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Australia beat West Indies by six wickets in the Tri-Nation Series

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West Indies team
J Charles, ADS Fletcher, DM Bravo, MN Samuels, D Ramdin†, KA Pollard, JO Holder*, CR Brathwaite, SJ Benn, SP Narine, ST Gabriel

Australia team
AJ Finch, UT Khawaja, SPD Smith*, GJ Bailey, GJ Maxwell, MR Marsh, MS Wade†, JP Faulkner, MA Starc, JR Hazlewood, SM Boland

Toss: Australia won the toss and decided to bowl.
 
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West Indies' mercurial batting lineup has been exposed, so far today. Starc doesn't seem to have lost any fire despite the long layoff.
 
Samuels and Ramdin partnerships usually consist of a rather painstakingly slow rebuilding phase.
 
Charles and Fletcher are too inconsistent and have been given enough chances. Would replace them with Kraigg Brathwaite and Evin Lewis.
 
Told you guys before, this pair is dangerous one. Look at Samuels, at early he was playing at SR of 40,50 and now it's 100+
 
Good batting by Samuels here. Nice counterattacking as well.


Kraigg is not an ODI player
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Of the batsmen who played all the games in the West Indies' recent domestic 50 over competition, Kraigg was the highest averaging player (a 60+ average).

He opens, he anchors, usually scores a ton and is tough to get out. He is far better than hacks like Fletcher.

WI international team selection rarely makes sense.
 
TestMatch said:
Good batting by Samuels here. Nice counterattacking as well.




Of the batsmen who played all the games in the West Indies' recent domestic 50 over competition, Kraigg was the highest averaging player (a 60+ average).

He opens, he anchors, usually scores a ton and is tough to get out. He is far better than hacks like Fletcher.

WI international team selection rarely makes sense.
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They'd be better off blooding in Pope. Windies domestic is pretty poor, so not much to write home about, and Kraigg's strokeplay is very limited.
 
Waugh Sr. Thinks this the best AIS pace attack in last 50 years?
 
MMHS said:
Waugh Sr. Thinks this the best AIS pace attack in last 50 years?
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I couldnt believe it either. Steve Waugh is such a genius. You should read his book and youll find this tatement even stranger. He understands cricket so well.
 
Convict said:
Well no. He thinks Starc/Cummins/Pattinson is
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Id take Mcgrath, Lee and Tait over those 3 in ODIs even though Starc could be better in all. In Tests Id take Mcgrath, Gillespie over these guys any day.
 
aliasad1998 said:
I couldnt believe it either. Steve Waugh is such a genius. You should read his book and youll find this tatement even stranger. He understands cricket so well.
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You got to remember that Australian pace attacks over the past 50 years (since Lindwall and Miller) have really had two or three really great pacemen at once.

Lee/Kasprowicz/Fleming/Bichel etc were good but not great.

It's a bit unfair to Gillespie but his statement clearly meant that he believed that Starc/Hazlewood/Cummins/Pattinson etc had the potential to be better than Lille/Thomson/Walker and McGrath/Gillespie/Lee
 
aliasad1998 said:
Id take Mcgrath, Lee and Tait over those 3 in ODIs even though Starc could be better in all. In Tests Id take Mcgrath, Gillespie over these guys any day.
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I don't think Lee and Tait ever played ODIs together. Lee missed that 2007 world cup.

They may have played a bit afterwards but certainly not alongside McGrath
 
Jeeeeze, Ramdin is really opening up now. Two sixes in a row.

WI are so hilariously inconsistent.


Kraigg's strokeplay is very limited.
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I honestly think he'll be a future WI test great. Not since Lara has a WI batsmen made so many domestic tons.

You're right that WI's domestic circuit is now a joke, and that he's not quite cut out for ODIs - his nickname in the Caribbean is "the painter" because watching him bat is like watching paint dry - but he can work well as a Chanderpaul/KaneWilliamson styled opener. WI need at least one opener who isn't a mad slogger.
 
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I see trouble for Aussies today - have finished Strac with 5 overs left & he hasn't taken one of pollard/Samuels
 
lol, everyone bowls constant short balls to Pollard.

Only IPL feeds him balls in his slot.
 
Lol at Samuals. He was run a ball on 70 at one point, this one is a one h*** of a selfish innings.
 
Smbhayi said:
Yeah sure but he clearly slowed down towards his century, like Sachin's 100th 100
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I think a bit different - at 30/3 on a good wicket, he threw some desperate punches, by the time they reached 150/3 with 18 overs left; they were in contest & he actually played for a target; rather than allowing Aussies back into game. A little mid calculation, WI could have been 180/5 & Strac running through the tail for a target of 235.

It's a good, calculative knock & he is finishing great.
 
It's a good, calculative knock & he is finishing great.
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Probably the only active WI batsman who can pace and construct an innings well.

Out on the last ball.

Very good knock.
 
Khawaja will kill stuff on his pads and short stuff but hes weak on that off stump and against the moving ball. Needs to improve.
 
Australia showing good temperament here.

Required rate is no problem for the likes of Marsh and Maxwell, so these two just need to keep their partnership going.
 
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Smith and Marsh setting it up perfectly now.

Marsh doing well to score at a relatively quicker pace than Smith, otherwise the required run rate could have gotten uncomfortable.
 
Australia are just too good. Nobody is in the same league as them as far as ODIs are concerned. :ms
Edit: Smith runout. :hafeez
 
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Muhammad10 said:
Australia are just too good. Nobody is in the same league as them as far as ODIs are concerned. :ms
Edit: Smith runout. :hafeez
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Incredibly ordinary in this tournament so far. Bowling attack is pretty bad if you take out Starc.

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Great effort by Samuels but Australia just too good... it could have been tight if Maxwell didn't fire, but someone always comes up with the goods for them. They rarely lose important matches like this one. The anti-South Africa.
 
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