Australia vs West Indies ODI: Cricket live scores, updates
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Australia v West Indies SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND, FEBRUARY 8, 2013 4th ODI - AUS v WIN |
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| West Indies 1st Inn | 220 All Out |
| Australia 1st Inn | 5/221 |
| West Indies won the toss and elected to bat | |
| Australia won by 5 wickets | |
| Australia | Over:44.5 RR:4.93 | ||||
| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Wade | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 185.71 |
| GJ Maxwell* | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| West Indies | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| TL Best* | 9.5 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 3.86 |
| AD Russell | 6.0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 6.67 |
| Recent Overs: | ||
| . . 1 . . . | | . 1 2 4 1 1nb 1wd 1 | | 2 . . . 1 | |
| Last Wicket: | Clarke, 37 (c:Thomas b:Best) |
| Current Partnership: | 1 runs, 2 balls, RR:50.00 |
With the series won, Australia will have an eye on rotating players around, but a clean sweep beckons as they take on a West Indian side looking to save face.
We’ll bring you the live coverage of the action throughout this fourth one day international at the SCG from 2.20pm AEDT on February 7.
Despite coming into their own with the bat in the previous couple of ODIs, West Indies have fallen short in both chases.
They looked good to win the second ODI but never in contention in the third, despite a solid fourth wicket stand between the Bravo brothers.
Chris Gayle’s side injury may have been an issue but given his recent form it may not have mattered anyway.
As it turned out, he came out to bat at number five in the previous game and lasted all of five deliveries before being sent off by James Faulkner.
Batting however, may not be West Indies’ problem; it could well be down to their bowling in that both their strike bowlers – Kemar Roach and Sunil Narine – have struggled to come to grips with the Australian tracks so far.
Australia’s confidence with the bat in the shorter format has grown, undoubtedly thanks to the improved tracks and reduced bowling pedigree, especially in comparison with the Sri Lanka series.
If it was George Bailey whose century propelled Australia to a match-winning century in the second ODI, Shane Watson made his return to the team a memorable one with a cracking hundred in the third.
And the way West Indies have bowled it is easy to imagine someone else could join this 100-getting bandwagon soon.
The Sydney track could assist a little more turn than the ones before this game. In line with their player management policy, the Australian selectors could rest one of the pace bowlers and get Xavier Doherty into the side.
Also in line for selection will be Adam Voges in case George Bailey does not recover from his hamstring injury.
With Gayle not expected to recover in time as well, West Indies might want to make a change instead of risking him for an inconsequential game. Johnson Charles could get his ninth call up, or Narsingh Deonarine may provide an all-round option to prop up their slow bowling attack.
We will bring you the live coverage throughout the game from the SCG and hope to receive your opinions as the action unfolds.
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10:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:02pm | Report comment
West Indies were never in the game once they had scored only 220 batting first. Even that looked a long stretch after slumping to 6/55 and 7/98 at different times in the match.
There were chances that both Watson and Hughes offered in their second wicket stand of 62 and had West Indies taken those, things could have got a lot closer. Watson finally got out for 76 but by then it was all over bar the shouting, with Clarke’s 38 helping their cause.
Best was the pick of the bowlers for West Indies, ending with 2/38 in 9.5 He bowled with what can be defined as the meaning of ‘bowling with a lot of heart’ and at speeds touching 150 km/hr. No batsman looked comfortable against him and it is a surprise he did not start in the first couple of games or so.
That’s it from me then. I will be back with the coverage of the fifth and the final ODI before the one-off T20I – the last game of this summer season. As always, it’s been a pleasure.
9:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:57pm | Report comment
And off the next one, Maxwell has clinched the ODI for Australia, backing away and drilling it through for a four.
Australia have won by five wickets with more than five overs to spare.
9:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:56pm | Report comment
Maxwell, all of a million bucks behind his back, shows the confidence he should facing up to Best. Backs away and wants to crack it through. Misses.
9:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:53pm | Report comment
And would you believe it! Best’s got a wicket now!
Bouncer and Clarke wants to pull it away to finish off the game. Instead he gets a top-edge and it flies to the keeper…
…again it’s Best who’s doing all the appealing and the umpire obliges. Surprised to see the keeper not really joining in!
9:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:52pm | Report comment
Couple of runs tapped to the leg-side level the scores.
One more to win.
9:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:51pm | Report comment
A single off the Free Hit to fine-leg takes Australia to 4/218.
Three more to end proceedings.
9:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:51pm | Report comment
Russell bowl a wide! Which means that Australia need four and Clarke’s still got his Free Hit!
9:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:50pm | Report comment
Wade crunches one through the covers for a four…and the requirement is down to single figures.
Russell’s bowled a no-ball which gives Clarke a Free Hit. Five needed to win.
9:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:48pm | Report comment
Ooo! Almost a wicket!
Clarke wanted to drive it over the bowler’s head and he mis-hits it…
…so sure Clarke was about that being out that he began walking back before realising that it could pop over the fielder and that is what happens. Just not West Indies’ day in the field.
9:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:47pm | Report comment
And Best’s conceded only one off his ninth over.
Now Best has always been quick but his problem has always been control. Not seen him show so much control before. This has been a serious couple of spells or so from Best.
14 needed now
9:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:42pm | Report comment
Tino Best has come on to bowl his last spell.
9:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:41pm | Report comment
…and what a start for Wade! He swats the first ball he faces – a Free Hit alright – over fine-leg for a six!
Poor ball, short and easily hittable and Wade did well.
15 needed off eight overs.
9:40pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:40pm | Report comment
Whoa, Russell almost had another one! It was a short ball from Russell and the pull had him top edging it to fine-leg, falls just short.
It was a no-ball in the end, wouldn’t have counted anyway.
What will count is that its a Free-Hit to follow…
9:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:36pm | Report comment
And now West Indies finally have a wicket!
Voges tries to play Russell away to the leg side but it spoons up and looks to be going over Darren Sammy at short mid-wicket. He has to rush back to take a well-judged catch, but gets up a tad gingerly, having taken the catch awkwardly.
4/198 in 41.3
9:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:32pm | Report comment
Couple of bouncers and both of them called wide. Clarke expects him to pitch it up and walks out of the crease but Pollard does not release the ball!
Wish I could say, it’s all happening, but the truth is that the only thing happening is that Australia are slowly and steadily cruising their way to a very comfortable win.
3/196 in 40.3
9:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:28pm | Report comment
Four singles and a boundary off the last ball of the over! Voges takes full toll of the full-toss and smacks it to deep square-leg.
Only 27 runs needed to finish this off now. 10 overs remaining.
9:27pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:27pm | Report comment
Wow! Now that’s a first, Pollard’s bowled his delivery from about three yards behind the popping crease! In line with the umpire!
