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The West Indies will have a golden chance to win a series against Australia when the two meet in the fifth and the final ODI at at Gros Islet. We’ll bring you the live scores and commentary of the action starting at 12.30 am AEST on Monday.
Not too many would have predicted this scoreline at the start of the tour. Especially not after Australia took a 1-0 lead, albeit after making heavy weather in the first game.
Then two Kieron Pollard specials pushed West Indies to an unassailable 2-1 lead, leaving the top-ranked Australia staring at an embarrassing ODI series defeat against their lowly eighth-rank.
Pollard’s maturity stands out in those two knocks. Once described by West Indian great, Michael Holding, as a T20 slogger, he has emerged in this series as a viable match-winner number six.
There have been other architects and rather important one at that for the West Indies, those Australia will need solutions against in the fifth game.
Sunil Narine continues to tease, torment and inflict more misery on the Aussies.
At St. Vincent, the track was conducive to his brand of bowling. Not so at Gros Islet. The fourth ODI saw its best batting track and yet, Narine finished with figures of 1/21 in his 10 overs.
Australia did change their line-up around in the fourth game, but unless they can convert their starts into something more substantial, they are not going to be winning anything.
Four of the top five batsmen ended with scores in the 20s, and only David Hussey and Brett Lee gave them a sniff of a chance.
The good news for them was the return of Ben Hilfenhaus, who conceded only 43 in his 10. All others went for 55 in their quota, thanks mainly due to the way the West Indian batsmen slogged their way through in the final few overs.
The Australian batting has been a letdown this entire series and will look to overturn their poor shows in this game. But the other Achilles Heel has been the lack of bowling incision when the going gets tough.
West Indies arrival at the party in this series almost makes them favourite in this fifth ODI. Unless, of course, Australia can bang their way through a serious batting display and show consistency in the bowling for the entire length of 50 overs.
We will bring you the coverage throughout this fifth 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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