Australia vs West Indies – MCG ODI: cricket live scores, updates
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Australia v West Indies MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 5th ODI - AUS v WIN |
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| Australia 1st Inn | 5/274 |
| West Indies 1st Inn | 257 All Out |
| West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl | |
| Australia won by 17 runs | |
| West Indies | Over:49.5 RR:5.16 | ||||
| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| TL Best* | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| KAJ Roach | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Australia | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| CJ McKay* | 9.5 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 5.29 |
| JP Faulkner | 10.0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 |
| Recent Overs: | ||
| 2 4 4 1 . . | | . 1 1b 1 2 . | | 6 . . . . | |
| Last Wicket: | Best, 0 (c: b:McKay) |
| Current Partnership: | 0 runs, 3 balls, RR: |
It may be an inconsequential final game of the Australia vs West Indies series but both teams will have something to play for at the MCG in Melbourne. We’ll have coverage from 2.20pm AEDT.
Australia will be looking for a 5-0 clean sweep, their first such whitewash since beating Pakistan in that much-maligned home series in 2009-10.
That they will be without a plethora of players because of injuries and early departures to India, may not affect that desire.
Shane Watson will lead the team in the absence of Michael Clarke and George Bailey, both of whom are struggling to retain fitness from their injury issues.
For someone who was till recently a doubtful to make it to the playing 11 given his own concerns, this will do his confidence good.
Clarke will be replaced by Shaun Marsh in the playing 11.
There will be others who will miss the game for Australia.
Matthew Wade and Glenn Maxwell are on their way to India for the Test tour and Brad Haddin and Xavier Doherty could make it back to the team.
With Nathan Coulter-Nile brought into the squad, it remains to be seen whether he will get a chance to make his international debut this game.
Difficult to see Australia carry two inexperienced bowling options given Ben Cutting’s presence in the side.
West Indies will hope for one last hurrah in the ODIs but the way they have played, it is difficult to see how they can turn things around.
They do have not much fuel left in their tanks in terms of personnel strength.
What they need is for Chris Gayle to fire but before that they will hope he can pass his late fitness test to make it to the 11.
With Tino Best having proved a point or two with one of the spells of his career last game, he will come out firing yet again.
What Best and Sunil Narine – the other exceptional bowler for West Indies this series – will hope for is to have some runs on the board to play with, unlike what has been the case so far this series.
While the general interest in the game will be low, things could get spicy if West Indies can come out all guns blazing one last time this ODI series.
Live coverage of the game begins from 2.20pm AEDT.
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10:45pm
Adrian Gale said | 10:45pm | Report comment
I agree with one of the twitter responses – 5 matches too many in this series of Australia A v West Indies matches. Remember that the West Indies only rank above sides like Bangladesh in Tests and Odi matches so 5 nil was not a surprising result. I think that only because the selectors treated this series as a selection trial that the West Indies were able to get so close in the last few matches – They don’t seem to have the application to play more than T20 cricket.
10:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:39pm | Report comment
West Indies did manage to run the Aussies close tonight but it wasn’t enough. In fact with Australia resting many of their players, West Indies would have fancied themselves but as their rankings in ODIs show, they aren’t that good yet in this format. Coach Otis Gibson has often spoken about the need to climb up in the ODI rankings but this was certainly not the way to go around doing that.
Adam Voges is declared the man of the match for his first international century that helped Australia dig themselves out of the hole they found themselves in at 2/2.
That’s it from me, will be back for the one-off T20I at Brisbane on Wednesday. Ciao!
10:50pm
Adrian Gale said | 10:50pm | Report comment
This is most probably why only 18 thousand turned up in Sydney and 21 thousand turned up tonight. Did they have to give away tickets tonight like the first odi v sri lanka???
10:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:37pm | Report comment
Tino Best wants to swing them away obviously but does not get too much bat on it before scooping it to Coulter-Nile for an easy catch…McKay’s controlled it well since that first ball six.
That’s that then, Australia have emerged victorious to take the series 5-0. The last time they did that was way back in 2009-10 against Pakistan although they did win another series 6-1.
10:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:33pm | Report comment
Did I just say improbable? McKay’s smoked McKay over the long-off fence for a six!
That suddenly puts the pressure on the bowler despite having 18 runs to play with off five balls…
…and that’s that…Sammy’s edged one to the keeper off the next delivery! Nine down and 18 away.
10:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:32pm | Report comment
Clint McKay will bowl the last over as expected. Sammy on strike.
10:30pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:30pm | Report comment
It’s in the realms of the improbable now.
They need 24 off the last over.
10:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:28pm | Report comment
Single off the second ball of the over to Sammy means that Roach has to face Faulkner. They run for a bye and that allows Sammy to get back on strike.
Sammy gets another one.
It’s gotten steep now, 26 off eight.
10:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:26pm | Report comment
Sammy fails to get anything off the first ball of the penultimate over. West Indies still need 29 and they have only 11 balls to get them in.
All on Sammy as he faces Faulkner.
10:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:24pm | Report comment
But Johnson gains some sort of a revenge by sending back Sunil Narine. The leg-stump’s knocked back and Johnson has another three-wicket haul!
29 needed from 13. Two wickets standing.
10:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:21pm | Report comment
Late resistance from the West Indian captain?
A couple of runs followed by a spanking couple of fours brings the required rate down to 12 again!
10:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:20pm | Report comment
Johnson will finish off his spell now. He’s taken 2/39 in nine.
10:19pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:19pm | Report comment
Faulkner has just bowled a beauty of an over!
As if getting the danger man Pollard out was not enough, he concedes only one in the over. That’s right, 1 run in the 47th over chasing a required rate of 11!
40 needed from 18.
10:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:14pm | Report comment
And that seems to be that then, Pollard’s been dismissed!
Faulkner gets his first for the night and it is a big one this. Pollard had to get a few off the middle of his bat and all he can do is to spoon it to Finch, who does not drop it this time. He wanted to smash it over long-on but fails to clear him there.
Two dots against Sammy to follow. 41 needed from 21.
10:13pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:13pm | Report comment
And the over is round off with two singles off the last two deliveries too!
West Indies are 41 away with four overs and four wickets remaining.
Faulkner will bowl two out of them, while McKay and Johnson should bowl one apiece.
10:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:12pm | Report comment
Mitchell Johnson concedes a couple of singles before Sammy plays out two deliveries without a run. Getting tougher for the West Indies.
43 needed off 26
10:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:10pm | Report comment
The wicket has brought with it the invariable slowing down of scoring. Only three singles off that over.
45 needed in 30 and a big over has to be around the corner.
10:06pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:06pm | Report comment
Oh god, Thomas has been run-out now and it is down to Darren Sammy to get them home with Pollard.
It was tapped to the off-side and he rushed off for a single to Shaun Marsh who did not field it too well. But it is a good throw to Faulkner who takes the bails off to leave Thomas out of his crease.
Played well till he was there but should have continued on.
47 off 34.
10:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:03pm | Report comment
Faulkner will bowl the 45th and expect Pollard to await for his slower ones and go after ‘em.
Single off the first ball to the big man.
47 needed from 35
10:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:01pm | Report comment
They have been able to maintain that asking rate of around eight. 50 needed from 38 balls with Mitch Johnson trying his best to restrict them.
Or pick up a wicket. Pollard’s been pretty patient.
9:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:53pm | Report comment
A single followed by a leg-side wide from McKay. Pollard then gets a couple of runs to long-on which means that he has the strike and they are getting the runs too.
Could have been a run-out there as the batsmen got involved in a mix-up while going for the second but the throw is at the striker’s end…Pollard’s easily in.
60 off 46 required.
9:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:51pm | Report comment
Clint McKay will take up the attack for the 43rd.
9:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:49pm | Report comment
That Cutting over costs him nine which is a vast improvement after he went for a six first ball. Three singles followed.
5/211 in 42. 64 needed from eight overs.
9:48pm
Matt said | 9:48pm | Report comment
Wow flicked the cricket on, West Indies look like they’ll win this!
9:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:47pm | Report comment
Two in two and this time it is Thomas!
Pollard hit Doherty off the last ball last over and now Thomas has smashed Cutting off the first ball of the 42nd! It was a full-pitcher on his pads and he has gone after it over the long-on fence.
Now that brings the equation into the tourists’ favour.
9:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:45pm | Report comment
Boom! That’s the one they wanted!
After conceding only four off his first 5 balls this over, Doherty is sent out of the fence for a six! Pollard showing the signs?
73 needed off 9
9:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:42pm | Report comment
McKay has two overs to bowl. Johnson has three, Cutting has one and Faulkner has three. One of Doherty or Finch will bowl at leat one.
And yep, it will be Doherty to get that one away.
9:40pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:40pm | Report comment
And only five from the 40th over of the innings, which means that West Indies need 83 from 10.
Pollard hasn’t looked himself tonight. Partially that’s because the home team hasn’t allowed him to be that.
5/192 in 40.
9:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:37pm | Report comment
Cutting continues with the last over of the Batting Powerplay which has totally worked against the West Indies.
2/16 in the four so far.
9:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:35pm | Report comment
Would you believe it, Pollard gets one run in the 39th over of the innings. McKay has redeemed his earlier poor start to tonight’s bowling by some excellent overs in this last spell.
5/187 in 39, with 88 needed off 11.
9:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:33pm | Report comment
Three dots from McKay. Pollard knows himself well here but he will do well to rotate the strike.
9:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:32pm | Report comment
Clint McKay now starts off his eighth to further squeeze the scoring.
9:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:32pm | Report comment
What an over from Cutting. Concedes one boundary, takes a wicket and bowls four dots.
Equation’s getting slightly tighter now. 89 off 12 needed.
9:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:29pm | Report comment
Deonarine smacks one Cutting to the fence before edging it to Haddin and West Indies have lost their fifth.
He had got his front foot away and sent the previous one over mid-on for a four but tried to play the same shot again and only got an edge to the keeper.
Story of the series.
9:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:28pm | Report comment
It’s Narsingh Deonarine at six. Devon Thomas and Darren Sammy still in the hut. Pollard still to get going at the crease.
Makes for an interesting last 12 and something overs.
9:28pm
Red Kev said | 9:28pm | Report comment
Here comes the standard west indian collapse
9:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:25pm | Report comment
100 and out!
He was looking to whip it away…not quite wanting to pull it and the ball loops up to short fine-leg where Cutting rushes forward to take a good, low catch. Gone for 100 off 121 balls.
93 still needed with 13 overs remaining.
9:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:23pm | Report comment
100 for Johnson Charles!
Century number one in ODI cricket and that’s come off a late guide through third-man for four! Cannot quite call it an innings of high class but a 100 is a 100 is a 100 in ODI cricket.
9:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:23pm | Report comment
The experiment with Finch lasted one over. And it is back to Clint McKay now.
Charles is able to get one for a couple of runs that takes him to 96. Lives galore for him but if he can score a match-winning century, it could act as a massive catalyst in his development.
9:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:21pm | Report comment
Just four off the Cutting over. Only 19 have been scored in the last five which has pushed the rate up to more than seven an over.
Still achievable but they should avoid going dead. 3/175 in 36
9:19pm
Johnno said | 9:19pm | Report comment
crowd update guys what’s it like at the G.Any idea what the crowd is.
9:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:17pm | Report comment
Cutting’s not had a good day with the ball, having one for 32 in his six. He will bowl the 36th.
9:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:16pm | Report comment
Wow, Aaron Finch has just had a bowl and conceded only two off it!
Charles has slowed down in a bid to get to his maiden century in any form of competitive cricket.
3/171 in 35.
9:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:11pm | Report comment
And now Cutting pulls it back by conceding only five in the 34th over, which has pushed the required-rate up to 6.7.
Pollard’s been trying to manufacture a few strokes but isn’t getting close enough.
3/169 in 34
9:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:09pm | Report comment
Better over after that first-ball boundary. A couple of singles off it.
Cutting will bowl the 34th.
111 needed from 102 with the Batting PP not too far away
9:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:07pm | Report comment
James Faulkner’s first ball post the drinks break has been dispatched away to the fence through the covers!
3/164 in 33.
9:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:00pm | Report comment
Ben Cutting recalled into the attack and bowls a tidy over at Pollard after a first ball single for Charles. One for Pollard off five balls.
Incidentally Charles is now in his 90s. Will that change his approach and in turn allow Australia to sneak in a few good ones?
3/158 in 32.
8:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:58pm | Report comment
The run-scoring isn’t stopping and there are danger signs for Australia. Pollard has just hit his first four, pulled in front of the deep square-leg to the fence.
119 needed in 19. Australia need a wicket and quickly at that.
8:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:52pm | Report comment
Eight off the McKay over and West Indies need 127 from the last 20 overs with seven wickets standing.
Normally that should not be difficult.
3/148 in 30
8:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:50pm | Report comment
Charles is having the time of his life. Between all those near-outs, he is smacking them around and has quickly gotten himself to 84.
Gets another four through the slips, an empty cordon there.
3/144 in 29.3
8:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:48pm | Report comment
Big appeal for lbw and he’s given out. Charles isn’t happy and asks for a review!
The third umpire decides it’s hit the bat first and then pads and given not-out…but was it hitting the front pad first, then the bat and then the back pad?
8:47pm
eagleJack said | 8:47pm | Report comment
Send a seeing eye dog up to the 3rd umpires box post-haste! 2 very poor DRS decisions, both on Charles.
8:51pm
Red Kev said | 8:51pm | Report comment
The first one was out, the lbw was not out.
The ball hit both the bat’s inside edge and the outside of the front pad in the fraction of a second between two replay frames. Simultaneous contact is not lbw.
The caught behind bat then shoulder was definitely out.
8:53pm
JGK said | 8:53pm | Report comment
But the umpire gave I out and it wasn’t obviously not out so,it should have stood.
9:02pm
Red Kev said | 9:02pm | Report comment
If Paul Reiffell saw the inside edge he would not have raised his finger.
The third umpire could ask if the field umpire saw the inside edge and ruled anyway, but it can be safely assumed that he didn’t. If so the on field’s umpire is based on incorrect information. I think the third umpire got it dead right.
9:10pm
eagleJack said | 9:10pm | Report comment
But based purely on the rules for DRS it was out. What’s not to say Reiffel saw the inside edge but was sure the ball hit the front bat first, so correctly ignored the edge.
No wonder the Indians are anti-DRS. Doesn’t seem to be working terribly well in its current state.
9:15pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:15pm | Report comment
Both the non-dismissals can hardly be blamed on the technology associated with the DRS. It is the implementation of DRS, i.e. human element that have been the cause of concerns in these two cases. The BCCI, on the other hand, wants technology which is foolproof, which is difficult to have.
My reading of the BCCI issue is that there is something more than the eye meets there.
9:11pm
JGK said | 9:11pm | Report comment
We’ll have to disagree on that.
8:55pm
eagleJack said | 8:55pm | Report comment
But if given out by the umpire then it needs to be proven beyond doubt that it was not out, for there to be a reversal via DRS. I’d say that was too close to call to say that you could be sure that it didn’t hit the front pad first. And therefore there is doubt.
9:06pm
Red Kev said | 9:06pm | Report comment
The inside edge would negate that in a logic tree, no on-field umpire would have raised the finger if they saw an inside edge.
Common sense needs to be used sometimes, even by umpires.
8:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:46pm | Report comment
Wow and now the sub fielder has dropped a simple catch! This is what West Indies did last game…!
It was outside the off from Faulkner and Charles slashed it hard and went straight to him at third-man. Should have been easily taken and dropped!
8:52pm
Red Kev said | 8:52pm | Report comment
That isn’t Coulter-Nile. TV calling him Ryan Carters who I don’t know on sight so I can’t confirm it.
8:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:57pm | Report comment
Thanks, have changed that around…getting it a poor feed today for some reason.
9:17pm
Rob from Brumby Country said | 9:17pm | Report comment
Yeah, that’s Carters. I know him on sight – we went to the same school.
Hope the state selectors don’t hold that against him, he’s a decent chap, and a damn good batsman when he wants to be. He’d be even better if he gave up keeping.
8:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:44pm | Report comment
Pollard usually takes his time to get going. Uses up a few deliveries and almost lulls the opposition into thinking that it’s not going to be too difficult.
But once he gets going…
…they need him early.
Faulkner has replaced Doherty now.
8:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:42pm | Report comment
Johnson having done his job, it’s McKay brought back. He didn’t have a great first spell.
But starts off better with only a couple of runs off that over.
3/137 in 28
8:38pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:38pm | Report comment
Amid all the events of the previous few minutes, Charles has smacked Doherty for a four off the last ball of his over.
Creamed through the covers to keep the chase going.
3/135 in 27
8:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:35pm | Report comment
Kieron Pollard at five. Crucial stand this for the West Indies who have lost a couple now.
