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Aussies Smash Pakistan

Last night Australia smashed Pakistan by 125 runs at the WACA to take a 4-0 series lead.

	Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SE Marsh	c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Asif	12	28	27	1	0	44.44
	6.5 Kamran Akmal takes a superb catch to send back Marsh, who hasn’t quite looked at his best today, Asif keeps nagging away just outside off, in McGrath-esque fashion, induces the outside edge which was flying to the right of Younis at first slip, Kamran flings himself full length and snaps that one up 30/1
	BJ Haddin†	b Naved-ul-Hasan	32	51	26	4	0	123.07
	11.3 bowled him! what a comeback from Rana, full and straight and fast at 142ks, inches short of being a yorker, tailing in, and Haddin for a change looks to slog it to leg and plays all over it 55/2
	RT Ponting*	c †Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi	30	64	41	1	1	73.17
	21.4 oh beautifully bowled, angling in, Ponting is drawn into working it to on, and it turns all the away across him, takes a big leading edge, and Akmal somehow manages to hold on to this one: off the chest, it gets stuck between the thighs, some four attempts in between – funny but true 110/4
	MJ Clarke	run out (Fawad Alam)	10	15	11	0	0	90.90
	14.5 from Iftikhar Anjum, one cute single too many, Clarke is a goner! Clarke defends towards point, is called through by Ponting, but is slightly late in setting off, and Fawad Alam swoops, fields, throws in one fluid motion, hitting the middle of the middle stump at non-striker’s end with Clarke way out of his ground 77/3
	CL White	c Mohammad Asif b Saeed Ajmal	44	75	63	3	1	69.84
	34.5 White has perished – never really looked in actually, makes room, goes for the inside-out shot, but lofts it much too straight and Asif at three-quarters long-off moves well, judges well, holds it well behind his body, and is helped by the ball sticking to the tip of his fingers 159/5
	MEK Hussey	c Mohammad Yousuf b Saeed Ajmal	67	115	75	4	0	89.33
	48.6 leading edge and he is gone! looks to work it to leg for a single and the ball turns enough to take the front edge. Smartly, though, they don’t cross even as the ball lobs to cover. As a result, Hauritz keeps strike 270/7
	JR Hopes	b Mohammad Asif	16	22	16	2	0	100.00
	39.4 Asif you beauty! lovely offcutter, the same top-of-off attack, Hopes pushes half-forward, sees it is shorter than that and goes back, but by then the inwards movement has squeezed onto off and middle 190/6
	NM Hauritz	not out	53	45	39	1	4	135.89
	RJ Harris	c Shahid Afridi b Mohammad Asif	4	2	3	0	0	133.33
	49.4 slower ball, wide of him as he backs away, creating enough distance, and it spoons off the top edge to extra cover where Afridi takes the dolly 275/8
	CJ McKay	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(lb 2, w 6, nb 1)	9
	Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 216 mins)	277	(5.54 runs per over)

Did not bat PM Siddle

Fall of wickets1-30 (Marsh, 6.5 ov), 2-55 (Haddin, 11.3 ov), 3-77 (Clarke, 14.5 ov), 4-110 (Ponting, 21.4 ov), 5-159 (White, 34.5 ov), 6-190 (Hopes, 39.4 ov), 7-270 (Hussey, 48.6 ov), 8-275 (Harris, 49.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Mohammad Asif	10	1	42	3	4.20	(1nb)
	6.5 to Marsh, Kamran Akmal takes a superb catch to send back Marsh, who hasn’t quite looked at his best today, Asif keeps nagging away just outside off, in McGrath-esque fashion, induces the outside edge which was flying to the right of Younis at first slip, Kamran flings himself full length and snaps that one up 30/1 39.4 to Hopes, Asif you beauty! lovely offcutter, the same top-of-off attack, Hopes pushes half-forward, sees it is shorter than that and goes back, but by then the inwards movement has squeezed onto off and middle 190/6 49.4 to Harris, slower ball, wide of him as he backs away, creating enough distance, and it spoons off the top edge to extra cover where Afridi takes the dolly 275/8
	Naved-ul-Hasan	10	0	70	1	7.00	(1w)
	11.3 to Haddin, bowled him! what a comeback from Rana, full and straight and fast at 142ks, inches short of being a yorker, tailing in, and Haddin for a change looks to slog it to leg and plays all over it 55/2
	Iftikhar Anjum	10	0	64	0	6.40
	Shahid Afridi	10	1	44	1	4.40	(1w)
	21.4 to Ponting, oh beautifully bowled, angling in, Ponting is drawn into working it to on, and it turns all the away across him, takes a big leading edge, and Akmal somehow manages to hold on to this one: off the chest, it gets stuck between the thighs, some four attempts in between – funny but true 110/4
	Saeed Ajmal	10	0	55	2	5.50	(1w)
	34.5 to White, White has perished – never really looked in actually, makes room, goes for the inside-out shot, but lofts it much too straight and Asif at three-quarters long-off moves well, judges well, holds it well behind his body, and is helped by the ball sticking to the tip of his fingers 159/5 48.6 to Hussey, leading edge and he is gone! looks to work it to leg for a single and the ball turns enough to take the front edge. Smartly, though, they don’t cross even as the ball lobs to cover. As a result, Hauritz keeps strike 270/7

