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00:00may have been the seam-up delivery you feel that the batsman's get quite hard
00:11to get up and under him with his trajectory of the ball he's got that
00:16over mid-off and over long off if there was one first six of the innings
00:23that's his favorite hitting zone he loves to hit straight sixes Aaron Fitch it's
00:28always nice to get one away early Finch we can see he's batting outside leg stump to
00:32give himself that room what the bowler has to do is not get too far outside off
00:35stump and give him that room he has to get him nice and tight to that leg stump
00:40that's the spot the bow as we saw before oh he's got that away before that's the
00:47line I was just a fraction short can't let him swing those arms and hit it down the
00:51ground good batting from Finch
00:55good cricket this from Fitch almost expecting the bowler to get short which
01:00does happen I'm gonna get lofted straight just natural reaction of spinners to
01:06bowl is shorter good shot again more skillful on this occasion good over this
01:14for Australia 15 runs coming off it it's 19 for no wicket
01:19just got too short those last few deliveries because of the strength the
01:27Finch as you said Sanjay down the ground just the over compensation and just
01:31dropping it short which is pretty strong through there the line was right just the
01:36length was wrong had to be full at that leg stuff that's all they're picking the
01:41gaps the Australians trying to get that ball full and swinging yeah I think they
01:49do pick it earlier than that but whatever they're doing at the moment they're
01:53picking both Warner and Finch they're on fire here 27 off just Evan off just 15
01:58deliveries halfway through the third over that they look nice relaxed they both got
02:04a few away now they got it both a few boundaries it's gone Ariel once again
02:10placement excellent from Australia they look on today these two only two balls
02:18into the fourth over they're already 32 water getting his third boundary but look
02:23he didn't try and over hit this was the placement you talked about Sanjay it was
02:26the timing talked about earlier about not coming out too hard because you've lost
02:31your first game and you feel like you have to do too much too early
02:36fallen gone Aaron Finch not quite as hitting zone on the lakeside loves to go
02:42straight the first we get it's fallen for Australia
02:51so 16 of 11 balls for Finch is 33 for one Shane Watson the new apps one in
03:01Oh lovely shot displacement today has been spot-on also shows there's not much
03:13margin for error Warner looks on today he looks nice and calm pick that and his
03:21placement as you said Sanjay that's been the real key so far for his batting
03:24there's many too many big shots being cricket shots just being the placement
03:29manipulating the field Sammy's waving his arms around changing the field around what
03:35happens when you just keep hitting the gaps something probably Brian Lara did
03:39probably better than anyone else in the world in our time or mister be a why but
03:46he missed it there was a boundary and Lara just talk just think when you're talking
03:53about place when he to me in the last 20 25 years of he had just amazing his
03:58placement he had oh bolden that's the ball you were talking about that just skits
04:04through off the pitch and this is a big wicket because water was looking dangerous
04:09water scan that this was Samuel but dream second wicket has fallen for Australia it's
04:16gone for 20 it's 41 for two Australia brings in Glenn Maxwell seventy four of 33 balls in the
04:31last match in credible innings look at that strike rate in T20 international cricket
04:36I love the lakeside boundary which at the moment for him this is going to be close but doubt whether
04:49that's hitting the sum that's a good decision from Ian Gould five overs gone it's 41 for two
04:54oh I tell you what Sanjay my first instinct thought it might have been out that hitting the pegs I
05:05thought he was going to bowl the same delivery there and if Maxwell got funky and tried to reverse
05:09sweep or something might just get him out bolder lb he landed it full and straight I think it did
05:15Maxwell for pace so I reckon he got away with one there Sanjay I reckon that was smashing into leg stump
05:20but we'll respond to one you've got to put the revs on and that did David Warner for pace as you said
05:28Sanjay thought it kept low but Badri set him up for that I tell you what the keeper's super confident
05:37here really confident the Shane Watson just dragged his back foot surely not Sanjay surely not and I'm
05:47going to view this with skepticism it's Dinesh Ramdin who tends to get a bit too excited sometimes so
05:52let's just wait for this umpire having a look at this one as we keep telling you the tv umpire very
06:00important official these days in cricket oh the bail hasn't come off he has another shy and Shane Watson
06:09has got his foot still on the crease now maybe the umpire might want to have a different angle to look at
06:14but this one he's done he's dead with that one wow good cherry but well done good awareness from the
