Australia vs. Windies [ODI]

[Duncan]

Anybody been watching this test series?

Australia has won both the 1st and 2nd test matches against the West Indies.

Samuels, Lara & Lehmann got 50s.
Lehmann, Gilchrist, Ganga, Hayden & Lara got 100s.
Ponting got an excellent 200.

At one stage, it looked like the Windies might even beat the Aussies needing 280 runs with 7 wickets in hand and Lara at one end of the ground. But Bichel came back after the lunch break claiming 3 wickets which swung the game to the Aussies.

All the Windies can hope for is a draw now.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Looks like Chris Gayle is back for the Windies and Glen McGrath is back for Australia.

 

[Duncan]

Brian Lara "We are batting well as a team but it is the bowling that is of concern. We are still allowing the Australians to score too quickly, and once we learn to curb this we will be all right.

funny how they're saying they're letting the aussies score too quickly and they can't themsevles.....hopefully gayle can improve that....

 

[Duncan]

Australia in West Indies, 2002/03
University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI v Australians
Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
26,27,28 April 2003 (3-day match)

after 71 overs, the wi's team was 10/290, with Gayle getting 129, bowled by MacGill, caught Noffke. Haynes was the only other person to get a decent score of 58, bowled mcgrath caught williams. the rest of the team collapsed to the bowling of hogg, macgill and mcgrath.

Bowling O M R W
McGrath 11 0 41 2
Williams 8 0 28 0
Noffke 12 0 61 0 (11nb)
Hogg 23 5 94 3
MacGill 13 2 40 5 (3nb)
Clarke 4 0 10 0

brilliant innings by macgill - didn't get tonked for once B)

neway...then australia's innings:

langer went out for 95 (so close to 100), maher went out for 142 (so close to 150), love got 10, waught got 48 (so close to 50), clarke got 8 and hogg and bichel are not out.

australia declared 5/358

in the 2nd innings, gayle got runout for a duck :P haynes got bowled by williams, they are currently 2/33 of 13 overs.

australia well and true in front!

 

[andrew_nixon]

3rd Test Updates

Close Of Play Day One

Australia 1st Innings: 320/3 (Ponting: 113)

Ponting was run out.

Lehman is not out on 89.

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

Close Of Play Day Two

Australia 1st Innings: 605/9 declared (RT Ponting 113, SR Waugh 115)
West Indies 1st Innings: 89/0

Steve Waugh has passed Don Bradman's record of centuries for Australia (but has played 3 times as many tests!) and is third on the all-time list behind Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. He is also now the second highest run-scorer in test history.

Andy Bichel scored 71, his first test 50.

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

Close of Play Day 4

Whoops - missed yesterday!

Australia 1st Innings: 605/9
West Indies 1st Innings: 328 all out
West Indies 2nd Innings (following on): 187/3

And apparantley Brain Lara has chicken pox. Jermaine Lawson and Ricardo Powell have also had the disease recently.

 

[Duncan]

hey...i missed part of the test match because i was @ skool camp

neway...did nething special happen...i know that i saw ponting bowl on the news...he's even better than murali (joke) :P

 

[andrew_nixon]

See the day 2 update for details of Steve Waugh's new standing in history!

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

Match Over

Australia 1st Innings: 605/9 declared (Ponting 113, S Waugh 115)
West Indies 1st Innings: 328 all out
West Indies 2nd Innings (following on): 284 all out (Macgill 5/75)
Australia 2nd Innings: 8/1

Australia win by 9 wickets.

West Indies bowler Jermaine Lawson took a hat trick, the last two bowls of Australia's 1st Innings and the 1st ball of the 2nd.

 

[Duncan]

hatrick....must hav been luck...australia are truly dominating the world....now we hav our #1 place bak!

 

[andrew_nixon]

The ACB has announced which players will be joining the squad for the one-day series that starts on the 17th of May.

They are Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Ian Harvey and Nathan Hauritz.

 

[Duncan]

who's leaving then?

 

[andrew_nixon]

Don't know yet, I assume Steve Waugh will be one of those to leave though.

 

[Duncan]

u calling steve waugh crap?