That's the game. West Indians celebrate in the dug out. It was full and outside off, Sarwan lunged at it and got a thick profitable edge down to third man boundary. What a fine win for the men from Caribbean. Though their ground fielding was pretty poor, their bowlers did a fine job to restrict Australia before Gayle and Fletcher hunted down the total in some style
Australia vs West Indies, 3rd Match, Group C at London, Jun 06 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
3rd Match, Group C, The Oval, June 06, 2009, ICC World Twenty20
169/7
(15.5/20 ov, T:170) 172/3
West Indies won by 7 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
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Ponting: "I didnt think it was a bad total to be honest but when Chris and Adrian came out batting as they did there, it was going to be hard for us. They just went with the flow. They threw caution to the wind; they outplayed us ..."
Gayle: We weren't best on the outfield but 170 was gettable. I have to give credit to Fletcher. He played really really well. I looked to bat till 15 overs and the game should be settled by then. I am disappointed on how I got out ..We just have to rally again, put this game behind and try to win against Sri Lanka. It's not over yet."
That's it from us. Log on to Bangladesh v India game.
15.5
4
Johnson to Sarwan, FOUR runs
15.5
1w
Johnson to Sarwan, 1 wide
And a wide outside off now! Sars has been moving around the crease and that seems to have unsettled Mitch
15.5
1w
Johnson to Sarwan, 1 wide
down the leg side and just 3 more now
15.4
4
Johnson to Sarwan, FOUR runs
moves forward to cream a fullish delivery past mid-on for a fine boundary. Just four more now.
15.3
W
Johnson to Marshall, OUT
Xavier chips to mid-off and takes the long walk back to the hutch. Hopes back pedaled before leaping behind to hold on to a sharp catch.
Xavier Marshall c Hopes b Johnson 8 (12b 0x4 0x6 15m) SR: 66.66
15.2
•
Johnson to Marshall, no run
gets forward to punch a length delivery to mid-off
15.1
•
Johnson to Marshall, no run
angled across Xavier who taps it to point
end of over 159 runs • 1 wicket
WI: 162/2CRR: 10.80 • RRR: 1.60
Shivnarine Chanderpaul0 (1b)
Xavier Marshall8 (9b)
Brett Lee 4-0-56-1
Michael Clarke 1-0-12-0
14.6
4lb
Lee to Chanderpaul, 4 leg byes
short in length, drifting to the thigh pad, Chanders tries to glance it away, misses but the ball runs off the thigh to the fine-leg boundary
14.5
1
Lee to Marshall, 1 run
leans forward to drive through mid-off
14.4
•
Lee to Marshall, no run
14.3
W
Lee to Gayle, OUT
And Gayle's fabuliciously violent innings comes to an end. He has a laugh with Lee as he walks back. The crowd are up on their feet. Respect. He went for another big six but hit it skywards ... high .. very high ... but Watson ran in from long-on to steady himself under the ball ...
Chris Gayle c Watson b Lee 88 (50b 6x4 6x6 75m) SR: 176
14.2
2
Lee to Gayle, 2 runs
another edge .... as Gayle slices the full delivery over cover point, just ahead of the fielders running back from the 30-yard circle
14.1
2
Lee to Gayle, 2 runs
full delivery on the middle, Gayle is in a tangle, trying to turn it to the on side and gets a leading edge but falls safely at the mid-off region
end of over 1412 runs
WI: 153/1CRR: 10.92 • RRR: 2.83
Xavier Marshall7 (7b)
Chris Gayle84 (47b 6x4 6x6)
Michael Clarke 1-0-12-0
Shane Watson 2-0-13-0
Loud cheer from the crowd at Trent Bridge as the scores from the Australia-WI game are announced on the PA system.
13.6
2
Clarke to Marshall, 2 runs
goes right back to work it past square leg and they run hard to come back for the second
13.5
1
Clarke to Gayle, 1 run
fuller, on the middle, dug down the ground past the bowler
13.4
6
Clarke to Gayle, SIX runs
Thump! Gayle waltzes down the track and lofted it straight over the bowler and it kept flying on and on ....
13.3
1
Clarke to Marshall, 1 run
And again, down to the same fielder ..
13.2
1
Clarke to Gayle, 1 run
outside off, full, driven to long-off for yet another single
13.1
1
Clarke to Marshall, 1 run
floated full, driven down the ground to long-on
end of over 136 runs
WI: 141/1CRR: 10.84 • RRR: 4.14
Chris Gayle76 (44b 6x4 5x6)
Xavier Marshall3 (4b)
Shane Watson 2-0-13-0
Mitchell Johnson 3-0-26-1
12.6
2
Watson to Gayle, 2 runs
slower ball outside off, Gayle takes the bottom-hand off the handle as he adjusts to the change of pace and slices the ball through covers
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