06:23keeper and there it is out on your bike Shane Watson goodness me can you believe it
06:31good awareness from the keeper but not such great awareness from the batsman
06:35he had another chance to just drag that foot back Watson gone for two it's 41 for three
06:45a bit of a shock here for Australia they look looking so good with Warner and Finch
06:51but he's gone through with the shot there's a man on the fence it'll clear him that's the way he will bat
06:56that's the way Australia will bat 50 for three in seven overs
07:05and targeting the short side of the ground too
07:10which means there may have to be an adjustment in the line that you bowled to Maxwell from
07:15the varying ends he will play his shots and it's up to you as a bowler to be mentally strong enough to
07:22respond because you will go over the boundary a couple of times
07:2777 meter six that from George Bailey
07:34i'm thinking 52 for four west indies would be overjoyed
07:37Narayan and Badri Badri has been expensive but he's taken a wicket three hours one for 30
07:42catch up all the edge this is superbly ball and just look at where the edges come from
07:51to give an idea of the new age batting i think his producer's edge from
07:55leg stumble outside leg just wonder if that's why slip wasn't as sharp
08:02there's another chance he's living dangerously Maxwell
08:06he meant to play this a lot squarer
08:07but it went quickly too and that's a part of the issue with standing at slip to Narayan
08:13he's so quick through here you have to be extra sharp as a slip fielder
08:20take the game ahead all the time with shots like these
08:22sami's been greeted with a wonderful boundary to cover
08:29nothing it's the approach that's giving someone like Maxwell even at number four
08:33coming after two rickets the freedom to bat like this
08:38piece off the ball but it's a half early and a half only is a half
08:40valley whether it's slow or seam up or fast and well put away
08:48oh there he goes big one
08:52he just loved the way he plongs that front foot forward
08:55almost independent of the length of the ball and just keeps going through with the shot
08:58he's a free spirit
09:04and again he targets that short side of the ground
09:08you're going to have to be very strong-minded as a bowler against this australia batting lineup
09:12today because you're going to go over the boundary a couple of times
09:15but they're going to keep coming so it also offers you the chance to pick up a wicket
09:19if you can hit the right areas at the right pace
09:27has he found the gap again yes he has for four more he's just going to keep going
09:34he must have extraordinary self-belief to be able to offer a shot to every ball
09:38now 22 of nine there's 14 of uh sami's first three balls tell you what i like about about australia
09:46here bish most sides would have had maxwell who bats like this down at six or seven
09:50to come in and finish the game at the end australia game to send him up to four
09:54and say bat that way right through the innings no a few sides that have said okay at six
10:02now he's got all of that uh but only out to mid wicket
10:07not as well as he'd have liked to
10:10but he's a short ball player
10:11you know if we look at that last delivery again it was another delivery that was slow
10:16but it's too full your slow delivery has got to land on a length so that the batsman gets beaten
10:24for the lack of pace and he gets under it and goes up in the air that's too full
10:30yeah oh it's taken he'll be very disappointed with that shot it wasn't the greatest ball in the
10:36world didn't do too much and he's just hit it straight to the man and shot me wicket so they
10:40lose another but they're going in eight and over while uh while losing those wickets sir
10:47so that's the end of the captain runner ball 12 77 44
10:5539 years old brad hodge one of the great stories of of cricket in recent years only surprised if i see
11:01a couple of votes of chris gill i don't know how fit he is how keen he is to go now they might get a
11:07second here they might get foyer it's one of those slow motion boundaries it's just the fact that the
11:13fielder was that far away that ensured he couldn't get there i think everybody was thinking too when the
11:18ball was hit and santoki just couldn't get there don't put any pace on the ball for them that's the key
11:31you you look at that replay and you think why don't you stop it santoki i think it's just that
11:37is the tail end of about a 20-yard run oh that's huge into the stands for six yet another so 13 of
11:46the over in which a wicket was acquired it's 88 for four
11:53and he's under pressure no problem with that because maxwell when he gets on strike will be aiming for
11:59for the short boundary again
12:0847 of the last four overs
12:14right it's probably going to take pace off is he going to let the odd one zip through which he can
12:17the last game maxwell played in innings that uh even by max current maxwellian standards with brett's
12:30taking
12:33full of clean shots all around the ground
12:38he had six sixes and seven fours in that innings of 74 to 33.
