Australia and South Africa in West Indies Tri-Series 2016

Scorecard - 8th Match, West Indies vs Australia at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies (21 Jun 2016)

West Indies

282/8 (50) RR:5.64

Australia won by 6 wkts

Australia

283/4 (48.4) RR:5.82

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49.0 - Boland to Samuels, FOUR, this is some hitting by Samuels, Boland missed his yorker by just a fraction. Samuels backs away, clears his left leg and drills it in between the umpire and the non-striker, no one moved as the ball clattered away to the fence

48.3 - Boland to Brathwaite, FOUR, that has been smashed! Length delivery outside off, Boland missed his yorker by an inch, Brathwaite gets his bat down and drills it to the right of Smith at mid-off, no need to run for those

47.5 - Faulkner to Samuels, FOUR, back of the hand slower delivery from Faulkner, but the length is a fraction too short, Samuels waits on it and dabs it behind square on the off-side for a boundary

47.1 - Faulkner to Samuels, FOUR, cracking shot, this was the back of the hand slower ball from Faulkner, Samuels waits on it and crashes it square behind point, no need to run for those

43.2 - Hazlewood to Pollard, FOUR, top-edge and four, banged in short and holding its line outside off, Pollard was looking to help it behind square, is late on the shot, gets a fat edge which lobs the keeper and rolls away to the fence

39.2 - Boland to Ramdin, FOUR, Boland played into the hands of Ramdin this time, bowled it short and wide. Ramdin was waiting for it, cleared his leg and hit it over cover with ease, no chance for the guy manning the sweeper cover region

38.2 - Mitchell Marsh to Ramdin, FOUR, this is well played, really well played. He knew where the fielders were and used it to good effect. Got his front foot across the line and then whipped this back of a length delivery over the man at short fine leg, there is no one out there in the deep and the ball races away to the fence

36.1 - Faulkner to Ramdin, FOUR, how far was it from short fine leg? Not very far! Faulkner strays in line on the pads of Ramdin, who whips it across to the right of short fine leg. The fielder there stretched his hands but the shot was too quick and away from his reach

30.3 - Faulkner to Samuels, FOUR, full and almost wide of the tramline on off, Samuels went chasing after it and carved it away from a diving point fielder. There is no third man and it races away to the fence

29.4 - Finch to Ramdin, FOUR, flighted delivery outside off, Ramdin rocks onto the back foot and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for the second boundary of this over

29.2 - Finch to Samuels, FOUR, full and Samuels drives it with all his strength straight down the ground

24.1 - Mitchell Marsh to Samuels, FOUR, continues to dig it in half way down the track and Samuels was waiting for it. Clears his front leg and slap-pulls it to long on

23.0 - Mitchell Marsh to Samuels, FOUR, and here's his fifty. Streaky but he'll take it. Mitchell Marsh bowls it very straight and Samuels looks to work it to the on-side, but ends up getting a leading edge to third man for another boundary

22.5 - Mitchell Marsh to Samuels, FOUR, to extra cover, fullish again and Samuels frees his arms and wrists to make it the third boundary in this over. Samuels in full flow

22.3 - Mitchell Marsh to Samuels, FOUR, he is cutting loose out here. Back-to-back boundaries for Samuels. Rocks on to the back foot to this back of a length delivery and slashes it through deep backward point

22.2 - Mitchell Marsh to Samuels, FOUR, full and Samuels presents the full face of the bat to stroke this one elegantly down the ground for another boundary

21.2 - Boland to Samuels, FOUR, fullish again but outside off this time and Samuels once again slaps this with all his might, precisely between the two men at extra cover and mid-off. Looks like he has come into his mood

19.4 - Boland to Samuels, FOUR, short and Samuels makes room to flay the cut through to square third man for a boundary. Absolutely smacked

13.0 - Faulkner to Ramdin, FOUR, second boundary of the over for WI, Ramdin lofts it over mid-on off this full delivery on the stumps and collects another boundary

