44.5 -
Hazlewood to Pollard, FOUR, cut away in the air, just wide of a diving backward point. Short ball and Pollard's eyes light up with the width on offer, but he doesn't go whole-heartedly. Bottom line, four runs closer
43.1 -
Coulter-Nile to Ramdin, FOUR, overpitched on middle and leg, flicked away through square leg for four. West Indies racing to the finish
33.5 -
Coulter-Nile to Samuels, FOUR, blasted away! Coulter-Nile's evening isn't getting any better as he keeps bleeding runs. Just hasn't got the length right today. This one is too short, too wide and Samuels slashes it away
32.5 -
Zampa to Samuels, FOUR, Samuels is going up a gear and looking really dangerous. Picks the length so early, rocks back, waits for the ball and late-cuts it past a diving backward point
31.5 -
Faulkner to Samuels, FOUR, yes, well done. Fifty for Marlon Samuels with a cheeky little late-dab to beat short third man. It becomes an even better shot when you consider that it's a slower ball with very little pace to work with. And he's as cool as anything about the milestone. Hardly any reaction
30.2 -
Zampa to Samuels, FOUR, edged between keeper and slip! Such shrewd leg-spin bowling but no rewards. Samuels initially shapes to come down the track. Seeing that the ball is beautifully held back in flight, he aborts and tries to dab it with the turn. The extra purchase and bounce catches the edge and it goes very fine. Even a dive from Smith at slip does no good
29.1 -
Faulkner to Samuels, FOUR, he has absolutely smoked this. It's a bazooka through mid-wicket. Good that there was no one there, might have burned a hole in their palms otherwise. Only slightly short and Samuels bludgeons the pull. Gosh!
28.2 -
Head to Samuels, FOUR, now that's a classy shot. Superb use of the feet which he uses to get to the ball and step inside the line, it creates the opportunity to go inside-out and he creams the drive over mid-off
27.5 -
Hazlewood to Samuels, FOUR, a similar delivery, probably more towards off and Samuels has clobbered the open-footed drive through mid-off. Kicked his front leg out of the way again and hammered it right off the meat. Too full and punished
26.2 -
Head to Samuels, FOUR, this should release some of the pressure. Too full from Head, drifts this outside off which provides enough room as well to Samuels who shimmies down and drives it crunchingly past mid-off
16.1 -
Coulter-Nile to Darren Bravo, FOUR, scrambled seam-up delivery and just outside off, Bravo takes a baby step forward and drives it stylishly towards the deep extra cover fence, where Marsh ran around the circumference and did put in a slide. However, his right leg touched the rope in the process of jugging the ball from one hand to another. Hence, given as a four on replays by the TV umpire
15.1 -
Zampa to Darren Bravo, FOUR, Bravo picked the bones out of that one. With a high back-lift, Bravo drills a tossed up delivery straight down the ground all along the carpet. No need to run for those
11.2 -
Faulkner to Darren Bravo, FOUR, back of a length delivery and just outside off, Bravo cracks the drive to the sweeper cover fence. A shot of poise and balance as he got forward just enough to essay the drive. There was a bit of Lara in that shot, too
9.3 -
Faulkner to Charles, FOUR, speared down leg, Charles shuffles across and whips it past the short fine fielder and it runs away to the boundary boards
9.0 -
Head to Andre Fletcher, FOUR, fuller length delivery and just outside off, Fletcher tries to loft it more over the cover-region, but mistimes it slightly. However, he is still able to loft it over backward point and into the boundary boards
6.4 -
Coulter-Nile to Charles, FOUR, that was one mighty blow from Charles. Fuller length delivery and just outside off, Charles takes a small stride forward and drills it down the ground. Coulter-Nile looks to get his right boot to stop it, but the ball whistled past him in a jiffy
2.4 -
Hazlewood to Andre Fletcher, FOUR, it continues to rain fours and sixes at the ground. Short and wide delivery, Fletcher stands tall and crunches the cut past the backward point fielder and into the fence
2.0 -
Coulter-Nile to Charles, FOUR, Coulter-Nile goes for the razor sharp yorker and misses it by a whisker, Charles whips it to the square leg boundary
1.5 -
Coulter-Nile to Charles, FOUR, shorter in length, Charles waits for it and pulls it to the fine leg fence. Good start this for the hosts
1.3 -
Coulter-Nile to Andre Fletcher, FOUR, a tad fuller and outside off, Fletcher crunches the drive through the deep extra cover region. Stand and deliver stuff from Fletcher
1.0 -
Hazlewood to Charles, FOUR, fuller length delivery and outside off, Charles cracks the drive on the up and the ball rockets to the long-off fence. He picked the bones out of that one
43.0 -
Zampa to Pollard, SIX, that's unbelievable, just unbelievable. It's a well flighted leg-break outside off, Pollard is looking to slog against the turn, slices it off a thick leading edge, and it clears wide long-off. Ridiculous, so unfair on Zampa
40.3 -
Zampa to Samuels, SIX, three sixes in a row! It's wide of long-off this time and further back in the stands. Samuels has found his shooting range. Dances down, swings his arms and slots it away
40.2 -
Zampa to Samuels, SIX, this one has been timed alright. Flat six! Shimmies to the pitch of the ball and drills it over Head's head
40.1 -
Zampa to Samuels, SIX, oh it's a brilliant effort from Head at long-off to even make a chance out of it. But the short boundaries were always going to have the final say. Samuels shimmies down, isn't to the pitch of the ball and is reaching out for the loft. Mistimes it in the air. Head pedals back, takes the catch but his momentum would have always taken him over. So he hurls it in the air, but to his dismay, the ball bounces over the ropes beside him