12:42he just backs himself
12:54and guess what today 34 from 14 the slog sweep the slog the pull anything on the offside nah don't even
13:00bother there dragged on the onside again and we'll pick up another boundary there is another half you know
13:07maxwell but he won't bother and look at where he hits this from i'm sure this is from way outside the
13:15off stump
13:18so i couldn't argue too much with that shot
13:22if anything is just a little too close but you have to give maxwell credit for that
13:26but now this is interesting
13:40bish talked about maybe getting sunil narayan back to to attack maxwell he's got badri in
13:45that'll be interesting if he goes through the offside he's got deep cover and long off out
13:49and that's where he's gone but it'll keep going he can hit through the off if you ever wanted to
13:56know it's 100 up in the 12th over
14:01i don't think he's i think he might have struggled to reach the ball actually look how far away it is
14:05and that's an 84 meter boundary
14:17well into the uh well into the orange zone i think he's just redefining batting is 45 from 20 balls here
14:24maxwell the hundreds come up
14:26there is a man there all that effort that he can't get a run i think he's just better off clearing mid
14:34wicket
14:37mid wicket is probably where western least want him to hit in that big side of the ground
14:42against the spin unless battery goes immediately
14:47well he's gone there and the fielder will take the catch i think he backed himself he was hitting 84
14:53meter sixes so he backed himself to clear the long boundary and it's worked
14:59bish thought it might be surreal around it's turned out to be badri
15:03and an entertaining innings has come to an end maxwell gone for 45 from just 22
15:07the western needs are back into this game at a hundred for five in the 12th over
15:11i just wonder this is a little this subtle shift here pockner coming in ahead of hadden
15:25i know when hadden played for the sydney sixers when he's playing in the big bash
15:29often battered at number three or four but this is hodge yes yes yes
15:33just dabbed it down are they going to come back for two hodge wants it just about come here
15:48and look at the line of it the line is outside like stumpy tails away to clear that big side of the
15:53ground so i think for an extent here australia being outsmarted to an extent here in the early goings
15:59well he backed himself to clear the boundary with three fielders they fell about 10 meters short
16:09oh he's just found the gap on that onside he's going to run away to that boundary for four
16:14after the juggernaut that we've seen that is a gentle little boundary
16:22that's easy with a short fine leg with the angle well it wasn't as bad a delivery as initially
16:27thought it was just angle on it into middle and off so just us really have to consolidate i feel
16:33be cognizant of having enough wickets in the tank for the last five overs of the innings
16:43gone through no ball signal that took the batsman by surprise the keeper by surprise
16:50trying to ball the yorker being warned by the umpire russell
17:01trying to bowl the full ball just a bit too high faulkner did well at the end
17:09five runs for australia
17:10it's a strong shoulder action is it looks at a lot of that point of delivery again attempted yorker
17:22not getting it right and the ball has disappeared to the fence 15 of the over 128 for five
17:29as his pants on another attacking player
17:36bravo into his third over
17:40lucky inside edge that will race away to the boundary
17:46you expect this in this in this format in the final overs the batsman going for everything
17:53look how brad hodge sets himself up to open both sides of the pitch
18:00and that just at the last minute was trying to hit through the offside
18:04but inside edge that's the way he plays 20 cricket just gets across
18:08and opens up both sides of the field you are in line you are in length he'll put you away
18:13it was good bowling from bravo at the end he followed brad hodge
18:16but a good strike right against bravo of 176 this time different technique and this time it's gone
18:25in over the boundary the first six for brad hodge
18:32yes poor delivery really poor delivery this no ball signal because of the height
18:37just helping it on its way it's using the pace it's cleared the boundary quite easily
18:47it's over the waist as well hence a no ball
18:53this is something the west indies can ill afford
18:58australia up the back to the end with wickets in hand
19:01oh he's bowled in again the variation in lint this one fuller
19:11just uh got the feeling that hodge might have made his move a little uh too early