12.2 - Faulkner to Samuels, FOUR, full length delivery on the stumps, Samuels picks it early and clears his front leg, hoicks it off the inside half of the bat towards deep mid-wicket, the ball has enough legs to reach the fence, despite a despairing dive from Starc - chasing from mid-on

10.2 - Faulkner to Samuels, FOUR, back of a length delivery well outside off, Samuels gets on top of the bounce and cuts it wide of the point fielder. The ball races away to the fence in a hurry

9.0 - Starc to Ramdin, FOUR, Ramdin is off the mark with a classic cover drive, Starc bowls this full well outside off, Ramdin gets well forward and drills the drive towards vacant cover region and collects a boundary

7.1 - Hazlewood to Darren Bravo, FOUR, very full delivery outside off, Bravo wrists the drive towards mid-off and finds another boundary

7.0 - Starc to Andre Fletcher, FOUR, short and wide from Starc, Fletcher slaps the cut over the point fielder and the ball races away the fence in no time, no chance for the man at third man who is square

6.5 - Starc to Andre Fletcher, leg byes, FOUR, Fletcher gets across early, Starc sees it and bowls this on the leg stump looking to get him bowled. Fletcher flicks and misses, gets it off the pad and the ball rolls away towards fine leg

5.3 - Hazlewood to Darren Bravo, FOUR, first bad delivery from the Aussies so far, Hazlewood bowls this very full outside off, Bravo gets to the pitch of the delivery and drills the drive well past the man at cover and mid-off, finds the gap to perfection

3.5 - Hazlewood to Darren Bravo, FOUR, back of a length delivery outside off, this time Bravo looks to play at it, inside edges it to the right of the keeper, not far away from the off-stump. Lucky boundary for Bravo

49.5 - Faulkner to Samuels, SIX, Samuels is finishing well! Faulkner followed him with a length delivery, Samuels got a lot of height as he shovelled it towards deep mid-wicket, just about clears the leaping Maxwell, he hasn't had the best of days in the field

45.5 - Hazlewood to Pollard, SIX, that will go down as a chance, casual, very casual from Maxwell. This was a length delivery on the stumps, Pollard was looking to hoick it over long-on, gets a thick inside edge, high and towards deep mid-wicket. Maxwell was positioned in front of the ropes, he watches it all along and holds on. After taking the catch, his left leg takes a step back and ends up touching the ropes. A sheepish Maxwell signals it as a six

40.4 - Starc to Ramdin, SIX, back-to-back sixes for Ramdin, no respect for Starc, this was full and on the stumps, Ramdin made room, gets under the delivery and sends it soaring over the bowler's head, sails into the stands once again

40.3 - Starc to Ramdin, SIX, Starc has been clubbed into the long-on stands! Ramdin is on the move for sure, length delivery on the stumps, he backs away slightly, clears his left leg and hoists it high and over long-on for a maximum

26.2 - Starc to Ramdin, SIX, ahh this is amazing. What about this for some timing. Starc bowls if fast and on the pads and Ramdin picks it up beautifully and flicks it absolutely flat to backward square leg. Went almost parallel to the surface

21.1 - Boland to Samuels, SIX, full, very straight and absolutely brutally tonked. Samuels clears his front leg and lofts this straight down the ground for a mighty maximum

50.0 - Faulkner to Samuels, out Caught by Mitchell Marsh!! Samuels falls after a sensational knock! The West Indian star gets a massive ovation as he walks away, West Indies finish with 282. This was another full ball by Faulkner, Samuels made room outside leg and was looking to go over cover, the bat turned in his hands on impact, he ends up slicing it high and towards deep point. It's that man Marsh once again under the skier and he reverse cups it safely. Samuels c Mitchell Marsh b Faulkner 125(134) [4s-14 6s-2]

