Australia vs West Indies Twenty20: cricket live scores, updates
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Australia v West Indies BRISBANE CRICKET GROUND, FEBRUARY 13, 2013 Only Twenty20 - AUS v WIN |
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| West Indies 1st Inn | 6/191 |
| Australia 1st Inn | 8/164 |
| West Indies won the toss and elected to bat | |
| West Indies won by 27 runs | |
| Australia | Over:20.0 RR:8.20 | ||||
| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| NM Coulter-Nile | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 145.45 |
| CJ McKay* | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| West Indies | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| TL Best* | 3.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 |
| KA Pollard | 4.0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 7.50 |
| Recent Overs: | ||
| . 1 1 2 . . | | . . . . 6 6 | | 1 1wd 1 2 1b 1lb . | |
| Last Wicket: | Cutting, 0 (ST ) |
| Current Partnership: | 23 runs, 17 balls, RR:135.29 |
Australia and West Indies meet one last time this summer in a T20I at the Gabba in Brisbane on Wednesday.
We’ll bring you the live coverage of the action throughout this game from 7.30pm AEDT (6:30pm local) tonight.
With most of the players on their way to India – or already in the country – for Australia’s four-Test tour, it is a partially depleted home team that will be on display against the world champions West Indies.
Unfortunately for the paying public, West Indies’ performances in the ODIs preceding this T20I hasn’t been anything to write home about and coupled with Aussie absentees, this could take the sheen off this game.
Australia have a bone to pick with the West Indies having lost to them in the World T20 semi-final last year. Having earlier beaten them in a rain-hit first round match, Australia capitulated in face of a huge chase, with only captain George Bailey (63) getting to more than 20.
The architects of that West Indian win were Chris Gayle and Ravi Rampaul. Gayle has been misfiring more recently and given his fitness woes he may miss this game. Rampaul isn’t even on tour.
The hosts had a new hero in the fifth ODI, Adam Voges, who carved out a maiden international century for himself. And then he promptly got injured and may miss this game. Joe Burns joins the side in his place.
Captain Bailey has had his own hamstring-related issues that caused him to miss a couple of ODIs but he could get fit in time for this. In the absence of Shane Watson and other senior men, if Bailey is rendered a non-starter, the onus of captaincy might fall on Brad Haddin.
Australia could afford a debut to Ben Rohrer while West Indies might use Tino Best’s aggro for the first time in this format of the game.
If Gayle does not make it to the line-up, it will be left to the other centurion from the fifth ODI, Johnson Charles to take up the lead at the top of the West Indian innings. Kieran Powell could step in at the top of the order.
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11:49pm
Rod said | 11:49pm | Report comment
Couple of things i noticed in the loss today. Marsh has to play faster then what he does as he always starts too slowly. Bailey’s supporters are talking him up yet his failure today was consistent with most of his failures this season, he got 1 century but we are making out like he is the next Bevan and he is not. I like what i see with Vogues and Faulkner bowled well under tough conditions today. Shame Haddin got out when he did.
11:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 11:17pm | Report comment
Pollard wins the man of the match award for his all-round effort.
That’s it from me, end of a long Australian summer, what with the South African Tests, Sri Lanka, West Indies and the Big Bash League. I will be back with Australia’s tour of India that has begins from February 22 with the first Test at Chennai. Ciao!
11:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 11:14pm | Report comment
In the end, it wasn’t as close as Australia would have liked, thanks specially to the two run-outs. Adam Voges was going well for them but some poor running broke the middle-order back.
192 was always going to be tough, with this being a near second-string side. The batting stuttered early, before Pollard and Narine bowled eight overs for 49 and captured five wickets.
11:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 11:09pm | Report comment
Two slips brought in for the last ball but he bowls a full-toss that hits Best. He is a bit stung, and a bit stunned but in the end Best and McKay shake hands as West Indies win by 27.
11:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 11:02pm | Report comment
Best’s doing his best to get a wicket to finish off a tour he has done well on. 32 needed from four balls.
And he almost has one…but Narine has spilled it, while trying to run back. Best had sent down a slower one and beats the batsman with it, but unlucky not to pick up a wicket.
11:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 11:00pm | Report comment
35 required off the last over. Best has the ball.
10:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:59pm | Report comment
This is funny, Pollard’s bowling them shorter each ball and for the first four balls, Nathan Coulter-Nile keeps missing them.
The fourth miss is followed by two successive pulls for a six each!
8/157 in 19
10:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:56pm | Report comment
This is almost over now. 47 needed off the last two overs as Narine finishes his spell with figures of 2/19 in four.
In a game where a team has scored 190, 1/19 in four is out of the ordinary.
10:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:53pm | Report comment
Narine gets his second wicket, as Cutting is stumped by a distance.
He was going the track to hit it away but he does not get close, and misreads the spin. Stumped easily.
51 off 17 needed.
10:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:52pm | Report comment
The hat-trick is missed and off the next delivery Bravo’s dropped a reasonably chance!
It was another slower one that was hit high into the air but without too much distance. Bravo was coming in from mid-wicket but fails to get his hands on it, misjudging it like how Finch had done in his drop.
10:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:49pm | Report comment
And again! Caught! At short fine-leg!
Pollard has two in two that puts him on a hat-trick. Again, a slower one and Rohrer was looking to paddle it away over fine-leg but gets it straight to the fielder inside the circle. Seven down and 53 still to get.
10:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:48pm | Report comment
Pollard’s changing things around well here and he gets Faulkner off a slower one!
Faulkner bowls a lot of these deliveries but is now deceived by one himself. He waited for a long time but the ball never came and Faulkner holes out to long-on.
Six down.
10:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:46pm | Report comment
Narine has conceded only six off the over, which pushes the required-rate up to 14.
Pollard will continue.
10:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:43pm | Report comment
Shooed away for a six! Easy as you will see.
It was fuller from Pollard and Rohrer was looking to play an upper drive, more of a punch and that flies over the bowler for a six!
62 needed off five overs now.
10:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:42pm | Report comment
Five overs to go after this. Narine has a couple to bowl. Best has two. And they have five others to bowl that last over.
10:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:39pm | Report comment
Gone, caught, Haddin’s gone and the Gangnam style is out!
Pitched up to the bat and Haddin went for a full-bloodied drive but cannot either keep it down or get a lot of elevation and Russell takes a diving catch forward. Celebrates it with a little jig there!
71 needed from 33.
10:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:39pm | Report comment
Every now and then Pollard keeps pulling out of his bowling. Second time in as many overs.
10:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:36pm | Report comment
The game is turned around that over. It is back to even-stevens like it was when Voges was going so well.
20 from it and they need 72 from 36.
10:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:34pm | Report comment
Six more! Haddin’s on fire!
This was from round the stumps and outside the off, fuller too and Haddin had enough time and width to swing his arms over mid-wicket for a six!
4/116 in 13.3.
10:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:33pm | Report comment
Four off the second ball and Haddin’s getting them closer with some lusty hitting. Shorter and Haddin pulls it over deep square-leg, one bounce for a boundary.
4/110 in the 14th
10:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:33pm | Report comment
Deonarine comes in and Haddin’s stepped it on the accelerator, hits it over long-on for a six!
10:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:32pm | Report comment
What an over from Pollard. Only three singles off it when they needed 12 an over.
4/100 in 13. The run-rate’s down to just over 7.5 now.
10:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:28pm | Report comment
KIeron Pollard now gets the ball. Australia will look to go after him. They have no other option.
10:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:25pm | Report comment
And Bailey goes now, caught brilliantly!
Narine is a difficult bowler to hit out in any circumstance but with the required-rate at 12, it becomes even tougher. Bailey had come out with one and only one intention, to spank them away and this time he hits it early. Top edge and Deonarine runs in full tilt from short fine-leg to take a good catch.
4/97 in 12.
10:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:24pm | Report comment
So Ben Rohrer, debutant, is at the other end. He will take on Sunil Narine, who has been recalled into the attack.
3/95 in the 12th.
10:22pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:22pm | Report comment
Bailey has come out firing and while he hasn’t hit them off the middle, he’s getting the results. One pops over mid-on for a couple, and the other is top-edged over the keeper for a four.
Finally when he does get it off the middle, it’s been hit over mid-wicket for a boundary! Bravo’s conceding a few here.