	Pakistan innings (target: 278 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Salman Butt	c White b Harris	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
	0.4 oh what a ripper from White at second slip, smart bowling from Harris, this one doesn’t swing in to Butt – three inswingers followed by the angling delivery, takes the healthy edge as Butt is tentative, and White at second slip dives full length to his left and takes it clean as a whistle 2/1
	Kamran Akmal†	c †Haddin b Siddle	17	42	25	2	0	68.00
	9.3 soft dismissal, goes for the forceful shot through the covers, but it’s not short and wide enough, slightly closer than he thinks and the outside edge settles in Haddin’s gloves 38/3
	Younis Khan	c †Haddin b Harris	6	13	9	0	0	66.66
	4.1 edged and taken, Harris has taken two wickets without giving a run! And what a beauty to get his second wicket too, pitched just back of a length, just outside off, Younis has to play at it, and the away movement does the rest 14/2
	Mohammad Yousuf*	c †Haddin b Siddle	10	25	20	2	0	50.00
	9.5 he’s given him! looks to tuck him up with a short delivery into the ribs, goes down the leg side, and there is a noise as it passes Yousuf who is looking to get his hands out of the way. Big shout and given, it could have clipped the shirt too, let’s wait for the replay. Tight, tight call, it did hit the shirt, but the Hot Spot shows a slight, the slightest, brush on the bottom glove too 39/4
	Umar Akmal	b Harris	38	84	60	2	1	63.33
	29.2 No. 3 for Harris! Umar looks to drop it at his feet and get Afridi on strike, even softer than the previous time. Too soft it turns it out, as it bounces in the crease, and hits it bat again and rolls onto ever so gently hit the stumps enough to tickle the bail off its groove 125/6
	Fawad Alam	run out (Hauritz)	21	70	52	0	0	40.38
	27.1 from Harris, Hauritz in action again, Alam calls for one cute single too many, hit straight and powerfully to mid-off this time, and Hauritz hits the stumps down and the desperate dive from Alam is not enough. On the full, the middle of middle 99/5
	Shahid Afridi	c Hauritz b McKay	29	20	10	3	2	290.00
	30.6 Boom Boom goes, another top edge on the pull shot, and this one lobs towards short third, Hauritz takes a few strides back and takes a safe catch 131/8
	Naved-ul-Hasan	c †Haddin b Harris	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	29.3 he is on a hat-trick, what a beauty to get Rana, that’s a mean delivery to get first up. Back of a length, around off, making him play, and then holding its line enough to take the edge 125/7
	Iftikhar Anjum	c †Haddin b Harris	5	34	24	0	0	20.83
	37.5 Ten wickets in two matches for Harris, and has he worked this one out beautifully or what? Four short deliveries, tucking him up, getting a short leg in, keeping him in the crease, and then sucker punch, full and wide, and the edge flies to right of Haddin who dives and takes it single-handed. No. 5 for Haddin too. I think Waqar Younis holds the record for most back-to-back five-fors in ODIs, he got three. Harris has got two 142/10
	Saeed Ajmal	b Hauritz	7	12	15	0	0	46.66
	34.4 bowled him! Ajmal should have known better, he plays the same tricks for a living! tossed up high, over the eye level, draws Ajmal into the big shot, and then it dips, suddenly falling a couple of feet shorter than it looked like, and then breaks in and goes through the gate 140/9
	Mohammad Asif	not out	0	10	8	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 5, w 3, nb 1)	9
	Total	(all out; 37.5 overs; 165 mins)	142	(3.75 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Salman Butt, 0.4 ov), 2-14 (Younis Khan, 4.1 ov), 3-38 (Kamran Akmal, 9.3 ov), 4-39 (Mohammad Yousuf, 9.5 ov), 5-99 (Fawad Alam, 27.1 ov), 6-125 (Umar Akmal, 29.2 ov), 7-125 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 29.3 ov), 8-131 (Shahid Afridi, 30.6 ov), 9-140 (Saeed Ajmal, 34.4 ov), 10-142 (Iftikhar Anjum, 37.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RJ Harris	9.5	3	19	5	1.93	(1w)
	0.4 to Salman Butt, oh what a ripper from White at second slip, smart bowling from Harris, this one doesn’t swing in to Butt – three inswingers followed by the angling delivery, takes the healthy edge as Butt is tentative, and White at second slip dives full length to his left and takes it clean as a whistle 2/1 4.1 to Younis Khan, edged and taken, Harris has taken two wickets without giving a run! And what a beauty to get his second wicket too, pitched just back of a length, just outside off, Younis has to play at it, and the away movement does the rest 14/2 29.2 to Umar Akmal, No. 3 for Harris! Umar looks to drop it at his feet and get Afridi on strike, even softer than the previous time. Too soft it turns it out, as it bounces in the crease, and hits it bat again and rolls onto ever so gently hit the stumps enough to tickle the bail off its groove 125/6 29.3 to Naved-ul-Hasan, he is on a hat-trick, what a beauty to get Rana, that’s a mean delivery to get first up. Back of a length, around off, making him play, and then holding its line enough to take the edge 125/7 37.5 to Iftikhar Anjum, Ten wickets in two matches for Harris, and has he worked this one out beautifully or what? Four short deliveries, tucking him up, getting a short leg in, keeping him in the crease, and then sucker punch, full and wide, and the edge flies to right of Haddin who dives and takes it single-handed. No. 5 for Haddin too. I think Waqar Younis holds the record for most back-to-back five-fors in ODIs, he got three. Harris has got two 142/10
	PM Siddle	6	0	31	2	5.16	(1nb, 1w)
	9.3 to Kamran Akmal, soft dismissal, goes for the forceful shot through the covers, but it’s not short and wide enough, slightly closer than he thinks and the outside edge settles in Haddin’s gloves 38/3 9.5 to Mohammad Yousuf, he’s given him! looks to tuck him up with a short delivery into the ribs, goes down the leg side, and there is a noise as it passes Yousuf who is looking to get his hands out of the way. Big shout and given, it could have clipped the shirt too, let’s wait for the replay. Tight, tight call, it did hit the shirt, but the Hot Spot shows a slight, the slightest, brush on the bottom glove too 39/4
	CJ McKay	7	2	16	1	2.28
	30.6 to Shahid Afridi, Boom Boom goes, another top edge on the pull shot, and this one lobs towards short third, Hauritz takes a few strides back and takes a safe catch 131/8
	JR Hopes	7	0	23	0	3.28
	NM Hauritz	8	0	48	1	6.00	(1w)

Australia End Tests On A High

Australia has defeated Pakistan in the 3rd Test by 231 runs. Australia have whitewashed the series 3-0. Overall in tests this summer Australia have won 5/6 tests. They are by no means back to the glory years when the they had the likes of Warne, McGrath, Hayden, Langer, Gilchrist and Martyn but they are definetly on the improve. Here are the Summers Results:

3rd Test Vs Pakistan: Australia 8 for 519 dec and 5 for 219 dec Defeated

Pakistan 301 and 206 (Manzoor 77, Siddle 3-25, Hauritz 3-30) by 231 runs

2nd Test Vs Pakistan:  Australia won by 36 runs

1st Test Vs Pakistan: Australia won by 170 runs

3rd Test Vs West Indies: Australia won by 35 runs

2nd Test Vs West Indies: Match Drawn

1st Test Vs West Indies: Australia won by an innings and 65 runs

Aussies Win Frank Worrell Trophy

After Australia won the last test against the Windies at the WACA by 35 runs. Australia won the trophy 2-o. Here is the last tests scorecard:

Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	c †Ramdin b Roach	89	147	130	15	0	68.46
	35.2 caught! Watson’s gone! Roach pitches the ball on an excellent length around off stump, drawing Watson forward, the batsman tries to defend but the ball seams away a fraction and clips the outside edge, Ramdin takes a comfortable catch 132/1
	SM Katich	c Roach b Benn	99	272	177	10	0	55.93
	67.2 caught! Katich goes on 99! He stretches forward, gets down on one knee to play the sweep and connects firmly, but he’s hit it in the air, and Roach sees the ball swerving towards him at square leg, he dives to his right and holds the low catch 260/2
	RT Ponting*	retired hurt	23	44	25	2	1	92.00
	42.6 from Bravo, short, pulls one handed to long leg and I think that might be it for him 175/1
	MEK Hussey	c †Ramdin b Rampaul	82	202	172	9	0	47.67
	95.5 Rampaul strikes first on day 2, back of a length delivery angled across and Hussy stands in the crease and nibbles at it and gets an outside edge to Ramdin behind the wicket. 355/4
	MJ Clarke	c Gayle b Deonarine	11	18	21	2	0	52.38
	72.3 gone! Clarke can’t control himself, tries to come out and take the ball on the full but miscues the aerial shot and picks out Gayle stationed at short midwicket, who steps to his right and cups the ball in front of his face 277/3
	MJ North	c & b Deonarine	68	183	117	8	0	58.11
	112.4 drives a knee high full toss back to the bowler, he looks as though he actually hit it twice – a disappointing end for North who played very well. Another fifty in this innings without being converted to a hundred 444/5
	BJ Haddin†	c †Ramdin b Roach	88	118	91	11	2	96.70
	125.4 no century again, bit wide outside the off stump and Haddin from the crease feels for the delivery and gets the outside edge through to Ramdin. 510/6
	MG Johnson	c Benn b Bravo	35	70	45	3	1	77.77
	130.4 short of a length delivery and Johnson hits in the air down the ground to long off and Benn takes a good catch. 520/7
	NM Hauritz	not out	2	21	21	0	0	9.52
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 16)	23
	Total	(7 wickets dec; 130.4 overs; 546 mins)	520	(3.97 runs per over)