9:22pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:22pm | Report comment
Dare I say it looks like the West Indian side is going through the motions. Singles coming easily despite the Powerplay and Australia need only 40 more.
Those missed chances earlier seem to have taken the sting out of their chances.
9:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:18pm | Report comment
Cuts away to the fence for four! Voges gets his first boundary, was short and wide from Pollard and easily crashed through backward point.
3/174 in the 37th
9:13pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:13pm | Report comment
Australia have taken the Batting Powerplay now. They had no option given that it is the 36th over of the game.
55 needed from 15.
9:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:12pm | Report comment
Australia have beaten England by two runs in their women’s World Cup game! A thriller that went right down to the wire…
9:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:11pm | Report comment
Deonarine gives away only four too but that’s all that Australia need at this stage. With Pollard and Deonarine on, it is difficult to see how the West Indies will get the wickets they need to get back into this game.
3/165 in the 35th
9:06pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:06pm | Report comment
Only two from the Pollard over. 65 needed from 17 now with seven wickets standing.
Should be a cakewalk.
9:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:03pm | Report comment
Best’s been removed from the attack and Kieron Pollard is given his first bowl. After an excellent century, the captain will hope for something with the ball too.
3/155 in 32
9:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:02pm | Report comment
The Australia v England game in the women’s World Cup is a lot closer than this one.
Australia were restricted to 147 and had England down to 6/39. A fightback ensued and as things stand, England have added 22 for the tenth wicket and need a further 12 runs!
8:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:56pm | Report comment
Whoa and now Best hurries Clarke up! It was a shorter one alright and Clarke got into an awkward position playing at it.
Manages to keep it down. 3/150 in 31.
8:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:55pm | Report comment
Clarke’s not looked uncomfortable against Tino Best but run-scoring hasn’t been the easiest against him.
3/150 in the 31st
8:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:50pm | Report comment
Narsingh Deonarine’s replaced Narine. Adam Voges has joined his skipper at five.
8:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:45pm | Report comment
Best has his man, finally!
Short of length and at some pace, Watson wanted to move away but could not and the it takes the bat on its way to the keeper. Thomas catches it this time!
This followed a four off the previous ball that was smashed down the ground by Watson, so the inevitable few words in Best’s send-off!
3/145 in the 29th
8:46pm
Red Kev said | 8:46pm | Report comment
Hell of a delivery from Best
8:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:43pm | Report comment
Narine’s done with his spell and on another day he may have got more than only one.
Ends on 1/34 in his 10.
8:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:42pm | Report comment
Appeal for an lbw and West Indie want a review after it is given not-out.
It’s a desperate call at best because he was bowling from round the stumps and it was pitching way outside the leg-stump.
8:40pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:40pm | Report comment
Full-toss from Narine and Clarke’s placed it to the right of mid-on for an easy boundary. Not often has Narine bowled a bad ball this spell.
2/139 in 27.2
8:38pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:38pm | Report comment
Best’s doing his best but Australia can play him out given that they know that Narine’s almost done from the other end.
2/134 in 27.
8:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:34pm | Report comment
Two from the first five balls off Narine’s ninth over before it is cut away by Watson to the fence for a four!
The storm seems to have passed now and Australia looking steady enough to make it 4-0 easily.
2/130 in 26
8:30pm
Renegade said | 8:30pm | Report comment
You can see how much we have missed Watson in the batting department.
I can’t believe his spot was even being questioned….brings such a dominant presence to the team added to the fact that he actually is one of our best batsmen and certainly our best opener.
8:30pm
Renegade said | 8:30pm | Report comment
You can see how much we have missed Watson in the batting department.
I can’t believe his spot was even being questioned….brings such a dominant presence to the team added to the fact that he actually is one of our best batsmen and certainly our best opener.
8:33pm
Red Kev said | 8:33pm | Report comment
His spot has never been questioned in the limited overs forms of the game.
All he got today was 32 and then dropped by the keeper – a dismissal that is probably taken 199 times out of 200 by every wicketkeeper in world cricket including Thomas.
8:27pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:27pm | Report comment
It goes for a four alright that one but it was in air and a tad closer to point could have seen a wicket.
In the end, a good shot, off one that was full-pitched and swinging away, almost dug out by Watto.
2/121
8:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:25pm | Report comment
Aah, Tino Best’s been recalled. They need wickets and quickly.
8:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:24pm | Report comment
Michael Clarke at four. Only 104 off 26 needed, which is four an over.
8:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:20pm | Report comment
Gone this time, caught at the first slip!
Hughes had done well so far to try and play out Sunil Narine but this time he attempts a paddle sweep, trying to play it over to the right of the keeper. The ball came out slower from Narine and the shot was already played by the time it reached the bat, gets bit of a bat en route to the keeper.
Two down. Finally, the West Indian fans will say.
2/115 in 23.2
8:19pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:19pm | Report comment
Deonarine’s getting a lot of bounce all of a sudden and both batsmen have had to abort a couple of cut shots.
1/114 in 23
8:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:16pm | Report comment
So Australia have moved to more than half the target for the loss of one wicket and off less than 22.
8:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:14pm | Report comment
And now an appeal for a stumping for which the third umpire is called!
Hughes just has his boot back into the crease and I cannot help but say that keeper Thomas fumbled with the ball before removing the bails there! Had he been quicker, Hughes was out there!
8:13pm
Matt said | 8:13pm | Report comment
Not out! Wow! Massive screw up again by these pair, Watson was a MILE out but he’s been saved by the bowler taking the bails just before the ball.
Next ball Hughes should be stumped! Keeper fumbles!
It is all happening here, wow, Watson has been saved twice, Hughes twice. Scoreboard is all Australia but if they had grabbed 4 wickets…
8:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:10pm | Report comment
Big appeal for run-out!
And again, that’s a huge, huge chance missed. That was a clear run-out had he collected the ball with his hands and broken the stumps down. Instead, the bail is dislodged even before the ball is in his hand. The other bail was still on the groove and all he Deonarine had to do was to dislodge the second bail but it did not strike him that the bail wasn’t dislodged legally first up!
Too many chances getting missed here.
8:11pm
Red Kev said | 8:11pm | Report comment
Burn me Watson is undismissable this match!
That is crazy.
8:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:14pm | Report comment
Yeah, West Indies look like they have had their drinks spiked or something.
8:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:09pm | Report comment
Finally Hughes joins in the fun. Quicker from Deonarine and Hughes unleashes that late cut through short third-man and it runs away to the fence!
1/106 in the 21st
8:09pm
Matt said | 8:09pm | Report comment
Run out!