19:18played the over out
19:21four runs from the over dismissed for 35 of 26 deliveries probably got out at the wrong time
19:26so brad hadden comes out to the middle
19:33this is when he strikes most often sunil narayan
19:38this is the period this is his final over one delivery left
19:45once again finishing off a good spell
19:47that's up in the air
19:55and take another second again
19:57dwayne bravo
20:01very acrobatic
20:03just popped up in the air just got a feeling he came in too quickly
20:08but then
20:08uh kept his eyes on the ball it just did quickly dive backwards
20:16and completed the catch so the dangerous faulkner departs for 13 it's 154 for seven
20:24these are important overs and they've pulled it back well
20:26which is talking at number nine it's 24 years of age and he can bat in his fourth over santoki one for 16.
20:44that's heaped away on the onside
20:47miss field will give them two
20:49uh another man who's bowled well here today santoki
21:00getting the elevation not the distance good recovery here by bravo
21:06this came in too quickly but then uh what a response once the ball lobbed up in the air
21:13that got the crowd on its feet just seeing this acrobatic stuff
21:16diving backwards
21:26well he enjoyed that
21:31this is a well struck over the rope
21:35very good pickup shot from hadn't
21:39it's a very good hit it's never easy
21:41but the ball going away from the right hander
21:43he's got a feeling at one stage that he'll get to the mid-wicket fielder once again the
21:49quicker delivery and he timed it sweetly
21:54on 82 meters in the orange zone as the smaller side of the boundary but he had to connect it well
22:01put down
22:07santoki was the man
22:11now that's a that could well prove to be a costly miss
22:15five to go ahead and the man on strike
22:19standing outside the off stump looking to hit through the offside should have been taken
22:23that should have been taken by santoki all the fielders are in the ring
22:33bravo bowling around the wicket
22:38that's in the air and taken in the deep very good catch
22:42andre russell was the man who had to run across to his right
22:48in the end taking it comfortably with two ends
22:53so mitchell stark the man who has been dispersed he was looking to clear long on
22:57unfortunately for him was taken by russell he goes for four 171 for eight
23:11james murid
23:16it's a full toss
23:19disappointed he didn't put that away
23:21now what's happened there he's lost the strike as well hadn't
23:30then hit the middle of the bat see how good the catch is he made it look very very easy they're
23:36never easy on the fence good cricketer andre russell he can bowl he can bat
23:42and he's very good on the field as well and it's good mover very athletic
23:51now the next spinner new head on strike
24:02you look at australia when they get past 160 they win 83 percent of the matches just goes
24:07to show how good their bowling attack is probably a spin a shot on this pitch
24:12that's it in the air this first game
24:21not good fielding this time but they recovered the west indies
24:25just a single it probably could have taken three runs but hadn't wanted the strike
24:34gone back to the third umpire we'll have to wait and see but it looked all right
24:37it's a big dive put in there by darren sammy
24:49that's fine no problem at all
24:55173 now australia now it'll be a tough chase this for the west indies they've never chased down
25:02now this kind of a score so they'll need to really bat well at the top one ball to go
25:12i'll have to do it again another wide signal heard wide of this over that was a pretty poor delivery
25:22i had it moving down the lake star lake side bravo looking to follow him he can smile
25:27and you've got to have special abilities to smile when you're captain especially in a t20 game
25:44nicely placed very well timed 10 runs of the over good finish here for australia
25:50178 for eight of the 20 overs it means the west indies will have to chase a big score
26:00yes he's a dangerous player and then maxwell has already made an impression in this tournament
26:05the west indies when they come out to bat need 179 runs to win they never got it
26:11so they'll need a really good start 179 the target
26:26so all set here shane watson first ball of the innings one slip in position
26:51bit of swing on that occasion
27:00yeah there's a little bit of swing but it's a good wicket it's a really good deck that's what
27:04wayne swith dwayne smith really enjoys the ball coming onto the bat
27:08chane watson will be mindful of that he plays a lot of them against them in the rpl and will change up