Did not bat DE Bollinger, CJ McKay

Fall of wickets1-132 (Watson, 35.2 ov), 1-175* (Ponting, retired not out, 42.6 ov), 2-260 (Katich, 67.2 ov), 3-277 (Clarke, 72.3 ov), 4-355 (Hussey, 95.5 ov), 5-444 (North, 112.4 ov), 6-510 (Haddin, 125.4 ov), 7-520 (Johnson, 130.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KAJ Roach	22	2	104	2	4.72	(6nb)
	35.2 to Watson, caught! Watson’s gone! Roach pitches the ball on an excellent length around off stump, drawing Watson forward, the batsman tries to defend but the ball seams away a fraction and clips the outside edge, Ramdin takes a comfortable catch 132/1 125.4 to Haddin, no century again, bit wide outside the off stump and Haddin from the crease feels for the delivery and gets the outside edge through to Ramdin. 510/6
	R Rampaul	22	6	85	1	3.86	(1nb, 1w)
	95.5 to Hussey, Rampaul strikes first on day 2, back of a length delivery angled across and Hussy stands in the crease and nibbles at it and gets an outside edge to Ramdin behind the wicket. 355/4
	GC Tonge	18	1	85	0	4.72	(9nb)
	DJ Bravo	17.4	1	79	1	4.47
	130.4 to Johnson, short of a length delivery and Johnson hits in the air down the ground to long off and Benn takes a good catch. 520/7
	SJ Benn	28	4	87	1	3.10
	67.2 to Katich, caught! Katich goes on 99! He stretches forward, gets down on one knee to play the sweep and connects firmly, but he’s hit it in the air, and Roach sees the ball swerving towards him at square leg, he dives to his right and holds the low catch 260/2
	N Deonarine	23	4	74	2	3.21
	72.3 to Clarke, gone! Clarke can’t control himself, tries to come out and take the ball on the full but miscues the aerial shot and picks out Gayle stationed at short midwicket, who steps to his right and cups the ball in front of his face 277/3 112.4 to North, drives a knee high full toss back to the bowler, he looks as though he actually hit it twice – a disappointing end for North who played very well. Another fifty in this innings without being converted to a hundred 444/5

	West Indies 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CH Gayle*	c Watson b Bollinger	102	102	72	9	6	141.66
	24.1 short delivery outside the off stump and Gayle looking for the cut over the in-field, lobs it straight into the hands of Watson at point. 136/1
	TM Dowlin	c Hussey b Johnson	55	152	116	9	0	47.41
	33.5 aims to drives and having to reach for it, struggles to keep it down and Hussey takes a neat catch in gully – the end of a very good innings 175/2
	RR Sarwan	c Hussey b Bollinger	42	102	56	6	0	75.00
	46.2 Sarwan falls in the second ball of the day, it was fuller outside the off stump and Sarwan goes for the big booming drive, gets the edge and the ball flies to Hussey at gully. 214/3
	N Deonarine	c Watson b Johnson	18	100	72	2	0	25.00
	56.4 hit in the air and Watson diving forward at short cover takes a good catch inches off the ground. It was a fullish delivery and Deonarine cannot keep the ball along the ground. 239/4
	BP Nash	c Clarke b Hauritz	44	133	91	4	0	48.35
	75.4 lovely catch at first slip by Clarke. Tossed up outside the off stump and Nash plays forward and gets the edge to Clarke, who dives to his left and takes the catch inches off the ground, excellent stuff. 295/6
	DJ Bravo	c †Haddin b Bollinger	26	75	49	4	0	53.06
	72.6 lovely delivery angled across and Bravo caught in the crease pushes at it and gets the edge to Haddin behind the stumps, a big wicket that, wonderful bowling. 285/5
	D Ramdin†	b Bollinger	8	36	12	2	0	66.66
	80.2 bowled him! Pitches and takes the leg stump as Ramdin moves across to play to the onside, misses it completely and the stump is rattled. 310/9
	SJ Benn	c †Haddin b Hauritz	3	18	17	0	0	17.64
	79.3 tossed up wide and Benn once again looking to drag it from way outside the off stump, gets a faint edge and Haddin behind the stumps takes the catch. 310/7
	R Rampaul	c †Haddin b Hauritz	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	79.5 lovely delivery pitches and extra bounce, goes straight on and the ball takes the edge as he plays at it and Haddin takes the second catch in the over. Rampaul was rooted to the crease. 310/8
	KAJ Roach	not out	0	5	1	0	0	0.00
	GC Tonge	c †Haddin b Bollinger	2	4	4	0	0	50.00
	80.6 edge and taken by Haddin diving to his right. Bollinger picks up his fifth wicket, well done. It was a fuller delivery outside the off stump and Tonge goes for the drive and gets the edge. 312/10
	Extras	(lb 5, w 1, nb 6)	12
	Total	(all out; 81 overs; 370 mins)	312	(3.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-136 (Gayle, 24.1 ov), 2-175 (Dowlin, 33.5 ov), 3-214 (Sarwan, 46.2 ov), 4-239 (Deonarine, 56.4 ov), 5-285 (Bravo, 72.6 ov), 6-295 (Nash, 75.4 ov), 7-310 (Benn, 79.3 ov), 8-310 (Rampaul, 79.5 ov), 9-310 (Ramdin, 80.2 ov), 10-312 (Tonge, 80.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DE Bollinger	20	3	70	5	3.50	(4nb, 1w)
	24.1 to Gayle, short delivery outside the off stump and Gayle looking for the cut over the in-field, lobs it straight into the hands of Watson at point. 136/1 46.2 to Sarwan, Sarwan falls in the second ball of the day, it was fuller outside the off stump and Sarwan goes for the big booming drive, gets the edge and the ball flies to Hussey at gully. 214/3 72.6 to Bravo, lovely delivery angled across and Bravo caught in the crease pushes at it and gets the edge to Haddin behind the stumps, a big wicket that, wonderful bowling. 285/5 80.2 to Ramdin, bowled him! Pitches and takes the leg stump as Ramdin moves across to play to the onside, misses it completely and the stump is rattled. 310/9 80.6 to Tonge, edge and taken by Haddin diving to his right. Bollinger picks up his fifth wicket, well done. It was a fuller delivery outside the off stump and Tonge goes for the drive and gets the edge. 312/10
	MG Johnson	18	3	92	2	5.11
	33.5 to Dowlin, aims to drives and having to reach for it, struggles to keep it down and Hussey takes a neat catch in gully – the end of a very good innings 175/2 56.4 to Deonarine, hit in the air and Watson diving forward at short cover takes a good catch inches off the ground. It was a fullish delivery and Deonarine cannot keep the ball along the ground. 239/4
	CJ McKay	14	3	45	0	3.21	(2nb)
	NM Hauritz	17	1	66	3	3.88
	75.4 to Nash, lovely catch at first slip by Clarke. Tossed up outside the off stump and Nash plays forward and gets the edge to Clarke, who dives to his left and takes the catch inches off the ground, excellent stuff. 295/6 79.3 to Benn, tossed up wide and Benn once again looking to drag it from way outside the off stump, gets a faint edge and Haddin behind the stumps takes the catch. 310/7 79.5 to Rampaul, lovely delivery pitches and extra bounce, goes straight on and the ball takes the edge as he plays at it and Haddin takes the second catch in the over. Rampaul was rooted to the crease. 310/8
	SR Watson	12	3	34	0	2.83

