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- West Indies thrash Australia to reach finals of T20 World Cup 2012
- Australia vs West Indies Post Match Presentation Semi Final T20 World Cup 2012
- Australia vs West Indies Highlights Semi-Final T20 World Cup 2012
- Australia vs West Indies Scorecard Semi-Final T20 World Cup 2012
- T20 World Cup Semi-Final: West Indies wins toss, elects to bat vs Australia #WIvsAus
- Australia vs West Indies Live Streaming T20 World Cup 2012
- Preview: Australia vs West Indies, Semi Finals, T20 World Cup 2012
| West Indies thrash Australia to reach finals of T20 World Cup 2012 Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:28 PM PDT
Opting to bat, Gayle literally butchered the Australian bowlers with a 41-ball 75-run innings as West Indies notched up 205 for four, which incidentally is the highest total of this edition. The Caribbean team then returned to skittle out Australia for a paltry 131 with 3.2 overs to spare to set up a summit clash with Sri Lanka on Sunday. Australian skipper George Bailey did put up a fight with a 29-ball 63, which was laced with six fours and four sixes but he was let down by the other batsmen, who returned to the pavilion without much to show.
Leg-break bowler Samuel Badree (2/27) removed openers David Warner (1) and Shane Watson (7) in his first three overs, while Marlon Samuels got rid of Mike Hussey (18) as Australia were tottering at 42 for three after the six overs of Powerplay ended. Ravi Rampaul then removed Cameron White (5) and David Hussey (0) within a space of three deliveries to make it 42 for five. On a strip where Gayle and Co made batting look easy, the Australians were all at sea. Both Watson and Warner tried to play shots which can’t be played when the ball keeps low while Mike Hussey was consumed by the slowness of the track. David Hussey was rusty and others simply didn’t have it in them to put up a fight. Earlier, Gayle hit five fours and half a dozen of towering sixes as West Indies made a mockery of Aussie attack. Marlon Samuels with 26, Dwayne Bravo with a 31-ball-37 and last but not the least Kieron Pollard (38, 15 balls, 3×4, 3×6) also matched Gayle stroke for stroke to help West Indies cross the 200-mark. Left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty, who had looked unplayable on the same track during Super Eights, was hammered for 48 runs in his three overs including 25 from the final one which had four sixes. Half of the 14 sixes in West Indies innings were hit off Doherty’s bowling. Teams have often complained about the Premadasa track and difficulty in stroke-making but Gayle showed that if you have brute power, then nature of pitches become irrelevant. The decision to promote Marlon Samuels up the order also partially paid off as he didn’t take much time to settle down before he started tonking the bowlers. Samuels during his brief stay smashed 26 off 20 balls including a six each off left-arm spin duo of Doherty and Brad Hogg. He was deceived by a slower delivery from Pat Cummins, which send him back to the dug-out. Gayle-Samuels had put on 41 runs in only 4.3 overs in which Samuels was the dominant partner. Gayle, on the otherhand, hit his first six off Shane Watson over long-off and the second one came off Doherty’s bowling as it went sailing into the deep mid-wicket stand. The third six off Doherty was another straight one but the standout one certainly was the fourth six hit of David Hussey’s bowling. The ball just soared into the upper tier in the deep mid-wicket region. Bravo, on the otherhand, had settled down nicely as he first chanced his arms against Watson hitting over long on boundary and then pulled a short one from Hogg over mid-wicket region for another six. The 100 came up in the 12.5 overs and the 50 partnership off 35 balls. The big-bodied Jamaican completed his third half century of the tournament of 29 deliveries when he hit a boundary off David Hussey. Bravo lifted Cummins for his third six but perished immediately when he failed to get elevation of a fuller delivery from the bowler and was caught at the edge of the 30-yard circle. Gayle-Bravo conjured 83 runs in less than nine overs but more importantly nullified the two left-arm spinners attacking them with great gutso. When Bravo was out, West Indies had reached 140 and a commendable total was just there in sight. (PTI)  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia vs West Indies Post Match Presentation Semi Final T20 World Cup 2012 Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:58 AM PDT
Gayle: ‘I prefer to hit more sixes than boundaries. I am really happy with the win. I hope to do well against Sri Lanka on Sunday. We needed this victory badly and we are glad to defeat Australia. I was aware that I was not on strike but I was confident that the other guys would score. I had good support from Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Bravo played his part. Some big hits from Pollard pushed us beyond 200. I did not panic. I take into consideration which bowlers I target. Starc bowled well. I had to target the spinners and it paid off. I like to say sorry to Sri Lanka because that World Cup is OURS. We are going to have more support but this World Cup is for the West Indies. The atmosphere in the Super eight game against Sri Lanka was amazing. It will be a good game in the final but we WILL come out on top.’ Chris Gayle is the MoM for his unbeaten 75 off 41 balls. Sammy: ‘We did what we had to do to get into the semi-finals. The way Gayle and Samuels played set the game up. We had to bring our A-game today and the bowler’s responded. If we look at the quality in the dressing room, we only need to execute our skills. I just tell Gayle good luck while batting. What he brings to the team is amazing. We have one more hurdle to cross and we hope to cross it. Sri Lanka are a tough team to beat and we hope to have a great game in the final.’
