5th ODI: Australia Erase WI! ODI Series a White Wash!

The last match of the tour also went in favor of Australia. They lost the one and only T20 and drew the 2nd test. The first and third test were won by Australia including all the five ODIs.

The last ODI victory was a big victory with huge margin. Chasing the target of 342, WI were bundled out for 172 and Findlay top scoring with 59 not out. MG Johnson picked 5 wickets.

For Australia, Andrew Symonds top scored with 66. Edwards and Sarwan picked 3 wickets each.

Match: 5th ODI
Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Date: July 6, 2008
Teams: West Indies and Australia
Captains: CH Gayle and MJ Clarke
Toss: Australia won the toss and decided to first
Result: Australia won by 169 runs
Series: Australia win the series 5-0
Man of the Match: L Ronchi off Australia
Man of the Series: SR Watson off Australia
Score:

Australia 341 for 8 in 50 overs (SE Marsh 49, SR Watson 29, L Ronchi 64, MJ Clarke 5, MEK Hussey 51, A Symonds 66, DJ Hussey 52, JR Hopes 18, B Lee 0 not out, Extras--7 (lb 3, w 1, nb 3), FH Edwards 9-0-86-3, DBL Powell 10-0-50-0, DJ Bravo 10-0-74-1, CH Gayle 2-0-33-0, NO Miller 10-0-38-1, RR Sarwan 9-1-57-3) beat West Indies 172 all out in 39.5 overs (CH Gayle 5, XM Marshall 17, RR Sarwan 7, S Chanderpaul 38, SE Findlay 59 not out, DJ Bravo 13, ADS Fletcher 1, D Ramdin 3, DBL Powell 10, NO Miller 8, FH Edwards 0, Extras--11 (lb 2, w 9), B Lee 9-0-42-0, MG Johnson 7.5-1-29-5, NW Bracken 5-0-19-0, SR Watson 5-0-23-1, MJ Clarke 6-0-34-2, A Symonds 7-0-23-2)

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4th ODI: Australia win the last over Thriller by 1 run!

Michael Clarke held is nerve and chose his bowlers very well in the thirlling 1 run victory against West Indies and to take 4-0 lead in the 5 match ODI Series.

West Indies needed 28 in the last five overs. With experienced Chandrapaul in the crease and 6 wickets in hand, any team would have won it, in fact, West Indies would have won it 9 out of 10 times.

Lee's over costed 6 and Hopes next over added 9 to the total. Findlayhit a huge six over long on and that reduced the tension in the West Indies camp.

Lee got Findlay caught brilliantly by Michael Hussey bowled and more importantly gave away just 1 run.

Last two overs 12 runs, 5 wickets in hand. Bracken bowled the penultimate over and had Chanderpaul clean bowled through a slow off cutter in the last ball. West Indies scored 4 runs in that over.

Last over, 8 runs needed, 4 wickets in hand. Shane Watson gave single in all the ball. The last ball required 3 runs and they scored a single of the last ball.

The surprise was that no one tried to slog it because they had the wicket anyway. They didn't take the risk and lost the match in hand.

In the presentation ceremony, Gayle said, "We thought we could have got it. I should have carried on and saw the team home. The support was very good. I apologise for the loss."

Clarke said, "Ricky can get it [captaincy] back! The guys did a fantastic job. Gayle played really well but full credit to the guys who hung in there. Every body who gets a chance to play to Australia love it and cherish it."

Match: 4th ODI
Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Date: July 4, 2008
Teams: West Indies and Australia
Captains: CH Gayle and MJ Clarke
Toss: West Indies won the toss and decided to field
Result: Australia won by 1 run
Series: Australia leading 4-0
Man of the Match: A Symonds off Australia
Score:

Australia 282 for 8 in 50 overs (SE Marsh 16, SR Watson 20, MEK Hussey 37, MJ Clarke 36, A Symonds 87, DJ Hussey 50, JR Hopes 0, L Ronchi 12, B Lee 7 not out, MG Johnson 0 not out, Extras--17 (lb 7, w 7, nb 3), FH Edwards 10-0-53-2, DBL Powell 10-1-66-2, DJ Bravo 10-0-57-1, DJG Sammy 4-0-18-1, MO Miller 10-1-56-1, CH Gayle 6-1-25-1) beat West Indies 281 for 6 in 50 overs (CH Gayle 92, XM Marshall 0, RR Sarwan 63, S Chanderpaul 53, DJ Bravo 31, SE Findlay 9, D Ramdin 5 not out, DJG Sammy 3 not out, Extras--25 (lb 6, w 17, nb 2), B Lee 10-0-64-3, NW Bracken 10-0-50-1, MG Johnson 10-0-40-0, JR Hopes 10-0-63-1, DJ Hussey 2-0-20-0, SR Watson 7-0-33-1, MJ Clarke 1-0-5-0)

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3rd ODI: Australia win by 7 Wickets! Wins Series!