	Australia 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	lbw b Tonge	30	74	55	4	0	54.54
	16.4 pitches outside the off stump and nips back in sharply and strikes Watson on the pad as he was looking to play through the onside, a loud appeal and given by umpire Bowden, Watson waits for sometime, checks with Clarke and then calls for a referral, Bowden goes to the third umpire and hawk-eye shows the ball hitting the leg stump. Bowden raises his finger and Watson has to go. 66/2
	SM Katich	b Rampaul	10	13	8	2	0	125.00
	3.2 plays back and exposes his leg stump, losing it as he tried to glance. Good stuff from the West Indies 15/1
	MJ Clarke	c †Ramdin b Bravo	25	94	61	1	0	40.98
	23.6 edge and taken by Ramdin. Full length delivery and Clarke looking to drive lazily through the off side, gets the outside edge and Ramdin takes a comfortable catch. The plan worked for Bravo, bowling too wide and then getting the ball closer and fuller just outside the off stump. 81/3
	MEK Hussey	c Dowlin b Benn	17	53	32	3	0	53.12
	28.2 tossed up outside the off stump and spins in, Hussey plays forward and the ball takes the pad then on the way up takes the glove and the ball lobs up on the onside and Dowlin at short leg takes the catch. 89/4
	MJ North	c †Ramdin b Bravo	1	42	27	0	0	3.70
	33.5 pushes forward and edges low to Ramdin who takes a blinder diving in front of slip – well the West Indies are still in the hunt here 109/5
	BJ Haddin†	c Bravo b Benn	23	34	28	2	1	82.14
	36.2 gets one that spins and bounces away from him, gets a shoulder of the bat to slip who gratefully takes the chance – a big wicket for West Indies, keeping themselves in the game 117/6
	MG Johnson	c Nash b Bravo	5	34	27	1	0	18.51
	41.6 he can’t resist a wide one, drives to backward point where a low chance is taken – Nash does what he is paid to do and the West Indies are right in it now. 125/7
	NM Hauritz	c Sarwan b Bravo	11	66	37	1	0	29.72
	51.3 wide outside the off stump and Hauritz goes after it and gets the edge to Sarwan at first slip. Bravo finishes with 4 wickets for 42 runs. 150/10
	RT Ponting*	c Dowlin b Roach	2	14	6	0	0	33.33
	44.5 short and the Aussie skipper pops it to short leg, right at the body in at his ribs and he is gone – brilliant bowling forces him to play defensively to the man in close 134/8
	CJ McKay	c Deonarine b Benn	10	15	15	1	0	66.66
	48.4 bowling round the wicket and tossed up outside the off stump and McKay looks to go big on the onside and gets a leading edge in the air and to Deonarine at cover. 146/9
	DE Bollinger	not out	2	12	14	0	0	14.28
	Extras	(b 9, lb 2, w 1, nb 2)	14
	Total	(all out; 51.3 overs; 230 mins)	150	(2.91 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Katich, 3.2 ov), 2-66 (Watson, 16.4 ov), 3-81 (Clarke, 23.6 ov), 4-89 (Hussey, 28.2 ov), 5-109 (North, 33.5 ov), 6-117 (Haddin, 36.2 ov), 7-125 (Johnson, 41.6 ov), 8-134 (Ponting, 44.5 ov), 9-146 (McKay, 48.4 ov), 10-150 (Hauritz, 51.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KAJ Roach	6	0	18	1	3.00
	44.5 to Ponting, short and the Aussie skipper pops it to short leg, right at the body in at his ribs and he is gone – brilliant bowling forces him to play defensively to the man in close 134/8
	R Rampaul	6	1	21	1	3.50	(1nb)
	3.2 to Katich, plays back and exposes his leg stump, losing it as he tried to glance. Good stuff from the West Indies 15/1
	GC Tonge	10	2	28	1	2.80	(1nb)
	16.4 to Watson, pitches outside the off stump and nips back in sharply and strikes Watson on the pad as he was looking to play through the onside, a loud appeal and given by umpire Bowden, Watson waits for sometime, checks with Clarke and then calls for a referral, Bowden goes to the third umpire and hawk-eye shows the ball hitting the leg stump. Bowden raises his finger and Watson has to go. 66/2
	N Deonarine	1	0	1	0	1.00
	DJ Bravo	17.3	6	42	4	2.40	(1w)
	23.6 to Clarke, edge and taken by Ramdin. Full length delivery and Clarke looking to drive lazily through the off side, gets the outside edge and Ramdin takes a comfortable catch. The plan worked for Bravo, bowling too wide and then getting the ball closer and fuller just outside the off stump. 81/3 33.5 to North, pushes forward and edges low to Ramdin who takes a blinder diving in front of slip – well the West Indies are still in the hunt here 109/5 41.6 to Johnson, he can’t resist a wide one, drives to backward point where a low chance is taken – Nash does what he is paid to do and the West Indies are right in it now. 125/7 51.3 to Hauritz, wide outside the off stump and Hauritz goes after it and gets the edge to Sarwan at first slip. Bravo finishes with 4 wickets for 42 runs. 150/10
	SJ Benn	11	2	29	3	2.63
	28.2 to Hussey, tossed up outside the off stump and spins in, Hussey plays forward and the ball takes the pad then on the way up takes the glove and the ball lobs up on the onside and Dowlin at short leg takes the catch. 89/4 36.2 to Haddin, gets one that spins and bounces away from him, gets a shoulder of the bat to slip who gratefully takes the chance – a big wicket for West Indies, keeping themselves in the game 117/6 48.4 to McKay, bowling round the wicket and tossed up outside the off stump and McKay looks to go big on the onside and gets a leading edge in the air and to Deonarine at cover. 146/9

