great catch from Bravo, Oram mistimed another heave to leg and it skied towards long-off, where Bravo raced in and took it low before adding a dive for dramatic effect
West Indies vs New Zealand, 1st T20I at Lauderhill, Jun 30 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st T20I, Lauderhill, June 30, 2012, New Zealand tour of United States of America and West Indies
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Peter Della Penna will bring you all the news from Lauderhill shortly while George Binoy's match report will be up soon. Thank you for the feedback and for bearing with us today as coverage problems plagued us. The same team will be back tomorrow for the 2nd T20I, which will begin an hour earlier than today at 2.00pm local time. Until then, on behalf of Peter, George and our scorer Venkat Raghav, this is Avi Singh signing off after a comprehensive win by the West Indies in Florida today. See you tomorrow!
Just to update the injury list: Roneel Hira dislocated a finger while attempting to stop a ludicrously hard hit shot from Gayle and couldn't bat, Jacob Oram appeared to hurt his knee or hamstring diving in the field, Ross Taylor hurt his shoulder and hand dropping a catch in the deep and retired hurt while Kieron Pollard had to go off after he also hurt his shoulder attempting to take a catch. New Zealand will have to delve into their reserves for tomorrow's game, but Sammy seemed confident that Pollard will play tomorrow.
Ricardo Powell, the former West Indian batsmen, has awarded Chris Gayle the MoM award: "Yeah it's a good start, a slow track but a good start for us. Charles played a good innings but credit must go to Kieron for taking the pressure off me. i think power's a key factor, you don't want to do a lot of running, you can accelerate in the end."
Darren Sammy: "Very happy with how we approached the game, Gayle and Pollard were great and executed very well. It was really good to get 200+ and defend it. It felt like a game at home and it's good that we are trying to promote cricket in the US, felt like I was playing in St Lucia. Pollard should be good and he is a fighter, he will be on the park tomorrow."
Ross Taylor: "Hand is sore but should be ok. Not a great day with the injuries, will have to see whether they will pull up for tomorrow. We didn't field very well, Chris Gayle batted very well and they fielded well. Got to give credit to Pollard and Gayle as we didn't execute our plans."
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New Zealand will want to forget this game in a hurry and pick themselves up for tomorrow's game. Apart from a few IPL stints and some county cricket, most of their side have been training in Australia and looked desperately short of match practice today. The bowling was ragged and the fielding collapsed in the latter half of the innings. The batsmen were up against it and quickly fell behind the required rate without ever really looking like catching up the difference.
The West Indians have made a real statement today, and after a winless tour of England, have shown what they are capable of and how dangerous their batting line-up is. Such was their dominance that Dwayne Bravo, Marlon Samuels and Darren Sammy were not even required to strap the pads on today. They started cautiously, Gayle particularly so, but as he has done so often in the IPL, he accelerated as the overs progressed and was assisted by Kieron Pollard who slaughtered the New Zealand bowlers with some towering blows. The bowling was less clinical but they didn't need to be against a New Zealand side hampered by injuries and a tough target to chase.
Sunil Narine is happy with his performance, felt he bowled adequately but that the pitch was a batting track. He thanks the batsmen for starting solidly before exploding later on, and is confident they will wrap up the series tomorrow.
With Ross Taylor retired hurt and Roneel Hira unable to bat due to his dislocated finger suffered at the hands of Chris Gayle, New Zealand have been bowled out for 153 and have been comprehensively beaten.
