Australia in West Indies - West Indies v Australia

27 June 2008

RESULT: Australia won by Australia won by 63 runs (D/L method)

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

West Indies

8/140

(41.0 overs)

Australia

5/213

Current Run Rate	3.41
Required Run Rate	8.22
Runs Required	74
Balls Remaining	54

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Benn, S	23		16	26	88.46
	Chanderpaul, S	45		124	76	59.21
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Lee, B	7	1	25	1	3.57
	Bracken, N	9	0	32	0	3.56

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: National Cricket Stadium
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Rauf, A (PAK), Unknown, An (UNKNOWN), Mahanama, R (SL)
Toss Won By: Australia		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

AUS Innings WI Innings

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Marsh, S	c. Browne, C b. Powell, D	12	23	22	1	0	54.55
Watson, S	lbw b. Taylor, J	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Ponting, R	c. Gayle, C b. Taylor, J	13	37	17	2	0	76.47
Clarke, M	lbw b. Benn, S	56	139	97	6	0	57.73
Hussey, M	c. Marshall, X b. Bravo, D	62	148	107	2	1	57.94
White, C	not out	40	55	38	3	0	105.26
Hopes, J	not out	17	23	17	1	0	100.00
Ronchi, L
Lee, B
Johnson, M
Bracken, N
Extras	(b 3,w 9,nb 1)	13
Total	(5 wickets; 50 overs)	213

F.O.W.

1/3 (Watson, S), 2/19 (Marsh, S), 3/35 (Ponting, R), 4/135 (Clarke, M), 5/175 (Hussey, M)

West Indies - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Taylor, J	10	47	2	4.70	(1nb,1w)
Powell, D	10	29	1	2.90
Bravo, D	10	35	1	3.50	(2w)
Sammy, D	5	18	0	3.60
Pollard, K	2	11	0	5.50
Benn, S	10	54	1	5.40	(1w)
Gayle, C	3	16	0	5.33	(1w)