27:13his pace a great deal i think not just bowler back of a length dwayne smith likes to get in and hit
27:18through the line of the ball two fielders outside the circle one at third man one deep square lick
27:29once again swing now that's something you know the australians have studied with shane uh
27:34piggyback wayne smith his strong zone is when the ball is sort of short of laying when he hit the deck
27:42gets into a good position to pull the ball
27:50i think there's a guy who's just hiding there and chris gale is worried that he might just get up
27:55the most inopportune moment good shot excellent shot this but the ball was swinging it was right up
28:03wonderful timing yeah chris gales had a look he knows the ball is swinging but if it's in his area
28:15it's just over pitched again he doesn't even hit the ball just the short arm jab and races through
28:22maxwell to cover got no chance the straight end trying to swing him out he's gone straight it's
28:35a different intention this time may not be a six they have just bounced before the boundary rope
28:42this is a different chris gale maybe the original copy of chris gale
28:46rasmus just waiting for confirmation but from here it looks like it bounced just short yep it'll
28:57be a boundary that's four runs great intent because gale taking a shimmy it's probably the fastest he's
29:03moved in all three games sorry in bishop but he's shown really like you very you can just see i'm going
29:10forward out of vicious very long reach as this foot is starting to come out of the toilet a fielder
29:17has moved out of slips and gone to covers he's gone back side one bounce once again but this is the chris
29:28gale i like to watch not the one who just anchors the inning that he sometimes does yeah i think the key
29:36with chris gale is that this is what he's in the team for and he's got enough guys who can bet throughout
29:40the innings but destructive ability there's not a bad delivery it's on the stumps if he misses that
29:47it's going to be out but it's just hit the middle of back one bounce nearly kills the security guard
29:51walking past the advertising boards without even a raising a sweat
29:54this is the original chris gale mitchell star both two good balls and finished the over with 16 runs 18
30:08for the wicket
30:16really john did this is the way he's got to bat it's just that you know it also is a tremendous
30:20psychological blow for the opposition right at the start of the innings look i've seen enough
30:26body language of my fielding teams when he gets going against you it is so key i mean the first
30:30that's why you like a guy like maling to bowl your first over because how the first over goes often
30:35dictates the rest of the game
30:40there's a shot on pole that's the four
30:45pressure on the australian seamers here
30:50here we know smith we know he's strong he likes to pull from that off stump doesn't need much
30:59invitation it's just back of a limb from bollinger smith rolls on that vacant fine leg no chance of
31:07hauling it in five scores in the last six balls for the west indians there it is a pull shot 23
31:14inside edge goes for four
31:23steady stream of boundaries at the moment for the west indians
31:29yeah this could be costly from australian point of view i think this is a catch the difference here
31:33the ball swung in smith still pulls i'm not sure if that carried through to haddon ball swings back at
31:39smith cramps in for room but he still goes for the full shot
31:43yeah i think there was an opportunity australian to get one
31:48so tell us john d can we put that down as a drop catch that's a drop catch not an easy one but
31:53it's a drop catch thank you sir
31:54no fielder there and that could be a six an extremely flat six from chris gale
32:0515 runs from the over 33 for no wicked
32:17yeah chris gale this is this is a strong zone he's using his feet i think that's a key for me
32:21he really when he's showing intent clicks it and it just keeps going black six dancing in the crowds
32:35this is what they do brutal shots it's all power out here
32:40maxwell trying to ball it really full that lowe smith again underneath it dwayne smith equal to it
32:51he's a powerful man he drives down the ground stock long reach but can't get there
32:59and he's gone much much square on the lakeside
33:02fork another fielder can't keep the ball in play that's another boundary for chris gale
33:14yeah chris gale doesn't get all of this maxwell balls a pretty good length
33:18faulkner running to his right does well to get there initially probably could have got two hands
33:23to prevent the ball getting on the rope and he's followed into the advertising rope with the ball