West Indies batsmen could not utilize the good start as the middle order fell like nine pins. Gayle was unluck to get run out as the ball touched Johnson's hand at hit the stumps. The bowling was not that great, but the batsmen threw their wicket trying to maintain the run rate. From 159 for 2 in the 33rd over, they lost the remaining 8 wickets for 64 runs. They did not play the full quota of 50 overs as their innings ended in 48 overs.

The come back all rounder Watson scored a wonderful century to take Australia home comfortably and win the series.

Match: 3rd ODI
Venue: National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada
Date: June 29, 2008
Teams: West Indies and Australia
Captains: CH Gayle and Ponting
Toss: Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result: Australia won by 7 wickets with 57 balls remaining
Series: Australia leading 3-0
Man of the Match: SR Watson off Australia
Score:

West Indies 223 all out in 48 overs (CH Gayle 53, XM Marshall 35, RR Sarwan 31, S Chanderpaul 32, DJ Bravo 7, ADS Fletcher 12, D Ramdin 21, DJG Sammy 3, DBL Powell 2, FH Edwards 7 not out, SJ Benn 1, Extras--19 (lb 6, w 10, nb 3), B Lee 9-1-36-1, NW Bracken 9-0-26-3, MG Johnson 8-1-41-1, JR Hopes 3-0-23-0, A Symonds 7-0-42-2, SR Watson 5-0-23-1, MJ Clarke 7-0-26-0) lost to Australia 227 for 3 in 40.3 overs (SE Marsh 0, SR Watson 126, RT Ponting 69, MJ Clarke 11 not out, A Symonds 8 not out, Extras--13 (lb 2, w 9, nb 2), FH Edwards 6-0-35-1, DBL Powell 6-0-33-0, SJ Benn 10-1-59-0, DJ Bravo 9-0-47-0, DJG Sammy 4-0-20-1, CH Gayle 5-0-26-1, XM Marshall 0.3-0-5-0)

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1st ODI: Australia win comfortably!

Australia beat West Indies comfortably by 84 runs in the first ODI of the five match series. They bounced back from the T20 defeat and proved that West Indies is not yet an equal side for them. SE Marsh bagged the man of the match in his debut game for his 81 off 97 balls with 7 fours and a six. Sure that IPL would have given him a world of confidence in addition to the chance for playing for his nation.

Match: 1st ODI
Venue: Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent
Date: June 24, 2008
Teams: West Indies and Australia
Captains: CH Gayle and Ponting
Toss: West Indies won the toss and decided to field
Result: Australia won by 84 runs
Series: Australia leading 1-0
Man of the Match: SE Marsh off Australia
Score:

Australia 273 for 8 in 50 overs (SE Marsh 81, SR Watson 31, RT Ponting 5, MJ Clarke 9, MEK Hussey 44, BJ Haddin 50, CL White 8, JR Hopes 9, B Lee 12 not out, MG Johnson 3 not out, Extras--21 (b 3, lb 5, w 13), JE Taylor 7-0-30-1, CH Gayle 10-0-55-1, FH Edwards 3-0-22-0, DJ Bravo 8-0-54-2, SJ Benn 10-0-39-1, RR Sarwan 5-0-34-1, DJG Sammy 7-1-31-2) beat West Indies 189 all out in 39.5 overs (XM Marshall 6, CH Gayle 20, RR Sarwan 2, ADS Fletcher 26, DJ Bravo 33, KA Pollard 11, D Ramdin 31, DJG Sammy 33, JE Taylor 11, SJ Benn 7, FH Edwards 1 not out, Extras--8 (w 8), B Lee 9-1-37-2, NW Bracken 5.5-0-31-4, MG Johnson 7-0-42-1, JR Hopes 5-0-14-0, MJ Clarke 4-1-15-1)

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T20: West Indies Register their First Win of the Tour!

West Indies finally saw some happy moment of the entire series after beating Australia in the shorter version of the game! They beat the touring Australians by 7 wickets with 11 balls remaining. In the rain preventing the full quota of 20 overs, each side got a chance of 11 overs. Marshall and Bravo helped the chase with quick scoring.