	West Indies 2nd innings (target: 359 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CH Gayle*	c †Haddin b Watson	21	72	32	2	0	65.62
	14.1 plays back and gets an inside edge onto his upper leg, the ball goes to Haddin who takes the catch and the West Indies skipper is out 52/2
	TM Dowlin	c Clarke b Bollinger	22	44	30	3	0	73.33
	8.4 short and he pulls in the air to square leg who is half way to the fence, an easy change to Clarke – disappointing end from a man who batted well in the series. Good bouncer and very bowled by Bollinger 35/1
	RR Sarwan	c †Haddin b Hauritz	11	46	33	0	0	33.33
	17.6 tries to cut and gets an edge to Haddin and that is a bad shot last ball before Lunch, he could have left that a lived to fight on after the break. 68/3
	N Deonarine	b Watson	82	202	171	10	2	47.95
	66.1 gets one that he touches onto his pad and it collects the off stump – the end of a magnificent innings of 82, 203 minutes worth a defiance there. Well played – Bravo set to join Nash 196/4
	BP Nash	b Bollinger	65	258	183	7	0	35.51
	80.6 good length delivery pitches outside the off stump and nips back in, misjudgement from Nash as he lets the ball go and the off stump is knocked back, wonderful bowling from Bollinger. 245/7
	DJ Bravo	c Hussey b Johnson	1	9	9	0	0	11.11
	67.5 drives at a wide ball outside off and Hussey holds the edge in the gully 197/5
	D Ramdin†	b McKay	14	10	21	3	0	66.66
	75.5 gets one to niip back and he plays it on, they can’t take that away from him, McKay’s first Test wicket and Australia now back right on top in this Test match 231/6
	SJ Benn	c sub (TP Doropoulos) b Johnson	33	46	28	2	2	117.85
	85.4 once again he looks to go big on the onside, it was short in length and into Benn, cramping him, he somehow hits it high in the air to deep backward square leg and the sub Doropoulus takes the catch, at last. 279/8
	R Rampaul	c McKay b Johnson	10	23	14	2	0	71.42
	85.6 fuller outside the off stump, drives in the air to mid-off and McKay takes the catch. 279/9
	KAJ Roach	c †Haddin b Bollinger	17		29	3	0	58.62
	94.3 high drama! Australia have appealed for a caught behind and Roach has been given, he wants a review, it’s so marginal, can’t really tell if he nicked it or not, replays aren’t conclusive and in such cases I think the on-field decision should stay, Roach fended at the ball off the back foot as it angled across him … the Australians were extremely confident … Hot Spot shows nothing much … the wait is long and tense … and he’s been given … fair call too since there was no evidence either way 323/10
	GC Tonge	not out	23		22	2	0	104.54
	Extras	(b 9, lb 9, w 1, nb 5)	24
	Total	(all out; 94.3 overs)	323	(3.41 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-35 (Dowlin, 8.4 ov), 2-52 (Gayle, 14.1 ov), 3-68 (Sarwan, 17.6 ov), 4-196 (Deonarine, 66.1 ov), 5-197 (Bravo, 67.5 ov), 6-231 (Ramdin, 75.5 ov), 7-245 (Nash, 80.6 ov), 8-279 (Benn, 85.4 ov), 9-279 (Rampaul, 85.6 ov), 10-323 (Roach, 94.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DE Bollinger	20.3	3	71	3	3.46
	8.4 to Dowlin, short and he pulls in the air to square leg who is half way to the fence, an easy change to Clarke – disappointing end from a man who batted well in the series. Good bouncer and very bowled by Bollinger 35/1 80.6 to Nash, good length delivery pitches outside the off stump and nips back in, misjudgement from Nash as he lets the ball go and the off stump is knocked back, wonderful bowling from Bollinger. 245/7 94.3 to Roach, high drama! Australia have appealed for a caught behind and Roach has been given, he wants a review, it’s so marginal, can’t really tell if he nicked it or not, replays aren’t conclusive and in such cases I think the on-field decision should stay, Roach fended at the ball off the back foot as it angled across him … the Australians were extremely confident … Hot Spot shows nothing much … the wait is long and tense … and he’s been given … fair call too since there was no evidence either way 323/10
	MG Johnson	16	5	67	3	4.18	(1nb, 1w)
	67.5 to Bravo, drives at a wide ball outside off and Hussey holds the edge in the gully 197/5 85.4 to Benn, once again he looks to go big on the onside, it was short in length and into Benn, cramping him, he somehow hits it high in the air to deep backward square leg and the sub Doropoulus takes the catch, at last. 279/8 85.6 to Rampaul, fuller outside the off stump, drives in the air to mid-off and McKay takes the catch. 279/9
	CJ McKay	14	2	56	1	4.00	(1nb)
	75.5 to Ramdin, gets one to niip back and he plays it on, they can’t take that away from him, McKay’s first Test wicket and Australia now back right on top in this Test match 231/6
	SR Watson	14	5	30	2	2.14
	14.1 to Gayle, plays back and gets an inside edge onto his upper leg, the ball goes to Haddin who takes the catch and the West Indies skipper is out 52/2 66.1 to Deonarine, gets one that he touches onto his pad and it collects the off stump – the end of a magnificent innings of 82, 203 minutes worth a defiance there. Well played – Bravo set to join Nash 196/4
	NM Hauritz	23	7	61	1	2.65	(2nb)
	17.6 to Sarwan, tries to cut and gets an edge to Haddin and that is a bad shot last ball before Lunch, he could have left that a lived to fight on after the break. 68/3
	MJ North	7	1	20	0	2.85	(1nb)

Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	c †Ramdin b Roach	89	147	130	15	0	68.46
	35.2 caught! Watson’s gone! Roach pitches the ball on an excellent length around off stump, drawing Watson forward, the batsman tries to defend but the ball seams away a fraction and clips the outside edge, Ramdin takes a comfortable catch 132/1
	SM Katich	c Roach b Benn	99	272	177	10	0	55.93
	67.2 caught! Katich goes on 99! He stretches forward, gets down on one knee to play the sweep and connects firmly, but he’s hit it in the air, and Roach sees the ball swerving towards him at square leg, he dives to his right and holds the low catch 260/2
	RT Ponting*	retired hurt	23	44	25	2	1	92.00
	42.6 from Bravo, short, pulls one handed to long leg and I think that might be it for him 175/1
	MEK Hussey	c †Ramdin b Rampaul	82	202	172	9	0	47.67
	95.5 Rampaul strikes first on day 2, back of a length delivery angled across and Hussy stands in the crease and nibbles at it and gets an outside edge to Ramdin behind the wicket. 355/4
	MJ Clarke	c Gayle b Deonarine	11	18	21	2	0	52.38
	72.3 gone! Clarke can’t control himself, tries to come out and take the ball on the full but miscues the aerial shot and picks out Gayle stationed at short midwicket, who steps to his right and cups the ball in front of his face 277/3
	MJ North	c & b Deonarine	68	183	117	8	0	58.11
	112.4 drives a knee high full toss back to the bowler, he looks as though he actually hit it twice – a disappointing end for North who played very well. Another fifty in this innings without being converted to a hundred 444/5
	BJ Haddin†	c †Ramdin b Roach	88	118	91	11	2	96.70
	125.4 no century again, bit wide outside the off stump and Haddin from the crease feels for the delivery and gets the outside edge through to Ramdin. 510/6
	MG Johnson	c Benn b Bravo	35	70	45	3	1	77.77
	130.4 short of a length delivery and Johnson hits in the air down the ground to long off and Benn takes a good catch. 520/7
	NM Hauritz	not out	2	21	21	0	0	9.52
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 16)	23
	Total	(7 wickets dec; 130.4 overs; 546 mins)	520	(3.97 runs per over)

Did not bat DE Bollinger, CJ McKay

Fall of wickets1-132 (Watson, 35.2 ov), 1-175* (Ponting, retired not out, 42.6 ov), 2-260 (Katich, 67.2 ov), 3-277 (Clarke, 72.3 ov), 4-355 (Hussey, 95.5 ov), 5-444 (North, 112.4 ov), 6-510 (Haddin, 125.4 ov), 7-520 (Johnson, 130.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KAJ Roach	22	2	104	2	4.72	(6nb)
	35.2 to Watson, caught! Watson’s gone! Roach pitches the ball on an excellent length around off stump, drawing Watson forward, the batsman tries to defend but the ball seams away a fraction and clips the outside edge, Ramdin takes a comfortable catch 132/1 125.4 to Haddin, no century again, bit wide outside the off stump and Haddin from the crease feels for the delivery and gets the outside edge through to Ramdin. 510/6
	R Rampaul	22	6	85	1	3.86	(1nb, 1w)
	95.5 to Hussey, Rampaul strikes first on day 2, back of a length delivery angled across and Hussy stands in the crease and nibbles at it and gets an outside edge to Ramdin behind the wicket. 355/4
	GC Tonge	18	1	85	0	4.72	(9nb)
	DJ Bravo	17.4	1	79	1	4.47
	130.4 to Johnson, short of a length delivery and Johnson hits in the air down the ground to long off and Benn takes a good catch. 520/7
	SJ Benn	28	4	87	1	3.10
	67.2 to Katich, caught! Katich goes on 99! He stretches forward, gets down on one knee to play the sweep and connects firmly, but he’s hit it in the air, and Roach sees the ball swerving towards him at square leg, he dives to his right and holds the low catch 260/2
	N Deonarine	23	4	74	2	3.21
	72.3 to Clarke, gone! Clarke can’t control himself, tries to come out and take the ball on the full but miscues the aerial shot and picks out Gayle stationed at short midwicket, who steps to his right and cups the ball in front of his face 277/3 112.4 to North, drives a knee high full toss back to the bowler, he looks as though he actually hit it twice – a disappointing end for North who played very well. Another fifty in this innings without being converted to a hundred 444/5

