Australia V West Indies Test/ODI series thread

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Damn do do match chal rahey hain... which one to follow. For now for the sake for quick entertainment with result I'll stick with Ind-Sri, till theb best of luck Windies.

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sala Ponting, Ashes mai kia ghaas char raha thaa, phantasy team ki baja dee, aur ab khel raha hai :grumpy:

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:smiley:

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ponting century …:clap:

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AUS 234/5

ponting still there

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ponting gone on 149

Aus 311-7

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i was watchin it for a minute cuz my dad is butt way too tired...keep updating

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Evens, or slightly Aust. They'll get c. 400, and that'dll mean the boys will have to bat well.

Collymore shows again that he is a class act. I went to bed at 2am yesterday, but will catch the highlights.

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:stuck_out_tongue:

Really good performance by windies bowlers specially that spell by Colleymore was just fabulous. It goes to show that his performance against Pakistan was not a fluke. Aussie batting showing more and more signs of nerves off late. Clarke and Katich are finding it hard to fill the shoes of Lehmann and Martyn. In all probablity aussies will still win the series because they still are a great side.

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atleast with the score i was a tad close :slight_smile: … but wickets oh well … khair Ponting should’ve gone a lot earlier as he seemed to be plumb against Edwards but Koertzen thought different (as so often) … i admire Holding for still keeping his calm and compusre whereas most other comms jump up and down if their country/favourite doesn’t get the decision the way they think

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Corey is a class bowler. Sadly he had a back injury and lost about a yard, cos with it, given his control and movement, he'd be a class apart.

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Ok Chalghozey, Sandwiches, Candies, Jughort, Lassi is prepared ...... did i forget something ...... no ? ok then Match can resume ...... hope to see Aus bowled out for less than 380 ..... ah wishful think

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AUS 7/344 after the 1st Over of the 2nd Day

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Warne and Lee strugling to make contact with the ball as it's seaming around a bit

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Corey bowling like a dream...unlucky though.

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Aus 8/400

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Lee gone for 47 but just before his dismissal he hit a six that sailed out of the ground

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at Lunch on day 2 AUS 9/430

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Aussies all out 435. Windies 2/74. Sarawan just got out to McGrath which gave him his 99th wicket agaisnt West Indies. The star of West Indian batting line up Brian Charles Lara walks in, it's time for him to stand up and play a good knock.

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First Test, Brisbane, day two: Australia 435; West Indies 182-6](BBC SPORT | Cricket | McGrath puts Australia in control)

Superb bowling by Glenn McGrath gave Australia the upper hand in the first Test against West Indies in Brisbane.

McGrath took 4-58 as the tourists struggled to 182-6 at stumps and their position would have been even worse but for Devon Smith’s defiant 88.

He was eventually bowled by McGrath in the final session which ended early due to bad light with Dinesh Ramdin 12 not out and Daren Powell on four.

Australia had earlier totalled 435, adding 95 to their overnight 340-7.

After rain delayed the start for almost half an hour, Brett Lee and Shane Warne extended their eighth wicket partnership to 75 before Warne was caught behind off Powell’s first ball of the day for 47.

Lee stood up well to a battering from the West Indies pace attack but allowed a huge six, which travelled an estimated 490 feet and came to earth in a practice area behind the stand, to go to his head.

He attempted another powerful shot off Powell’s next delivery and gave Corey Collymore a simple catch at mid-on, departing for the same score as Warne.

Nathan Bracken, playing only his fourth Test and his first since January 2004, showed plenty of resilience as he survived for over an hour for 37 before edging a ball from Fidel Edwards to Ramnaresh Sarwan shortly after lunch.

The pressure was on the West Indies openers as they came out to begin the reply and although they made a positive start, it was cut short in the fifth over when McGrath found the edge of Chris Gayle’s bat and he was caught behind for 10.

Smith needed treatment after being struck by a ferocious short ball from Lee, but he kept his composure to reach 50 off only 69 balls.

Sarwan helped Smith add 54 for the second wicket, making 21 before he became the second victim of the McGrath/Adam Gilchrist combination.

Brian Lara showed signs of a return to form as he hit a six and three fours in reaching 30 but was then lbw to Lee with the total on 134.

Shane Warne picked up the wicket of West Indies skipper Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who was caught by Bracken for two, and Marlon Samuels followed for five when he edged McGrath to the keeper.

But the real body blow came just four over before the close as McGrath bowled Smith to bring his 175-ball innings to a close.