49.1 - Faulkner to Holder, out Caught by Mitchell Marsh!! Catching practice for Marsh at sweeper cover! This was full and wide outside off, Holder had backed away on the drive, he has to reach out for the shot, doesn't get off the middle of the bat, sends in a simple catch to deep cover, Marsh goes reverse cupped and holds on. Holder c Mitchell Marsh b Faulkner 1(2)

48.4 - Boland to Brathwaite, out Bowled!! That's an excellent comeback from Boland! As perfect a yorker as it comes, full and tailing back in, Brathwaite was backing away as he looked to dig it out, might have got a bottom edge, the ball crashes onto the off-stump. Boland exults in delight, gets his second wicket. Brathwaite b Boland 7(6) [4s-1]

46.3 - Boland to Pollard, out Caught by Mitchell Marsh!! The dropped catch hasn't proved to be expensive, this was a high bouncer from Boland, short and well outside off, Pollard had to fetch the ball, he went for the pull, can't control his shot and top-edge is gobbled by Marsh - at deep backward square leg. Pollard c Mitchell Marsh b Boland 20(18) [4s-1 6s-1]

42.4 - Starc to Ramdin, out Bowled!! Ramdin misses out on a hundred, but it has been an outstanding knock from the plucky keeper. Length delivery angling back into the right-hander, Ramdin backed away on a massive mow over mid-wicket, missed it completely and hears the death rattle behind him. Ramdin walks away to a massive ovation from the Bridgetown crowd, ends a fine 192-run fourth wicket stand as well. Ramdin b Starc 91(92) [4s-6 6s-3]

8.1 - Starc to Andre Fletcher, out Caught by Mitchell Marsh!! Starc this time, gets his second of the match. Bowls this back of a length on the stumps and the ball kicks off the turf, Fletcher is surprised with it and gets hit high on the bat. Mitchell Marsh at gully takes an easy catch over his head. Andre Fletcher c Mitchell Marsh b Starc 9(22) [4s-1]

7.2 - Hazlewood to Darren Bravo, out Caught by Smith!! Aussies are not letting WI to settle. Hazlewood bowls this back of a length angling away just a touch, Bravo is late to get his bat out of the way. The ball takes the outside edge and flies towards wide 1st slip. Smith flies to his right and takes it airborne to send Bravo back to the hut. Darren Bravo c Smith b Hazlewood 15(20) [4s-3]

0.4 - Starc to Charles, out Caught by Smith!! No.1 goes down for West Indies. Starc is right on the job early and gets Charles poking at a wide delivery outside off, this ball just held its line and went across him, Charles pushes at it hard and the outside edge flies to 2nd slip. Smith takes it comfortably in front of his eyes. Charles c Smith b Starc 0(4)

28.5 - Starc to Samuels, 1 run, edged and put down. This would hurt and Samuels gets a reprieve. Gets it to slant into Samuels and he pokes at it with hard hands. The ball flies to the right of Wade who dives full length and gets his right hand to it. Put down

45.4 - Hazlewood to Samuels, 1 run, hundred for Samuels, the crowd roar in delight, Samuels removes his helmet, kisses the badge and gets a big hug from his partner, his 10th ODI hundred, 1st against Australia, coming to the ball, it was full and on his pads, clipped towards mid-wicket for a single

44.1 - Starc to Samuels, 1 run, a direct hit and Pollard was gone by a mile, full and on Samuels' pads, tucked to the right of mid-wicket. He called for a single, Pollard was late in responding, had given up and would have been a goner had Bailey found his target

37.1 - Boland to Samuels, 1 run, to backward point, the partnership between Samuels and Ramdin is now 150. They have run a billion runs in that region. Samuels, again, waits for this short of a good length delivery and dabs in front of point, runs with ease

35.2 - Boland to Ramdin, 1 run, fifty for Ramdin. 8th one in the ODIs, well played. His trigger movement was on the front foot this time, waited after seeing that the ball was a bit short, forced it away from a diving man square of the wicket on the off-side for a single

