another wicket for Hauritz, Roach swings the bat at a ball outside off, edges it towards Johnson at short third man
Australia vs West Indies, 5th Match, Group A at Johannesburg, Sep 26 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
That's the end of the match as Dale Richards is injured.
AB from Thailand: "West Indies could have easily won this had they bowled with disciple towards the end of their innings. Its a pity that despite putting up a fight in this match they have fallen behind, and they have got no one to blame but themselves and their bowlers. i know its an inexperienced bowling line up, but they have got to admit it that they let Australia off the hook, and if they could get Australia in a troublesome position in the first place then it shows that they are a capable bowling unit."
Plenty for Australia to ponder after this victory. It wasn't the cakewalk it was expected to be; even after they piled on 275 West Indies pushed them hard.
Post-match presentation:
Floyd Reifer: "Yeah, I thought we bowled well early, but Mitchell Johnson came in and played a magnificent innings, that's the way the game goes." He says the batsmen who got in should have gone on to make big scores. "People can't get out after making 50, someone had to go on and make a 80."
He says Dale Richards was out because of a dislocation.
Ricky Ponting: "Seemed like two different wickets. It was seaming around a bit, not so much swing, I thought we batted really well. Mitchell batted really well, and we used our Powerplay well. I don't think we bowled at our best. Too many extras."
Mitchell Johnson is the Man of the Match. He says the pitch wasn't so bad to bat on once you got your eye in. "I think the guys did well at the top of the order in difficult circumstances, I come in late and take all the glory."
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Hauritz strikes, Miller looks to swipe the ball beyond midwicket, a top edge sends the ball towards Ponting at midwicket, simple catch
pushed to mid-on for a single
cut away to deep point for a single
the batsman looks to cut but misses the ball
Hauritz is brought into the attack
slightly overpitched outside off, Miller looks to drive, gets a inside edge, the ball dribbles towards the keeper
Roach shuffles across and glides the ball behind square leg for a single
a bouncer over Roach's head, too high
Johnson sends one angling across Roach, just outside off, Roach is beaten
full ball just outside off, Roach opens the face to get the ball towards backward point, again no run
a sharp bouncer from Johnson, Roach can't get bat on it
back of a length just outside off, pushed towards backward point, 'Nooooo' is the call
Btw, West Indies are still ahead of Australia's score at this stage
Roach strokes his first ball beautifully past cover, Hussey at sweeper cover does the fielding
a full ball just outside off, Reifer looks to crash that over mid-off, only gets it to point, where Hauritz accepts an easy catch
Miller slashes this one to third man for a single
another high full toss, this was over waist high, Reifer slams it to midwicket, Watson gets one warning for dangerous bowling
a full ball ion leg stump, Miller eases it inside-out towards long-off
Nikita Miller carves his first ball to point
a high full toss does the job for Australia, Sammy absolutely hammers that, but straight to Hussey at sweeper cover, he really blasted that one, pity about the placement, the umpires discuss whether that full toss was above waist high, they decide it's okay, Sammy's got to go
terrific yorker to end the over, heading for legstump, Sammy does well to get some bat on it, squeezing it to the off side