8:08pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:08pm | Report comment
With Bravo having conceded 25 from his four, time for a change in bowling and Narsingh Deonarine comes on.
Begins with a short and wide ball that is pummelled through the covers for a couple – takes Australia to 100 and Watson gets his fifty. Good returns on his return!
8:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:04pm | Report comment
Much like in the previous game, Hughes has struggled to get going. Batting on 13 from 31.
8:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:03pm | Report comment
And now it’s a poor delivery that is punished!
Short, wide and spanked through the extra-cover region for a four. The man at the sweeper had no chance of getting there. Watson moves on to 47.
1/97 in 19.
8:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:00pm | Report comment
Ooh! That’s a push-cut to admire!
It was short in length and Watson almost guided it through the point region, beating the in-field and the third-man and through to the fence.
1/91 in 18.3
7:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:58pm | Report comment
Dropped again? That was a carrom ball that came back into the batsman and Hughes tries to cut it away.
The ball goes fine to the first slip and that was a difficult, difficult chance, missed.
7:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:52pm | Report comment
Edged and dropped!
Regulation catch for the keeper and it has been spilled! Watson was playing forward and gets a healthy outside edge, Thomas had to go slightly to his right and it hits his palm and is dropped.
Big, big mistake.
7:52pm
Red Kev said | 7:52pm | Report comment
That was a very bad miss. TV commentary call it a Herschelle Gibbs dropping Steve Waugh … and all I can think is “match fixing”.
7:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:56pm | Report comment
For one I didn’t understand the comparison. There, Gibbs was celebrating and the ball popped out, here he’s dropped a sitter.
And well, about match-fixing, with all the recent murkiness in the world of sport – the drug expose in Australian sport and the recent fixing scandal to hit world soccer – I don’t even know how much of it is not pre-decided.
7:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:51pm | Report comment
Drinks break done and Bravo will continue. Australia’s eased their way to 1/78 in 16.
7:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:45pm | Report comment
Six from the Bravo over, who has conceded 12 in his first couple.
From this very end, Sammy’s two went for 16, so that’s 28 coming from the last four at this end.
1/76 in 15.
7:40pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:40pm | Report comment
An excellent Narine over has Hughes struggling to make contact with the ball. Ends up being a maiden.
1/70 in 14. Australia going good and West Indies need a solid dent into their middle-order, something like a 4/100 or something.
7:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:37pm | Report comment
Five good and happening deliveries from Bravo before a half-volley on Watson’s pads is drilled through mid-wicket for a four!
1/70 in 13.
7:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:36pm | Report comment
A huge appeal for a caught-behind but not given.
And the West Indians do not go for the review either! Heh!
7:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:35pm | Report comment
Oooh! Close!
Watson was looking to play it back over the bowler’s head, off one that was not even pitched up – it’s his confidence that’s helping.
Gets an outside edge that flies over the slips.
1/65 in the 13th
7:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:33pm | Report comment
Sammy’s gone off the attack and brings in Dwayne Bravo.
7:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:32pm | Report comment
First signs of indecision in the running between the wickets since Hughes came on. Taken only two overs.
Tucked to the leg-side and Hughes wants a single, Watson sends him back.
7:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:31pm | Report comment
One at each end! Last over it was Watson and now Hughes smacks Narine through backward point for a four!
1/64 in 11.3
7:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:29pm | Report comment
Sammy’s bowled five decent balls but off the last, Watson cuts it smartly through the covers for a four. It was not too wide but short enough for Watson move back and play the cut.
1/60 in 11
7:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:23pm | Report comment
Phil Hughes began scratchily last game before making a near-100. He walks out at three.
7:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:20pm | Report comment
Gone lbw! Finch’s been declared out!
Offie from Narine and it’s hit Finch on on his knee-roll, umpire thinks and gives it out. Finch’s asked fora review and it’s clipping the top of the leg-stump. He has to go walk!
1/53 in the 10th
7:28pm
Red Kev said | 7:28pm | Report comment
I like that Finch is being given several chances – this is his 8th appearance in limited overs matches this summer and he has at least two more chances, one on Sunday at the MCG and the other at the Gabba on Wednesday in a T20.
It is a shame he hasn’t really made a score of note, I don’t think he’ll be making the trip to the Champions Trophy unless he cracks a hundred on Sunday.
7:32pm
Behold said | 7:32pm | Report comment
He is captaining the Australia A side against the English Lions as well. Plenty of opportunity for him to get his name in there.
7:19pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:19pm | Report comment
Search of wickets continues and it is Sunil Narine who comes on.
A slip and a leg-slip in place.
7:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:18pm | Report comment
Sammy’s not bowling at any pace and to top it, he’s missing his line.
Off the penultimate delivery of his first over, he gets it on to his pads and Watson gently nurdles it to fine-leg for a four.
Follows it up with a over-pitched ball outside the off and Watto creams it through the covers for another boundary!
0/52 in 9.
7:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:14pm | Report comment
After four fiery overs from Best, it is Darren Sammy to take up the attack. The West Indian captain hasn’t had a good time in Australia so far.
7:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:11pm | Report comment
Poor ball from Russell – too much of the middle and leg line – and Watson is in good form here, easily flicks it through mid-wicket for a four.
0/42 in 7.2
7:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:09pm | Report comment
The innings is seven overs old and it has never looked like Australia has taken control of the chase.
And yet, the run-rate’s touching 5.5 without having lost a wicket.
7:08pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:08pm | Report comment
Full face of the bat and driven down the ground for a four! Finch gets something to rejoice off the bowling of Best, who continues to pepper the 150 km/hr mark but Finch has seen enough.
0/38 in 7.
7:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:07pm | Report comment
Almost touching 152 km/hr now…it’s 151.9 km/hr from Best but again on his pads and Watson tucks it away for a single.
0/34 in the 7th.
7:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:02pm | Report comment
There is a definite bounce and pace on this wicket. What West Indies need is a wicket…
…instead Russell pitches one in his zone and Finch has drilled it through the covers for a four! He will feel a little better after a torrid last over.
0/31 in 5.3
6:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:59pm | Report comment
Dropped!
Slower one from Best and drilled back to the bowler who did not have a lot of time to react. Hits Best on his chest, far away from where his hands were!
0/25 in the fifth
6:58pm
Matt said | 6:58pm | Report comment
Another LBW appeal by Best, missing by a good 20cm odd.
“He must think there’s a 4th stump down there or something”. Haha.
Not sure if he’s trying to intimidate, because he’s the lone appealer each time.
Meantime:
Caught and bowled chance missed, hits his chest. Good slower ball.
Bowling at 150 – he’s not slow.
7:00pm
Matt said | 7:00pm | Report comment
Fast, but 10 extras out of 26 runs!
6:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:58pm | Report comment
Second time this over that Best has got one down the leg-side and it’s hit the pads. A loud shout has followed from the bowler with no support from those behind the stumps.
Finch’s not enjoying this pace and to be fair to him, not too many batsmen around the world like speeds above 150!
6:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:55pm | Report comment
Best’s pace is clearly working against him because of his lack of direction. Drifting down the leg-side and rushes away off the pads.
But he follows it up with a couple of better balls which Finch has to defend quickly.
0/24 in the fifth
6:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:51pm | Report comment
Short of length from Russell and Finch has blasted him off for a four through mid-wicket.
It was perilously close to the short mid-wicket fielder but too quick to his right and rushes to the fence.
0/17 in the fourth
6:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:50pm | Report comment
Not letting up there, Best’s continuing to send it at some pace and Watson has done well so far to thwart him.
0/13 in 3.
6:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:48pm | Report comment
And that is what extra pace does! This was again at 151 km/hr and Watson gets it short and wide and cracks it through the point region for almost a six!
0/13 in 2.5
6:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:47pm | Report comment
And that one touches 150! Best’s cranking up the pace here, 151.2 km/hr and almost gets a false stroke of the Watson bat.
Outside edge through the covers for a couple.
0/9 in 2.3
6:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:45pm | Report comment
It’s Andre Russell who shares the new ball. That isn’t saying much about their new ball attack frankly.
This may come back to bite me but Russell is at best a conventional second-change bowler. Four singles off that second over.
0/6 in 2.
6:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:44pm | Report comment
Best has come out firing and delivering them at more than 145 km/hr. There’s one that touches 149.7 km/hr!
Couple of runs off his first over to Australia’s latest opening combination – Finch and Watson.
0/2 in 1.
6:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:09pm | Report comment
So that’s it then, 221 is what Australia need and that should still not be too difficult. But at least what the West Indians have done is show some bottle, that was lacking the last time they lost a few wickets early.
Faulkner apart, everyone did well with the ball with Johnson and Cutting getting three wickets early in their respective spells. Australia could not close out though and that was the problem, acerbated by Pollard’s smart batting and late-hitting.
Should be an interesting chase this. Back in 30.
6:27pm
Matt said | 6:27pm | Report comment
Good batting by Pollard – maybe getting your eye in first is a better strategy then trying to 6 your first ball, who woulda thought. It will be interesting next game to see if he learnt his lesson, or goes back to brute hitting.
6:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:04pm | Report comment
Run-out to end the innings! This was smacked by Pollard but it went straight to Finch at deep square-leg, who fumbled a little but throws it hard and flat at the non-striker’s end.
Pollard wanted two to get back the strike but Best was dozing there. Or probably wanted the strike himself, run-out by a mile.
West Indies have been bowled out for 220, which is 100 more than what most thought they would get at 6/55
6:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:02pm | Report comment
Couple of balls from Faulkner and both have been murdered, hit to the fence for fours!
A yorker to follow it up from Faulkner. Coolly digs it out!
9/219 in 49.3
6:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:00pm | Report comment
And that’s the century! Third in ODI cricket and to come against Australia in Australia is an achievement!
Raises his bat to the pavillion first before punches his air in delight. It’s more than the kind of delight that a Michael Hussey usually expresses, it’s a “I-frikkin’-belong-here” delight.
9/211 in 49
5:58pm
Red Kev said | 5:58pm | Report comment
Hell of an innings, and isn’t he happy about it.
Shame about his running between the wickets – I’d estimate that his poor running and that run out at the end has cost the West Indies at least another 10 runs.
5:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:58pm | Report comment
Dot, dot and six!
He refused two singles off the first couple of balls before taking on a fuller one and bang he goes! Slams it over long-on for a six!
99 for Polly!
5:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:56pm | Report comment
And off the fifth ball of the over, Pollard gets himself a couple of runs to backward square-leg.
This is followed by a hastily taken single that would have seen the end of the innings! Pollard taps it to the off side and rushes off but it’s very close to the bowler who fields well on his follow through and looks to throw the stumps down. Misses. Best was as far from the crease as Sydney is from Perth. Or something like that anyway.
9/204 in 48. Pollard’s on 93.
5:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:53pm | Report comment
Wow, almost a run-out and then almost bowled!
Hits it over mid-wicket but not off the middle and he refuses the single late, almost confuses Best at the other end. Then plays a defensive stroke that almost goes back on to the stump.
Refuses the next two singles on offer to square-leg and long-off.
5:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:52pm | Report comment
Pollard nudges it to the leg-side and gets an easy couple of runs to bring up the West Indian 200.
Follows it up with a single pushed down the ground…and because it’s the last ball, retains the strike too! Well done Pollard!
9/201
5:52pm
Lukeling said | 5:52pm | Report comment
Hope Pollard gets his hundred he has played a great knock here. Should be an interesting chase.
5:54pm
Red Kev said | 5:54pm | Report comment
Right up until the 9th wicket fell – he’s played poorly since then – no trust, no singles, miss-hits, crazy suicidal singles.
5:49pm
Matt said | 5:49pm | Report comment
Wow Tubby got one right, albeit a huge fluke. 7/98 somehow turned into 8/198. Given Pollards 3 dismal scores and 0 care factor about protecting his wicket you’d not have backed him to grind away as he’s done. They’ve done the opposite, rather than build a good start and throw away the end, they’ve thrown away a start and built at the end.
5:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:48pm | Report comment
Narine scored 23 off 22 and looked comfortable enough for Polly to trust him with first ball singles.
Best’s got a single first ball to bring Polly back on strike.
5:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:47pm | Report comment
And even as I say that…Narine gets an edge to the keeper! Clint McKay has one.
Ninth wicket’s fallen and that will bring Tino to the crease.
9/197
5:50pm
Rhys said | 5:50pm | Report comment
Suneer, did you see that innings by Tino Best against England last year? It was one of the most entertaining lower innings scores I’ve seen. Was disappointed like a lot of people that he missed out on a century. If he and Pollard bat through, 230 is possible.
5:53pm
Red Kev said | 5:53pm | Report comment
Pollard doesn’t trust Best strangely.
6:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:05pm | Report comment
Oh yes I did! That was a spicy game what with Ramdin going after Viv Richards after getting to his 100 as well and for the first time in the series testing the English bowlers.
5:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:46pm | Report comment
This ninth wicket stand is already 64 runs in the good. And it has taken them only 45 balls!
Four more overs.
5:46pm
Johnno said | 5:46pm | Report comment
200 under lights at the SCG always equals 220. Will be a tricky target, but the aussies should cruise. Kemar roach and pollard are too school , Mon.
5:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:44pm | Report comment
And now Narine gets himself a four!