3/129 in the 27th
8:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:32pm | Report comment
Bravo’s gone this time!
So now Johnson does not need any help from the fielders! He’s snuck through the batsman’s defences there. From round the stumps and swinging back into the batsman, pitched right up to the bat and bowled!
8:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:31pm | Report comment
Dropped him! Hughes has spilled a high-flying but a catch that should have been taken there.
Johnson will be livid there…it went high in the covers after Bravo lost control of the stroke but Hughes did not get it cleanly.
8:29pm
Varun said | 8:29pm | Report comment
My man Hughes drops a easy catch, still needs to work on his fielding
8:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:28pm | Report comment
This is the Indian squad that Australia will be up against for the first Test:
MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Ashok Dinda
Gautam Gambhir has been dropped and the opening slots will be shared by two out of Sehwag, Vijay and Dhawan.
8:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:25pm | Report comment
Bravo gets off the mark with a single before driving uppishly through covers three.
2/118 in 24
8:22pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:22pm | Report comment
Mitchell Johnson has been brought back. Good move this with Johnson being one of the better bowlers on display tonight.
8:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:21pm | Report comment
Dwayne Bravo replaces brother Darren.
8:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:18pm | Report comment
But now Australia don’t need the third umpire to send Bravo back, Doherty does the trick!
It was hit to the right of mid-off, Faulkner, who dived that side to take inches off the ground. Excellent catch and West Indies have lost Bravo. The worry lines will begin to appear given how they have collapsed in the past.
2/114 in 23.
8:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:16pm | Report comment
The required-rate has come down to below six an over now. The discussions about that review will go long into the night.
Wonder why was that declared not-out.
8:15pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:15pm | Report comment
And now Charles smacks Cutting for a six and a four!
The six over long-on off a length ball and that is followed by a cut through point for a four! Making full use of the ‘life’ off the previous ball because it did look like it had come off the bat.
1/112 in 22
8:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:09pm | Report comment
Huge appeal for a caught-behind which is given not-out. Australia are convinced enough to go for the review.
This was shorter and Charles went for a pull…he did not connect and it has hit his arm, and looped up to the wicket-keeper for a simple catch. Question was whether it hit his bat on the way through to hitting his arm and the answer, according to the third ump is no!
Charles survives!
8:25pm
Red Kev said | 8:25pm | Report comment
I thought DRS had just been reworded to include snicko? That would have made it obviously out.
8:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:56pm | Report comment
That’s not for this series. Such things have to be decided pre-series. Besides, the idea is yet to be sold to the ICC by the manufacturer, which is a reasonably long-drawn process.
8:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:07pm | Report comment
Second time in as many overs has Doherty been dispatched to the fence. But this time it could have gone against Charles as his lofted hit over long-on almost went to hand!
1/99 in 21
8:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:04pm | Report comment
Charles brings up his half-century with a single off the last ball of the Cutting over. An excellent hand from right-handed opener to get to hi first ever international half-century.
Lot of firsts today then. Voges got to his first 100 too.
1/92 in 20.
8:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:00pm | Report comment
Four for Bravo! Thrashed over mid-off as Doherty looks to give it a little more air.
Four other runs through singles and a wide takes West Indies to 1/88 in 19.
What will worry Australia is that most of it has been chanceless stuff. Of course they will know how West Indies fold.
1/88 in 19
7:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:56pm | Report comment
A couple of runs off the first ball of the Faulkner over and another couple to round it off.
Two singles off the remaining four balls.
1/80 in 19. Charles is batting on 48.
7:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:53pm | Report comment
West Indies get three singles off Doherty after the drinks break.
1/74 in 17 which is much better than where Australia were at this stage, 2/53.
7:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:47pm | Report comment
And a four for the West Indie here! That’s broken the run of successive singles…
…on his pads and flicked very fine for the boundary by Bravo. Off the bat too.
1/71 in 16
7:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:44pm | Report comment
A leading edge off the last ball of the Doherty over almost carries to a fielder on the off-side. Nothing else to write about as West Indies pick up five singles.
1/63 in 15. Doing it well this pair and the stand’s already got to more than 50.
7:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:42pm | Report comment
Four from the Faulkner over…it’s coming in only singles for now.
1/58 in 14.
7:40pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:40pm | Report comment
Four balls in to the 14th over, the required rate’s ticked over to six an over. Still nine wickets standing although West Indies have shown propensity to capitulate too.
1/57 in 13.5
7:38pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:38pm | Report comment
Six singles off Doherty’s first over after Faulker gives away three off his over.
1/54 in 13.
7:30pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:30pm | Report comment
There’s bit of an appeal for a caught-behind first ball from Faulkner but it’s a half-hearted one in the end…
…which also probably prompts the ump to call it a wide.
1/45
7:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:29pm | Report comment
Three singles off Cutting’s second over. West Indies have moved on to 1/44 in 11.
James Faulkner comes on to bowl his first now.
7:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:24pm | Report comment
Some respite for West Indies off Johnson’s bowling, short and pulled away Charles to mid-wicket for four!
Three other singles off the over too and that takes West Indies to 1/41 in 10.
This is good progress…the required-rate’s probably going to nudge at six soon enough but they need to keep wickets in hand for the end.
7:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:18pm | Report comment
Four costly overs from Clint McKay has Watson bringing on Ben Cutting. Charles gets a three through the covers although that’s stopped well thanks to the combination of Coulter-Nile and Marsh.
1/33 in the 9th.
7:15pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:15pm | Report comment
Only a single off the Johnson over who is now bowling beautifully. Charles is 19 from 36.
1/29 in 8
7:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:10pm | Report comment
A boundary here and there will help their cause as Charles taps away one on his pads to the fence.
And a four for Bravo now! Cuts it through the covers for four!
