and that's it! It's all over, Clarke runs round from long on to take the catch as the batsman attempted to drive right over for the six
West Indies vs Australia, 1st ODI at Kingstown, Jun 24 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st ODI, Kingstown, June 24, 2008, Australia tour of West Indies
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So, Australia complete a convincing victory, by 84 runs. Their total always looked daunting in the conditions and indeed West Indies fell away, although they gave their best in patches.
Chris Gayle's being interviewed now and he swears to "bounce back". Here's Ricky Ponting. "Shaun Marsh on his debut game played a beautiful innings. I thought we were a bit sloppy in the field. We expect the younger guys to come in and have some success straight away. It was great to see Shaun out there and looked in good control and he's earned the Man of the Match award today."
Marsh accepts his award. "I probably should have [got the hundred]. It's fantastic to be here. To go well was really good, to get the win was even better. I'm just enjoying every minute of it. To be part of this team is amazing, I'm loving every minute."
Thanks for joining us today and do tune in tomorrow for England's latest ODI with New Zealand and come back later in the week for the next game in this series. Until then, it's goodbye.
39.5
W
Bracken to Benn, OUT
Sulieman Benn c Clarke b Bracken 7 (6b 1x4 0x6 9m) SR: 116.66
39.4
2
Bracken to Benn, 2 runs
backs away and gives himself plenty of room to drive hard through the covers
39.3
1
Bracken to Edwards, 1 run
overpitched and driven hard through mid on, cracking shot
There was a delay of about ten minutes there, by the way, while the outfield was sorted out
39.2
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Bracken to Edwards, no run
on the legs, looks to turn it away but it is too late
Oh no, there's some rain in the air. This will never do - it's helpful to nobody. The crowd are annoyed with the whole situation and are throwing cans around and on to the pitch. The third umpire comes round to have a word with the groundstaff. It's not clear what they're protesting at - although it's likely to be the fact that Sammy was waiting on the boundary edge, unhappy with being given out.
39.1
W
Bracken to Sammy, OUT
bowled him - although he needed confirmation from the umpire as to whether it came off Haddin's pads or the stumps, both as it happened - Sammy swishing at the air
Daren Sammy b Bracken 33 (35b 2x4 0x6 59m) SR: 94.28
Some spectators are leaving already - they think it's a fait accompli
end of over 396 runs
WI: 186/8CRR: 4.76 • RRR: 8.00
Sulieman Benn5 (4b 1x4)
Daren Sammy33 (34b 2x4)
Brett Lee 9-1-37-2
Nathan Bracken 5-0-28-2
38.6
4
Lee to Benn, FOUR runs
banged it in short, goes for the pull, takes his eyes right off it but a thick edge flies hard and above Haddin and goes on its merry way
38.5
1
Lee to Sammy, 1 run
outside off, pulled round
38.4
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Lee to Sammy, no run
defended on the front foot
38.3
1
Lee to Benn, 1 run
some width outside off, the batsman weaves back and opens the face to run it down to third man
Lee, who's staying over, raises his eyebrows at him
38.2
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Lee to Benn, no run
ouch, takes one on the chest now as he had nowhere to go in defence
"Bob and weave time for Big Benn," notes Tony Cozier. We like
38.1
•
Lee to Benn, no run
Lees come in all hostile, trying to finish things off, slamming in the bouncer and he ducks
end of over 3811 runs • 1 wicket
WI: 180/8CRR: 4.73 • RRR: 7.83
Daren Sammy32 (32b 2x4)
Sulieman Benn0 (0b)
Nathan Bracken 5-0-28-2
Brett Lee 8-1-31-2
37.6
2
Bracken to Sammy, 2 runs
outside off, cut hard to deep point and they chase back for two
Six and out, as it were
37.5
W
Bracken to Taylor, OUT
slower ball, and the batsman's all mixed up there, looking to play it out to the leg side but his leading edge pops up towards gully, Haddin calls it and carries on over to collect with two hands
Jerome Taylor c †Haddin b Bracken 11 (10b 0x4 1x6 11m) SR: 110
That's been clocked at 101 metres, incidentally
37.4
6
Bracken to Taylor, SIX runs
comes wider and round the wicket now, just drags it short and Taylor's not shy of having a big swing - snding the ball between midwicket and mid on; great strike, very clean
37.3
1
Bracken to Sammy, 1 run
forced across him again, and it's played out to backward point
37.2
1
Bracken to Taylor, 1 run
slower one, pushed down off, defended it out
37.1
1
Bracken to Sammy, 1 run
over the wicket, pushed out behind point
Bracken now
end of over 375 runs
WI: 169/7CRR: 4.56 • RRR: 8.07
Jerome Taylor4 (7b)
Daren Sammy28 (29b 2x4)
Brett Lee 8-1-31-2
Shane Watson 3-0-18-1
The game has an air of inevitability about it
36.6
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Lee to Taylor, no run
fired this one through and just to say over the stumps, great ball to end the over
36.5
2
Lee to Taylor, 2 runs
down the legs and helped on its way with a reach round, forcing the ball down to fine leg
36.4
•
Lee to Taylor, no run
outside off, pushed to the covers
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