It was outside the off stump and he throws the bat, gets an outside edge and rushes fine for a four!
6/195
5:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:43pm | Report comment
Bumped over long-on! Fuller from Faulkner and slower ball or not, it was right within Polly’s arc, who spanks it over the fielder for a six.
And that’s plonked straight into the security guard’s head, would have hit him hard too.
8/189 in 45.2
5:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:41pm | Report comment
Five singles and a couple off that McKay over. Never looked like taking a wicket.
8/181 in 45. Five overs and anything is possible if Pollard bats till the last over.
5:38pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:38pm | Report comment
Narine’s playing them easily but cannot say the same about his running!
Pollard has been refusing singles and now he tucks it to deep square-leg and goes back for the second! Just makes it back to his crease!
8/177 in 44.2
5:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:36pm | Report comment
A better over from Faulkner restricts West Indies to only a couple of singles but vitally for the visitors, no wickets that over.
8/174 in 44. 200 looks a serious bet now.
5:33pm
Pope Paul VII said | 5:33pm | Report comment
Pollard the Bollard, solid as. Meanwhile Trent Copeland is 104 not out. Maybe the Tasmanian Salmon declared too early ( and missed an an ancient record )?
5:47pm
Red Kev said | 5:47pm | Report comment
If Copeland and Krejza are getting centuries I’m not going to get too excited about Ponting’s 200* … shame no-one in the media has that sort of perspective.
5:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:32pm | Report comment
Whoa! That’s the third boundary of the over and look we are getting closer to 175 now.
Pollard is taking advantage of the fine-leg being inside the circle and only pushing it into that gap. That last shot was badly misfielded by Shane Watson running towards the fence.
8/172 in 43.
5:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:31pm | Report comment
A last-ball single off Faulkner and now Pollard pulls Cutting to the fence too.
Does not take a single off the next before he works the next, fuller ball from Cutting to the deep square-leg boundary for the second boundary that over!
5:29pm
Matt said | 5:29pm | Report comment
I must say, without Starc, Australia are struggling. Good little cameo from Faulkner at the death the other day, and Johnson at the start here. Other than that, looking very toothless, once Johnson was out of overs it’s been easy runs.
5:44pm
Red Kev said | 5:44pm | Report comment
Cutting’s first spell was good, but his second was too short.
Faulkner not getting it right either (unusually for him).
5:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:26pm | Report comment
Slower one, a left-arm leggie from Faulkner and that has been pulled away to the square-leg fence for a four!
Follows it up with a crunching drive through mid-off for the second one in a row!
8/159
5:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:25pm | Report comment
James Faulkner returns back into the attack, replacing Clint McKay.
West Indies were 7/98 at one stage before this bit of a recovery.
5:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:23pm | Report comment
This must be getting frustrating for the Australian bowlers as Narine tries his best to eke out a few runs.
Five in Cutting’s ninth over as he looks to go for a five-wicket haul. 3/33 in his nine.
8/151 in 41.
5:18pm
Rabbitz said | 5:18pm | Report comment
Is James Brayshaw a work experience kid who snuck into the the commentary box?
I so hope Channel Nine lose the cricket rights, they’ve been plodding along for so long, and now they’re just taking the mickey, and piling in jobs for their mates.
5:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:18pm | Report comment
Four more to Narine! A very thick outside edge trying to hit it across the line and it runs away to the fine third-man region.
Voges makes a valiant effort at the fence there but isn’t able to pull it back into the playing area.
Nine off the McKay over, the last of the Batting Powerplay.
8/146 in 40.
5:15pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:15pm | Report comment
Crashed through the covers for a four!
Sunil Narine come across as a batsman who can play only one brand of shot-making…he goes after the bowling, his number 10 slot notwithstanding.
8/141 in 39.2
5:13pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:13pm | Report comment
Pollard’s ground his way to a half-century. It may not be a match-saving one but for Pollard to take 95 balls to get to his 50, and bat as dourly as he has, will be cheering for the camp.
Can he push them on to 175? Lot will depend on how Sunil Narine, who is now on and Tino Best, their number 11, bat.
8/137 in 39.
5:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:10pm | Report comment
But this time Russell’s caught!
He was looking to go over the in-field in order to take advantage of the Powerplay overs. Unfortunately, he got bit of a thick edge of the bat, not the middle and it flies to the long-off fielder where Maxwell takes a simple catch.
Eight down now and with only 133 on the board.
5:13pm
Matt said | 5:13pm | Report comment
Simple? That’s not what Nicholas said. “Simple for someone of such Immense talent”
5:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:16pm | Report comment
Probably the Mumbai Indians were talking to Mark Nicholas before the IPL auctions.
5:16pm
Matt said | 5:16pm | Report comment
Big gamble alright, especially when I saw how little everyone else is getting in comparison.
5:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:20pm | Report comment
On a more serious note, auctions work like that. A bit of ego comes into the picture, especially when you are looking at multi-billionaires doing the bidding.
And if a Ravindra Jadeja can get a couple of millions for his so-called all-round prowess, Maxwell will consider himself unlucky to get only half of that.
5:24pm
Matt said | 5:24pm | Report comment
He got a great deal. Finch, was he 3rd best BBL scorer this year, didnt even get a bid at 200k. And so and so forth.
Would buy a lotto ticket if I was him, other than not getting any runs or wickets, everything is going unbelievably well.
5:25pm
Matt said | 5:25pm | Report comment
But bye bye almost 50% of it straight away in tax. Still a good payday though!
5:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:29pm | Report comment
Yeah, he’s got an excellent deal undoubtedly. Especially given how he played only two games in IPL 2012 and did nothing of note for the Delhi Daredevils.
5:06pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:06pm | Report comment
Dropped and tipped over for a six!
Finch’s taken three good catches in the slips but drops this one at deep square-leg! It was going to his left and he ran well to get his hands on that one but goes through over the boundary. Poor effort that, definitely very catchable.
7/130 in 38
5:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:05pm | Report comment
Eight off the Faulkner where he gives enough indication that he will look to bowl a lot of them slower than how he started.
7/121 in 37.
Clint McKay replaces Cutting to bowl the third PowerPlay over.
5:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:02pm | Report comment
Oh take that! Russell’s waited nine balls to show his hand…
…and his shot-making! Backs away and smacks it through the covers for a four off Faulkner.
The bowler’s now coming round the stumps.
7/119
5:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:00pm | Report comment
Bouncer hits his gloves and Pollard’s down for some treatment!
Cutting does not look too pacy but every now and then there are a few that bounce disconcertingly for the batsmen. The Darren Sammy dismissal was one prime example.