33:32oh missed mr stumping chance brad hadn't earlier there was a low catch that they had a chance to
33:42catch let's have a look at this this is a stumping mist
33:49sweet shot you don't see him play that kind of a shot very often chris gale
33:54boy today is showing the complete range as a batsman ominous signs here for west indies
33:59rather australia 46-1 a week and four was gone
34:06you know maxwell has everything right hadn't does everything wrong just comes up too soon
34:11he's too high the ball stays low stays underneath his glove
34:14also probably not expecting gale to mess the way he's playing at this stage
34:22in the air but too quick for that fielder at mid on
34:25once again power coming to his rescue
34:37dwayne smith is so strong in the bottom hand
34:39stock gets it really full george bailey thinks he's in with a chance but it's actually through
34:45him before he gets there if you go with the one hand he probably might have had a chance there
34:49or a better chance australia not doing themselves any favor in the field
34:58and it's outside edge and this time taken by hadn't
35:02stark strikes the first scalp for the australians
35:07man of the match at the last match wayne smith has gone for 17 it's 54-1
35:23young lenny simmons is batting at number three it's something that the west indies have looked
35:28to do not marlon samuels but lenny simmons at number three the fielder there but he'll watch
35:35or rather give up another powerful hit not one of the stall sixes
35:43tremendous hitting from chris gale is picked up shane watson this time
35:48and he's picked up the shortest man on the boundary it's well struck again giving himself room
35:53get into that strong zone but like to borrow his stumps and his legs so let's give himself some
35:59room clear the arms and warner can only watch as it clears the boundary
36:07well it's fine fine fine enough long leg was uh when a standard long leg 45 almost this has gone
36:13really fine he's getting his runs here simmons he's gone up to eight from five
36:18yeah not not a great delivery dougie bollinger not trying to give him any
36:26actually changes his pace but the line is not great very easy for simmons
36:31bollinger rolls his fingers over it was out of favor for a long time was it he dougie bollinger
36:37and is only in the side now because mitchell johnson pulled out with an infected toe
36:42and he's put that in the gap before it's a good shot
36:45straight away the right hander going with the turn so he's made a good start here lendl simmons
36:58and uses his feet really well there's a big gap over the wicket is in the ring to save the one
37:05there's a big gap out there
37:12and 50 to chris gale
37:15here come back for two it's in uh 31 balls
37:18over the tail of two rings as you have chris gale he started off in a blazing in a hurry and the
37:28last 10 15 deliveries he's been quite content to consolidate
37:31at 51 of 31 in any man's game is still a really good score good start for his team
37:38i think he's put that in the gap he's put that in the gap yes he has well played simmons
37:42he does like the sweep shot that's his second boundary in that area
37:49now mashville trying to get really full to nullify that simmons gets down nice and low
37:55rolls the bat over it actually picks up speed over the boundary no chance for the fielders out there
38:02four fielders in the boundary on the onside this proved that australia just kept going after 12
38:07was 101 for five from there made 78 of the last eight 77
38:15now there's a man there they don't drop catches and uh maxwell never does he's a brilliant fielder
38:25everyone in that on on the field is running towards maxwell
38:30gives you an idea just how much this wicked means to them
38:33because gail was look was said and looking good for many more so the lexpin has got the wicket
38:39gail's gone for 53 it's 101 for two
38:46now the challenge for the west indies samuels comes in
38:49it'll fall behind the man and he's done really well to pull it back well done george bailey he's kept
39:02it down to a couple doing great work by davy warner he's come hearing from long on
39:10bailey saved it from the rope but if warner had to cover all that distance
39:14they would have got three comfortably so i think bailey's done really well he's done everything
39:18correct kept away from the boundary time that little flick back to perfection
39:23long off drops back so long on we've got fine leg inside the circle for simmons
39:31i might find the fielder here that is a tremendous catch it's maxwell here there and everywhere today