There was a close run-out opp for Nathan Coulter-Nile earlier but misses the stumps and Bravo survives.
ODI Player of the Year but not looking at his best today so far McKay.
1/28 in 7
7:06pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:06pm | Report comment
Johnson not giving too much away at the moment to the West Indian batsmen. Just a couple of runs there in his third over.
1/17 in 6.
7:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:02pm | Report comment
Wow and that’s dropped by Finch. That also happens then!
It was an edge to the second slip but it was low to his right and spilled.
7:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:00pm | Report comment
Darren Bravo’s at three and apart from an 86 in the Canberra game – where he played the role of anchor – he has had innings of 11, 14 and four.
1/15 in 5.
6:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:58pm | Report comment
Charles gets a boundary away but otherwise it is slow going for the West Indies. Johnson sends down a maiden as the visitors get to 1/13 in 4 overs.
The required-rate may be high but West Indies need to not give up on early wickets. And then hope that one of their hard-hitting middle-order all-rounders will get going in a 8-9 run per over chase off the last 10.
6:56pm
Just Short of a Length said | 6:56pm | Report comment
Why the constant reference to The Block, who cares
7:22pm
Rabbitz said | 7:22pm | Report comment
It is call ed a “promo” it is to convince the brain dead to watch their awful, pointless shows, which, ironically, are just advertisements themselves…
6:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:47pm | Report comment
Gone this time, Johnson has gotten Powell out!
It was on a length and outside the off stump, Powell decides to fish at it and gets an outside edge that carries smoothly to Aaron Finch. Takes it well, another one for him there as West Indies lose another early wicket.
1/7 in 2.
6:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:45pm | Report comment
Mitchell Johnson will share the attack with McKay. And after Powell gets a single first ball, he will bowl to his namesake Charles.
0/4 in 1.1
6:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:42pm | Report comment
Two singles, one to each of the openers gets them away.
0/2 in 0.5
6:40pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:40pm | Report comment
Back then with the chase and Kieran Powell and Johnson Charles are at the crease.
Clint McKay with the ball.
6:34pm
Roarsome said | 6:34pm | Report comment
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6:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:07pm | Report comment
Appeal for a run-out as the pair attempt a couple but Faulkner’s in. A single drilled to mid-off ends Australia’s innings at 5/274 which is a huge score considering how they started.
176 in the last 25 overs for Australia thanks to the Voges-Haddin stand. Australia will be hot favourites to win this one and sweep the series.
Back in 30.
6:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:04pm | Report comment
And there goes Voges for his second six! Best has been banished over long-on by the centurion for a maximum and Australia cross 270.
6:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:02pm | Report comment
Best and not Bravo will bowl the final over of the innings. Only a single off the first couple of balls.
6:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:01pm | Report comment
Eight of the Roach over. He finishes off with figures of 1/52 in 10. Bit up and down from him today.
5/263 in 49.
5:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:59pm | Report comment
Kemar Roach in his final over and the penultimate of the innings has restricted them to singles and twos only. Six off the first four balls.
5:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:56pm | Report comment
Voges takes only 97 balls to get to his 100 and that’s after Australia were 3/63 at one stage. In fact at the halfway stage, Australia were 4/88 and to have got this far can be attributed to this special effort from Voges.
5/254 in 47.5
5:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:55pm | Report comment
Four off a misfield for Voges!
Follows it up with a couple of runs to the deep square-leg region that takes Voges to his maiden international century! What an innings!
6:00pm
Red Kev said | 6:00pm | Report comment
That makes Clarke the only member of the batting order who hasn’t gotten runs in ODIs this summer (although he got a couple of half-centuries in the tour to England).
Warner, Watson, Hughes, Clarke, Bailey, Voges, Wade … if one of those has to miss out for Maxwell or Henriques it should be Clarke on this summer’s form.
5:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:52pm | Report comment
Bravo gets the ball again and having conceded only eight in his eighth over I cannot help but feel he will get another one.
I also sense that he will go for aplenty in that one!
5/245 in 47.
5:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:47pm | Report comment
This is quickly becoming a tough chase for the West Indies. With four overs left Australia are on 5/237.
270 should be easily achieved by Australia.
5:53pm
Red Kev said | 5:53pm | Report comment
Yeah the way they started it should have been a 220-250 chase. The West Indies will probably struggle to chase anything over 250 given their form so far.
6:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:01pm | Report comment
They looked bereft of ideas when they were attacked. Yep, difficult to see them chase down 270 given their form and confidence.
5:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:46pm | Report comment
Edged for four! Faulkner getting into the act now and he help himself to a boundary off Best.
And a poor ball from Best down his pads see Faulkner flick it to fine-leg for another four!
5/235 in the 46th.
5:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:43pm | Report comment
Best comes in and Voges has wasted no time with the pleasantries. Driven through extra-cover for four!
91 for Voges and he’s looking very, very good today.
5/226 in 45.1
5:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:41pm | Report comment
And another one! Cut away to the fence for four takes Voges to 86.
270 is very much on cards the way Voges is going. West Indies have looked absolutely listless in the second half of the innings.
5/222 in 45.
5:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:39pm | Report comment
11 off the Roach over…runs coming very easily. They are not even going for the really big hits and have scored 42 in the last five.
Pollard also concedes a four first ball of the 45th over!
5/216 in 44.1
5:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:34pm | Report comment
Five off the Pollard over before Voges pulls Roach to backward square-leg for a four. The fine-leg was up in the circle and easily smacked away.
78 from 85 for Voges. Can he covert this into his first ever international century?
5:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:32pm | Report comment
Wow, it takes Sammy 42 overs to bring on Kieron Pollard. Where was he when Bravo was going for all those runs?
5:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:29pm | Report comment
Finally something for West Indies, Haddin’s pull has gone straight to the deep square-leg fielder and Powell’s taken a dolly.
5/194 with Haddin getting out for 43 off only 45. He’s done his own chances of a regular international spot no bad.
5/196 in 42 with Roach finally getting himself a wicket.
5:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:25pm | Report comment
The stand incidentally crossed 100 that over. 106 of the best runs under pressure in 17 overs added by the Voges-Haddin pair.
5:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:23pm | Report comment
The Bravo leak continues. Far too many runs for him to be continuing.
First Voges cashes in a loose ball and smacks it for a four before lofting him over long-on for a maximum. Bravo’s conceded 55 in seven overs and that’s not good going in a game where everyone else has been miserly with the ball.
4/188 in 41.
5:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:17pm | Report comment
Narine, at the other end shows what chalk-and-cheese means. Four singles is all that he concedes and there is an appeal for an lbw there. Bye given!
West Indies take a review. And whoa, that’s quite close! The on-field umpire got it wrong there, it was hitting the pads but it is hitting the top of the stumps which means that it will remain not-out – given that the original decision was not-out.
I have a question here. The on-field umpire gave it not-out, not because he thought it was missing the stumps or hitting outside the off stump…but because he erred in thinking that it missed his pads. He called it a bye. In this special case, shouldn’t the decision go in favour of the bowler?
5:19pm
Scuba said | 5:19pm | Report comment
The West Indies get another dud call, what a surprise. No way that ball was bouncing that much – we’re not at the WACA!
5:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:14pm | Report comment
Bravo’s not bowled well today despite his two wickets. Too many loose ball and here’s another that’s sent to the fence by Haddin.
Nine off the over and Australia are motoring along now and are 4/170 in 39.
5:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:10pm | Report comment
Better over for the West Indies from Narine who concedes three. A concerted effort from Australia to see off Narine.
He’s bowled nine overs for 24.
5:06pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:06pm | Report comment
A single brings up Voges’ fifty, his third in international cricket. 14 off the Best over too.
4/158 in 37
5:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:04pm | Report comment
Narine concedes four singles off the 36th before Best is plundered for a couple of successive boundaries by Voges!
Both on the off-side, one through the extra-cover and the other through point..things are getting a move along here.
4/154 in the 37th
4:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:58pm | Report comment
Sunil Narine takes up the bowling with the first over of the Bowling PP
4:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:56pm | Report comment
Four singles in the Roach over, a much better one from the quickie. He has generally been below par today.
Batting Powerplay time now.
4/140 in 35.
4:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:53pm | Report comment
There’s a beach ball on the ground and Asad Rauf has done everything he can possibly do on camera to puncture it. Even used his teeth. Not successful.
4/137 in the 35th and Roach’s bowling now.
4:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:47pm | Report comment
The fifth wicket stand’s worth 49 so far. It’s taken Voges and Haddin only 53 balls for it.
4:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:44pm | Report comment
Old footage of Wasim Akram on Channel Nine. Longsh run-up in those ealy days of his career but later chipped it down to as short as Muthiah Muralitharan’s!
How he still managed to generate so much pace and deviation is a mystery!
4:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:39pm | Report comment
Haddin continues to pepper the long-on fence! The fielder’s up inside the circle and Haddin’s taking on even length balls to hit over that in-fielder.
22 off 18 for the keeper. 4/126 in the 32nd.
4:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:37pm | Report comment
Six off the Roach over and 25 have come off the last three. That momentum was necessary going into the Batting Powerplay overs.
4/121 in the 32nd
4:37pm
Johnno said | 4:37pm | Report comment
Whats the crowd like for this ODI match, .
4:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:46pm | Report comment
It was 10kish earlier in the day as mentioned in one of the messages below. Don’t think it has improved much.
4:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:35pm | Report comment
Roach replaces Best and it driven down the ground by Voges. Classy looking shot takes him to 27.
4/119 in the 31st.
4:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:34pm | Report comment
Football fans anyone? Manchester City’s title hopes in the EPL took a heavy blow last night when they went down to the recently promoted Southampton 3-1.
I saw that game and you have to trust me when I say I thought it was Southampton who were the defending champions and City were a League One club.
4:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:32pm | Report comment
Those three fours in a row helps. The run-rate was going nowhere and so was the confidence before those boundaries came.
Now for a longish partnership. West Indies will want to pick up a quick one or two.
4/114 in 30.
4:30pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:30pm | Report comment
And now Haddin gets his boundary. Shorter and dispatched to the right of mid-on for four.
Follows it up with a second one, over the same fielder but to his left this time!
4/112 in the 30th
4:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:29pm | Report comment
And Voges gets that four he had missed last time to a straight drive. This time he short-pulls Best to mid-wicket.
Was slightly off length and Voges quickly got into position but did not go with a full-bloodied pull, instead swivelled across and punched it to mid-wicket.
4/104 in 29
4:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:26pm | Report comment
16 runs have come off the last five overs. Could have easily added four more to that but for the very-straight nature of Voges’ drive that hits the stumps at the non-striker’s end.
Best only conceding wides at the moment.
4/98 in 28.3
4:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:21pm | Report comment
Ouch, run-out missed! That was fielded well in the covers by a diving Pollard and he needed to take just that extra second to line up and throw it to the bowler.
Instead he tries to throw down the stumps and with the batsman way out of his crease, he misses.
4/94 in the 28th.
4:19pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:19pm | Report comment
Narine’s off now and Darren Sammy has brought himself on. Today Sammy had a good time with the ball, conceding only 12 from his six-over spell.
4/93
4:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:18pm | Report comment
Three off the Best over. There were a couple that hurried on to the batmen but overall they do well to fend off another over from him.
