 1979 ODI # 67
Namibia 45 14.0 3.21 2 v Australia Potchefstroom 27 Feb 2003 ODI # 1970
India 54 26.3 2.03 2 v Sri Lanka Sharjah 29 Oct 2000 ODI # 1652
West Indies 54 23.2 2.31 2 v South Africa Cape Town 25 Jan 2004 ODI # 2088
Sri Lanka 55 28.3 1.92 2 v West Indies Sharjah 3 Dec 1986 ODI # 405
Bangladesh 58 18.5 3.07 1 v West Indies Dhaka 4 Mar 2011 ODI # 3118
West Indies 61 22.0 2.77 1 v Bangladesh Chittagong 18 Oct 2011 ODI # 3202
3:37pm
mds1970 said | 3:37pm | Report comment
Normally I like WACA games because they go late into the night Sydney time. Don’t know why they’re playing this as a day game rather than a day-nighter.
Looks like it’ll be all over before I get home from work. Bugger!!
4:00pm
Matt F said | 4:00pm | Report comment
A day night game in Perth would finish well after midnight, probably around 1am on the east coast (well those on EDST time anyway) so TV will never let that happen. If this went the distance (obviously it won’t) then it will finish the same time as the usual day night ODI’s
3:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:36pm | Report comment
Mitchell Johnson replaces Starc while debutant, six foot seven Jason Holder has come in at nine.
7/39 in 13
3:35pm
Rabbitz said | 3:35pm | Report comment
Oh dear.
Storm over head so the satellite signal dropped out. I was going to ask if I missed anything, clearly I did.
3:31pm
jameswm said | 3:31pm | Report comment
Starc 4 wickets in 8 balls.
Talk about running hot. He does that sometimes. Height, late movement and good pace. Pretty fair combination. Better control’s the thing he needs to add.
For those watching – would it be a fair 1st morning test wicket?
3:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:35pm | Report comment
It can be called a first morning Test wicket and will be a ‘fair’ one if the conditions don’t change dramatically by the second day.
That said, I cannot get over the fact that Sammy won the toss and batted. Times have changed from “win toss and bat first 99 times out of 100″…they clearly weren’t referring to two new balls on a moist wicket.
3:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:31pm | Report comment
Edged and gone!
Second wicket for Faulkner, third catch for Clarke and seventh wicket for Australia.
This wasn’t swinging too much, not like Starc’s getting them to swing anyway but Bravo should have known better than to plonk his front foot forward and hang his bat out. Gets the outside half of the bat and it easily settles in the hands of the first slip. Clarke.
Seven down for 39.
3:27pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:27pm | Report comment
One of the first poor deliveries from Starc, probably in an attempt to get one to straighten from the middle-stump.
Pitched on the middle-stump line but not swinging away and Bravo clips it to fine-leg for a couple. Faulkner fields well.
A bouncer next ball, which I think should have been given a wide for height, flies over the batsman and the wicket-keeper for four byes! Getting closer to avoiding the lowest ODI score landmark.
6/36 in 11.5
3:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:25pm | Report comment
Starc’s continuing and is into his sixth over. Looking for a five-for here.
6/29 in 11.2
3:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:20pm | Report comment
Faulkner has a wicket in the first over!
This was a nothing shot. The others were understandable…they were bowler’s wickets. This was an unforced error.
Short of length and bit outside the off-stump, at this stage of the game, Thomas should be letting those go through. Instead, he gets sucked into fishing outside the off and almost guides it to the first slip. Clarke has ample time to set himself and take a dolly.
6/26 in the 11th
3:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:18pm | Report comment
So McKay is off and debutant James Faulkner comes on for his first bowl.
5/26 in 10.
3:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:16pm | Report comment
And a bouncer now! Yep, that was an expected response to push Bravo back but the next one is pitched up and he defends it back to the bowler. Does it well too.
5/26 in the 10th.
3:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:14pm | Report comment
Driven through the covers for a four! That’s class, that’s grace!
Starc’s getting them to nip into the right-handers but that was easy for a lefty. Half volley outside the off and despite the situation, Bravo creams it through the covers to the fence.
5/26 in the 10th
3:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:11pm | Report comment
There was a third slip in place till recently but Bravo is lucky there isn’t one now…
…he has opened the face of the bat and nicked it through that region for a single. Bravo has played eight balls for his two and seen three wickets fall at the other end.