7/113 in 36
4:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:53pm | Report comment
It’s the same nudging, defending, nurdling and the odd frustrated hitting out from West Indies.
7/108 in 35 which also means that the Batting Powerplay now needs to be taken.
4:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:48pm | Report comment
Whoa, shot sir!
Fuller from Cutting and Pollard almost defends it off the front foot, probably a bit of a push and that’s rolled back for a four! It went quickly too.
7/103 in the 34th
4:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:47pm | Report comment
Russell gets off the mark with a single to third-man off Cutting. West Indies crawling towards their 100
4:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:45pm | Report comment
That was Cutting’s third wicket incidentally, who now has figures of 3/17 in 6.
Faulkner, at the other end, bowls a maiden at Pollard, who has done well this innings. Batting on 32 from 77 balls.
7/98 in 33
4:42pm
Matt said | 4:42pm | Report comment
Tubby strikes again.
“If they just keep working away and get 200 they’ll get something to bowl at”.
Honestly it’s as if he’s never played a game of cricket in his life. They all just dribble rubbish with 1 good observation a day. It was 6/50 odd, now it’s 6/90 odd, now it’s 7 for 90 odd. What’s the chance of getting 200 when you have 1 batter left and 3 poor tailenders, like 5/10%? Plus it’s the Windies in their current form, so you’d almost put the odds at 0.
Whatever he’s on I want some!
4:49pm
The Bush said | 4:49pm | Report comment
I think it’s a sad reflection of modern society. To be a little fair to them, other than Healy who is just painful, the rest of them have to talk about something because if they sat there and just made insightful comments periodically, when necessary, the average punter would be bored to death and walk off.
I have always thought that Richie is the best because he didn’t say much, will only chime in when necessary.
4:52pm
Matt said | 4:52pm | Report comment
He’s good at that.
I remember that famous Warne vs Prince when he was on 200 odd, spun the ball a mile. Got given lbw. Hawk eye showed it missing by a mile. Grieg “it’s only missing by 7 inches”. Only 7 inches? Close enough then!
4:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:58pm | Report comment
I agree with that…besides, most commentators need to be close mates with current cricketers in order to be able to be a part of the ‘action’. This is restrictive when it comes to constructively commentating and criticising about the home team. Instead it manifests into an excessive praise and the over-abuse of words like “great”, “brilliant” and so on for the same set of cricketers.
Happens in all parts of the world.
5:26pm
The Bush said | 5:26pm | Report comment
To be honest, it’s not the chummy ones that annoy me as much – I get that. The most painful are guys like Mark Nicolas and James Brayshaw who, because they didn’t play Test Cricket, feel the need to pontificate on how amazing guys that actually have are (presumably in comparison to them). It’s as if they have some giant inferiority complex that they attempt to overcome by “reinforcing” that anyone who plays international cricket must be a superstar.
5:45pm
Red Kev said | 5:45pm | Report comment
It does make you appreciate the radio commentary all the more though
10:08pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:08pm | Report comment
The flip to that, unfortunately, is that there are those who point fingers at journos, critics etc for criticising despite not having been a part at the highest level. That and the fact that for likes of Nicholas and Brayshaw, they cannot afford to rub a cricketer the wrong side given that their job is more like an MC and less of a commentator.
How do they interview a cricketer with a straight face at the end of the game after having lambasted them in the comms box? Which is why I am quite okay with a couple who may not be too critical but to have guys like Slater, Tubby, Healy not call it as they see it is sad.
4:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:39pm | Report comment
Edged and taken at the first slip!
That has hit the seam and gone away from the bat. Sammy was taken aback by the bounce as well as he tries to take his bottom hand off but the ball hits the shoulder and flies to the first slip. Clarke has kept himself there all through this game and he takes a good tumbling catch to send back Sammy!
Seven down as the 43-run stand ends.
7/98 in 32
4:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:37pm | Report comment
Massive and almost for a six!
That was fuller from Cutting, replacing Maxwell, and Sammy goes after it. Smacked over mid-off and almost goes all the way before falling only a couple of yards short and rolling over to the fence.
6/96 in the 32nd.
4:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:35pm | Report comment
A decent first over from Faulkner. There is a definite sense of hurry from the West Indians now that Mitchell Johnson is off.
Four off it.
6/92 in 31.
4:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:31pm | Report comment
Johnson ends a superb spell, taking on the mantle of bowling leadership well in the absence of Mitchell Starc.
3/36 in his 10.
6/88 in 30. 33-run stand so far.
4:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:29pm | Report comment
Tonked over mid-on for a four!
Sammy’s gone after Johnson and that’s been hit away to the fence to get his second four this innings.
6/87 in 29.3
4:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:28pm | Report comment
And now Johnson’s in his last over too. Will that mean that James Faulkner will bowl his 10 overs on a go from the 31st onward.
If West Indies bat them all obviously!
6/83 in 29
4:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:26pm | Report comment
False shot from Pollard! Wanted to drill it over the deep cover but gets an outside edge that carries over the backward point for a couple of runs.
Those are the only two in that over as Maxwell finishes off with figures of 1/34 in 10.
4:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:25pm | Report comment
Three off Johnson’s ninth over. Maxwell’s now into his 10th over.
6/81 in the 29th.
4:19pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:19pm | Report comment
Australian cricket movie, Save You Legs to be released on February 28. Shot in India and a story about a 35-year old taking a cricket team to India for a three-match tour!
Back to the cricket at the SCG and West Indies have moved up 6/78 in 27. This stand is already worth 23.
4:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:12pm | Report comment
Johnson has been recalled into the attack. We are at the halfway stage and James Faulkner is yet to bowl.
4:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:09pm | Report comment
That first ball boundary is followed by five dots, more importantly making the West Indian captain uncomfortable with some that swung away from the middle-stump line and by others that he had to fend off.
6/65 in 24.
4:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:07pm | Report comment
Now that’ some Caribbean flair for you! Pitched up by Cutting and gracefully driven through the covers for a four!
Sammy has a nice-looking swagger of the bat, especially while playing those through the covers. When they come off, it looks quite a sight.
6/65 in 23.3
4:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:05pm | Report comment
Another three-run over from Maxwell. Pollard has done well so far to control his natural instincts but one of the two need to score. No point in looking to only suvive.
6/61 in 23
4:03pm
Rhys said | 4:03pm | Report comment
Wow, just got in and switched on the tele. Looks like another game that will be over before the lights are even switched on.
4:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:02pm | Report comment
Maxwell concedes three in his sixth over…he’s run through his overs really quickly.
Cutting follows it up with a maiden.
6/58 in 22.
3:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:56pm | Report comment
Darren Sammy at eight. He can hit them too. So can Andre Russell at nine.