3/89 in the 11th.
10:17pm
Red Kev said | 10:17pm | Report comment
And another run out! Voges calling to sneak the single and the West Indies wicket keeper throws down the stumps to deny the bye and claim a big wicket. Australia making a couple of bad calls that will probably cost them.
10:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:17pm | Report comment
And now Voges is gone! Run-out again!
What is happening here? Do Australia need a good, running-between-the-wickets coach or what?
That was missed by the new man Bailey and they went for a bye, Thomas has his gloves off quickly and throws the stumps down with a hard throw. Voges hasn’t got back and he has to walk back!
Now that’s poor running.
3/82
10:13pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:13pm | Report comment
Appeal for a run-out and surprise, surprise, that’s out!
It was hit to short third-man and they were looking to go for a quick single. For most part it looked like he would get in but replays show it was just out! Best deserves an applause for that one!
2/82 in 10.
10:15pm
Red Kev said | 10:15pm | Report comment
Wow, I must say I thought he looked home watching live but the replay has him clearly short.
10:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:25pm | Report comment
Yeah, live I thought he was in too. West Indies barely celebrated.
10:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:12pm | Report comment
Skips down the track and chips it to wide long-on for a couple of runs and Voges gets his half-century.
Off only 31 deliveries as well! Well played but can he continue through to the 15th?
10:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:11pm | Report comment
Bravo will bowl changes of lines, lengths, pace and for now, he’s done well to restrict Australia to five singles in his first over! One of the better overs for West Indies more recently.
1/75 in 9.
10:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:07pm | Report comment
Dwayne Bravo is now replacing Russell, who went for nine last over.
10:06pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:06pm | Report comment
10 off the Deonarine over. His first.
1/71 in 8.
10:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:05pm | Report comment
Getting twos with ease here Voges. Smashed over covers before reverse-sweeping to the backward -point region.
And then he comes down the track to chip it over mid-wicket for a four. Voges is quickly on to 45 now!
10:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:02pm | Report comment
There is their second spinner who comes on. Narsingh Deonarine. Offie.
10:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:00pm | Report comment
Whacked away for a six!
It was pitched up by Russell and Voges slaps it over deep mid-wicket by going deep into his crease and gets full value for that stroke.
Couple of singles to end the over after that.
1/60 in 7. Australia keeping in touch with the required-rate.
9:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:59pm | Report comment
This is where West Indies might struggle. They have Best. They have Narine. And it tapers off very steeply after that.
Sammy, Russell, Pollard, Bravo – all can bowl but on good tracks can go for aplenty too.
It’s Russell who comes on now.
9:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:57pm | Report comment
Sammy’s picked up a wicket but conceded 30 in his first three.
The required-rate’s 10 now as the Powerplay overs end with Australia at 1/51 in 6.
9:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:56pm | Report comment
And finally Marsh gets a move on, he was on seven from eight before pulling Sammy into the stands behind the deep square-leg fence…
…gone for a six!
1/49 in the 6th. The acceleration is coming for Australia.
9:54pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:54pm | Report comment
It’s a much better over for the West Indies with Voges almost chipping it to Gayle at mid-wicket but he cuts it away through the covers for three.
Still, only six off the over
1/40 in 5.
9:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:51pm | Report comment
Best’s off. Narine’s on. This should be interesting.
1/34 in the 5th.
9:51pm
Red Kev said | 9:51pm | Report comment
Oooh – Voges almost out there – chips just over Gayle off Narine.
9:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:48pm | Report comment
Talk about confidence! Voges has given himself room and spanked it over backward point for a six!
Sammy’s needs to pitch them up every now and then as a variation. For now he’s too short too consistently.
1/31 in the fourth
9:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:47pm | Report comment
Charles scored a century last ODI and took a lot of confidence from that. It showed tonight.
Voges did the same and is looking equally confident. Pulls Sammy twice for a brace each to Pollard.
1/24 in the fourth
9:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:45pm | Report comment
This is a good start for the West Indies. Chasing 9.5 an over, Australia will probably need to get to 55-60 in the first six.
And for now, that looks like it some distant away.
1/20 in 3 after Best concedes 10 in his second.