5/20 in 8.3
3:10pm
Jason said | 3:10pm | Report comment
Starc bowling 148kmh inswingers hitting the top of middle and off.
Handy.
3:17pm
Renegade said | 3:17pm | Report comment
He is our best limited overs bowler at the moment….just needs to be more consistent.
3:08pm
Pope Paul VII said | 3:08pm | Report comment
Can they start again, this is ridiculous
3:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:05pm | Report comment
Bowled him!
No, you don’t expect a batsman like Kieron Pollard to survive here when all the technically more correct batsmen have gone without a bottle.
The ball before this one hit him flush on his pads and was lucky to be given not-out with the DRS showing it to be clipping the leg-stump. The very next one was slightly outside the off stump and a tentative poke at it gets an inside edge on to the stumps. Bowled.
Starc has his fourth wicket and West Indies have lost half their side for 19.
3:05pm
Matt said | 3:05pm | Report comment
5/19! Start refunding those tickets, it’ll be all over in thirty minutes
3:09pm
Red Kev said | 3:09pm | Report comment
This is nuts … although I bet Mitch Johnson is pissed that he doesn’t have the new ball, Starc is going to wrap this up before he gets a bowl.
3:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:01pm | Report comment
Gone, caught at short-leg!
Dwayne Bravo’s stay at the crease is even a shorter one than Sarwan. It was pitched up and swinging in again and unlike Sarwan, Bravo does get his bat and pad in the way – only for it to take an inside edge to the short-leg in place. Four down and Starc has three.
The batsmen will have serious questions out of their captain on his decision to bat first.
4/19 in the eighth.
3:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:01pm | Report comment
Maiden from McKay.
That’s going to be the blue-print from here on for the West Indies…defend, let ‘em go and then defend again.
3/19 in 7
2:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:56pm | Report comment
Bravo joins Bravo. Dwayne joins Darren.
Two slips and a short-leg in place.
3/19 in 6.
Can West Indies survive? We have already seen a couple of very low-scoring games in the Sri Lanka series where Australia struggled to adapt to the bowling-friendly conditions.
2:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:53pm | Report comment
Bowled him! Sarwan’s the third man out!
Sarwan’s return to international cricket has been a poor one. It was pitched right up to the bat and around the off-stump. He tried to defend at it but seemed to be going hard at the ball, which kept swinging into him. Sarwan does not get any bat on it and the ball sneaks through the defences…gone for a duck!
Three down for nothing. 19 to be more precise.
2:56pm
Jason said | 2:56pm | Report comment
What a peach that was.
2:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:52pm | Report comment
Darren Bravo, who has an uncanny resemblance to Brian Lara’s mannerisms and batting style, is at four. Dabs one to third-man to open his account.
2/19 in 5.3
2:51pm
Red Kev said | 2:51pm | Report comment
The radio commentary makes the pitch sound like a shocker.
2:53pm
Christo the Daddyo said | 2:53pm | Report comment
So in other words, it’s a perfectly good pitch, but because today’s batsman can’t cope with the slightest bit of movement it’s described as a shocker.
2:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:53pm | Report comment
Shocker is not how I will describe it…but difficult batting conditions for sure.
2:56pm
Matt F said | 2:56pm | Report comment
It’s tricky for a one day wicket but not a shocker. Great toss to lose though!
2:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:58pm | Report comment
More than that, it was a stunner of a decision to bat first. Unless they thought it was a double-innings game and wanted their spinners to come into their own last day of the game.
3:06pm
Matt F said | 3:06pm | Report comment
Brisbane all over again!
2:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:49pm | Report comment
And Powell’s gone too now!
That one swung away from the batsman who was playing a forward defensive stroke at it. Took the outside edge and given the bounce and carry, easily went through to the first slip where Clarke takes a simple catch. No Finch to bounce in front of him this time.
Powell had pushed the previous one through the covers for a lovely boundary but fails to building from there.
2/18 in 5.2
2:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:48pm | Report comment
Ramnaresh Sarwan will be a tad nervous coming out to bat at three. The last international he played was in July 2011.
2:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:45pm | Report comment
Gayle’s gone, caught!