The question is whether any one of them can survive for long. To be fair, Pollard’s played 38 balls now.
3:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:52pm | Report comment
I agree with the third umpire here, no angle suggested that the ball had hit the ground before being caught. The square angle was the clearest and it looked clean from there.
So six down for 55 and Pollard might start to tonk a few more now.
3:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:48pm | Report comment
Appeal for a catch at second slip but has it carried?
Edged by Thomas to the second slip and Finch does well to get his fingers to it. But he’s not sure it’s out. Replays suggest to me that it has gone straight to the fielder!
But that’s from the side angle and from behind it looks like there’s a bit of doubt that it’s not touched the ground! So what’s it going to be?
…given out!
3:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:48pm | Report comment
Super shot! Thomas has crashed it through the wide mid-off region for a four!
Was pitched up by Cutting in an attempt to get some swing but Thomas gets it off the middle
3:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:46pm | Report comment
Devon Thomas has come out at seven. He opened the innings for West Indies last game in the absence of Chris Gayle.
Does anyone else thinks that given the change in rules – two new balls especially – it will make more sense for hitters like Gayle, Sehwag and even Warner to bat down the order in conditions such as the ones in Australia, England and South Africa?
3:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:41pm | Report comment
Edged and taken!
A second slip was brought in for Cutting and Narsingh Deonarine has obliged by pushing hard at a delivery from the bowler. It’s a thick outside edge that flies to the second slip and well taken by the slipper, Finch. West Indies have lost half their side and Cutting has his first.
5/45 in 17.3
3:40pm
Pope Paul VII said | 3:40pm | Report comment
Elsewhere not all beer and skittles, Aussie sheilas are 5/40 vs English Ladettes!
3:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:43pm | Report comment
Not too dissimilar from the current West Indian score then.
3:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:39pm | Report comment
It is a trickle out in the middle and Maxwell gets through another over with only a single off it.
4/44 in 17.
3:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:37pm | Report comment
Only a single off the Cutting over, who has a slip in place for him.
4/43 in 16.
3:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:34pm | Report comment
Post the drinks break, it is Ben Cutting who comes on in his second match.
Johnson had a seven over spell that saw him take 3/24. 11 of those 24 runs came in his last over.
3:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:31pm | Report comment
Definite signs that Pollard wants to take on Maxwell. Misses a straight one from the offie in an attempt to go over the top.
Couple of singles in the 15th over to take West Indies to 4/42.
3:31pm
Lukeling said | 3:31pm | Report comment
Slater saying Maxwell has “this ability to take wickets” ??? He played 7 ODI games before he took his first wicket.
3:49pm
Christo the Daddyo said | 3:49pm | Report comment
The man-love is strong in this one…
4:04pm
Rhys said | 4:04pm | Report comment
He’s likely used ancient jedi mind trick on the NSP.
3:58pm
The Bush said | 3:58pm | Report comment
But he’s the Big Show, the greatest limited overs player of our time – just as the Mumbai Indians…
3:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:28pm | Report comment
Finally a four for Pollard! And he follows it up with a second one in a row!
Good ball from Johnson to pitch it right up to the bat to the batsman instead of sending another one flying, but Pollard just flicks it through the mid-wicket region for a four.
Off the next, it is outside the off stump and Pollard leans into it and crashes it through the covers and to the fence.
4/40 in 14.
3:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:26pm | Report comment
Almost a catch!
Pollard did not play that short one too well, trying to turn the ball around the corner. It flies off the middle of the bat and to the left of the shot-leg fielder, Phil Hughes.
4/31 in 13.2
3:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:24pm | Report comment
Pollard had taken the chest-guard off last over but he’s asked the 12th man to bring it back. That’s probably because Johnson’s bowling another over here.
3:23pm
Pope Paul VII said | 3:23pm | Report comment
Can WI play an XXII or XVIII or something ? It’ll be over before I get home…….again!
3:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:21pm | Report comment
It’s Narsingh Deonarine at six and he’s deposited one over the bowler for a boundary.
4/28 in the 13th.
3:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:20pm | Report comment
There it comes! Short, on the body and well-played too!
Pollard was looking to take his bottom hand off and he keeps it down too. The next one is short too, more towards his ribs this time and he is only able to fend it away to the right of the short-leg fielder.
Maiden from Johnson.
4/24 in 12.
3:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:17pm | Report comment
A short-leg in place for Pollard versus Mitchell Johnson. Pollard’s looked like he’s prepared to leg balls go though to the keeper.
But can he keep the short one on his body out? It can come any time now.
3:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:11pm | Report comment
Lbw appeal and a review!
Bravo was looking to defend at it from round the stumps and there was some turn on it. Hits the pad and there is a spontaneous appeal. Umpire gives it not-out.
There is a prolonged discussion, as much as the rules allow, between the bowler, keeper and the captain – who’s at the first slip. Wade’s in the middle of it all, receives views on it from Maxwell and conveys it to the captain, suggests and almost coaxes him into taking the review.
That’s what they do and that’s an awesome review! Hitting the middle stump and Bravo’s got to walk back!
4/22 in the 11th.
3:17pm
Red Kev said | 3:17pm | Report comment
Interesting discussion on the radio that that decision would never ever be given out without DRS – around the wicket offspin just would not get an lbw decision with the batsman coming forward.
I agree, and add it to the list of things I dislike about DRS.
3:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:21pm | Report comment
RK, you need to quickly apply to the BCCI, they are fast losing support over the DRS issue!
3:22pm
Christo the Daddyo said | 3:22pm | Report comment
I’m the opposite. This is an example of DRS working as intended. Plumb LBW after the review.
3:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:10pm | Report comment
It’s taken Pollard eight balls to get off the mark. Tap to the square-leg for a single.
3:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:09pm | Report comment
Surprise, surprise. Glenn Maxwell comes on in the 11th.
3:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:09pm | Report comment
Wade appeals for a caught-behind off an evasive shot from Pollard but no-one else is interested. Completes the Johnson over that costs him two only.
3/20 in 10.
3:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:07pm | Report comment
This is interesting. McKay hasn’t got much swing today but Johnson continues to find both, swing and bounce.
And he has just delivered one at 149.8 km/hr!
3:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:04pm | Report comment
Just one off the McKay over who is going to become even more difficult scoring off given the fall of the wickets at the other end.
3/18 in 9.
3:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:00pm | Report comment
So another Trinidad and Tobago man joins Dwayne Bravo. Kieron Pollard.
He has scores of 0, 1 and 9 this series.
2:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:58pm | Report comment
Another one bites the dust, three down!
That was a pace-filled, bounce-filled delivery on the body. Darren Bravo played it like he was asked to catch a hot potato and he did what most of us would do in response, fended at it. The ball lobs up and goes towards the slips where a diving Finch takes a good catch in front of him.