	West Indies 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CH Gayle*	c Watson b Bollinger	102	102	72	9	6	141.66
	24.1 short delivery outside the off stump and Gayle looking for the cut over the in-field, lobs it straight into the hands of Watson at point. 136/1
	TM Dowlin	c Hussey b Johnson	55	152	116	9	0	47.41
	33.5 aims to drives and having to reach for it, struggles to keep it down and Hussey takes a neat catch in gully – the end of a very good innings 175/2
	RR Sarwan	c Hussey b Bollinger	42	102	56	6	0	75.00
	46.2 Sarwan falls in the second ball of the day, it was fuller outside the off stump and Sarwan goes for the big booming drive, gets the edge and the ball flies to Hussey at gully. 214/3
	N Deonarine	c Watson b Johnson	18	100	72	2	0	25.00
	56.4 hit in the air and Watson diving forward at short cover takes a good catch inches off the ground. It was a fullish delivery and Deonarine cannot keep the ball along the ground. 239/4
	BP Nash	c Clarke b Hauritz	44	133	91	4	0	48.35
	75.4 lovely catch at first slip by Clarke. Tossed up outside the off stump and Nash plays forward and gets the edge to Clarke, who dives to his left and takes the catch inches off the ground, excellent stuff. 295/6
	DJ Bravo	c †Haddin b Bollinger	26	75	49	4	0	53.06
	72.6 lovely delivery angled across and Bravo caught in the crease pushes at it and gets the edge to Haddin behind the stumps, a big wicket that, wonderful bowling. 285/5
	D Ramdin†	b Bollinger	8	36	12	2	0	66.66
	80.2 bowled him! Pitches and takes the leg stump as Ramdin moves across to play to the onside, misses it completely and the stump is rattled. 310/9
	SJ Benn	c †Haddin b Hauritz	3	18	17	0	0	17.64
	79.3 tossed up wide and Benn once again looking to drag it from way outside the off stump, gets a faint edge and Haddin behind the stumps takes the catch. 310/7
	R Rampaul	c †Haddin b Hauritz	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	79.5 lovely delivery pitches and extra bounce, goes straight on and the ball takes the edge as he plays at it and Haddin takes the second catch in the over. Rampaul was rooted to the crease. 310/8
	KAJ Roach	not out	0	5	1	0	0	0.00
	GC Tonge	c †Haddin b Bollinger	2	4	4	0	0	50.00
	80.6 edge and taken by Haddin diving to his right. Bollinger picks up his fifth wicket, well done. It was a fuller delivery outside the off stump and Tonge goes for the drive and gets the edge. 312/10
	Extras	(lb 5, w 1, nb 6)	12
	Total	(all out; 81 overs; 370 mins)	312	(3.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-136 (Gayle, 24.1 ov), 2-175 (Dowlin, 33.5 ov), 3-214 (Sarwan, 46.2 ov), 4-239 (Deonarine, 56.4 ov), 5-285 (Bravo, 72.6 ov), 6-295 (Nash, 75.4 ov), 7-310 (Benn, 79.3 ov), 8-310 (Rampaul, 79.5 ov), 9-310 (Ramdin, 80.2 ov), 10-312 (Tonge, 80.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DE Bollinger	20	3	70	5	3.50	(4nb, 1w)
	24.1 to Gayle, short delivery outside the off stump and Gayle looking for the cut over the in-field, lobs it straight into the hands of Watson at point. 136/1 46.2 to Sarwan, Sarwan falls in the second ball of the day, it was fuller outside the off stump and Sarwan goes for the big booming drive, gets the edge and the ball flies to Hussey at gully. 214/3 72.6 to Bravo, lovely delivery angled across and Bravo caught in the crease pushes at it and gets the edge to Haddin behind the stumps, a big wicket that, wonderful bowling. 285/5 80.2 to Ramdin, bowled him! Pitches and takes the leg stump as Ramdin moves across to play to the onside, misses it completely and the stump is rattled. 310/9 80.6 to Tonge, edge and taken by Haddin diving to his right. Bollinger picks up his fifth wicket, well done. It was a fuller delivery outside the off stump and Tonge goes for the drive and gets the edge. 312/10
	MG Johnson	18	3	92	2	5.11
	33.5 to Dowlin, aims to drives and having to reach for it, struggles to keep it down and Hussey takes a neat catch in gully – the end of a very good innings 175/2 56.4 to Deonarine, hit in the air and Watson diving forward at short cover takes a good catch inches off the ground. It was a fullish delivery and Deonarine cannot keep the ball along the ground. 239/4
	CJ McKay	14	3	45	0	3.21	(2nb)
	NM Hauritz	17	1	66	3	3.88
	75.4 to Nash, lovely catch at first slip by Clarke. Tossed up outside the off stump and Nash plays forward and gets the edge to Clarke, who dives to his left and takes the catch inches off the ground, excellent stuff. 295/6 79.3 to Benn, tossed up wide and Benn once again looking to drag it from way outside the off stump, gets a faint edge and Haddin behind the stumps takes the catch. 310/7 79.5 to Rampaul, lovely delivery pitches and extra bounce, goes straight on and the ball takes the edge as he plays at it and Haddin takes the second catch in the over. Rampaul was rooted to the crease. 310/8
	SR Watson	12	3	34	0	2.83

