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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2nd ODI: Australia keep winning!

Rain stopped the play, but West Indies was not near the target as per the D/L method. At the end of the 27th over, rain stopped play and WI were 58 for 6 and the target was revised to 204 in 41 overs. WI needed 146 in 14 overs. Loss of wickets early part of the innings made WI suffer at the end. If they had retained the wickets in tact, the target would have been easier.

Michael Clarke bagged the man of the match for his 56 and taking 3 wickets.

Match: 2nd ODI
Venue: ArnNational Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada
Date: June 27, 2008
Teams: West Indies and Australia
Captains: CH Gayle and Ponting
Toss: Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result: Australia won by 63 runs (D/L method)
Series: Australia leading 2-0
Man of the Match: MJ Clarke off Australia
Score:

Australia 213 for 5 in 50 overs (SE Marsh 12, SR Watson 0, RT Ponting 13, MJ Clarke 56, MEK Hussey 62, CL White 40 not out, JR Hopes 17 not out, Extras--13 (b 3, w 9, nb 1), JE Taylor 10-2-47-2, DBL Powell 10-2-29-1, DJ Bravo 10-2-35-1, DJG Sammy 5-0-18-0, KA Pollard 2-0-11-0, SJ Benn 10-0-54-1, CH Gayle 3-0-16-0) beat West Indies (revised target 204 in 41 overs; target changed at the end of 27th over after rain stopped play; WI were 58 for 6 in 27 overs) 140 for 8 in 41 overs (XM Marshall 0, CH Gayle 10, ADS Fletcher 19, S Chanderpaul 45 not out, DJ Bravo 3, PA Browne 1, KA Pollard 0, DJG Sammy 9, DBL Powell 21, SJ Benn 23 not out, Extras--9 (lb 2, w 2, nb 2), B Lee 7-1-25-1, NW Bracken 9-0-32-0, MG Johnson 4-0-14-1, SR Watson 7-1-22-2, JR Hopes 8-3-19-1, MJ Clarke 6-0-26-3)

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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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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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