9:47pm
Red Kev said | 9:47pm | Report comment
Voges doing some real damage, two 10+ run overs in a row now.
9:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:42pm | Report comment
Voges, at three, is in some form and he is able to back away and smash Best over mid-wicket for a four. Slogged away!
1/14 in the third.
9:37pm
Red Kev said | 9:37pm | Report comment
Finch’s disappointing summer continues. Although I guess he has another chance to impress playing for Australia A.
9:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:37pm | Report comment
Bowled him! Finch’s gone!
In the context of what’s happening at the other end, this was innocuous from Darren Sammy. On the off stump and without too much or swing. Finch wanted to open the face of the bat and run it to third-man, instead gets an inside-edge on to the stumps!
How he would have loved to have the luck of Charles, who kept missing those!
9:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:36pm | Report comment
Five off the first over from Best. Marsh looked uncomfortable the one ball he faced, an in-swinging delivery that crashed into his pads at rapid pace.
Was going down the leg-side though.
0/5 in 1.
9:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:34pm | Report comment
Tino Best has the new ball and Finch’s tapped it over extra-cover for a couple of runs. It was on a length and at 148 km/hr and he’s done well to get two.
0/2 in 0.2
…he follows it up with one bowled at 150 km/hr! Some pace!
9:32pm
Red Kev said | 9:32pm | Report comment
Australia just bowled out the Indian President’s XI for 230.
Henriques got 4 wickets and Lyon 3.
9:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:31pm | Report comment
Back on and the batsmen are just about to walk out. The fielding team, the West Indians, are already out.
Mark Nicholas asks Brett Lee how do you defend this total. Not sure whether it’s the best question given how much they have on board to defend.
9:15pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:15pm | Report comment
That’s a superb end to the innings after a bright start following Chris Gayle’s early dismissal.
Johnson Charles did well to get to that spanking half-century and then everyone down the order helped West Indies in getting a few quick runs. Scores of 32, 26, 23 and 20 off very few balls for the batsmen.
Faulkner was the pick of the bowlers, 3/28 in his four. All the remaining bowlers went for at least nine, with McKay and Cutting conceding at 11.
Back in 10.
9:13pm
Red Kev said | 9:13pm | Report comment
Australian Womens team is 8/140 off 45 overs chasing 165 to win … looks like a West Indies v Australia rematch for the final.
9:24pm
Red Kev said | 9:24pm | Report comment
West Indies win by 8 runs – Australia bowled out.
So West Indies v Australia again for the final.
9:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:32pm | Report comment
Wow, they win the World T20, their women’s team gets to the World Cup final. West Indies are doing something right!
9:13pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:13pm | Report comment
Top-edged for a four! Shouldn’t be bowling short stuff at this stage of the innings and Russell’s pull has gone over Haddin for a four.
Russell finishes with another pull for a couple that takes West Indies to 191 in their 20.
9:12pm
Red Kev said | 9:12pm | Report comment
Hell of a total for Australia to try and chase… I don’t like our chances of getting it to be honest.
9:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:11pm | Report comment
Now that’s a very flat and quick near-six! It was a powerfully pulled shot between deep square-leg and deep mid-wicket!
There seemed very little gap between the two fielders and Russell found it. Hits the fence on the half-volley.
6/185 in 19.4
9:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:09pm | Report comment
Flips the slower one over to fine-leg for a four! They bat quite deep down the order and Deonarine can definitely hold his bat.
6/179 in 19.2
9:08pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:08pm | Report comment
A decent end to the Faulkner spell and he’s been the bowler of the evening so far.
6/174 in 19. 185 looks gettable.
9:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:05pm | Report comment
Caught this time, flat and hard but picks out Marsh at long-on!
The captain’s cameo is over but he’s done his bit well. 7-ball 20 for him takes West Indies to 6/172 in the 19th.
Faulkner has figures of 3/26 in 3.4!
9:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:04pm | Report comment
Second of the over for Sammy, this time he come down the track and banishes over the mid-wicket fence for a six!
5/172 in 19th
9:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:03pm | Report comment
Tiger Woods will be proud of that one. Sammy’s teed off from the spot and it’s gone all the way over long-on for a six, second-tier stuff, would probably be 100 m away at least.
