Lara is 162 not out!
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Lara is 162 not out!
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no he is NOT 162
he is 117 not out.. come on Rehaan, ghaur se parho yaar :)
But terrible news
WI has lost three wickets for 20 runs
WI 233-6
match is pretty much over by the shouting They need further 179 runs, seems like a long long way away even with Lara still on the crease.
** Lara gone, C hayden B Macgill 122 with WI 238-7 **
great innings Lara 
The juggernaut rolls on.
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no he is NOT 162
he is 117 not out.. come on Rehaan, ghaur se parho yaar :)
But terrible news
WI has lost three wickets for 20 runs
WI 233-6
match is pretty much over by the shouting They need further 179 runs, seems like a long long way away even with Lara still on the crease.
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no i swear it was likee 327 for WI and lara was not out 162 and the other guy was just got out for like 66 and this was when i posted lol and like after i went back to check bcz i was like so excited kay u know WI is giong to win and when i go back at bbc.com to check the score it was like WI 228 or something and lara was not out 116 or something like that and the other guy got out for 33!!
its terrible lol...bbc sux!!!
WI 246/8.
The end is nigh. 
WI.
Its a shame that WI collapsed this badly after lunch.
Morning session was one where test cricket was at its best. Lara was batting at his best and the way only he can bat and Brett Lee had a great bowling spell. But the balloon was burst post lunch when Sarwan played a terrible shot off Bichel. sighs
272/9
too bad WI.
all over
Australia 576/4d & 238/3d
West Indies 408 & 288 (89.2 ov)
Australia won by 118 runs
West Indies RR: 3.22
goddamn aussies won again!!! 
2nd Test Match - DAY 5
Homies, how many times have we seen Bichel giving major break through? Alot, I must say! It's sad West Indies collasped after the lunch break so quickly. Lara shouldn't be blamed for West Indies defeat. He did stick around without much support from the other hand. Caribbean Boys did put a great fight against the mighty Aussies!
Congratulations to Aussies. Once again, professional Cricketers stole the show, grabbed the victory from Shark's jaws and came back with a BANG!
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West Indies 2nd innings (target: 407 runs) R M B 4 6**
WW Hinds b MacGill 35 156 115 7 0
DS Smith lbw b Gillespie 0 7 5 0 0
D Ganga c Hayden b Gillespie 2 25 17 0 0
***BC Lara c Hayden b MacGill 122 298 208 13 1**
RR Sarwan c Lehmann b Bichel 34 132 87 6 0
MN Samuels lbw b Bichel 1 18 19 0 0
DE Bernard c Hayden b Bichel 4 6 9 1 0
+CS Baugh c Langer b Hogg 1 17 4 0 0
VC Drakes not out 26 58 43 3 1
M Dillon c Bichel b Lee 13 29 27 2 0
PT Collins lbw b Gillespie 5 21 12 1 0
**Extras (b 25, lb 7, w 3, nb 10) 45
Total (all out, 89.2 overs) 288**
FoW: 1-2 (Smith, 1.4 ov), 2-12 (Ganga, 7.2 ov),
3-107 (Hinds, 35.5 ov), 4-213 (Sarwan, 66.2 ov),
5-222 (Samuels, 70.6 ov), 6-228 (Bernard, 72.5 ov),
7-238 (Lara, 75.5 ov), 8-238 (Baugh, 76.1 ov),
9-270 (Dillon, 84.3 ov), 10-288 (Collins, 89.2 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Lee 19 4 68 1 (6nb, 1w)
Gillespie 17.2 3 36 3
Bichel 13 3 21 3 (2nb)
Lehmann 7 0 20 0
MacGill 20 6 53 2 (1nb, 2w)
Hogg 13 1 58 1 (1nb)
Match Result: Australia won by 118 runs.
Man of the Match: Ricky Pointing.
Once again this proves my belief...tht the aussies can win a match.any type of match from any type of situation...sigh
Someone on this board used the right words...."they're from another planet"
And all this without ace bowler Ooooooooooooooh Aaaaaaaaaaaah Glen McGraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Damn these Aussies I was favouring the Windies. Anyway Aussies :k:
2 down 2 more to go. Keep Watching. Mcgrath is back for the 3rd test.
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grabbed the victory from Shark's jaws and came back with a BANG!
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Victory from Shark's Jaw ?? Hello ??? How many teams have chased 400+ runs in the history to win test matches. Steve Waugh was not a fool when he set a target of 400+ runs. He knew it very well that WI cant chase 403.
come on ppl, many teams would have defended 407 on such wicket. Uneven bounce, prodigiuos turn, huge score. But yes aussies played like true champs should.
All you people out there admit it, there is only one team at the moment, and no one comes even close to them.