39:39maxwell just think he's kept his cool here and another goes down and another set batsman goes down
39:48and australia have got to believe i've got their nose ahead in this game now simmons
39:51it's gone for 26 it's 107 for three
40:00lucky bollinger using his aggression good bouncer just outside the line of off stump
40:06simmons swings hard thinks he's done all the work but maxwell and i tell you what that's not
40:09a lucky catch he practices that great composure good timing take it under control
40:15thank you bollinger knows see we've got a good opportunity here
40:23right twin bravo
40:31just short of long gone we'll go over the boundary
40:35bichel stark was a man two minds there whether to actually dive for the catch
40:39ball just skidding through much needed that for the west indies required rate now closing in on 12
40:50australia would believe they can defend this
40:54yep occasionally going to get the loose one for the leggies
40:59it's an awkward one for mitchell stark and it's just in front of the fielder
41:02he'd be disappointed couldn't knock it down though
41:11that's up in the air it's a short boundary
41:16and it's into the crowd so this is turning out to be a good over a boundary earlier now six
41:22the old waist high full bungers not the option
41:31whoa that's real bravo i ain't gonna miss out on those ones there's only a short boundary got up and
41:36under it but i'm not gonna miss out on those ones one hand one bounce finch was trying to see
41:41edge stand brilliantly taken he was flying across to his right brad hadden
41:56and a much needed breakthrough here for australia
42:01super catch from brad hadden brilliant catch hang time in the air
42:07excellent catch managed to hang on to it even hitting the ground good technique
42:19the old fella
42:22samuels is gone
42:31west indies still need 49 off 21 it was a good time for a wicker to get a new batsman in
42:37seven was gone for 12 or 15 cherries sammy has come out to the center
42:53and australia will be looking for this first win here today 48 needed from 20
43:01sammy's got a good strike rate hadn't he 139 can whack the ball over the fence
43:14oh he's got hold of that it's gone many a mile into the crowd
43:18that's a biggie
43:24and 11 of the over 137 for 4
43:38so he was disappointed two fielders up in the circle on the onside and he dropped it short
43:51that's well struck and that's one of his favorite areas inside out over extra cover when he finds the boundary
44:05great shot from bravo he's a real good cricketer always gives it a crack when he's batting when he's
44:10bowling to the good catch today too right in his zone
44:16just too wide for james faulkner to get there too much power
44:20sammy goes big clears long gone six of the first ball
44:33and this game has come alive the west indian dugout know it the crowd know it
44:38mitchell stark has to start getting this right the last bird last ball of his last
44:42though he bowled a rank slower ball halfway down the deck that went for six and now he's bowled one
44:47right in the hit me zone wasn't a yorker wasn't short it was just right in sammy's arc to whack it out
44:53the park and did he do that west indies are back two ball last couple of deliveries 10 runs off two
44:59balls they now need 25 off 11. mitchell stark has to start getting this right came on
45:07more runs goes through the offside this time wants to that's very good fielding a good throw
45:19the umpire goes upstairs i just forget the feeling he's a tall man he put in the dive darren sammy
45:25is seeing the body language of the australians that suggests that he might have just made his ground
45:31it yes comparably in that grounded as well
45:42so 25 needed now from 11 balls
45:49oh what a flick that is that is typical west indian well they've really enjoyed this the dugout in the
45:59crowd rusty flourisher from dan sammy yeah great shot another super shot but right it's not look at
46:11that looks like a dance that looks like one of your dance moves rough
46:16this is calypso cricket at his best
46:20what it is is bad bowling it's good batting from sammy but it's bad bowling again from start he's got to
46:25come around he's got to do something different he just keeps bowling it in the hit me zones
46:30he's already gone for 12 off the first three deliveries here he went the journey in the last over
46:36just bad bowling
46:40yes big over this already 12 runs of the first three balls
46:46sammy has raced away to 15 of just six
46:4934 of the last 15. 34 of the last 15. make that four more
46:57oh in fact good feeling very good feeling has kept the batsman down to two
47:06murid was the man diving across