	Australia 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	lbw b Tonge	30	74	55	4	0	54.54
	16.4 pitches outside the off stump and nips back in sharply and strikes Watson on the pad as he was looking to play through the onside, a loud appeal and given by umpire Bowden, Watson waits for sometime, checks with Clarke and then calls for a referral, Bowden goes to the third umpire and hawk-eye shows the ball hitting the leg stump. Bowden raises his finger and Watson has to go. 66/2
	SM Katich	b Rampaul	10	13	8	2	0	125.00
	3.2 plays back and exposes his leg stump, losing it as he tried to glance. Good stuff from the West Indies 15/1
	MJ Clarke	c †Ramdin b Bravo	25	94	61	1	0	40.98
	23.6 edge and taken by Ramdin. Full length delivery and Clarke looking to drive lazily through the off side, gets the outside edge and Ramdin takes a comfortable catch. The plan worked for Bravo, bowling too wide and then getting the ball closer and fuller just outside the off stump. 81/3
	MEK Hussey	c Dowlin b Benn	17	53	32	3	0	53.12
	28.2 tossed up outside the off stump and spins in, Hussey plays forward and the ball takes the pad then on the way up takes the glove and the ball lobs up on the onside and Dowlin at short leg takes the catch. 89/4
	MJ North	c †Ramdin b Bravo	1	42	27	0	0	3.70
	33.5 pushes forward and edges low to Ramdin who takes a blinder diving in front of slip – well the West Indies are still in the hunt here 109/5
	BJ Haddin†	c Bravo b Benn	23	34	28	2	1	82.14
	36.2 gets one that spins and bounces away from him, gets a shoulder of the bat to slip who gratefully takes the chance – a big wicket for West Indies, keeping themselves in the game 117/6
	MG Johnson	c Nash b Bravo	5	34	27	1	0	18.51
	41.6 he can’t resist a wide one, drives to backward point where a low chance is taken – Nash does what he is paid to do and the West Indies are right in it now. 125/7
	NM Hauritz	c Sarwan b Bravo	11	66	37	1	0	29.72
	51.3 wide outside the off stump and Hauritz goes after it and gets the edge to Sarwan at first slip. Bravo finishes with 4 wickets for 42 runs. 150/10
	RT Ponting*	c Dowlin b Roach	2	14	6	0	0	33.33
	44.5 short and the Aussie skipper pops it to short leg, right at the body in at his ribs and he is gone – brilliant bowling forces him to play defensively to the man in close 134/8
	CJ McKay	c Deonarine b Benn	10	15	15	1	0	66.66
	48.4 bowling round the wicket and tossed up outside the off stump and McKay looks to go big on the onside and gets a leading edge in the air and to Deonarine at cover. 146/9
	DE Bollinger	not out	2	12	14	0	0	14.28
	Extras	(b 9, lb 2, w 1, nb 2)	14
	Total	(all out; 51.3 overs; 230 mins)	150	(2.91 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Katich, 3.2 ov), 2-66 (Watson, 16.4 ov), 3-81 (Clarke, 23.6 ov), 4-89 (Hussey, 28.2 ov), 5-109 (North, 33.5 ov), 6-117 (Haddin, 36.2 ov), 7-125 (Johnson, 41.6 ov), 8-134 (Ponting, 44.5 ov), 9-146 (McKay, 48.4 ov), 10-150 (Hauritz, 51.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KAJ Roach	6	0	18	1	3.00
	44.5 to Ponting, short and the Aussie skipper pops it to short leg, right at the body in at his ribs and he is gone – brilliant bowling forces him to play defensively to the man in close 134/8
	R Rampaul	6	1	21	1	3.50	(1nb)
	3.2 to Katich, plays back and exposes his leg stump, losing it as he tried to glance. Good stuff from the West Indies 15/1
	GC Tonge	10	2	28	1	2.80	(1nb)
	16.4 to Watson, pitches outside the off stump and nips back in sharply and strikes Watson on the pad as he was looking to play through the onside, a loud appeal and given by umpire Bowden, Watson waits for sometime, checks with Clarke and then calls for a referral, Bowden goes to the third umpire and hawk-eye shows the ball hitting the leg stump. Bowden raises his finger and Watson has to go. 66/2
	N Deonarine	1	0	1	0	1.00
	DJ Bravo	17.3	6	42	4	2.40	(1w)
	23.6 to Clarke, edge and taken by Ramdin. Full length delivery and Clarke looking to drive lazily through the off side, gets the outside edge and Ramdin takes a comfortable catch. The plan worked for Bravo, bowling too wide and then getting the ball closer and fuller just outside the off stump. 81/3 33.5 to North, pushes forward and edges low to Ramdin who takes a blinder diving in front of slip – well the West Indies are still in the hunt here 109/5 41.6 to Johnson, he can’t resist a wide one, drives to backward point where a low chance is taken – Nash does what he is paid to do and the West Indies are right in it now. 125/7 51.3 to Hauritz, wide outside the off stump and Hauritz goes after it and gets the edge to Sarwan at first slip. Bravo finishes with 4 wickets for 42 runs. 150/10
	SJ Benn	11	2	29	3	2.63
	28.2 to Hussey, tossed up outside the off stump and spins in, Hussey plays forward and the ball takes the pad then on the way up takes the glove and the ball lobs up on the onside and Dowlin at short leg takes the catch. 89/4 36.2 to Haddin, gets one that spins and bounces away from him, gets a shoulder of the bat to slip who gratefully takes the chance – a big wicket for West Indies, keeping themselves in the game 117/6 48.4 to McKay, bowling round the wicket and tossed up outside the off stump and McKay looks to go big on the onside and gets a leading edge in the air and to Deonarine at cover. 146/9

	West Indies 2nd innings (target: 359 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CH Gayle*	c †Haddin b Watson	21	72	32	2	0	65.62
	14.1 plays back and gets an inside edge onto his upper leg, the ball goes to Haddin who takes the catch and the West Indies skipper is out 52/2
	TM Dowlin	c Clarke b Bollinger	22	44	30	3	0	73.33
	8.4 short and he pulls in the air to square leg who is half way to the fence, an easy change to Clarke – disappointing end from a man who batted well in the series. Good bouncer and very bowled by Bollinger 35/1
	RR Sarwan	c †Haddin b Hauritz	11	46	33	0	0	33.33
	17.6 tries to cut and gets an edge to Haddin and that is a bad shot last ball before Lunch, he could have left that a lived to fight on after the break. 68/3
	N Deonarine	b Watson	82	202	171	10	2	47.95
	66.1 gets one that he touches onto his pad and it collects the off stump – the end of a magnificent innings of 82, 203 minutes worth a defiance there. Well played – Bravo set to join Nash 196/4
	BP Nash	b Bollinger	65	258	183	7	0	35.51
	80.6 good length delivery pitches outside the off stump and nips back in, misjudgement from Nash as he lets the ball go and the off stump is knocked back, wonderful bowling from Bollinger. 245/7
	DJ Bravo	c Hussey b Johnson	1	9	9	0	0	11.11
	67.5 drives at a wide ball outside off and Hussey holds the edge in the gully 197/5
	D Ramdin†	b McKay	14	10	21	3	0	66.66
	75.5 gets one to niip back and he plays it on, they can’t take that away from him, McKay’s first Test wicket and Australia now back right on top in this Test match 231/6
	SJ Benn	c sub (TP Doropoulos) b Johnson	33	46	28	2	2	117.85
	85.4 once again he looks to go big on the onside, it was short in length and into Benn, cramping him, he somehow hits it high in the air to deep backward square leg and the sub Doropoulus takes the catch, at last. 279/8
	R Rampaul	c McKay b Johnson	10	23	14	2	0	71.42
	85.6 fuller outside the off stump, drives in the air to mid-off and McKay takes the catch. 279/9
	KAJ Roach	c †Haddin b Bollinger	17		29	3	0	58.62
	94.3 high drama! Australia have appealed for a caught behind and Roach has been given, he wants a review, it’s so marginal, can’t really tell if he nicked it or not, replays aren’t conclusive and in such cases I think the on-field decision should stay, Roach fended at the ball off the back foot as it angled across him … the Australians were extremely confident … Hot Spot shows nothing much … the wait is long and tense … and he’s been given … fair call too since there was no evidence either way 323/10
	GC Tonge	not out	23		22	2	0	104.54
	Extras	(b 9, lb 9, w 1, nb 5)	24
	Total	(all out; 94.3 overs)	323	(3.41 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-35 (Dowlin, 8.4 ov), 2-52 (Gayle, 14.1 ov), 3-68 (Sarwan, 17.6 ov), 4-196 (Deonarine, 66.1 ov), 5-197 (Bravo, 67.5 ov), 6-231 (Ramdin, 75.5 ov), 7-245 (Nash, 80.6 ov), 8-279 (Benn, 85.4 ov), 9-279 (Rampaul, 85.6 ov), 10-323 (Roach, 94.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DE Bollinger	20.3	3	71	3	3.46
	8.4 to Dowlin, short and he pulls in the air to square leg who is half way to the fence, an easy change to Clarke – disappointing end from a man who batted well in the series. Good bouncer and very bowled by Bollinger 35/1 80.6 to Nash, good length delivery pitches outside the off stump and nips back in, misjudgement from Nash as he lets the ball go and the off stump is knocked back, wonderful bowling from Bollinger. 245/7 94.3 to Roach, high drama! Australia have appealed for a caught behind and Roach has been given, he wants a review, it’s so marginal, can’t really tell if he nicked it or not, replays aren’t conclusive and in such cases I think the on-field decision should stay, Roach fended at the ball off the back foot as it angled across him … the Australians were extremely confident … Hot Spot shows nothing much … the wait is long and tense … and he’s been given … fair call too since there was no evidence either way 323/10
	MG Johnson	16	5	67	3	4.18	(1nb, 1w)
	67.5 to Bravo, drives at a wide ball outside off and Hussey holds the edge in the gully 197/5 85.4 to Benn, once again he looks to go big on the onside, it was short in length and into Benn, cramping him, he somehow hits it high in the air to deep backward square leg and the sub Doropoulus takes the catch, at last. 279/8 85.6 to Rampaul, fuller outside the off stump, drives in the air to mid-off and McKay takes the catch. 279/9
	CJ McKay	14	2	56	1	4.00	(1nb)
	75.5 to Ramdin, gets one to niip back and he plays it on, they can’t take that away from him, McKay’s first Test wicket and Australia now back right on top in this Test match 231/6
	SR Watson	14	5	30	2	2.14
	14.1 to Gayle, plays back and gets an inside edge onto his upper leg, the ball goes to Haddin who takes the catch and the West Indies skipper is out 52/2 66.1 to Deonarine, gets one that he touches onto his pad and it collects the off stump – the end of a magnificent innings of 82, 203 minutes worth a defiance there. Well played – Bravo set to join Nash 196/4
	NM Hauritz	23	7	61	1	2.65	(2nb)
	17.6 to Sarwan, tries to cut and gets an edge to Haddin and that is a bad shot last ball before Lunch, he could have left that a lived to fight on after the break. 68/3
	MJ North	7	1	20	0	2.85	(1nb)

