Memories of Australia vs West Indies 1999 World Cup Old Trafford

[Sarwar89]

It was a must win match for both teams to proceed for Super Six. Australians were low on confidence after 2 recent defeats against Kiwis and Pakistanis.

Brian Lara was still in Aussie minds ( 2 months earlier his 153* in Test Match captured headlines). It was a slightly cloudy day at Old Trafford.

Mcgrath yet again crafted his name in history books, totally destroyed West Indian batting line up. Ridley Jacobs carried the bat and apart from him Chanderpaul was the only other player who managed to enter in double figures.

Ambrose did create havoc in Australian top order but 110 was too low a total to defend and Reliable Bevan/Steve Waugh got them over the line and Aussies won by 6 wickets.

But was it the first time Aussies completely shattered a top rated Team’s batting line up i. That world cup ?

No. Similar things happened in World cup final 20 days later.

 

[saeed5646]

Aus vs westindies match is always fun to watch.
Cannot forget worldcup 2016 match where westindies players were pumped up . Aus better avoid sledging with big boys .

 

[Nikhil_cric]

That match will always be remembered for

1. McGrath really establishing himself as a world class ODI bowler with a match winning performance and

2. Australia deliberately delaying the win so that they could carry over 2 points by trying to knock out NZ. Windies too were not trying to take wickets as that gave them a chance to qualify instead of NZ as well. Didn't work out since NZ scored rapidly against Scotland and qualified with 2 points.