47:1014 of this over already
47:12this was traveling this ball he got it fine
47:20yeah excellent fielding by new ahead down there saved a couple of runs it could be crucial in the
47:25end here we know this is going to get out of the wire better bowling from stark there was a bit more of
47:29a plan we saw the field change finally came over to point there's two points extra man on the offside
47:36he's bowling wide and full so there's some sort of plan rather than hope there's three on the onside
47:43once again it's that line this time he'll find the boundary tickish outside edge
47:51beats third man this is a massive over 18 of it already just 13 needed now for the west indies from seven balls
47:59darren sammy has come to the party 21 from just eight
48:09yes he's a tall man he has a long reach
48:14that helped him here just slicing it away over the offside it's a packed offside field
48:22three on the onside so as a batsman sammy knows what's the line going to be from the bowler
48:29that's a plenty of thought being put down into the field placing
48:34this is a terrific partnership for the west indies 36 added of just 14 balls
48:45now last ball of the over
48:47struck away to long on sammy will keep the strike 19 of the over 12 needed of the final over it's 167 for
49:00the australian supporters they know there's a match uh on their hands here
49:1841 runs in the last three overs and mitchell starks bowled two of them and he's meant to be
49:28a specialist of bowling at the end usually bowls really well but today he's gone for 30 off his two
49:36just not quite good enough mitchell stark there to be a specialist at the end to go for 30 off your
49:41last two with no real plan a couple of really ordinary deliveries the field up and bowling
49:46leg side short stuff it's down to james faulkner now sammy's giving them a chance
49:52great striking 22 off just nine deliveries two fours and a six
49:58first couple of balls official
50:03who's the favorites raf who's your money on well you'll have to uh
50:06uh this could be anybody's game i mean i would still say australia can defend it 12 is needed
50:13but the problem australia have uh is that they've got two really good strikers out there
50:20i he called it you said number 20 would be faulkner
50:28and another the last over finish here
50:31in south south africa defending just uh seven of the last over dale stain bowling a great over
50:41now can faulkner do it for australia here west indies no one big hit in the first two balls
50:46or three balls up could take them a long way in winning this game
50:54just looking at the field here rather than trying to get a feel for what james faulkner's going to
50:58bowl he's got these four men inside the circle that have to be in there
51:02it's all up on the offside so you sense the fork is going to bowl short
51:08and make it out to the big boundary there's four people out on the fence
51:16well he gets away with a dot wow that's a great start to the over not sure what sammy was expecting
51:24there maybe he was it was the three card trick is expecting the short ball with the field and went
51:28to the fast york it was well bowled
51:3412 off five what's it going to be slow ball or bouncer ruff i think he's going to try a similar
51:43delivery with what he's bowled the first ball he's going to try and tuck him up
51:46and ball full like that excellent bowling very good bowling this two dot balls to start just what
51:54australia needed 12 needed from four
52:03that's a very good delivery right up he's just got the ticket for whatever happens in the rest of this
52:08game he just likes being in this situation james faulkner he's got something about him
52:16the full toss hit six
52:21just clearing long off they're out of their seats the west indians
52:28what a finish so are the thousands of spectators
52:32just giving jimmy faulkner a rap about saying how much he loves being in these situations
52:38he bowls the big rank full bunger sammy spanked it
52:43oh it's back in the balance now your favorite look at the west indies look at chris gale
52:47look at all the players in the dugout they're wrapped
52:51oh six off three one big hit one big hit a wicket now australian need a wicket
52:59that's a problem with sammy you don't get it right you let him get underneath it he'll smack it
53:05he goes again down the ground and runs away towards the dugout what a finish this for the west indies
53:13the skipper finishes it off consecutive sixes west indies are home and away second win for them in
53:20this year's world cup and there's a terrific match uh plenty of uh entertainment australia
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