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The fourth ODI between West Indies and Australia will be played at Gros Islet and we’ll bring you the live scores and commentary of the action starting at 12.30 am AEST on Saturday.
Three games into the series and the home ODI tri-series winners Australia are in a bit of a spot. With a tad more luck, their opponents in this series, West Indies could have well won the series by now.
Despite the difference in the ODI ranking between the two teams – Australia’s number one to eighth rank of West Indies – the home team has troubled the opponents in all the three games so far.
Inability to adapt to the slow nature of the St. Vincent pitches and West Indies’ pleasantly surprising never-say-die spirit has meant that the series is currently tied at 1-1, with the draw occurring in the last game. All to play for then, when the two sides meet in the fourth ODI.
Australia will obviously hope that the ball comes on to the bat a lot more than it did at St. Vincent. Dave Warner likened the ground to the WACA in Perth while speaking with the media before adding rather cryptically that it wouldn’t be as quick as that pitch.
He will definitely hope to bat longer on the track than he has in the series. So will the rest of the top-order which has struggled to cope with the absence of the experienced duo of Ricky Ponting (dropped) and captain Michael Clarke (injured).
West Indies will be boosted by the return of Adrian Barath and after their problems at the top of the innings, his presence should add more solidity and flair. He replaces Kieran Powell.
Their opponents could see two changes to the playing 11. Daniel Christian and Nathan Lyon could face some time away from the action as Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Forrest make a comeback to the side.
We will bring you the coverage throughout this fourth ODI of the series between West Indies and Australia from Gros Islet and hope to receive your opinions as the action unfolds from 12.30am AEDT.
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