28.2 - Starc to Samuels, 1 run, rapid and angling in again, tucked away with soft hands to square leg to bring up the 100-run stand

15.4 - Boland to Samuels, no run, Australia have gone for the review for the caught behind. Boland digs it in back of a length and Samuels looks to drive it on the up and there is some noise as the ball goes to the keeper. Loud appeal from the close-in fielder. They seemed convinced straight away, but the umpire is unmoved. The ball doesn't deviate after hitting the bat. So, we have the verdict. The on-field decision stays

47.3 - Narine to Maxwell, FOUR, easy pickings for Maxwell, tossed up well down the leg-side, he bends down low and sweeps it behind square on the on-side, no one in the deep and the ball rolls away to the fence

47.0 - Brathwaite to Maxwell, FOUR, Maxwell is having some fun now, out comes the reverse pull. Poor ball from Brathwaite, short and just outside off, Maxwell was in a great position as he pulled it past the keeper, third man was inside the ring and has no chance. 17 from the over

46.4 - Brathwaite to Maxwell, FOUR, West Indies have been sloppy in the field, Samuels is the culprit now. This was full and on off, Maxwell made room and drilled it straight to cover where Samuels allowed the ball to go through his legs, beats the valiant dive from the man at long-off

44.5 - S Gabriel to Maxwell, FOUR, Maxwell launches the counter-punch, nothing much wrong with the ball, perhaps, a tad short of a yorker length, Maxwell uses his forearms to good effect and lifts it effortlessly over mid-off, almost went all the way, bounced just in front of the ropes

44.2 - S Gabriel to Maxwell, FOUR, much needed boundary for Maxwell, fraction fuller and on the stumps, Maxwell gave himself room, frees his arms and goes over mid-off, one bounce and over the ropes

39.4 - Pollard to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, his eyes light up as soon as he sees some width, pounces on it and cuts it firmly to the deep backward point fence

38.5 - Benn to Smith, FOUR, tremendous shot! Spots the length early and makes room to play it inside-out between extra cover and long off to bring up the 100 of the partnership

28.1 - Brathwaite to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, streaky but he'll take it. Brathwaite gets one to slant in and draws Mitchell Marsh into the false stroke. Gets a thick edge through the vacant slip cordon for a boundary

27.0 - Brathwaite to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, too full and provides width for Mitchell Marsh to jump at it. He gets onto his front foot and drives it on one knee to square third man to ruin a good over. Another over with a boundary conceded off the last ball

26.0 - Pollard to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, too straight and punished by Marsh. Clipped away off the pads with ease to the deep mid wicket fence. Too easy for Mitchell Marsh

24.5 - Brathwaite to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, oh, how well has this been played? Pretty well. Short ball, sat up nicely on Marsh. He rocks back and pulls it away from the man at deep backward square leg

21.2 - Pollard to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, on the pads of Marsh again, he moves across and clips it fine, away from the man at short fine leg

16.2 - Benn to Smith, FOUR, Smith played the trajectory not the length this time. Despite that he did well, cut it wide of point and the ball raced away towards the square third man fence

12.2 - Benn to Smith, FOUR, too short and Smith makes full use of it, camps back and pulls it with disdain through mid-wicket

10.4 - Benn to Bailey, FOUR, he is back to where he started, too short and outside off. Bailey hangs back and cuts it through backward point, no chance for the man from sweeper who put his body on line

10.1 - Benn to Bailey, FOUR, what good is that height? He bowls it too short and Bailey rocks back to flat bat it through cover with ease

9.1 - S Gabriel to Bailey, FOUR, back of a length delivery outside off, Bailey gets on top of the bounce and cuts it past point, gets his third boundary

8.5 - Brathwaite to Smith, FOUR, fullish length delivery outside off, Smith drills the drive past cover and get the second boundary of the over

8.4 - Brathwaite to Smith, FOUR, short delivery outside off, Smith shuffles across and pulls well, the ball hits the fences at deep backward square leg in no time

