Australia have won! just a single to covers. Low dipping full toss on the middle, hit straight to Clarke. Gayle is dejected and stares in to the distance. The Aussies are in a huddle. They break away and walk towards the pavilion. Gayle now stirs and walks down the staircase to shake hands with them, Fidel is downcast. He is hunched down on the staircase and he now slowly stands and follows his captain. Bravo is out there with Gayle. Game over.
West Indies vs Australia, 4th ODI at Basseterre, Jul 04 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
4th ODI, Basseterre, July 04, 2008, Australia tour of West Indies
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end of over 506 runs
WI: 281/6CRR: 5.62
Daren Sammy3 (3b)
Denesh Ramdin5 (9b)
Shane Watson 7-0-33-1
Nathan Bracken 10-0-50-1
Stay on for the quotes from the post-match ceremony.
Gayle: We thought we could have got it. I should have carried on and saw the team home. The support was very good. I apologise for the loss.
Clarke: Ricky can get it [captaincy] back! The guys did a fantastic job. Gayle played really well but full credit to the guys who hung in there. Every body who gets a chance to play to Australia love it and cherish it.
Man of the Match: Andrew Symonds : "It was a nice wicket to bat on. I thought we had 30 runs short but in the end we had one too many for them! The ball got scuffed up and the batting became a touch difficult in the end for us.
That's it from us. Good bye and Good luck.
49.6
1
Watson to Sammy, 1 run
49.5
1
Watson to Ramdin, 1 run
Ramdin can only get a single from a mistimed pull to square leg where Hopes makes a tumbling stop. Aussies hustle till the very end. Three from 1. Sammy looks up to the skies. Watson waits at the top of the run up
49.4
1
Watson to Sammy, 1 run
The slower one, full in length and pushed to mid-on region. The crowd check the scoreboard. Four from two.
49.3
1
Watson to Ramdin, 1 run
fuller, on the middle, clears the front foot and drives to long-on. Clarke has a chat with Watto. More advice from the crowd.
49.2
1
Watson to Sammy, 1 run
short in length and outside off stump ,cut to deep point for a single. Gayle is sitting on the staircase to the dressing room and looks at the action.
49.1
1
Watson to Ramdin, 1 run
homing in on the off stump, cut to cover point for a single.
8 from 6. The camera pans to the crowd. Some are very silent, some shout out advice to the players while a few are nervous. Watson rushes in.
end of over 494 runs • 1 wicket
WI: 275/6CRR: 5.61 • RRR: 8.00
Denesh Ramdin2 (6b)
Nathan Bracken 10-0-50-1
Brett Lee 10-0-64-3
48.6
W
Bracken to Chanderpaul, OUT
The death rattle. Chanderpaul goes down on his knee and tries to swing the slow off cutter, misses and the off stump is pegged back. Bracken roars. The crowd sigh. Darren Sammy walks out to join Ramdin. Game is on the knife edge.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul b Bracken 53 (71b 4x4 0x6 132m) SR: 74.64
48.5
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Bracken to Chanderpaul, no run
another one released with the scrambled seam, worked to midwicket. No run.
48.4
1
Bracken to Ramdin, 1 run
on a length, around off, cut down to left of backward point. Clarke fields this time and has a shy at the non-striker's end. Misses but the batsman was home anyway.
48.3
1
Bracken to Chanderpaul, 1 run
turns a slower one to fine leg. 9 from 9.
48.2
1
Bracken to Ramdin, 1 run
the captain Clarke misfields a delivery hit straight to him at backward point . Hmm...
48.1
1lb
Bracken to Chanderpaul, 1 leg bye
walks across the stumps, Bracken bowls the slow yorker, Chanderpaul can't connect with the waft across the line and is struck on the pad just outside off. They shout for the lbw. Bucknor shakes his head and signals leg bye
end of over 481 run • 1 wicket
WI: 271/5CRR: 5.64 • RRR: 6.00
Denesh Ramdin0 (4b)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul52 (67b 4x4)
Brett Lee 10-0-64-3
James Hopes 10-0-63-1
47.6
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Lee to Ramdin, no run
Full and outside off, swing and a miss. Lee's ten overs are over.
47.5
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Lee to Ramdin, no run
full and fast, squeezed to the off side.
47.4
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Lee to Ramdin, no run
Another searing yorker, stabbed to midwicket. Superb bowling at the death.
47.3
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Lee to Ramdin, no run
How did that yorker miss the off stump. Lee can't believe it. He looks past the batsman, waiting for the bails to fall. No luck. Ramdin was late in getting the bat down, the yorker just escapes the bottom edge and rushes past the off stump.
47.2
W
Lee to Findlay, OUT
What a stunner from Michael Hussey at midwicket. The game swings around once more. Findlay tries to force a full length delivery and it flies off the inner half well to the left of Hussey who dives full stretch with his left arm outstretched and some how manages to pluck the ball. Awesome.
Shawn Findlay c MEK Hussey b Lee 9 (14b 0x4 1x6 22m) SR: 64.28
47.1
1
Lee to Chanderpaul, 1 run
the slower one outside off, from round the stumps, dabbed to right of third man. The throw comes in and FIndlay tries to steal a extra run for the over throw but Chanderpaul sends him back
end of over 479 runs
WI: 270/4CRR: 5.74 • RRR: 4.33
Shawn Findlay9 (13b 1x6)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul51 (66b 4x4)
James Hopes 10-0-63-1
Brett Lee 9-0-63-2
46.6
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Hopes to Findlay, no run
off cutter, moves past the forward prod, strikes Ronchi's pad and hits the sticks.
46.5
1
Hopes to Chanderpaul, 1 run
leans forward to drive to long-off. One to go this over. What will Findlay do?
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