Match: T20
Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Date: June 20, 2008
Teams: West Indies and Australia
Captains: DJ Bravo and Ponting
Toss: West Indies won the toss and decided to field
Result: West Indies won by 7 wickets with 11 balls remaining
Man of the Match: XM Marshall off West Indies
Score:

Australia 97 for 3 in 11 overs (SE Marsh 29, L Ronchi 36, SR Watson 17 not out, DJ Hussey 0, CL White 10 not out, Extras--5 (lb 2, w 2, nb 1), JE Taylor 2-0-23-0, SJ Benn 2-0-19-0, FH Edwards 2-0-12-0, KAH Roach 3-0-29-2, DJ Bravo 2-0-12-1) lost to West Indies 102 for 3 in 9.1 overs (XM Marshall 36, WKD Perkins 9, D Ramdin 8, DJ Bravo 28 not out, ADS Fletcher 7 not out, Extras--14 (b 6, lb 1, w 7), B Lee 2-0-26-0, MG Johnson 2-0-30-0, SR Watson 2.1-0-17-1, JR Hopes 2-0-14-0, CL White 1-0-8-0)

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Australia v. WI, 3rd Test: Katich's Century Helps Australia Sweep Series!

Though Australia did not bat well in the first innings and gave a good chance to West Indies to equal the series, Simon Katich's century helped Australia to gain huge lead in the 2nd innings. Jaques also scored a century in the Australian 2nd innings which provided a strong foundation to Australia's lead. Jaques and Katich added 223 for the first wicket.

Test: 3
Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Teams: Australia and West Indies
Captains: Rickey Ponting and Chirs Gayle
Toss: West Indies won the toss and decided to field
Match Result: Australia won by 87 runs
Series Result: Australia won the series 2-0 (2nd Test Drawn)
Man of the Match: SM Katich off Australia
Man of the Series: S Chanderpaul off Wst Indies
Score:

Australia 1st Innings 251 all out in 67.1 overs (PA Jaques 31, SM Katich 36, A Symonds 52, BJ Haddin 32, FH Edwards 3 for 55, JE Taylor 3 for 46, DJ Bravo 3 for 61)
West Indies 1st Innings 216 all out in 58.5 overs (XM Marshal 39, S Chanderpaul 79 not out, DJ Bravo 29, B Lee 3 for 64, MG Johnson 4 for 41)
Australia 2nd Innings (lead by 35 runs) 439 for 5 declared in 145 overs (PA Jaques 108, SM Katich 157, PT Ponting 39, MJ Clarke 48 not out, BJ Haddin 45 not out, SJ Benn 3 for 154)
beat West Indies 2nd Innings (475 target) 387 all out in 105.4 overs (CH Gayle 26, XM Marshall 85, RR Sarwan 43, S Chanderpaul 50, DJ Bravo 69, JE Taylor 31, B Lee 2 for 109, SR Clark 3 for 58, B Casson 3 for 86)

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Australia v. WI, 1st Test: Australia Wins the First Test!

The intersting chase in the 2nd innnings was in the cards in the first test between the home side West Indies and the touring Australia. Bowled out for 167 in the 2nd innings and with the lead of 119, Australia set 287 as the target for West Indies.

But, West Indies neither was able to chase the target nor could play for a draw. Though they ended day 4 at 46 for 1, they had 241 to get in 90 overs with 9 wickets. Stuart Clark rattled the batting of West Indies by picking 5 wickets.

Earlier, skipper Ponting scored his 35th test hundred, just 4 behind Tendulkar. He scored 158 in the 224 ball innings which comprised of 16 fours and a six. He was supported by Hussey (56), Hodge (67) and Symonds (70 not out). For West Indies, Edwards picked 5 wickets.

West Indies gave a good reply, but couldn't reduce the lead to less than 100 runs. Though Chandrapaul was hit by a Lee's bouncer, he scored a brilliant fighting 118. This was his 18th test hundred which came off 276 balls with 13 fours and a six. Morton scored 67, the only other half-centurian.

Started the 2nd innings with 119 runs lead, Australia were bundeld out for 167 in 56.5 overs. Symonds scored his second fifty and saved some pride for Australia. He was the top scorer in the 2nd innings with 79. Bravo picked 4 wickets, while Powell and Edwards picked 3 each.

SR Clark was declared man of the match.