40.6	Bracken to Benn, 1 run. Bracken pitches the delivery outside off stump, on the half volley. Benn hits it through mid-wicket close to the boundary for one run. 41 overs finished. The bowler has figures of 0 for 32 from his 9 overs. The score is 8 for 140. That is the end of time.
40.5	Bracken to Benn, no run. Bracken pitches the delivery wide outside off stump, on the half volley. Taken by Ronchi.
40.4	Bracken to Benn, no run. Bracken pitches the delivery wide outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Through to the keeper.
40.3	Bracken to Benn, no run. Bracken bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Taken by the keeper.
40.2	Bracken to Chanderpaul, 1 run. Bracken pitches the delivery in the corridor, on the half volley. Chanderpaul hits the delivery straight inside the circle for a single. West Indies is 8 for 139.
40.1	Bracken to Chanderpaul, no run. Bracken delivers the ball outside off and short. Ronchi takes the ball.
39.6	Lee to Chanderpaul, 1 run. Lee pitches the delivery in the corridor, on the half volley. Chanderpaul plays it square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Lee completes the 40th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 1 for 25 from his 7 overs. The score is 8 for 138.
39.5	Lee to Benn, 1 run. Lee pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Benn plays the delivery behind square on the offside halfway to the boundary for a single. The scoreboard says 8 for 137.
39.4	Lee to Benn, no run. Lee bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Benn lets it go through to the keeper.
39.3	Lee to Chanderpaul, 1 leg bye. Lee pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Chanderpaul takes a leg bye.
39.2	Lee to Benn, 1 run. Lee pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Benn hits the ball through mid-on close to the boundary for one. The score is 8 for 135.
39.1	Lee to Chanderpaul, 1 run. Lee pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Chanderpaul plays the delivery in front of square on the legside halfway to the boundary for a single. The score is 8 for 134.
38.6	Bracken to Benn, no run. Bracken pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Benn lets it go through to Ronchi. That is the end of the over. Bracken has figures of 0/30 from his 8 overs.
38.5	Bracken to Chanderpaul, 1 run. Bracken delivers the ball wide outside off and on a good length. Chanderpaul hits the ball square on the offside halfway to the boundary for one. West Indies advances to 8/133.
38.4	Bracken to Benn, 1 run. Bracken pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Benn hits the ball through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one. The scoreboard shows 8/132.
38.3	Bracken to Chanderpaul, 1 run. Bracken pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Chanderpaul hits the ball in front of square on the legside halfway to the boundary for one. The score is 8/131.
38.2	Bracken to Benn, 1 run. Bracken pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Benn strikes the delivery through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for a single. The score moves along to 8/130.
38.1	Bracken to Benn, 4 runs! Bracken bowls it short of a good length, in the corridor. Benn plays the delivery square on the legside to the boundary for four runs. The score is 8 for 129.
37.6	Lee to Benn, 1 run. Lee pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Benn plays the delivery for a single. That is the end of the over. Lee has figures of 1/21 from his 6 overs. The score is 8/125.
37.5	Lee to Benn, 2 runs. Lee delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Benn plays the delivery for a two. The scoreboard tells us it's 8/124.
37.4	Lee to Benn, no run. Lee delivers the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Benn strikes the delivery towards mid-on not far from the wicket.
37.3	Lee to Chanderpaul, 1 run. Lee delivers the ball on a good line and short. Chanderpaul plays it towards mid-on not far from the wicket for one run. The score goes to 8/122.
37.2	Lee to Benn, 1 run. Lee pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. Benn hits it in front of square on the legside inside the circle for one run. The score is 8 for 121.
37.1	Lee to Benn, no run. Lee delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Ball goes through to Ronchi.
36.6	Bracken to Benn, 1 run. Bracken bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Benn plays the ball through the covers most of the way to the boundary for one. Bracken completes his 7th over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 22. West Indies progresses to 8 for 120.
36.5	Bracken to Chanderpaul, 1 run. Bracken pitches the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Chanderpaul plays it in front of square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Australia are dominating in the field, the score is 8/119.
36.4	Bracken to Chanderpaul, 2 runs. Bracken bowls it yorker length, outside off stump. Chanderpaul plays the delivery through mid-off close to the boundary for a two. The score is 8 for 118.
36.3	Bracken to Chanderpaul, no run. Bracken delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Ronchi takes the ball.
36.2	Bracken to Chanderpaul, 2 runs. Bracken bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Chanderpaul hits the delivery square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a two. Australia are showing their strength with the ball, West Indies are 8 for 116.
36.1	Bracken to Benn, 1 run. Bracken pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Benn plays it through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one run. The scoreboard shows 8/114.
35.6	Hopes to Benn, 1 run. Hopes pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Benn plays it straight down the ground close to the boundary for one run. Hopes finishes the 36th over. He has figures of 1/19 from his 8 overs. The score is 8/113.
35.5	Hopes to Benn, no run. Hopes bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Through to Ronchi.
35.4	Hopes to Benn, no run. Hopes delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Through to Ronchi.
35.3	Hopes to Benn, no run. Hopes pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Benn strikes the ball down the ground close to the pitch.
35.2	Hopes to Benn, no run. Hopes pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Ball travels through to Ronchi.
35.1	Hopes to Benn, 2 runs. Hopes pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Benn strikes it square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for two runs. West Indies goes to 8/112.

West Indies		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Marshall, X	c. Ronchi, L b. Lee, B	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Fletcher, A	b. Hopes, J	19	66	44	3	0	43.18
Gayle, C	c. Ponting,R b. Johnson,M	10	27	24	2	0	41.67
Chanderpaul, S	Not Out	45	124	76	1	0	59.21
Bravo, D	c. Hussey, M b. Watson, S	3	25	21	0	0	14.29
Browne, C	c. White, C b. Clarke, M	1	14	19	0	0	5.26
Pollard, K	c. Watson, S b. Clarke, M	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Sammy, D	c.Johnson, M b. Clarke, M	9	13	23	1	0	39.13
Powell, D	b. Watson, S	21	14	12	1	2	175.00
Benn, S	Not Out	23	16	26	2	0	88.46
Taylor, J
Extras	(lb 2,w 5,nb 2)	9
Total	(8 wickets; 41 overs)	140

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Watson, S	Marsh, S	1st	3	5	6	50.00	1/3
Marsh, S	Ponting, R	2nd	16	18	25	64.00	2/19
Ponting, R	Clarke, M	3rd	16	19	23	69.57	3/35
Clarke, M	Hussey, M	4th	100	120	174	57.47	4/135
Hussey, M	White, C	5th	40	28	42	95.24	5/175