West Indies have won. A Comprehensive victory. They win by 99 runs. Slow in the air, flighted, on the middle and Rasel tries to slog it across the line, misses and the middle stump is pegged back.
West Indies vs Bangladesh, 46th Match, Super Eights at Bridgetown, Apr 19 2007 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
46th Match, Super Eights, Bridgetown, April 19, 2007, ICC World Cup
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Bashar comes on to the ground with his team-mates. The Bangladesh fans are happy with their team's effort in the World Cup. Flags are being waved, chants go up as the players from both sides shake hands.
Bangladesh, like some of the other subcontinental sides, were done in by the extra bounce on offer. The horizontal strokes were not visible and the ball collided with the outer edges of the vertical pushes and they went down. One by one. Rahim, who has a very compact technique, moves back and across, rises with the ball, remained unbeaten. Mortaza learnt quickly after being beaten a few times by the bounce and started to cut well. But their efforts were not enough.
Bangladesh have had a pretty good campaign, albeit slighlty schizophrenic. They might have blown hot and cold but when they were hot, boy were they good to watch. They hammered India, walloped South Africa, then no. 1 team, but then they also lost to Ireland. Such has been the inconsistency but they would, as they should, take the positives, learn from the mistakes and move on.
West Indies ... well, finally some joy. But, despite the win, all is not well with them. This has been a disappointing campaign for them. They have one more match left: Against England on Saturday. Post that, they will have to make some tough decisions. We have to wait and watch.
Man-of-the-Match: Ramnaresh Sarwan
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43.5
W
Gayle to Syed Rasel, OUT
Syed Rasel b Gayle 2 (13b 0x4 0x6 18m) SR: 15.38
43.4
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Gayle to Syed Rasel, no run
leans forward to defend
43.3
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Gayle to Syed Rasel, no run
tossed-up, full, backs away to the leg side, tries to slog it over cover, gets a inside-edge to the leg side
43.2
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Gayle to Syed Rasel, no run
43.1
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Gayle to Syed Rasel, no run
full and outside off, tries to steer it away past slip but is beaten
Rod: "Not a bad W Indies campaign if they beat England. That will give them 5th spot -ranked 8th. Little consolation when you look at the performances however."
end of over 432 runs
BAN: 131/9CRR: 3.04 • RRR: 14.28
Mushfiqur Rahim38 (75b 2x4)
Syed Rasel2 (8b)
Dwayne Bravo 10-3-28-2
Chris Gayle 8-0-28-1
42.6
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Dwayne Bravo to Mushfiqur, no run
full-pitched on the off stump line, driven to mid-off
42.5
1
Dwayne Bravo to Syed Rasel, 1 run
edged between third slip and gully. Fullish, outside off, has a flash at it and gets a thick outside edge
42.4
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Dwayne Bravo to Syed Rasel, no run
bouncer on the middle and leg, ducks under. There is a leg gully in place.
42.3
1
Dwayne Bravo to Mushfiqur, 1 run
overpitched outside off stump, drilled to sweeper cover
42.2
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Dwayne Bravo to Mushfiqur, no run
backs away to the leg side and tries to cut a full in length outside offstump and is beaten
42.1
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Dwayne Bravo to Mushfiqur, no run
dug in short, outside off stump, Rahim shapes to pull but ends up swatting it to mid-on
end of over 423 runs
BAN: 129/9CRR: 3.07 • RRR: 12.75
Syed Rasel1 (6b)
Mushfiqur Rahim37 (71b 2x4)
Chris Gayle 8-0-28-1
Dwayne Bravo 9-3-26-2
41.6
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Gayle to Syed Rasel, no run
floated on the off stump line, pushed to cover
41.5
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Gayle to Syed Rasel, no run
arm-ball, on the middle and off, jabs at it, gets a inside-edge on to the front pad
41.4
1
Gayle to Mushfiqur, 1 run
outside off stump, driven past cover
41.3
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Gayle to Mushfiqur, no run
lands on the middle stump, goes on with the arm, pushed to the off side. Bravo, at first slip, thought he would go for a paddle again and moved to his left
41.2
2
Gayle to Mushfiqur, 2 runs
tossed up on the middle, paddled away fto short fine leg
41.1
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Gayle to Mushfiqur, no run
from round the stumps, floated outside off, driven to cover
end of over 415 runs
BAN: 126/9CRR: 3.07 • RRR: 11.66
Syed Rasel1 (4b)
Mushfiqur Rahim34 (67b 2x4)
Dwayne Bravo 9-3-26-2
Chris Gayle 7-0-25-1
40.6
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Dwayne Bravo to Syed Rasel, no run
yorker-length, outside off stump, jabbed away, with a bit of outside edge, to second slip
Two slips and a very short square-leg in place
40.5
1
Dwayne Bravo to Mushfiqur, 1 run
on the middle stump line, worked to right of midwicket for a easy single
40.4
2
Dwayne Bravo to Mushfiqur, 2 runs
on the off stump line, slightly short, cut past point