Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    5.1 edged and taken! Powell bowls it short of a length and Marsh, trying to steer it down to third man, doesn't get over the bounce and tickles it to Browne, silly shot that 19/2
    0.6 and now there's a wicket, a big one too, to cap what could be the longest first over ever! Taylor pitches very full and angles the ball in through the air, Watson expects it to move away and doesn't get his front foot out too much but the ball dips and clips him flush on the foot 3/1
    8.6 caught! Slower ball works as Ponting shuffles across and clips this in the air, indifferently, lazily, straight to Gayle at short midwicket, who falls to his right and clutches on 35/3
    56
    98
    142
    6
    0
    57.14
    37.6 and Benn breaks through! He's coming around the wicket, sends in a quicker ball that pitches on off, Clarke is walking across and trying to clip through leg, he's struck in line and that was not spinning, probably taking leg stump 135/4
    44.6 full on leg stump and a tiring Hussey can only chip that in the air down to long-on, where Marshall settles under an easy catch, ending a patient and crucial 62 175/5
    not out
    40
    39
    55
    3
    0
    102.56
    not out
    17
    17
    24
    1
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    13 (b 3, nb 1, w 9)
    TOTAL
    213/5 (50 Overs, RR: 4.26)
    Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Shane Watson, 0.6 ov), 2-19 (Shaun Marsh, 5.1 ov), 3-35 (Ricky Ponting, 8.6 ov), 4-135 (Michael Clarke, 37.6 ov), 5-175 (Michael Hussey, 44.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JE Taylor1024724.70354011
    DBL Powell1022912.90423000
    DJ Bravo1023513.50361020
    DJG Sammy501803.60151000
    KA Pollard201105.5041000
    SJ Benn1005415.40314110
    CH Gayle301605.3391010
  • BATSMEN
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    4s
    6s
    SR
    0.1 and there's a wicket first ball! Marshall gets a regulation edge behind off Lee and Ronchi goes low to his right to take a catch from his first delivery behind the stumps in an ODI. Perfect start for Australia 0/1
    7.5 Gayle goes on the attack again and it brings his downfall. Johnson went a touch shorter, it's onto Gayle quicker than he expected and his attempted pull lobs up to mid off where it's a regulation catch for Ponting 23/2
    15.2 silly shot sends Fletcher packing, as he looks to pull one not short enough for the shot and the error in judgment costs him plenty, the ball sneaking back under his bat to rearrange the furniture, and doesn't Hopes love it? 41/3
    not out
    45
    77
    147
    1
    0
    58.44
    20.5 would you look at that? Bravo, trying to work the ball across the line all innings, ends up clipping a slower ball from Watson out to deep midwicket where Hussey, focusing superbly on the ball against the sun, takes the easiest of catches, didn't have to move an inch 49/4
    24.4 well held by White at slip, on the second attempt! Clarke works his magic again, getting this ball to spin away from Browne, who gets back and pushes and the edge is snapped up, White first fumbling and then taking it diving behind Ronchi 53/5
    24.6 what in the world is he thinking? Second ball into his innings, Pollard plays a stupid shot, just chipping the ball over mid-off and straight into the fielder's waiting palms near long-off 53/6
    30.6 the end is nigh, with Sammy slogging that one tossed up on a length right down Johnson's throat at long-on 74/7
    21
    12
    10
    1
    2
    175.00
    34.4 timber! Watson takes out Powell's off stump with a yorker-length delivery, the tail-ender exposing his sticks and playing all over the ball 105/8
    not out
    23
    26
    23
    2
    0
    88.46
    Extras
    9 (lb 2, nb 2, w 5)
    TOTAL
    140/8 (41 Overs, RR: 3.41)
    Did not bat: JE Taylor
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Xavier Marshall, 0.1 ov), 2-23 (Chris Gayle, 7.5 ov), 3-41 (Andre Fletcher, 15.2 ov), 4-49 (Dwayne Bravo, 20.5 ov), 5-53 (Patrick Browne, 24.4 ov), 6-53 (Kieron Pollard, 24.6 ov), 7-74 (Daren Sammy, 30.6 ov), 8-105 (Daren Powell, 34.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    B Lee712513.57303011
    NW Bracken903203.55291010
    MG Johnson401413.50202021
    SR Watson712223.14313000
    JR Hopes831912.37360110
    MJ Clarke602634.33201100

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Australia led the 5-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00 Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15

Match days

27 June 2008 (50-over match)

ODI debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

  • Ponting fined for dissent

    Ricky Ponting's 300th one-day international produced an Australian win but it ended on a slightly sour note for him personally after he was fined for showing dissent at an umpire's decision

  • Deputies give Ponting a day to remember

    Ricky Ponting is accustomed to leading from the front and playing mammoth innings in his milestone matches but in his 300th ODI it was his two most senior assistants who got Australia over the line

  • West Indies v Australia, 2nd ODI, Grenada

    Match home for West Indies v Australia, 2nd ODI, Grenada, June 27, 2008

  • Haddin flies home due to broken finger

    Brad Haddin will return to Australia to continue his recovery from a broken finger, meaning Luke Ronchi will be Australia's wicketkeeper for the remainder of the ODI series against West Indies

  • Australia hammer undisciplined Windies

    Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke showed West Indies how to apply themselves on a difficult pitch but their hosts ignored the lesson and threw away wickets when the going got tough, handing Australia a comprehensive 63-run Duckworth/Lewis win

West Indies 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0CH GayleXM Marshall
2nd23CH GayleADS Fletcher
3rd18S ChanderpaulADS Fletcher
4th8S ChanderpaulDJ Bravo
5th4S ChanderpaulPA Browne
6th0S ChanderpaulKA Pollard
7th21S ChanderpaulDJG Sammy
8th31S ChanderpaulDBL Powell
9th35S ChanderpaulSJ Benn