Test: 1

Venue: Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Teams: Australia and West Indies

Captains: Rickey Ponting and RR Sarwan

Toss: Australia won the toss and decided to bat

Match Result: Australia won by 95 runs

Series Result: Australia leading 1-0

Man of the Match: Stuart Clarke off Australia

Score:

Australia 1st Innings 431 all out in 126.5 overs (RT Ponting 158, MEK Hussey 56, BJ Hodge 67, A Symonds 70, FH Edwards 5 for 104, DJG Sammy 2 for 78)

West Indies 1st Innings 312 all out in 106 overs (DS Smith 32, RS Morton 67, S Chandrapaul 118, DJ Bravo 46, B Lee 3 for 63, MG Johnson 2 for 63, SR Clark 3 for 59, SCG MacGill 2 for 100)

Australia 2nd Innings (lead by 119 runs) 167 all out in 56.5 overs (BJ Hodge 27, A Symonds 79, DBL Powell 3 for 36, FH Edwards 3 for 40, DJ Bravo 4 for 47)

Beat West Indies 2nd Innings (287 target) 191 all out in 67 overs (DS Smith 28, D Ramdin 36, DJG Sammy 35, DBL Powell 27, B Lee 2 for 81, SR Clark 5 for 32, SCG MacGill 2 for 43)

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West Indies Announces Squad for Australian Test!

The West Indian Cricket Board today announced their 14-member squad for the first test against Australia, starting on Thursday May 22.

The skipper Chris Gayle is yet to recover from the groin injury he suffered during the one day series against Sri Lanka.

It's been a month since he suffered the injury and is still to recover. He will not be playing the first test as he is yet to recover. The team will be lead by Ramnaresh Sarwan. Dwayne Bravo will be his deputy.

This will be a good test for Sarwan as a captain and for the entire squad as they are playing against the world champions.

The Squad: Ramnaresh Sarwan (captain), Dwayne Bravo (vice-captain), Sulieman Benn, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Ryan Hinds, Amit Jaggernauth, Runako Morton, Darren Sammy, Devon Smith, Brenton Parchment, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Jerome Taylor.

Good luck West Indies!

Sri Lanka wins First Test!

Sri Lanka have beaten West Indies for the first time in West Indies. Vaas was the pick of the bowlers taking half of the West Indian wickets.

Resuming the last day at 96 for 1, West Indies needed 341 runs and Sri Lanka wanted 9 wickets.

Bravo and Sarwan were batting well and didn't hurry at all. They're not going for win, but trying to save the game. They added 134 for the 2nd wicket and it looked like Sri Lanka was losing the grip in the game. Muralitharan, the experienced and leading test wicket taker gave the break through by dismissing Bravo through a beautiful caught and bowled. That was the turning point of the game. Samuels was caught behind off Vaas for 10. Chandrapaul followed him for 3, bowled by Vaas. WI were struggling at 178 for 4 with 50 overs to bat out.

Both Muralitharan and Vaas were getting wickets and providing break throughs for Sri Lankans. Gayle was the lonely warrior battling in the field. When 8th wicket fell at 89th over, West Indies needed to play out 24.3 overs. Both Gayle and Taylor were negotiating with Muralitharan's doosra and off-spin.

They played out 12 overs very well. New ball was taken by skipper Jayawardane and given to Vaas. He gave the break through with a short ball which edge to slips. With Gayle and Powell on the crease with 10.5 overs to spare. They were batting well, but the poor shot selection by Powell off Vaas finished the match. He tried to hit the ball over mid-off, but Muralitharan jumped and took a one-handed catch to give Sri Lanka the lead in the series. Gayle was not out on 51, which actually does not matter.

Score:

Toss: Sri Lanka

Venue: Providence Stadium, Guyana

Date: March 22-26, 2008

Captains: Jayawardane (Sri Lanka), Gayle (West Indies)

Man of the Match: Vaas (Sri Lanka)

Short Score:

Sri Lanka 1st Innings 476 for 8 declared in 162 overs (Vandort 52, Warnapura 120, Sangakkara 50, Jayawardane 136, Vaas 54 not out, Taylor 4 for 110, Gayle 2 for 66)

West Indies 1st Innings 280 all out in 111.5 overs (Sarwan 80, Hinds 37, Ramdin 38, Senn 28, Taylor 27 not out, Vaas 3 for 48, Mirando 3 for 59, Muralitharan 3 for 112)

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 240 for 7 declared in 57 overs (Warnapura 62, Jayawardane 33, Samaraweera 56 not out, Bravo 2 for 54, Benn 3 for 59)

West Indies 2nd Innings (437 to win 113 overs) 315 all out in 106.2 overs (Bravo 83, Sarwan 72, Gayle 51 not out, Vaas 5 for 61, Mirand 2 for 70, Muralitharan 3 for 112)