It was a length ball that kicked on to Gayle quicker than he expected…also had a tad more bounce on it than otherwise.
He tried to fend it off by taking his hand off but it flies to first slip where Clarke should have taken a simple catch. Instead it is Aaron Finch who dives to his right and in front of Clarke to grab a good, good catch.
1/14 in the fifth
2:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:44pm | Report comment
10 balls without a run and McKay sends one shorter in length to test Gayle. The batsman is on the back-foot and taps it down, but in the gap at mid-wicket for four.
Well-timed and placed, bot over-hit there from Gayle, who gets his first run.
2:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:42pm | Report comment
Shot! Four!
Powell thinks it is time he goes after one of them but this one is pitched right up to the bat and closer to the stumps. Thudded through the covers for the first boundary of the game. Some upward movement on the scorecard.
0/10 in 4.
2:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:39pm | Report comment
It is three slips in place now. Sense of restlessness seems to be growing from Powell…
…but he finally gets one on the middle stump and Powell pushes it through wide mid-on for a couple of runs.
0/6 in 3.3
2:38pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:38pm | Report comment
Finally a single!
Yep, a first single off the bat and it is a tuck to square-leg from Powell. The square-leg inside the circle is in a backward region, two-three yards behind the batsman and this was hit squarer.
0/4 in 3.
2:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:35pm | Report comment
The first real shot off one that is pitched right up to the bat. Punched down to mid-off though and not for runs.
Neither batsman has scored any runs off the bat so far.
0/3 in 2.4
2:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:33pm | Report comment
No bouncer from Starc, he’s just keeping them outside the off-stump to try and tempt Gayle.
Gayle’s not and plays out a maiden from the left-handed Starc.
0/3 in 2.
2:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:32pm | Report comment
The swing continues and both batsmen are happy to let the balls to go through to the keeper…batting on the back-foot too.
A bouncer or two then perhaps?
2:57pm
sittingbison said | 2:57pm | Report comment
send in the inswinging yorker sand shoe crusher if they are on the back foot (and leaving it)
2:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:31pm | Report comment
Banana swing in action. Don’t think it’s going to be too easy for the batsmen here.
Two deliveries and both have moved away alarmingly. Up to the bowlers to get the line and the length right now.
Gayle’s also batting on the off-stump.
2:30pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:30pm | Report comment
Decent first over from McKay.
Mitchell Starc has had a good summer barring the last Sri Lanka T20 where he went for a few. He will take the other new ball.
2:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:28pm | Report comment
Definite swing here. Couple of them jagging back into each of the batsmen.
Mark Taylor expresses his surprise at West Indies winning the toss and batting first in conditions which looked a tad bowling-friendly. Moisture under the track and all that stuff.
Two wides constitute the first over.
0/3 in 1.
2:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:26pm | Report comment
Clint McKay, starting the proceedings with the ball, sends it swinging away from Gayle and a wide opens the West Indian innings.
And then he swings it back into Gayle, who gets a leg-bye.
0/2 in 0.4
2:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:24pm | Report comment
Interestingly, there is no talk of rotation for now but Australia have still made three changes to their line-up from the previous one. David Hussey, Dave Warner and Moises Henriques are all out of the 11 for different reasons and in come Finch, Khawaja and Faulkner.
2:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:23pm | Report comment
The Australians have handed over a debut to James Faulkner as expected. Here’s the Australian playing 11:
PJ Hughes, AJ Finch, MJ Clarke, UT Khawaja, GJ Bailey, MS Wade, GJ Maxwell, JP Faulkner, MG Johnson, MA Starc, CJ McKay
West Indies have brought in all-rounder John Holder as their debutant. Their side follows:
CH Gayle, KOA Powell, RR Sarwan, DM Bravo, DJ Bravo, KA Pollard, DC Thomas, DJG Sammy, SP Narine, JO Holder, KAJ Roach
2:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:21pm | Report comment
Hello everyone and welcome to the live coverage of this first ODI between Australia and West Indies. It comes from the WACA in Perth, where they will play the second game too.
West Indies have won the toss and will bat first. This means that we get to watch Chris Gayle first up.
2:20pm
Tristan Rayner said | 2:20pm | Report comment
The Windies have won the toss and are heading out to bat! Anthems first…