Gayle and Fletcher blast past Australia
West Indies fielded pathetically, but that was sandwiched between superb opening bowling and explosive batting
06/06Result
3rd Match, Group C, ICC World Twenty20 at London, Jun 6 2009
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
172/3 (15.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
06/06Result
3rd Match, Group C, ICC World Twenty20 at London, Jun 6 2009
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
172/3 (15.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
CH Gayle
88(50) 6x4 - 6x6
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 36 runs
- 3x4 - 2x6
DA Warner
63(53) 6x4 - 1x6
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 26 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
DJ Bravo
- O4
- M0
- R31
- W2
- Eco7.75
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
JE Taylor
- O4
- M0
- R33
- W2
- Eco8.25
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.20, Interval 15.20-15.40, Second Session 15.40-17.00
Match days
6 June 2009 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
West Indies 2, Australia 0
Scorecard Summary
AUSTRALIA 169/7 (20 OVERS)
- Michael Hussey*28 (15)
- David Warner63 (53)
- Dwayne Bravo2/31 (4)
- Jerome Taylor2/33 (4)
WEST INDIES 172/3 (15.5 OVERS)
- Andre Fletcher53 (32)
- Chris Gayle88 (50)
- Mitchell Johnson2/36 (3.5)
- Brett Lee1/56 (4)
Ponting: "I didnt think it was a bad total to be honest but when Chris and Adrian came out batting as they did there, it was going to be hard for us. They just went with the flow. They threw caution to the wind; they outplayed us ..." Gayle: We weren't best on the outfield but 170 was gettable. I have to give credit to Fletcher. He played really really well. I looked to bat till 15 overs and the game should be settled by then. I am disappointed on how I got out ..We just have to rally again, put this game behind and try to win against Sri Lanka. It's not over yet."
That's it from us. Log on to Bangladesh v India game.
15.5
4
Johnson to Sarwan, FOUR, That's the game. West Indians celebrate in the dug out. It was full and outside off, Sarwan lunged at it and got a thick profitable edge down to third man boundary. What a fine win for the men from Caribbean. Though their ground fielding was pretty poor, their bowlers did a fine job to restrict Australia before Gayle and Fletcher hunted down the total in some style
15.5
1w
Johnson to Sarwan, 1 wide, And a wide outside off now! Sars has been moving around the crease and that seems to have unsettled Mitch
15.5
1w
Johnson to Sarwan, 1 wide, down the leg side and just 3 more now
15.4
4
Johnson to Sarwan, FOUR, moves forward to cream a fullish delivery past mid-on for a fine boundary. Just four more now.
15.3
W
Johnson to Marshall, OUT, Xavier chips to mid-off and takes the long walk back to the hutch. Hopes back pedaled before leaping behind to hold on to a sharp catch.
XM Marshall c Hopes b Johnson 8 (15m 12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
15.2
0
Johnson to Marshall, no run, gets forward to punch a length delivery to mid-off
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.227 |
| IRE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.162 |
| BAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.996 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.175 |
| PAK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.85 |
| NED | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2.025 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.626 |
| WI | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.715 |
| AUS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.331 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3.275 |
| NZ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.309 |
| SCOT | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5.281 |
| Group E | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.787 |
| WI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.063 |
| ENG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.414 |
| IND | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.466 |
| Group F | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.267 |
| PAK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.185 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.232 |
| IRE | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.183 |