18.3
W
Edwards to Oram, OUT
Jacob Oram c Bravo b Edwards 27 (13b 2x4 2x6 22m) SR: 207.69
18.2
4
Edwards to Oram, FOUR runs
a bold stroke from Oram, he moves way outside off and gets inside the line of a bumper from Edwards and hooks it off his right shoulder down to the fine leg fence
18.1
2
Edwards to Oram, 2 runs
swings it away to the leg side as the bottom hand comes off and they somehow manage to sneak a second with Oram barely able to run
end of over 1814 runs
NZ: 147/7CRR: 8.16 • RRR: 31.50
Jacob Oram21 (10b 1x4 2x6)
Doug Bracewell11 (5b 1x6)
Dwayne Bravo 3-0-26-1
Sunil Narine 4-0-34-3
17.6
1
Dwayne Bravo to Oram, 1 run
times this swing even more poorly than the previous one, which is fortunate for Oram as it means the ball falls short of the deep fielder running in
17.5
4
Dwayne Bravo to Oram, FOUR runs
Oram skies this full ball outside off over the ring fielders on the off-side, but gets enough on it for it to bounce over the rope after landing inside just short
17.4
1
Dwayne Bravo to Doug Bracewell, 1 run
full on the stumps and punched down the ground
17.3
6
Dwayne Bravo to Doug Bracewell, SIX runs
Bracewell demonstrates his hitting ability, short on off and he rocks back and biffs it over the midwicket boundary
17.2
1
Dwayne Bravo to Oram, 1 run
full outside off and dug away into the leg side, Oram barely limps through for the run, hard to see how he will play tomorrow
Alex is not happy at all: "so after prioritising these t20's over longer forms of the game, NZ now cant even win those? Great stuff from John Buchanan there"
17.1
1
Dwayne Bravo to Doug Bracewell, 1 run
end of over 1716 runs • 1 wicket
NZ: 133/7CRR: 7.82 • RRR: 25.66
Jacob Oram15 (7b 2x6)
Doug Bracewell3 (2b)
Sunil Narine 4-0-34-3
Fidel Edwards 3-0-19-0
Nick: "Agreed regarding Bishoo. Narine need to learn the art of bowling when batsmen have time. He needs islands cricket in 4 day form to gain the experience for his own good. If he gets slapped in tests because he isn't ready he'll disappear. Bishoo has the quality." It certainly has been a big fall from grace for a player who was the ICC's Emerging Player of the Year not long back
16.6
6
Narine to Oram, SIX runs
Oram is defiant in the face of defeat, comes down the track and doesn't really time the big heave to leg all that well but still gets more than enough on it to send it over the fence on the off-side
16.5
1
Narine to Doug Bracewell, 1 run
gets forward and wristily chips it over the bowler's head down to long-on
16.4
2
Narine to Doug Bracewell, 2 runs
goes back and Bracewell doesn't pick the carrom ball, edged past the diving slip
16.3
W
Narine to McCullum, OUT
carrom ball snares Narine his third wicket, Nathan McCullum departs for a golden duck, it was on that awkward length on middle and the batsman was just hoping he would make contact - instead it turned well past the bat and struck him on the back leg in front of middle and off
Nathan McCullum lbw b Narine 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 0
16.2
1
Narine to Oram, 1 run
dabbed into the off side, another direct hit but this time the batsman is home. Confusion out there as the players were all set to resume before the umpires, who haven't had a great game, decided to refer it. Only one replay needed to confirm what everyone but the umpires knew
16.1
6
Narine to Oram, SIX runs
Oram hits the first boundary in almost two overs, slams a full ball over long-off with a big backlift after coming down the track
end of over 163 runs • 2 wickets
NZ: 117/6CRR: 7.31 • RRR: 23.25
Jacob Oram2 (4b)
Nathan McCullum0 (0b)
Fidel Edwards 3-0-19-0
Sunil Narine 3-0-18-2
15.6
1
Edwards to Oram, 1 run
again very full outside off and dug out to deep cover
15.5
W
Edwards to Brownlie, OUT
brilliant throw by Badree, the West Indies have not just out-batted New Zealand, they have comfortably out-fielded them too, Brownlie drove a full ball to wide mid-off and set off knowing full well that he was at the fielder's mercy. Badree on debut went wicketless, so wasn't going to let him off and nails two stumps with Brownlie having given up long before
Dean Brownlie run out (Badree) 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 0
15.4
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Edwards to Brownlie, no run
full in the blockhole and there is little that can be done against that delivery at 90mph other than to dig it out
15.3
1
Edwards to Oram, 1 run
Oram moves well outside leg, Fidel follows him and he clips it off his hips fine, Oram is also not moving particularly well between the wickets
15.2
W
Edwards to Oram, OUT
Oram drops a short ball outside off into the covers, thinks of a single before pausing, but Latham is already very far down and tries to turn back but is beaten by a pinpoint direct hit from Darren Sammy running in from point and collecting cleanly before firing off a deadly throw
Tom Latham run out (Sammy) 15 (11b 1x4 0x6 20m) SR: 136.36
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