34.1 -
Zampa to Ramdin, SIX, wait a minute, it's Ramdin now! He decides he's had enough of a look in. Sees the flight on the leg-break, goes down on one knee, fetches the slog-sweep from outside off and nails it over long-on
21.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Samuels, SIX, the slower one from Marsh, Samuels picks it nicely from the hand and biffs it over the long-on fence. It turns out to be his 100th six in ODIs. Nice achievement that
15.3 -
Zampa to Darren Bravo, SIX, Bravo has now got into the groove. Again tantalisingly flighted from Zampa, Bravo just nails the loft over the long-on fence
5.5 -
Faulkner to Andre Fletcher, SIX, Fletcher is exploring every nook and corner of the ground. Here, he charges down the track, converts it into a length delivery and lifts it high and handsome into the downtown territories for a maximum
3.5 -
Coulter-Nile to Charles, SIX, the Aussies look clueless at the moment as runs are coming thick and fast. Coulter-Nile bangs it short, Charles tries to pull, but the ball gets slightly big on him. However, he ekes out a top-edge that flies over the fine leg fence
2.2 -
Hazlewood to Andre Fletcher, SIX, the crack of the willow against the leather gave an inkling that it came off the sweet spot. Fuller length delivery and just outside off, Fletcher just wallops it over the mid-wicket boundary. The umpire wanted to confirm whether it was a six or a four. On replays, it was clear that it went all the way
43.4 -
Coulter-Nile to Holder, out Caught by Wade!! Edged and gone. Holder has a woofy waft at a full ball which cuts back in, and Wade dives to collect the inside edge. Holder straightaway reviews though. He looks convinced he hasn't hit it. Let's wait for the replays. Not a no-ball for sure, and well... I can see some gap between bat and ball when it crosses. Doesn't seem like an edge there. But is there enough evidence to overturn the onfield call. There is no real-time snicko so this won't be easy. The third umpire looks at it, and again, and again. What's it gonna be. Out. Feared so. Holder c Wade b Coulter-Nile 0(2)
43.2 -
Coulter-Nile to Ramdin, out Bowled!! Bowled 'im. That's come back a long way off the deck. Maybe a cutter from Coulter-Nile, hits a good length outside off and jags back in to breach the gate between bat and pad. Ramdin's bat also came down at an angle making the task all the more difficult. Dead! Ramdin b Coulter-Nile 29(38) [4s-1 6s-1]
40.4 -
Zampa to Samuels, out Samuels Run Out!! Another run-out in the nineties today, and this time it's Samuels who receives a standing ovation on the way back. Surely a match-winning effort. But it's a super piece of work from Wade. Flat on the pads, deflects off Samuels's thigh pad behind square. Samuels is lured into the run by his partner, Wade senses the opportunity, runs across to collect, pirouette's in a flash and rifles down the timber while falling backwards. Samuels run out (Wade) 92(87) [4s-8 6s-4]
30.5 -
Zampa to Darren Bravo, out Caught by Wade!! This is just superb from Zampa. He's still so nascent in his cricketing career, but you can see why Smith trusts him with the major moments of the game. Floats it up on middle and leg on a length, kicks up slightly off the deck with a little bit of turn as well to catch some glove as Bravo is trying to work it through the on-side, deflects onto pad and lobs up for a lollipop for Wade. Breaks the dangerous looking stand. Darren Bravo c Wade b Zampa 39(63) [4s-3 6s-1]
13.4 -
Zampa to Charles, out Lbw!! Zampa has shown in the past that he snares quite a few scalps with his zooters and sliders. Here, too, he deceives Charles with a slider and traps him in front of middle-stump. Charles stays back to a delivery that skids on, looks to defend and misses. It hits him below the knee-roll and was plumb in front, on that occasion. It was a nice cameo from Charles, but the Windies need him to convert it into a big score. Charles lbw b Zampa 48(38) [4s-5 6s-1]
9.5 -
Faulkner to Andre Fletcher, out Caught by Bailey!! Faulkner's uncanny ability to befuddle the batsman with the slower one has helped him to make the initial incision. Australia certainly needed that wicket. The off-pace delivery from Faulkner and it was bowled on a good length, Fletcher perhaps thought of burying it over the cover-region. However, he did not pick the slower one and checks his shot at the 'nth' moment. Eventually, spoons an easy catch to Bailey at backward point. Andre Fletcher c Bailey b Faulkner 27(27) [4s-3 6s-2]
7.2 -
Faulkner to Charles, 2 runs, the ball is following Khawaja today. He now drops Charles as well. Fuller length delivery and on the stumps, Charles aims to lift it over long-on, but gets it off the toe-end towards Khawaja at deep mid-wicket who misjudges the catch and is late in moving backwards. He still looks to grab it above head height with both hands, but the ball eludes him and the pair sneak in a brace
1.4 -
Coulter-Nile to Andre Fletcher, 1 run, Khawaja at mid-wicket has dropped a rather straightforward chance. Fletcher tries to hoick a fullish delivery across the line, gets it off the toe-end, Khawaja at mid-on moves to his right, but despite getting both hands on it, puts the chance down. Lost his footing actually
36.5 -
Hazlewood to Samuels, no run, shortish just outside off, Samuels slashes and misses. Or did he? The Aussies go up in appeal, not out signalled. Given the context of the match, Smith has no choice but to review. It's a tactical one more than anything. Samuels has missed it by a long way. He is so late on the shot that the bat hasn't even come across before the ball's already past him