Well caught in the crowd too!
9:03pm
Red Kev said | 9:03pm | Report comment
MONSTER SIX! Up into the first tier.
And another, blimey – Sammy is 20 off 6 balls.
And now a catch, 14 runs and a wicket off the over already and there are still two balls to come.
9:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:02pm | Report comment
Sammy has sizzled it through the covers for a four! Good diving effort from Coulter-Nile but cannot get close to it at wide long-off.
Follows it up with an outside edge that eludes Haddin and rushes away to the fence again. 14 off the Hazlewood over.
5/157 in 18.
8:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:59pm | Report comment
Dropped by Finch!
That went mile up in the air and Finch was under it alright. But that was so high that Finch finds it difficult to judge and in the end it is few inches away to his left when it comes down.
5/148 in the 18th
8:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:59pm | Report comment
Top-edge and falls safely!
Russell was trying to pull it away but much like Pollard, he gets it nowhere in the middle and it pops up over the keeper. Falls in between Haddin and Cutting.
8:58pm
Red Kev said | 8:58pm | Report comment
How high did that ball go?
8:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:58pm | Report comment
Josh Hazlewood to bowl the 18th.
8:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:57pm | Report comment
A superb over, a definition of a super over in fact at this stage of a game.
Four runs and a couple of wickets.
5/143 in 17.
8:57pm
Red Kev said | 8:57pm | Report comment
Excitement from the women’s match too:
10 overs to go, Australia need 35 runs, the West Indies need 4 wickets (the top six of the Southern Stars are all out).
8:54pm
Red Kev said | 8:54pm | Report comment
Faulkner the destroyer! I do like him in the limited overs teams.
Two wickets in an over (although Bravo has been scoring slowly so the Windies should be happy to see the back of him).
8:54pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:54pm | Report comment
Bowled him! Bravo’s gone now!
Faulkner’s gotten his second wicket of the over as Bravo moves towards the off-stump to flick it down to fine-leg. He misses and the ball hits the leg-stump…Bravo’s bowled for 13 and West Indies will have two new batsmen at the crease.
5/141 in the 16th
8:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:52pm | Report comment
That’s caught! Pollard’s holed out!
Full-toss from Faulkner and Pollard wants to blast it over the bowler’s head but does not get it off the middle. Not that not getting it off the middle make too much difference when it comes to Pollard, but this time it goes to the fielder, Shaun Marsh who takes a good catch.
4/139 in 16.1
8:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:51pm | Report comment
Pollard’s getting his hamstring stretched by the physio. Looking at that visual, I can only say that Pollard has long legs.
8:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:50pm | Report comment
Bravo is more conventional of the two and he picks it up with a lot of flair and sends it to wide long-on for three.
13 from the Cutting over. 3/139 in 16.
8:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:48pm | Report comment
Pollard’s trying to ramp, paddle away Cutting. The ball just does not arrive and beats Pollard, who still gets one.
3/133 in the 15.3
8:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:46pm | Report comment
Short ball. Pull. Top-edge. Over the keeper. Six.
Pollard has the Power!
8:48pm
Red Kev said | 8:48pm | Report comment
I thought that was going straight up to Haddin … six! that is crazy
8:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:46pm | Report comment
Much better from Coulter-Nile, keeps it up to the bat and concedes only four in the over.
Ends his spell with 1/36 in four. He looked much better than those figures I dare say.
3/126 in 15.
8:45pm
Red Kev said | 8:45pm | Report comment
Great over from Coulter-Nile, only 4 from it. 126 with 5 to go and 7 wickets in hand. If the West Indies are kept below 180 it will have been good work from Australia.
8:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:44pm | Report comment
Right so Coulter-Nile has kept them down to one run in his first three balls. Again!
Can he restrict West Indies off the last three?
8:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:42pm | Report comment
And he hits the last ball of the over to the fence again!
Last over it was Cutting who was pulled and Pollard repeats the same shot off McKay now..gets a four through a very small gap at mid-wicket.
3/122 in 14.
8:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:41pm | Report comment
Despite those two wickets, West Indies are doing well here. Pitch’s good alright, but 180-190 is always going to put pressure on the opposition.
