Player of the Match
Player of the Match

So, Australia complete a convincing victory, by 84 runs. Their total always looked daunting in the conditions and indeed West Indies fell away, although they gave their best in patches.

Chris Gayle's being interviewed now and he swears to "bounce back". Here's Ricky Ponting. "Shaun Marsh on his debut game played a beautiful innings. I thought we were a bit sloppy in the field. We expect the younger guys to come in and have some success straight away. It was great to see Shaun out there and looked in good control and he's earned the Man of the Match award today."

Marsh accepts his award. "I probably should have [got the hundred]. It's fantastic to be here. To go well was really good, to get the win was even better. I'm just enjoying every minute of it. To be part of this team is amazing, I'm loving every minute."

Thanks for joining us today and do tune in tomorrow for England's latest ODI with New Zealand and come back later in the week for the next game in this series. Until then, it's goodbye.

39.5
W
Bracken to Benn, OUT, and that's it! It's all over, Clarke runs round from long on to take the catch as the batsman attempted to drive right over for the six

SJ Benn c Clarke b Bracken 7 (9m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 116.66

39.4
2
Bracken to Benn, 2 runs, backs away and gives himself plenty of room to drive hard through the covers
39.3
1
Bracken to Edwards, 1 run, overpitched and driven hard through mid on, cracking shot

There was a delay of about ten minutes there, by the way, while the outfield was sorted out

39.2
0
Bracken to Edwards, no run, on the legs, looks to turn it away but it is too late

Oh no, there's some rain in the air. This will never do - it's helpful to nobody. The crowd are annoyed with the whole situation and are throwing cans around and on to the pitch. The third umpire comes round to have a word with the groundstaff. It's not clear what they're protesting at - although it's likely to be the fact that Sammy was waiting on the boundary edge, unhappy with being given out.

39.1
W
Bracken to Sammy, OUT, bowled him - although he needed confirmation from the umpire as to whether it came off Haddin's pads or the stumps, both as it happened - Sammy swishing at the air

DJG Sammy b Bracken 33 (59m 35b 2x4 0x6) SR: 94.28

Some spectators are leaving already - they think it's a fait accompli

END OF OVER:
39 | 6 Runs | WI: 186/8 (88 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 4.76, RRR: 8.00)

  • Sulieman Benn5 (4b)
  • Daren Sammy33 (34b)
  • Brett Lee9-1-37-2
  • Nathan Bracken5-0-28-2
38.6
4
Lee to Benn, FOUR, banged it in short, goes for the pull, takes his eyes right off it but a thick edge flies hard and above Haddin and goes on its merry way
38.5
1
Lee to Sammy, 1 run, outside off, pulled round
38.4
0
Lee to Sammy, no run, defended on the front foot
38.3
1
Lee to Benn, 1 run, some width outside off, the batsman weaves back and opens the face to run it down to third man

Lee, who's staying over, raises his eyebrows at him

38.2
0
Lee to Benn, no run, ouch, takes one on the chest now as he had nowhere to go in defence

"Bob and weave time for Big Benn," notes Tony Cozier. We like

38.1
0
Lee to Benn, no run, Lees come in all hostile, trying to finish things off, slamming in the bouncer and he ducks

END OF OVER:
38 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 180/8 (94 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 4.73, RRR: 7.83)

  • Daren Sammy32 (32b)
  • Sulieman Benn0 (0b)
  • Nathan Bracken5-0-28-2
  • Brett Lee8-1-31-2
37.6
2
Bracken to Sammy, 2 runs, outside off, cut hard to deep point and they chase back for two

Six and out, as it were

37.5
W
Bracken to Taylor, OUT, slower ball, and the batsman's all mixed up there, looking to play it out to the leg side but his leading edge pops up towards gully, Haddin calls it and carries on over to collect with two hands

JE Taylor c †Haddin b Bracken 11 (11m 10b 0x4 1x6) SR: 110.00

That's been clocked at 101 metres, incidentally

37.4
6
Bracken to Taylor, SIX, comes wider and round the wicket now, just drags it short and Taylor's not shy of having a big swing - snding the ball between midwicket and mid on; great strike, very clean
37.3
1
Bracken to Sammy, 1 run, forced across him again, and it's played out to backward point
37.2
1
Bracken to Taylor, 1 run, slower one, pushed down off, defended it out
37.1
1
Bracken to Sammy, 1 run, over the wicket, pushed out behind point

Bracken now

END OF OVER:
37 | 5 Runs | WI: 169/7 (105 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.56, RRR: 8.07)

  • Jerome Taylor4 (7b)
  • Daren Sammy28 (29b)
  • Brett Lee8-1-31-2
  • Shane Watson3-0-18-1

The game has an air of inevitability about it

36.6
0
Lee to Taylor, no run, fired this one through and just to say over the stumps, great ball to end the over
36.5
2
Lee to Taylor, 2 runs, down the legs and helped on its way with a reach round, forcing the ball down to fine leg
36.4
0
Lee to Taylor, no run, outside off, pushed to the covers
36.3
1
Lee to Sammy, 1 run, dug out forward and they think of scrambling a single
36.3
1w
Lee to Sammy, 1 wide, pushed at it down through to the keeper, the ball travelled down leg

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West Indies 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11CH GayleXM Marshall
2nd18RR SarwanCH Gayle
3rd0RR SarwanADS Fletcher
4th51DJ BravoADS Fletcher
5th12ADS FletcherKA Pollard
6th19D RamdinKA Pollard
7th52DJG SammyD Ramdin
8th15DJG SammyJE Taylor
9th8SJ BennDJG Sammy
10th3SJ BennFH Edwards