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 3-match series 2-0

Test debuts CJ McKay (Australia); GC Tonge (West Indies) Player of the match tba

Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and IJ Gould (England) TV umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan) Match referee BC Broad (England) Reserve umpire RJ Tucker

Close of play day 1 – Australia 1st innings 339/3 (MEK Hussey 81*, MJ North 23*, 90 ov) day 2 – West Indies 1st innings 214/2 (RR Sarwan 42*, N Deonarine 10*, 46 ov) day 3 – Australia 2nd innings 137/8 (NM Hauritz 11*, CJ McKay 1*, 47 ov) day 4 – West Indies 2nd innings 308/9 (KAJ Roach 13*, GC Tonge 12*, 91 ov)

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Aussies go 1-0 up

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Australia win 4-2 after washout

Australia have won their ODI series in India 4-2 after the last match being washed out. The match was abandonment without a ball being bowled. Here are the results for the series:

November 11	India v Australia 2009/10 India v Australia [ODI] Mumbai, IND, Brabourne Stadium	No Result – match abandoned without a ball bowled
November 8	India v Australia 2009/10 India v Australia [ODI] Guwahati, IND, Nehru Stadium	Australia won by 6 wickets
November 5	India v Australia 2009/10 India v Australia [ODI] Hyderabad, IND, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	Australia won by 3 runs
November 2	India v Australia 2009/10 India v Australia [ODI] Mohali, Chandigarh, IND, PCA Stadium	Australia won by 24 runs
October 31	India v Australia 2009/10 India v Australia [ODI] Delhi, IND, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	India won by 6 wickets
October 28	India v Australia 2009/10 India v Australia [ODI] Nagpur, IND, Vidarbha CA Stadium	India won by 99 runs
October 25	India v Australia 2009/10 India v Australia [ODI] Vadodara, IND, Reliance Stadium	Australia won by 4 runs

Aussies Take An Unbeatable 4-2 Series Win

India won the toss and elected to bat. It was a good toss to lose because Ricky Ponting said he would have batted as well. Early on India were 5/27  and winning was a certainty for Australia when they dismissed MS Dhoni. Australia ended up winning by 6 wickets. Here is the scorecard:

India		R	M	B	4	6
Batters name	Fall Of Wicket
Extras	1b, 1lb, 3nb, 4wd					9
Total	10 wickets , 48.0 overs					170
Sehwag, V	b:Johnson, MG	6	3	4	0	1
Tendulkar, SR	c&b:Bollinger, DE	10	24	17	2	0
Gambhir, G	b:Johnson, MG	0	2	2	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	b:Bollinger, DE	6	30	16	1	0
Dhoni, MS(c/wk)	lbw:Bollinger, DE	24	103	77	1	0
Raina, SK	c:Hauritz, NM    b:Johnson, MG	0	6	5	0	0
Jadeja, RA	c:White, CL    b:Bollinger, DE	57	149	103	6	0
Harbhajan Singh	b:Bollinger, DE	0	1	2	0	0
Kumar, PS	not out	54	83	51	7	1
Nehra, A	b:Watson, SR	4	16	12	0	0
Patel, MM	b:Watson, SR	0	2	2	0	0

DNB:

FOW:

1-7 ( Sehwag, V, 0.4 ov), 2-7 ( Gambhir, G, 0.6 ov), 3-23 ( Tendulkar, SR, 5.1 ov), 4-24 ( Yuvraj Singh, 7.6 ov), 5-27 ( Raina, SK, 8.6 ov), 6-75 ( Dhoni, MS, 30.1 ov), 7-75 ( Harbhajan Singh, 30.3 ov), 8-149 ( Jadeja, RA, 44.1 ov), 9-170 ( Nehra, A, 47.4 ov), 10-170 ( Patel, MM, 47.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb
Bowlers Name
Johnson, MG	9.0	1	39	3	4	0
Bollinger, DE	10.0	4	35	5	0	3
McKay, CJ	10.0	1	44	0	0	0
Hauritz, NM	9.0	2	19	0	0	0
Watson, SR	8.0	0	27	2	0	0
Voges, AC	2.0	0	4	0	0	0

Australia		R	M	B	4	6
Batters name	Fall Of Wicket
Extras	6b, 2lb, 0nb, 1wd					9
Total	4 wickets , 41.5 overs					172
Watson, SR	c:Sehwag, V    b:Harbhajan Singh	49	68	49	10	0
Marsh, SE	lbw:Patel, MM	6	17	14	1	0
Ponting, RT(c)	c:Harbhajan Singh	25	59	57	3	0
White, CL	lbw:Raina, SK	25	60	48	0	0
Hussey, MEK	not out	35	73	62	2	0
Voges, AC	not out	23	20	21	4	0
Manou, GA(wk)
Johnson, MG
Hauritz, NM
McKay, CJ
Bollinger, DE

DNB:

Manou, GA, Johnson, MG, Hauritz, NM, McKay, CJ, Bollinger, DE

FOW:

1-24 ( Marsh, SE, 4.3 ov), 2-85 ( Watson, SR, 18.6 ov), 3-90 ( Ponting, RT, 20.4 ov), 4-143 ( White, CL, 36.3 ov),

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb
Bowlers Name
Kumar, PS	2.0	0	10	0	0	0
Nehra, A	3.0	0	21	0	1	0
Patel, MM	4.0	1	13	1	0	0
Jadeja, RA	10.0	1	36	0	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	10.0	1	23	2	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	7.0	1	29	0	0	0
Raina, SK	3.0	0	13	1	0	0
Sehwag, V	2.0	0	8	0	0	0
Tendulkar, SR	0.5	0	11	0	0	0