Pollard almost half-pulls it to short mid-wicket, missed by a yard.
3/118 in the 14th
8:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:37pm | Report comment
Pulled away for four! He has come out with an intention to hit and hit early.
This time he gets it off the middle to a shorter one from Cutting and it’s sped off to the fence.
3/113 in 13.
8:41pm
Red Kev said | 8:41pm | Report comment
And repeats the does next over against McKay – the only difference is that he has hit it even harder
8:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:34pm | Report comment
Run-out! Bravo’s run-out!
That’s poor running between the wickets, which invariably is the case when there is a run-out!
Pollard was going for it again, almost spooning it to the wide mid-off fielder. Pollard went for the single and for some reason Bravo wanted to come back for the second too without much of calling. Pollard also responded to Bravo but halfway down, he called it off. Bravo was left stranded, almost next to Pollard and had it been for anyone but that big, bulky figure of Kieron, Bravo would have probably given the runner a tap for running him out!
8:35pm
Red Kev said | 8:35pm | Report comment
Man that was a pathetic mix up, makes Watson, Hughes and Khawaja look positively gifted at running between the wickets.
Shocking ball-watching and hesitation.
8:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:33pm | Report comment
Pollard usually takes his time to get going, normally 10-12 balls in this format. Off only the fourth ball this time, Pollard has tried to smoke it over the mid-off fielder but gets only a couple.
8:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:29pm | Report comment
Kieron Pollard gets a promotion. Will bat at four. Using the bail to mark his guard as he usually does…
…what is unusual is that he’s taking his guard a good yard or so in front of the crease!
8:27pm
Red Kev said | 8:27pm | Report comment
Oh no! Plays on, Charles is gone … and Pollard comes in, I’m not sure any bowler would really be happy with that exchange
8:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:26pm | Report comment
Not poor any more, gets Charles bowled this time!
The inside-edges were going to the fence off Coulter-Nile but this one takes the bat and hits the stumps. Was a slower one that came out of nowhere from a bowler bowling at 140 km/hr plus. Was beaten for pace and that ends a superb 35-ball 57.
2/99 in 11.
8:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:26pm | Report comment
Can that be termed as a chance? Bravo backed away and tried to cut it over extra-cover but gets a top-edge and there’s some confusion between the two fielders – mid-off and covers. In the end, both were a couple of yards away but seems like there was some miscommunication between them.
And then there is an inside edge that goes through fine-leg for a four! Poor Coulter-Nile!
1/99 in the 11th.
8:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:23pm | Report comment
Beaten. Not the batsman, but the ball. Outside the off stump from Coulter-Nile and Bravo has thrashed it through extra-cover for a four!
1/87
8:22pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:22pm | Report comment
A couple of runs off that favourite pull shot of his, takes Charles to half-century. Only 31 balls to get there!
Two more to end the over off a very similar shot again!
1/87 in 10. Gayle’s early wicket seems to have done nothing to dampen the run-rate.
8:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:20pm | Report comment
And he continues to blast ‘em away. Outside the off and short of length, he slices it over the point fielder and it speeds away for a near-six! One bounce into the boundary.
A single takes him to 49 off 29.
8:19pm
Red Kev said | 8:19pm | Report comment
I don’t know how far from the ball Shaun Marsh was then, but on TV like it looked like he’d misread where to stand, because it came through head high to deep point. Charles on to 49.
8:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:21pm | Report comment
Or he was probably asked by the captain to stay in front by a few yards.
8:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:18pm | Report comment
Oh. Is that Charles? Yes it is! A minute ago he was giving the ball a spanking, now he allows his bat to kiss the ball en route a deft touch to third-man for a four!
1/76 in 9
8:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:16pm | Report comment
Despite all those players back in India, I am surprised not to see any spinners in the Australian squad for tonight. Of course it gives a good opportunity to try all the remaining quick bowlers in the country, but isn’t it a T20I to win?
McKay comes back and Charles flat-bats it through the covers. Slower one and Charles sits back, wants to beat the hell out of the ball. Sends it to the fence in doing so.
1/70 in 8.3
8:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:14pm | Report comment
Gets his pace up to almost 137 km/hr last ball there Coulter-Nile but Bravo is able to tap it to the point for a single.