4/93 in 27.
4:15pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:15pm | Report comment
Yep, as predicted, it is Tino Best who replaces Bravo. Exciting couple of overs in the offing.
4:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:14pm | Report comment
Couple of singles off Narine’s seventh over. Seven overs and he has conceded only 17.
The good news for Australia is that he hasn’t picked any wickets.
4:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:11pm | Report comment
Haddin’s come out with a positive intent it seems. Gets one outside the off stump that is fuller and he lifts it over extra-cover for three.
Halfway stage and Australia are 4/88.
West Indies will be looking at one more wicket quickly to get into the Aussie lower order. How about some Best?
4:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:07pm | Report comment
Brad Haddin at six in a bid to revive his international career.
4:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:05pm | Report comment
Whoa, Marsh’s gone now for 40 and Australia have lost four!
So Bravo keeps conceding a lot of runs and keeps picking wickets too. That was outside the off and Marsh hangs his bat out. The edge almost gets to the first slip but keeper Thomas reaches out and grabs it well, probably not wanting it to go to his skipper Sammy at slip who dropped an earlier catch.
4/82 in 24.1
4:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:01pm | Report comment
Five off the Bravo over takes Australia to 3/81 in 23.
3:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:55pm | Report comment
Edged and dropped! The butter has yet to be washed off the West Indian fingers from the other night at the SCG.
It was outside the off stump from Narine and Voges went for a drive. There was a thick outside edge that flew to Sammy’s left and he makes a meal of it. Missed chances came to haunt West Indies last game and they will hope history does not repeat here.
3/76 in 22.
3:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:53pm | Report comment
And now Voges gets himself a four on the leg-side. Flicked through square-leg for a four.
Despite the wicket, Bravo’s bowled poorly in this spell so far. Both sides of the wicket and has let the pressure release.
3/76 in 21.
3:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:51pm | Report comment
Just when the rebuilding process had reached its crescendo, Hughes has to walk back. Adam Voges is at five.
Marsh, in the meantime, has gotten himself a four through third-man. Digs a fuller length ball through to fine third-man for a four.
3/70 in the 21st.
3:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:45pm | Report comment
Phil Hughes has been caught! That’s a stunner from Kieron Pollard!
He was trying to up the ante and went for his favourite cut. It sizzled to over Kieron Pollard, who brings his hand out, above him, taps it up and catches the parry!
3:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:43pm | Report comment
Gone this time! Phil Hughes’ been caught…a stunner!
3:43pm
Jason said | 3:43pm | Report comment
Hughes unconvincing again.
3:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:39pm | Report comment
Marsh’s almost got a four…a cut that flies over the lone slip in place for Narine. Fielded well on the fence and restricted to three.
This was after a couple of false strokes missed the outside edge.
Follows it up with a more authentic shot through the backward point region for a four! Marsh’s getting a move now.
8 off the Narine over after drinks.
2/61 in 18
3:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:34pm | Report comment
Three other singles in the Bravo over after that first-ball four.
This is where Australia have gotten away from the West Indies – early wickets have invariably followed one or more sticky partnerships. Sri Lanka maintained the pressure throughout earlier this summer.
2/53 in 17.
3:30pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:30pm | Report comment
It is a warm welcome for Dwayne Bravo, who Marsh smashes through the covers for a four!
Batting at less than three an over, Marsh is looking a tad fidgety but that boundary should release some of the pressure.
2/50 in the 17th
3:27pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:27pm | Report comment
Marsh’s not having the best of times reading Narine so far. Three dots before a mistimed pull gets him a single.
2/46 in the 16th.
3:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:25pm | Report comment
Second boundary of the over for Hughes!
It was slightly short of length and he rolls his bat over the ball towards deep square-leg. That’s one of the more, almost-casual looking shots for four!
2/45 in 15 and Hughes’ moved on to 25 of them!
3:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:23pm | Report comment
And Hughes’ getting them off the middle now. On a length and punched through the covers for four off Roach.
2/41 in the 15th.
3:22pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:22pm | Report comment
Ow, almost a mix-up in the running between the wickets. Marsh taps it to the leg side and wants to rush away and for a moment even Hughes wants to respond.
Then they decide against it because the fielder’s quite close.
3:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:20pm | Report comment
This should be interesting, Sunil Narine’s early introduction. Narine did not start too well this series but seems to have found his groove more recently.
3:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:17pm | Report comment
Roach’s also cranking them up to more than 145 km/hr. Should have had Best to partner him in the early part of the series.
2/33 in 13.
3:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:16pm | Report comment
Sammy concedes five in his sixth over after having given away only seven in his first five. Tight leash so far.
2/31 in the 13th.
3:13pm
Christo the Daddyo said | 3:13pm | Report comment
I have to say, Mr Cricket is not Mr Microphone. Huss is a VERY ordinary commentator.
3:18pm
Matt said | 3:18pm | Report comment
I was about to say how good the commentary has been today! Refreshing!
Lets talk facts, figures, strategies. Not how good maxwell thinks he is, how many centuries Watson will make.
3:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:07pm | Report comment
The going’s tough and the going’s scoreless for long periods. A single off Roach’s first over and another off Sammy’s fifth.
2/23 in 10.
3:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:02pm | Report comment
Best’s usual quota of four overs out of his way and we have Kemar Roach replacing him.
Roach was another change West Indies have made to their bowling, coming in place of Andre Russell.
2:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:57pm | Report comment
Respite for Hughes! Two fours in succession off Best help him get off the mark and Australia on to 2/17.
Before those shots, Hughes had played 18 balls without a run and Australia were 2/9 in the seventh over!
2:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:45pm | Report comment
We do have a boundary from Marsh, and he has played a cut through point. This is a stroke we could see a lot from Hughes if he gets through this initial nervous period which has seen him play out 13 balls for nothing.
