stumped and it's all over! Rampaul thows his bat at the one that drifts away, dragging his back leg marginally forward, Haddin collects and breaks the sticks, yelling out a relieved "THANK YOU" as he does so, and replays show Rampaul's foot was on the line so that is the end of that
Australia vs West Indies, 5th ODI at Melbourne, Feb 19 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
End of the ODI series and its 4-0 to Australia. Smith gets his second. The players head off and shake hands with the opposition. We have two Twenty20s to go, the first of which is on February 21 in Hobart. We will have the action live for you. Ponting is the Man of the Series for his 293 runs at 73.75. Bye!
comes out but cannot connect on the loopy delivery, wasn't to the pitch and ends up pushing it down the ground for a single
out comes the slog sweep which gets him a single
fuller and wider and now he slashes over the covers, but Sammy sends him back after they run two
no turn, pretty short, and Rampaul goes back to block
too short so Sammy deposits that over mid-on's head for four
hits a good length, Sammy pushes at it uneasily outside off
hits a length and moves away, Rampaul is squared up and edges to point, Ponting collects and hits the stumps and Rampaul gets an overthrow
gets over it and pushes it away again
gets back and pushes at the ball, point runs in
Stubborn rearguard from Miller comes to an end. He has reason to feel aggrieved because replays show that ball was pretty high. Here's Rampaul.
end of a frustrating stand as Miller is forced up by a short ball and slaps it to Clarke at cover, he stands there for a while thinking the ball was too high, but no reaction from the umpires and West Indies lose their ninth
gets back and pushes the ball away
dropped in the deep! Sammy pulls a half-tracker over midwicket, out to where David Hussey runs across a long way and dives but cannot hold on
another flowing shot from Sammy against Smith, skipping out and hitting straight through the line, dumping that over cow corner for the biggest six of the day
again too short and Sammy punches it to extra cover
short and flat, Miller chops it into the covers for one more
flighted on the stumps, Sammy takes it off the front pad for one
Drinks on the field. Mandatory ball change after this interval.
shorter ball and pulls uneasily down to long leg with an edge
nicely driven on the rise over extra cover, freeing the arms, good shot
gets nice and tall and pushes the ball to point