5th ODI: West Indies v New Zealand at Basseterre, Jul 16, 2012

[mastermind_quad]

Again NZ looses the plot in end overs.

WI 180/8 to 241/9

Brilliant 59* from Andre Russell with 6 4s and 3 6s


http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-new-zealand-2012/engine/current/match/560927.html

 

[mastermind_quad]

242 to chase for NZ.

 

[cricketworm]

Andre Russell is brilliant cricketer!

 

[shahidafridi123]

Andre Russel

 

[Space Cat]

McCullum looks comfortable against Narine compared to the other NZ players.

Keeping to him throughout the IPL would of helped.

 

[wasi90lk]

west indies should win 4-1. if new zealand win this, it will be a massive failure for west indies.

 

[Space Cat]

Sammy makes a great partner for Narine. Builds pressure with his tight lines.

 

[jusarrived]

McCullum looks comfortable against Narine compared to the other NZ players.

Keeping to him throughout the IPL would of helped.

always been a pretty good player of spin , though hes been strugling against SLA's lately

 

[Space Cat]

Hoping Guptill finds some form here. He is quite obviously talented but needs to find some consistency.

 

[Bullet Drive]

safe shot by Guptill.

 

[Bullet Drive]

60-1.

 

[Bullet Drive]

 

[shahidafridi123]

ill be giving ball by ball updates soon.....

Narine strikes!

 

[Bullet Drive]

West Indies are very quite in the field.

 

[Bullet Drive]

 

[wasi90lk]

ill be giving ball by ball updates soon.....

Narine strikes!

narine is the biggest thing to happen to west indies, in the last 6 months.
for me, narine is more important than gayle.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

McCullum looks comfortable against Narine compared to the other NZ players.

Keeping to him throughout the IPL would of helped.

You had to jinx him.

 

[Bullet Drive]

That's an Ajmal type of dismissal.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ajmal actually got Tendulkar the exact same way.

 

[Bullet Drive]

narine is the biggest thing to happen to west indies, in the last 6 months.
for me, narine is more important than gayle.

lol, no where near the way Gayle is important to WI.

 

[shahidafridi123]

No run

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ross Taylor in.

 

[Space Cat]

McCullum as always gets out after looking great. A shame as he was scoring well off Narine up to that point.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Leg slip and slip in place.

 

[Bullet Drive]

64-2.

 

[shahidafridi123]

no run

 

[Bullet Drive]

McCullum as always gets out after looking great. A shame as he was scoring well off Narine up to that point.

Agree. An average of 30 even after all his talent.

 

[wasi90lk]

lol, no where near the way Gayle is important to WI.

if gayle gets out, there is pollard, samuels, sammy who can smash the ball.

if narine is not playing, spin department is toothless for west indies.

bishoo, shillingford, benn - they are nowhere close to narine.

 

[shahidafridi123]

no run there

 

[Space Cat]

You had to jinx him.

Lol yea my bad.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Great fielding by the WI.

 

[shahidafridi123]

dot ball, good tight bowling from sammy

 

[Bullet Drive]

if gayle gets out, there is pollard, samuels, sammy who can smash the ball.

if narine is not playing, spin department is toothless for west indies.

bishoo, shillingford, benn - they are nowhere close to narine.

Bishoo is a very good spin bowler.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Guptill will throw his wicket away..

 

[shahidafridi123]

Good fielding but can't stop the single

 

[Bullet Drive]

3 dot balls. Pressure building.

 

[shahidafridi123]

Sammy's economy rate has been great so far......

 

[Bullet Drive]

Finally some strike rotation!

 

[shahidafridi123]

Almost taken at slip! Bounces once though, good bowling. No run

 

[Bullet Drive]

NZ remind me of Pakistan in a way, their batsman get starts and then give it away + they hardly rotate strike.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Almost a catch.

 

[shahidafridi123]

Another dot to end the over, great over from Sammy, 65/2 after 13

 

[Bullet Drive]

Sammy bowling well..

 

[Bullet Drive]

Very good over. 13 gone.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Narine has 7 overs left..

 

[shahidafridi123]

Sammy's bowled 4 overs for just 11 with an economy rate of 2.75

 

[shahidafridi123]

dot ball, that spun

 

[shahidafridi123]

appeal for LBW but not out, no run

 

[shahidafridi123]

WI decide not to review it

 

[shahidafridi123]

single to guptill

 

[shahidafridi123]

swept fine for another couple to taylor

 

[Bullet Drive]

Brilliant bowling by Narine.

 

[shahidafridi123]

that lbw shout earlier would have been given out had WI decided to use DRS....

no run

 

[Bullet Drive]

If WI reviewed it would have been gone.

 

[shahidafridi123]

another single, 69/2 after 14

 

[Space Cat]

Agree. An average of 30 even after all his talent.

He averages in the late 30s batting up the order which is pretty good but personally i feel he always had world class potential but never quite made the most of it.

 

[shahidafridi123]

dot ball from sammy

 

[Bullet Drive]

Thought it looked close real time.

 

[shahidafridi123]

nicely played by taylor for a single

 

[shahidafridi123]

guptill takes a single

 

[shahidafridi123]

tight single, throw just wide, taylor gets a single

 

[shahidafridi123]

dot ball

 

[Space Cat]

Taylor looking for a 3rd consecutive ODI century today.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Quick single..

 

[Bullet Drive]

Nicely pushed to mid off.

 

[shahidafridi123]

single, 73/2 after 15

 

[Bullet Drive]

72-2.

 

[Bullet Drive]

15 overs gone now.

 

[Bullet Drive]

73-2.

 

[Bullet Drive]

I'd keep Narine on..

 

[Bullet Drive]

Sammy has very poor ODI stats.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Sammy averaging 45+ in ODI cricket.

 

[shahidafridi123]

single

 

[wasi90lk]

why don't west indies play both narine and bishoo? they can dry up runs more.

 

[Bullet Drive]

RR going up now. NZ need to rotate.

 

[Bullet Drive]

why don't west indies play both narine and bishoo? they can dry up runs more.

Sammy takes the spot.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Bowling PP taken.

 

[Bullet Drive]

74-2. 1 run.

 

[shahidafridi123]

no run

 

[Bullet Drive]

I'd rather Narine goes over the wicket.