That's it! Watson brings up the Australian win with a tickle behind square-leg. Australia have won the Champions Trophy for the first time.
West Indies vs Australia, Final at Mumbai, Nov 05 2006 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Final (D/N), Brabourne, November 05, 2006, ICC Champions Trophy
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(28.1/35 ov, T:116) 116/2
Australia won by 8 wickets (with 41 balls remaining) (D/L method)
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The matchwinning-shot sparks off huge celebrations in the dressing room. Ricky Ponting and his men now run on to the field to celebrate with Martyn and Watson. This was the only cup that they had not laid their hands on. The wait is over now.
West Indies collapsed sensationally - calypso collapso as they say - after a dream start and Australia, after a stutter at the start, reached the paltry target without much fuss. Not for nothing they are the best team in the world. They must have been shocked when the West Indies openers carpet bombed them but recovered quickly to display the much-famed Australianism.
John Arlott had written about it in 1948 at the end of a successful tour of England by Don Bradman's men. ""Australianism," wrote Arlott, "means single-minded determination to win - to win within the laws but, if necessary, to the last limit within them. It means where the 'impossible' is within the realm of what the human body can do, there are Australians who believe that they can do it - and who have succeeded often enough to make us wonder if anything is impossible to them. It means they have never lost a match - particularly a Test match - until the last run is scored or their last wicket down."
Not much has changed in these 60 years. They are still the best.
Man-of-the-match: Shane Watson . Hmm... I would have given it to Nathan Bracken.
Player of the tournament: Chris Gayle.
That's it then from us. I am Sriram Veera signing off on behalf of Jamie Alter and Sajan Nair.
28.1
1
Sarwan to Watson, 1 run
end of over 283 runs
AUS: 115/2CRR: 4.10 • RRR: 0.14
Damien Martyn47 (71b 6x4)
Shane Watson56 (87b 4x4)
Marlon Samuels 5-0-9-0
Ramnaresh Sarwan 3-0-15-0
27.6
•
Samuels to Martyn, no run
And again.
27.5
•
Samuels to Martyn, no run
Martyn wants to end up unbeaten. Who can grudge him that. Defends off the front foot.
27.4
1
Samuels to Watson, 1 run
turns in on the middle and leg line, whipped past square-leg
27.3
2
Samuels to Watson, 2 runs
wide outside the offstump, full in length, square-driven past point. Chanderpaul tries to finish things off quickly with a misfield!
27.2
•
Samuels to Watson, no run
27.1
•
Samuels to Watson, no run
end of over 279 runs
AUS: 112/2CRR: 4.14 • RRR: 0.50
Damien Martyn47 (69b 6x4)
Shane Watson53 (83b 4x4)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 3-0-15-0
Marlon Samuels 4-0-6-0
26.6
4
Sarwan to Martyn, FOUR runs
Short and outside off, Martyn cuts it fine, Samuels misfields it at backward point to keep the crowd humoured
26.6
1w
Sarwan to Martyn, 1 wide
Again well outside the offstump, lost control there and this time declared a wide.
26.5
•
Sarwan to Martyn, no run
full and well outside the offstump, left alone
26.4
•
Sarwan to Martyn, no run
26.3
•
Sarwan to Martyn, no run
short and well outside the offstump, Martyn hurries across to cut but can't make proper contact.
26.2
1
Sarwan to Watson, 1 run
comes down the track and drives it powerfully to cover region
26.2
1w
Sarwan to Watson, 1 wide
wide down the legside, attempted sweep but doesn't connect. Good work from the wicketkeeper Baugh who gathers it smartly and whips off the bails.
26.1
2
Sarwan to Watson, 2 runs
But Australia are intent on getting there in singles and twos. Comes down the track, takes it on the full but no violence. Just pushes it past extra cover
only 13 runs more.
end of over 262 runs
AUS: 103/2CRR: 3.96 • RRR: 1.44
Damien Martyn43 (65b 5x4)
Shane Watson50 (81b 4x4)
Marlon Samuels 4-0-6-0
Ramnaresh Sarwan 2-0-6-0
25.6
•
Samuels to Martyn, no run
25.5
1
Samuels to Watson, 1 run
fifty up for Watson. He had not scored many in this tournament and this should please his mother. Driven to long-off
25.4
•
Samuels to Watson, no run
Aha! big turn has Watson in some tangle. He shapes to cut a delivery that landed well outside the offstump but is surprised by the spin and is rapped on the thighpad
25.3
1lb
Samuels to Martyn, 1 leg bye
turns in from outside off, Martyn walks across, lets the ball to spin to his hips, tickles it to short fine-leg
25.2
•
Samuels to Martyn, no run
leans forward to smother the spin. Doesn't put bat to ball but takes it on his pads.
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