West Indies vs Australia | ODI 5 | St Kitts | 06/07/2008

[12thMan]

Australia has won the toss and will bat

Australia 1 Shane Watson, 2 Shaun Marsh, 3 David Hussey, 4 Michael Clarke (capt), 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Andrew Symonds, 7 Luke Ronchi (wk), 8 James Hopes, 9 Brett Lee 10 Mitchell Johnson, 11 Nathan Bracken

West Indies 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Xavier Marshall, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Shawn Findlay, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Andre Fletcher, 9 Daren Powell, 10 Fidel Edwards, 11 Nikita Miller.

Nikita makes in the 11 again

Aus 3-0 after 1.1 overs

 

[12thMan]

Marsh 33(28) - Watson 21(27)
Aus 55-0 after 9 overs

 

[12thMan]

Watson out ct at third man off Bravo
Aus 70-1 after 12.5 overs

 

[12thMan]

Will Ronchi fire today? Hits a six to Gayle
Aus 85-1 after 15.2 overs @ 5.54

 

[12thMan]

Two more sixes by Ronchi - 19 runs from the over
97-1 after 16 overs

 

[purplehaze]

West Indies 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Xavier Marshall, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Shawn Findlay, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Andre Fletcher, 9 Daren Powell, 10 Fidel Edwards, 11 Nikita Miller.

Wow- haven't ever heard the name of 4 players in this line-up. I must be miserably out-dated with what's latest in WI cricket...

 

[12thMan]

Ronchi hits Edwards for six. It was a no ball. Most sixes going to long on-off area

 

[12thMan]

Ronchi with another six. his 5th. moves to 38 off 16
Aus 114-1 after 17.5

 

[12thMan]

Marsh 49 out ct behind off Edwards
Aus 129-2 after 19.2 overs @ 6.67

 

[12thMan]

Ronchi with #6th to long off, this one was on free hit. moves to 59 off 25 balls. His 50 came in 22 balls
Aus 141-2 after 20 overs
Edwards 6 overs for 1-61

 

[12thMan]

Ronchi slowing down. He had 45 off last 15 balls and now it is 40 off last 15 balls
Aus 150-2 after 21 overs @ 7.14
last 5 overs 53-1 @10.60

 

[12thMan]

Ronchi 64 (28) out ct behind off Miller
Aus 150-3 after 21.1

 

[12thMan]

Clarke out ct behind off Sarwan
Aus 152-4 after 22.1
Symonds in. Hussey the other batsman

 

[12thMan]

Aus 179-4 after 31 overs @ 5.77
last 5 overs 19-0
Symonds 16 off 40

 

[12thMan]

Symonds with six and four off Miller. Moves to 44
Aus 235-4 after 40 overs @ 5.87

 

[12thMan]

Symonds reaches 5000 ODI runs with a four. moves to 61
43.1 Edwards to Symonds, FOUR, pulls this one very hard behind square
Aus 259-4

 

[12thMan]

Symonds 66 out ct behind off Edwards
Aus 265-4 after 43.5

 

[12thMan]

Hussey 51 out ct off Edwards
Aus 280-6 after 46 overs
Edwards 9 overs 3-86

 

[12thMan]

David Hussey with a six. moves to 38 off 17. Hopes 17(9)
Australia 326-6 after 49 overs

 

[12thMan]

Sarwan bowling the last over

D Hussey with 2 sixes - 50 off 19 balls

He's now hit the second-fastest fifty for an Australian - from 19 balls - Ronchi having brought his up earlier from 22

Aus 339-6 - 3 balls left

 

[kablooee87]

61 runs off the last 4 overs.

 

[12thMan]

Last two balls of the innings Hussey and Hopes out
Australia 341-8 after 50 overs @ 6.82
Last 5 ovs 68/3 RR 13.60

 

[12thMan]

Gayle already gone ct behind in 2nd over off Johnson
WI 19-1 after 4 overs - need 323 more @ 7

 

[12thMan]

Sarwan ct at midoff by Hopes off Johnson. excellent catch leaping up
Wii 21-2 after 5.4 overs

 

[12thMan]

Marshall 17 out lbw Watson
WI 56-3 after 12 overs - need 286 more

 

[12thMan]

Chanders 35(40) - Findlay 16(18)
WI 86-3 after 18 overs - need 256 more @ 8 an over

 

[12thMan]

Bravo 13 out ct at long on off Symonds
WI 129-5 after 27.2 overs - need 213 @ 9.39

 

[12thMan]

Fletcher out stumped off Clarke
WI 131-6 after 28.1
Viv Richards saying this is school boy cricket, kindergarden cricket. Fletcher was a little casual to get his foot back in

Fletcher has done this sort of thing before this series - and his dropped catch earlier was fairly casual. It's hardly as if he's an established player in West Indies' side. Maybe this will buck his ideas up - he's certainly a talented player - cricinfo

 

[12thMan]

Findlay fighting it, on 59 now.
WI 164-8 after 39 overs - need 174 more @ 15.8

 

[12thMan]

NO Miller out ct at extra cover off Johnson
WI 172-9 after 39.4 overs - need 170 more

 

[12thMan]

Johnson gets a 5fer. Edwards out
WI 173 all out after 39.5 overs
Australia wins by 169 runs and win series 5-0

 

[lollol]

Man of the series: Shane Watson

 

[OZGOD]

Geez Ronchi's a cowlasher. Adam Gilchrist he definitely is not.

 

[cars112]

The Australian Test side may be showing the odd chink in the armor (though they are still comfortably the best), but the ODI side, if anything, just keeps getting stronger. The bowling concerns that dog the Test side are not an issue in ODIs and Australia's batting strength is just ridiculously brilliant.

 

[cars112]

Geez Ronchi's a cowlasher. Adam Gilchrist he definitely is not.

But there will never be another Adam Gilchrist! Haddin and Ronchi are decent ODI keeper batsmen though.