3/17 in 8.
2:54pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:54pm | Report comment
Gone, caught!
Powell was looking to flick it away to the leg-side but all he could get is to get a leading edge that spoon up to the cover fielder. Maxwell has to run back and he completes an easy catch.
This is looking nauseatingly familiar for the West Indies.
2/17 in 7.3. Johnson has both the wickets now.
2:54pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:54pm | Report comment
Appeal for a run-out at the non-striker’s end on Johnson’s follow-through. The non-striker, Bravo has his bat in his right hand and gets back in time before the ball hits the stump off Johnson’s fingers.
2:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:52pm | Report comment
Clint McKay is raking up the dot balls to put the pressure on West Indies. Maiden, his second one today.
1/15 in 7.
2:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:49pm | Report comment
It’s good speeds from Johnson, touching 145 km/hr regularly.
West Indies showing signs they want to get a move on now.
1/15 in 6. McKay continues.
2:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:47pm | Report comment
Wade’s struggling with his glove-work down the leg-side. Couple of them have missed the Bravo bat and the late swing has almost taken Wade’s head off.
2:46pm
Lukeling said | 2:46pm | Report comment
Wade doesn’t fill you full of confidence behind the stumps.
2:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:46pm | Report comment
Johnson’s radar goes missing every now and then and he’s just bowled his second wide. Last over he did that, he followed it up with a wicket.
This time, Bravo creams the out-swinger over the point fielder and for a four!
First boundary of the game.
1/14 in the 6th
2:44pm
JGK said | 2:44pm | Report comment
Beautiful day here at the SCG. Just a shame that Telstra’s 3G coverage is so bad here.
Anyway, a picture of the day if anyone is interested…
http://i13.servimg.com/u/f13/11/83/33/31/image17.jpg
2:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:43pm | Report comment
A shot in anger from Powell. A tad short and it is a half-pull from the left-hander that goes over mid-on for three.
Moves on to 6 from 23, which is a slow start by any standards. He will take heart from how Phil Hughes and Darren Bravo’s starts and finishes last game.
2:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:41pm | Report comment
So a very slow and not so steady start from the West Indies.
1/5 in 4 overs.
2:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:37pm | Report comment
No cigar for Charles on his comeback into the team. In-swing and bowled!
McKay isn’t getting too much to swing but Mitchell is doing just that. It was a matter of getting the radar right and that’s what he’s done here. In-swinger and sends the stump cartwheeling.
Charles gone for a duck as West Indies lose their first wicket for 5.
Darren Bravo at 3.
2:37pm
Matt said | 2:37pm | Report comment
Great ball from Johnson, stump goes flying
2:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:36pm | Report comment
It’s a neat line and length from both bowlers – bar this last delivery from Johnson which is wider and swinging further away. It is almost as if the bowlers are telling the openers to do all the work by moving around in the crease or trying to muscle their way through to some quick runs.
0/4 in 3.4
2:34pm
Rabbitz said | 2:34pm | Report comment
Is it true that James Sutherland is going to announce a change of name for this ODI series?
I hear it will be known as “The Pharmacy Cup”.
2:34pm
Johnno said | 2:34pm | Report comment
I think Sarwan has played his last ODI match ever at this level. He is getting old. I remember him out here for the 2000/1 test and ODI series. A long time ago shows, how old he is getting.
What’s the crowd like. Is it a sell-out.
2:37pm
Christo the Daddyo said | 2:37pm | Report comment
Sell-out?!? Ha ha! Good one Johnno…
http://sydneycricketground.com.au/venues/webcams/scg-cam/
gives you an indication of just how poor the crowd is.
2:42pm
Matt said | 2:42pm | Report comment
They’re still coming!
2:50pm
Johnno said | 2:50pm | Report comment
lol
2:50pm
Johnno said | 2:50pm | Report comment
2:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:37pm | Report comment
This is Sarwan’s comeback series actually. He was out of the side for almost a couple of years before finally getting his chance.
2:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:33pm | Report comment
There is no third-man in place which is not so uncommon but what is surprising is that Powell has a fielder at deep extra-cover, not at deep point or deep cover as is usually the case.
As it turns out, tucks it to the leg side for a single to move to 2.
0/3 in 3.
Charles has played 2 and is on 0. Powell’s scored his 2 from 16.
2:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:29pm | Report comment
Johnson’s getting swing and Powell continues to be circumspect. Finally shows signs of a bit of restlessness to get off the mark by wanting to go for a tight single but is sent back.
Off the next ball, he taps it to the off side and is away on a sprint. Single to open his account.
0/2 in 2.
2:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:26pm | Report comment
Mitchell Johnson to Johnson Charles and the very first ball is tucked away to fine-leg for a single.
Leg-bye takes West Indies off the mark.
0/1 in 1.1
2:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:25pm | Report comment
Starts off with a maiden!
McKay gets them all on the off-stump or around and Powell isn’t interested in going after it.
0/0 in 1.
2:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:23pm | Report comment
Almost immediately there is a short cover in place. Tells you that the pitch may hold up before coming on to the bat. Or at least captain Clarke thinks that’s the case.
2:22pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:22pm | Report comment
Kieran Powell and Johnson Charles will open the innings for the West Indies. So no Devon Thomas at the top.
Clint McKay takes the new ball first up and gets his line and length right immediately, defended to the off side.
0/0 in 0.1
2:08pm
Matt said | 2:08pm | Report comment
Haha, chick just won a Camry hybrid, she looked about as excited as winning a meat raffle. Even if you don’t want it flog it for an easy 30-40k! Or give it to me then!
2:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:05pm | Report comment
Team News:
George Bailey misses out because of his hamstring injury and in comes Adam Voges. Mitchell Starc has been afforded some rest too and Ben Cutting gets a chance. So no Xavier Doherty again.
West Indies have left out Chris Gayle because of his side injury. There is also no place for out-of-form Ramnaresh Sarwan and Kemar Roach. Narsingh Deonarine, Johnson Charles and Tino Best make it to the starting 11.
2:10pm
Christo the Daddyo said | 2:10pm | Report comment
So when Tino scores his BEST score, we call shout out “BRAVO, BRAVO”…
2:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:17pm | Report comment
He needs to do that by POWELLing his way to his BEST.
Incidentally, speaking about high scores, Tino Best has a highest score of 95 in Test cricket that he scored in England (Birmingham). He was involved in a 143-run stand for the last wicket with Denesh Ramdin. Yes, 10th wicket!
2:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:03pm | Report comment
Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth ODI of the series that Australia has already won 3-0. SCG is the venue and the news from the middle is that West Indies have won the toss and decided to bat first.