Bailey: ‘We were outplayed and full credit to the West Indies. They deserve to be in the final. Gayle was subdued for a little while. Samuels and Dwayne Bravo eased the presure off Gayle, but Gayle was superb. We have to play our best cricket in the knock-out stages but West Indies were better. There is no one particular area where we can improve. We need to improve on all three departments.’  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia vs West Indies Highlights Semi-Final T20 World Cup 2012 Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:41 AM PDT
Its Chris Gayle vs the Australia team in the knock out semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2012. Chris Gayle have been in amazing form and he is one man who has lifted West Indies game a lot. Australia will definitely be targeting him if they want go into the finals. On the other hand, West Indies skipper Darren Sammy will be looking to exploit the spin problem faced by Australian batsman. With Colombo pitch being slow its will be good to have 2 full time spinners for West Indies.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia vs West Indies Scorecard Semi-Final T20 World Cup 2012 Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:16 AM PDT
ICC World Twenty20 2012 Australia vs West Indies – 2nd Semi-Final Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 05 Oct 2012 Toss - West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. Result – West Indies beat Australia by 74 runs West Indies Inn
Fall of wickets (West Indies): 1-16 (Charles, 2.5 ov), 2-57 (Samuels, 7.2 ov), 3-140 (Bravo, 15.5 ov), 4-205 (Pollard, 19.6 ov)
Australia Inn
Fall of Wickets (Australia): 1-2 (Warner, 0.6 ov), 2-22 (MEK Hussey, 3.1 ov), 3-29 (Watson, 4.3 ov), 4-42 (White, 6.1 ov), 5-42 (DJ Hussey, 6.3 ov), 6-43 (Wade, 7.2 ov), 7-111 (Bailey, 13.2 ov), 8-111 (Cummins, 13.3 ov), 9-121 (Hogg, 15.1 ov), 10-131 (Starc, 16.4 ov)
Teams: Australia (Playing XI): Shane Watson, David Warner, Michael Hussey, George Bailey(c), Cameron White, David Hussey, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Brad Hogg, Xavier Doherty  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20 World Cup Semi-Final: West Indies wins toss, elects to bat vs Australia #WIvsAus Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:04 AM PDT
Toss: West Indies have won the toss and elected to bat Sammy: ‘We gonna have a bat first. The wicket looks similar to the previous tracks. Our spinners might get assistance. Dwayne Bravo is back into the side. He will not bowl.’ Bailey: ‘We were looking to bat too. The pitch looks firmer. I think Pakistan bowled well against us. David Hussey comes in place of Glen Maxwell’ Pitch report: It looks better for batting. The dew factor could come into play later in the evening. There are some rough patches, which should aid spin. Teams: Australia (Playing XI): Shane Watson, David Warner, Michael Hussey, George Bailey(c), Cameron White, David Hussey, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Brad Hogg, Xavier Doherty  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia vs West Indies Live Streaming T20 World Cup 2012 Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:34 AM PDT
Sri Lanka are through to the finals and now it will be a knockout between Australia and West Indies for the finals position. Australia have superb cricket till now in the tournament. They lost just one game so far and the opener Shane Watson and David Warner has provided them a great start. For West Indies, Chris Gayle is the man for them. They won their last match in the super eights in a thrilling super over all coz of Chris Gayle. Australia will definitely look to target him to go into finals. Australia vs West Indies Semi-Final match of the T20 World Cup will be broadcasted on Star Cricket, Sky Sports HD and below are the links to watch the game live online. 1. TheCricTV – http://thecrictv.com 2. TheCricket-TV – http://thecricket-tv.info 3. TheCricket-TV – http://thecrickett-tv.blogspot.com/  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preview: Australia vs West Indies, Semi Finals, T20 World Cup 2012 Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT
For Australia, it will be a chance to get into the final for the second time in succession after the 2010 edition and once again stamp their class as world’s premier cricketing outfit. For West Indies, it’s more about the identity and trying to fight the inner demons which have affected their cricket since late 80′s. A berth in the final of a global event can be a big boost for the Caribbean nation where basketball, athletics and soccer have captured the imagination of the masses.
Therefore, it’s redemption time for both the teams although their circumstances are entirely different. Behind every ‘Big Battle’, there’s always a mini-battle that spices up a marquee contest. On Friday when the two teams lock horns, it will also be a battle between Shane Watson and Chris Gayle. If Watson, who has won four man-of-the-match awards in five matches will play a key role in Australian set-up, Gayle can change the complexion of the match at any point of time with his ferocious power-hitting. By sheer statistics, Watson is miles ahead of Gayle having scored 242 runs in five matches along with 11 wickets which makes him the favourite to win the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award. However, Gayle who has so far hit 10 sixes in five matches, has scored two 50′s and on his day can tear apart any bowling attack in the world. The law of averages did catch up with Watson in the last match against Pakistan but that means that he will be hungrier than ever to take Aussies to the summit clash. While Gayle and Watson will hold fort as the main protagonists for their respective sides, there will still be a few competent cricketers who will try to play the supporting roles to the best of their abilities. Marlon Samuels has beautifully complemented Gayle. He might not look as destructive as Gayle from the onset but once set, can be as devastating as anybody. For Australia, the main supporting role has been played by Mike Hussey whose responsible innings ensured smooth passage into the semi-finals. Hussey has been a perfect foil which has enabled Watson to express himself. David Warner has had his moments but his presence has largely been subdued. There are some obvious weak-links in both sides. Australia’s main problem is lack of match time for their middle-order batsmen. The only time their middle-order got chance to showcase batting prowess, it failed miserably. It’s certainly time that their skipper George Bailey leads from the front and earns respect for his team’s superb show in the tournament. Similarly, the West Indian team’s pace attack is a little inferior in quality compared to Australia. Fidel Edwards has the pace and Ravi Rampaul can be skiddy but Watson has more variations up his sleeve while Mitchell Starc has always been incisive in his first spells. (PTI) Teams: Australia (Probable): David Warner, Shane Watson, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, George Bailey (c), Matthew Wade (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Xavier Doherty, Brad Hogg, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc. West Indies (Probable): Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy(c), Denesh Ramdin(wk), Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Samuel Badree Time: 19.00 local (19.00 IST)  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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