2/8 in the fifth
2:43pm
Red Kev said | 2:43pm | Report comment
Interesting to note that Hughes and Marsh were both Australia’s villains at the end of 2011, now they are both back and in decent form and should look on this as a real opportunity to impress the selectors – runs under pressure.
Poor Finch has had 7 ODIs and 2 T20s (with one more to come on Wednesday) and hasn’t gotten a score (16, 4, 1, 7, 10, 11, 38, 25, 1) so he can’t complain that he hasn’t had a run when he doesn’t make the Champions Trophy squad.
2:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:41pm | Report comment
Australia have gone into the game with an extra bowler, which means that Brad Haddin’s at six.
I cannot fault the West Indians if they would be licking their fingers at this stage.
2/3 in the 4th over
2:39pm
Varun said | 2:39pm | Report comment
My man Hughes on 0 after 14 balls but he will get a century
2:38pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:38pm | Report comment
Jamie Brayshaw says that Aaron Finch cannot be blamed for going after the bouncer because that is natural game.
I don’t think I can agree with that when it comes to bouncers. With a yorker, your hand is probably forced, but with bouncers, especially when you are just getting your eye in, you have the option to duck under it. Playing fire with fire is good but top-order batsmen could look to change their tactics against this ‘two new balls’ rule.
2:40pm
Varun said | 2:40pm | Report comment
Brashaw always defends Maxwell and finch, he is very biased towards his favorite Victorian players
2:43pm
Renegade said | 2:43pm | Report comment
I think that’s it for Finch in the green and gold, his a T20 player let’s leave it at that.
Better batsmen than him have had far less failures and chances in Australian colours such as the man who has just come in….S.Marsh.
3:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:09pm | Report comment
He had a good BBL and Ryobi Cup season but for now has failed to convert his chances. Probably time to get back to the drawing board as far as ODIs are concerned.
The trouble with T20Is is that they are so few and far between that it is difficult to judge anyone anyway.
3:37pm
Rabbitz said | 3:37pm | Report comment
??
His what is a T20 player?
EDIT:
Oh I understand now his = he’s
2:36pm
langou said | 2:36pm | Report comment
I am at the G, would be around 10,000 here at the moment
2:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:39pm | Report comment
Given that it’ a Sunday, that number may not rise by too much I guess.
2:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:35pm | Report comment
Two wickets for Best and Finch goes cheaply again!
Too quick for Finch. He went for the pull but the longer MCG boundaries don’t help either as the ball goes straight into the hands of fine-leg, who was positioned finer for the raw pace of Best. Narine makes no mistake and Australia have lost two in successive Best overs.
2:34pm
Matt said | 2:34pm | Report comment
Another one! 2/2!
2:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:32pm | Report comment
Sudden drop in pace at the other end. It is Darren Sammy who has taken up the bowling attack.
Concedes just a single to Aaron Finch, who has another chance to prove his worth. Phil Hughes has come in at three.
1/2 in 2.
2:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:28pm | Report comment
Best, I dare day, has continued from where he left off last game. He is their form bowler and can crank it up to the higher 140s in speed.
Concedes a wide in his first over – a problem he had last game as well.
1/1 in 1.
2:32pm
Red Kev said | 2:32pm | Report comment
The TV commentators making a good point for once – why the hell didn’t the West Indies play Best for the double-header at Perth? The most pace-friendly pitch in the country and they have a guy who bowls consistently 145-150kph – why wasn’t he the first name on the team sheet.
2:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:34pm | Report comment
Very strange selection I must say.
Best has a habit of spraying them all around sometime so probably he was doing that during the training sessions and thought they could do with a more senior Kemar Roach and a steadier Jason Holder.
2:39pm
Red Kev said | 2:39pm | Report comment
If they can get it together Best, Roach, Holder and Narine is a very good bowling lineup.
Add in Sammy as an all-rounder at no.7 and the West Indies have a decent side building up.
2:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:43pm | Report comment
With Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard in their line-up to bowl the fifth bowler’s 10 overs, West Indies prefer buffering up their batting instead. Either way, difficult to see why Best did not make it to at least one of those two WACA games.
2:48pm
Red Kev said | 2:48pm | Report comment
Is that their problem? A team that is almost all allrounders?
3:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:00pm | Report comment
To an extent their problem is that Darren Sammy is neither this nor that. He’s an excellent captain and has help gel the team like no other West Indian captain in the recent past but there are big question-marks over whether he can make it to the side had he not been the captain.
2:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:26pm | Report comment
Whoa, what a start for the West Indies and Best, Watson’s gone first ball!
It was short enough to play that cut but the inside edge rolls on to the stumps and Best has a wicket for his effort! First-baller for the captain!
1/0 in 0.1
2:21pm
Matt said | 2:21pm | Report comment
FIRST BALL gone!
Watson wants to punch something, he’s seething with himself.
2:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:03pm | Report comment
Team News:
West Indies continue to remain without Chris Gayle, presumably failing a fitness test. That also means that they have made no change to their playing 11.
Australia has called up Shaun Marsh to replace Michael Clarke. Brad Haddin stands in for Matthew Wade while Xavier Doherty has also been given a game for Glenn Maxwell. Clarke’s injured and Wade and Maxwell are on their way to the hustle and bustle of India.
1:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:57pm | Report comment
Toss News:
West Indies have won the toss and they are fielding first.
1:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:56pm | Report comment
Hello everyone and welcome to the live coverage of the fifth and the final ODI of the Australia-West Indies series.
This is the last ODI of the summer and Australia will look for a clean sweep. They are leading the series 4-0. West Indies have all to play for too then, as they attempt to save face and eke out a win.