6.0 - S Gabriel to Bailey, FOUR, short and wide from Gabriel, Bailey throws the kitchen sink at it. Gets a thick edge that flies down to the third man fence in a hurry

5.4 - S Gabriel to Bailey, FOUR, very full delivery on the pads, Bailey flicks it to the deep mid-wicket fence and gets to his first boundary

2.2 - Holder to Finch, FOUR, two in two from Finch. This time short on the stumps, Finch picks the length early and pulls over mid-wicket. Times it well and hits it well in front of square

2.1 - Holder to Finch, FOUR, short and wide, asking to be hit. Finch slaps this over point and the ball bounces just twice before hitting the boundary

1.4 - S Gabriel to Khawaja, FOUR, very full delivery on the pads, Khawaja has enough time to whip this through the gap between mid-wicket and mid-on, second boundary of the Aussie innings

0.2 - Holder to Finch, FOUR, on a good length and well outside off, Finch gets a big stride forward, presents the full face of the bat and beats the diving mid-off fielder. Finch gets going with a boundary

46.5 - Brathwaite to Maxwell, SIX, Maxwell is taking his team into the final, slower length delivery outside off, Maxwell spotted it early and shovelled it high and wide of mid-wicket. There was a man in the deep, but the ball cleared him comfortably

45.4 - Narine to Maxwell, SIX, magnificent, Maxwell has nailed the switch hit, this was tossed up on the leg-stump line, Maxwell gets into a great position and goes over cover with the switch-hit, sends it soaring into the stands

41.4 - Benn to Mitchell Marsh, out Smith Run Out!! 1 run completed. Much needed wicket for Australia, Smith has run himself out, searching for a non-existent second run. Coming to the ball, this was fired on Marsh's pads, he came down the track and worked it wide of mid-wicket, Smith was always coming back for the second. Bravo was quick on the ball and fired in an accurate throw at the bowler's end, Benn collects the ball and whips the bails off. A despairing dive from Smith, but he was always struggling. Smith run out (Darren Bravo/Benn) 78(107) [4s-5]

18.3 - Benn to Bailey, out Caught by Pollard!! That turn from Benn, I had warned the Aussies of. This one spins too much from the middle stump, Bailey was on the back foot trying to work against the turn. But closed the bat face too early, to beget a leading edge which scooped to Pollard at short cover. Such a tame dismissal this one. Australia have to restart now. Mitch Marsh is here. Can he do it along with the skipper? Bailey c Pollard b Benn 34(46) [4s-5]

5.1 - S Gabriel to Khawaja, out Caught by Ramdin!! An absolute jaffa to pick up his first wicket in ODIs. The ball just angles away from the left hander after pitching on a good length and Khawaja is forced to poke at it with an angled bat, gets a thick edge and Ramdin doesn't drop these. Khawaja c Ramdin b S Gabriel 17(17) [4s-1]

4.3 - Brathwaite to Finch, out Caught by Samuels!! Brathwaite strikes in his first over. Bowls this back of a length on the stumps, Finch is early on the flick. The ball held up on the pitch for a littler longer taking the leading edge that carries to Samules who pouches an easy catch at mid-on. Finch c Samuels b Brathwaite 16(11) [4s-3]

36.2 - Benn to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, tossed up again, Mitchell Marsh gets onto the front foot and pushes it to long off to bring up his seventh ODI fifty.

34.4 - S Gabriel to Smith, 1 run, just a hint of width and Smith pushes it to point and takes off to steal ths single. Smith would have been a goner had the throw connected at the non-striker's end

31.0 - Brathwaite to Smith, 1 run, Brathwaite pushes it a tad fuller and Smith punches it square of the wicket and hares across to notch up yet another fifty in ODIs. His 12th overall.

28.3 - Brathwaite to Smith, 1 run, good length delivery on off, dabbed to point and he scoots across for a quick single, Darren Bravo has a shy at the bowler's end and misses, a direct hit would have been curtains for Smith