I think India is better than Australia
come on guys. the Aussies are pretty damn good but far, far from invincible.
If only the rest of the Windies were falf as good as Lara, the scoreline would be 4-0 in the Windies' favour. I love this man's guts and ability to rise to a challenge. What temperament - magnificent!
So again a win from the aussies... West Indies were 210-3 but didnt play well after Ramanresh Sarwan was Out... Brian Lara added some runs but was caught by hayden of mcgill... and then it was a disaster... finally a ton from lara in front of his home crowd...
**Australia take Test and series after Windies batting collapse **](http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/030423/323/dye4u.html)
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP) - Steve Waugh’s Australians crushed the West Indies by 118 runs in the second cricket Test to retain the Frank Worrell Trophy at Queen’s Park Oval.
The West Indies, on the back of a magnificent fighting 122 by skipper Brian Lara, were in with an outside hope of an improbable victory at 210 for three at lunch on the final day in pursuit of a record 407 runs.
But the home side collapsed in the afternoon session, losing seven wickets for 78 off 23 overs to be all out for 288 shortly before tea for another overpowering victory for the world’s best team to go with their nine-wicket triumph in the first Test in Georgetown.
The Australians, who have held the trophy since 1995, won the Port of Spain Test on the strength of their fast-tempo batting, racking up a total of 814 runs for the loss of just seven wickets.
Andy Bichel was the last day hero for Australia, triggering the mid-session collapse with the wickets of Ramnaresh Sarwan (34), Marlon Samuels (1) and debutant David Bernard (4) to finish with 3-21 off 13 overs.
Bichel’s wickets in a three-over spurt, had the Windies tumbling from 210 for three to 228 for six.
Once Lara went three overs later for his 20th Test century and first at his Port of Spain ground it was only a matter of time before the relentless Australians closed in on victory after dominating the match on a crumbling flat pitch.
Vice-captain Ricky Ponting was named man-of-the-match for his highest Test score of 206 in Australia’s declared first innings of 576 for four.
Lara, yet again, dominated the Australian bowling, particularly in the morning session when he blasted 53 runs to claim one of his finest Test centuries before his adoring Trinidad fans.
Once he was out, attempting to cut a wide Stuart MacGill delivery to Matthew Hayden at slip, sections of the large crowd began drifting out of the ground realising it was all over even with three wickets left.
“It was a really good performance here, it was difficult to take 20 wickets on a very flat pitch,” Waugh said at the victory presentation.
"I made the declaration yesterday because I wanted to have a lot of overs at the West Indies batsmen, I knew it was going to be tough to take the wickets and sometimes you need to set your side a bit of a challenge.
"407 runs was gettable from the West Indies’ point of view, but for us we needed to get fired up, that was the challenge that was required.
“Those three wickets by Andy Bichel after lunch were crucial and it really turned it around for us and at that point in the game it was probably 50-50, the West Indies would have thought they were a chance of winning the game, so it was a couple of handy wickets there.”
Lara said Australia’s fast scoring, both in Guyana and here, had been a decisive factor in their victories.
“The Australian team scored very quickly and that’s where we have to place the importance in our remaining Test matches,” Lara said. “Their run rate is what is causing us the problem at the moment.”
Lara’s wonderful 208-ball century, laced with 13 boundaries and a six on a wearing wicket, was one of the match highlights, but he said in the end it was to no avail.
"I thought that because of the pitch conditions my innings today was going to be very important, 100 was not what I was looking for, I was out to bat for as long as possible, hopefully for the entire day.
“It was to no avail at the end of the day, but I’ve got this one now and hopefully I go on and score many more (centuries) each time I play in Trinidad and Tobago.”
Lara sent his home supporters into raptures with his first century in his 10th Test on his Port of Spain ground after five 50s and two scores in the 90s.
He received two thudding blows on his upper arm from searing Brett Lee bouncers and another whistled past his nose as he gyrated out of the projectile’s path.
Lara passed Gary Sobers along the way as the West Indian scorer of most runs in the Caribbean, overtaking Sobers’ aggregate of 4,075. Lara finished the Test on 4,124 runs.
Lee bowled a sensational spell of hostile pace bowling to keep the pressure on Lara and Sarwan, who provided his captain with stoic support during the important morning session.
The West Indies were bidding to become the first team in Test cricket history to score more than 406 to win a Test in the fourth innings.
India’s 406 for 4 to beat the West Indies at this ground in 1976 stands as the highwater mark.
The highest a West Indian team had scored in the fourth innings to win a Test match was 348 for 5 against New Zealand in Auckland in 1969.
The third Test begins in Bridgetown, Barbados on May 1 when pace spearhead Glenn McGrath is expected to play again after a rushed trip home to be with his ill wife in Sydney.