1/63 in 8.
8:12pm
Red Kev said | 8:12pm | Report comment
Holy crap – look at the sweat pouring off Charles! He deadset looks like he has just jumped in a swimming pool.
8:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:12pm | Report comment
Ooo, Lara-like. He is a delicious batsman to watch all day is Bravo. Picks one from the middle and flicks it beautifully to deep square-leg for a couple.
And then off the next, he slaps Ben Cutting over the covers for a four! A very similar arc of the bat while playing that stroke.
1/61 in 7.4
8:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:09pm | Report comment
Something about Coulter-Nile here, good starts in the over but going for runs in the last three deliveries.
Charles throws his bat and gets the ball over mid-wicket for a six! Biggie! Moves to 31.
1/53 in 7.
8:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:07pm | Report comment
143 km/hr from Nathan Coulter-Nile. Cranking it up really well.
Again three good balls to start, only three singles from them.
8:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:05pm | Report comment
Only a couple of singles off the last over of the Powerplay there. Well bowled by Faulkner, who is generally a difficult bowler to get away given his consistent changes of pace.
I only hope that he does not overdo it over the next few months…might become easy to pick over time.
1/43 in 6.
8:01pm
Red Kev said | 8:01pm | Report comment
Big over from Charles.
I remember the commentators said when he was in the ODI that he was really a T20 player who has played very little longer form cricket, and he is looking good at the moment.
8:08pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:08pm | Report comment
Yep, he played in the World T20 too, opening with Gayle. Reminds me of another West Indian batsman, Runako Morton.
8:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:01pm | Report comment
And now this is the shot of the match for me. It was a length ball on the off stump and after all those slogs from Charles, he opts to tap it with a straight bat. It flies through the covers and almost to the fence, but the heavy outfield prevents the four!
1/41 in 5. 11 in that over after three dots.
8:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:00pm | Report comment
Coulter-Nile is a difficult name to type given its length. For now, it is also a difficult bowler to get away as he bowls three dots at Charles…
…and even as I type that, there is an inside-edge that beats short fine-leg for a four! Went through his legs too!
And here we go again, swivel-flick through the same region for the second four of the over!
7:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:58pm | Report comment
Run-out missed!
Whips it to short fine-leg but goes straight to the fielder and by the time the throw comes in, Charles is miles out. Doesn’t hit though!
7:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:57pm | Report comment
Reasonable start for the West Indies but can they continue tonking the bowling away?
Nathan Coulter-Nile’s on now.
7:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:56pm | Report comment
They are looking to back away and hit.
Hit 1 is nearly a catch to Bailey. Hit 2 is hit over the covers for three. Hit 3 is for a couple of runs.
And then Charles misses an outside edge!
1/29 in 3.5
7:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:53pm | Report comment
Hazlewood will bowl his second over. He had an excellent Champions League T20 last year, where he did not allow anyone to get going. Had an economy of 4.5 or something in T20 cricket!
7:53pm
Red Kev said | 7:53pm | Report comment
Just a random update from the tour match in India (tea so 1 session to go with Australia 7 overs behind the required bowling rate):
Bird has bowled 10 overs, 6 maidens 0-10 if you can believe it.
Henriques and Lyon have the wickets.
Steve Smith has been belted when bowling.
Maxwell (unfortunately) has contributed with 4 overs 1-20
7:54pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:54pm | Report comment
That BP XI is probably the fifth-string Indian side by the way. I didn’t expect them to do much with the bat anyway but I was surprised to see Australia get bowled out for 241 to Rossol.
7:58pm
Red Kev said | 7:58pm | Report comment
Good to know they are that far down the order (makes us look even worse). One of their bats (Rayudu) is 71* and the reality is our best bowling attack is playing.
I wasn’t surprised by the capitulation, the tail started at no.5
One thing the selectors seem to have overlooked is that tailenders always have more trouble against spinners, Australia will do better with 6 batsmen rather than 5 when the tests roll around.
8:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:03pm | Report comment
Yep, that’s not quite the Australian line-up which will take field come the February 22.
Rayadu was once, about 7-8 years ago an Indian team hopeful. Then came the Indian Cricket League, an unauthorised T20 competition which threatened to split Indian cricket and he signed up with them. Was banned and his career went kaput. Now made a comeback into the IPL, played for the Mumbai Indians under Tendulkar, who took him under his wings and he’s slowly back to playing A games.
8:22pm
Red Kev said | 8:22pm | Report comment
Thanks for the info about Rayudu Suneer – good to know.
To update the other match, Aus v WI in womens ODIs – Australia are 4/97 off 30 overs chasing 165 for victory.
8:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:32pm | Report comment
If Australia lose, they will play West Indies in the final! If West Indies lose, the winner of England v NZ will tie with WI for points for the second spot. Exciting stuff there.
7:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:52pm | Report comment
A four and a single off the Bravo over.
1/22 in 3 overs.
7:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:51pm | Report comment
Bludgeoned over the bowler.
I must rephrase that actually. That was only pushed forward by Darren Bravo, it was hit through the line and over the bowler for a four. The bat seemed to have turned in his hand but it still goes all the way for a four.
1/21 in 2.4
7:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:50pm | Report comment
McKay’s off the attack and James Faulkner with his bag of slower ones…and the odd quicker one, to start off.
Couple of dots to begin.
1/17 in 2.2
7:50pm
Christo the Daddyo said | 7:50pm | Report comment
When was the last time the Gabba had a decent surface?
7:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:48pm | Report comment
And the action-packed over from Hazlewood continues with Charles swivelling away to pull it through fine-leg for a four!
12 off the over and a wicket.
1/17 in 2.
7:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:47pm | Report comment
Six and out!
It looked like Gayle was going to make them pay for that dropped chance by tonking Josh Hazlewood for a six but he’s gone off the very next one, caught to an excellent catch from Nathan Coulter-Nile.
1/11 in the second.
7:46pm
Red Kev said | 7:46pm | Report comment
Well action packed first over from Hazelwood!
7:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:43pm | Report comment
Oh he’s dropped!
Oh Haddin, what have you done! Gayle’s been spilled by the keeper!
Haddin had said that Gayle was paid much more than he deserved during the BBL…wonder what he is thinking now. He backed away to slam it over covers but gets an edge that flies to Haddin’s left, who fails to hold on to it.
0/5 in 1
7:47pm
Red Kev said | 7:47pm | Report comment
So we have Wade who can’t keep to spinners and Haddin who can’t keep to quicks … let’s just pick Hartley or Paine please.
7:52pm
Oracle said | 7:52pm | Report comment
Did David Lord see that woeful piece of keeping by his buddy Haddin????
7:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:52pm | Report comment
Given how well both have batted in ODIs, how about picking both and getting them to keep to their stronger suits!
7:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:43pm | Report comment
And now his opening partner Johnson Charles is away too. It is shorter in length and pulled away by Charles to get going.
0/4 in the first.
7:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:41pm | Report comment
Chris Gayle gets off the mark with a single off Clint McKay to point. He is due for a big one is the Jamaican.
0/1 in 0.2
7:40pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:40pm | Report comment
West Indies team for today’s game:
Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Narsingh Deonarine, Devon Thomas, Darren Sammy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Tino Best
7:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:26pm | Report comment
The funny bit is that there are two Australian teams in action – one in Australia and the other in India – and a third set was in a plane between the two countries the last I heard.
7:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:24pm | Report comment
Team News:
Australia: Finch, Marsh, Voges, Bailey, Rohrer, Haddin, Faulkner, Cutting, Coulter-Nile, McKay, Hazlewood
Five frontline bowlers for Australia and if I see correctly, all of them are quicks. Surprising? Not quite, they did not have any frontline spinner in the squad.
7:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:21pm | Report comment
Toss News:
West Indies have won the toss and will be batting first like they did in the World T20 semi-final last year against Australia.
7:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:20pm | Report comment
Hello everyone to the only T20I of the tour between Australia and West Indies, played at the Gabba tonight.
Two big pieces of news then; Chris Gayle is fit to play today and Adam Voges will turn out for Australia. Well the latter isn’t as big as the former, but given the inexperience of the Aussie line-up, they could do with a previous-game centurion.