Aussies in ODI tri-series with SA, Windies

[Pies4shaw]

And just as I post, Zampa comes into the game and gets Charles lbw for 48. 2/85 from 13.4 overs.

[Pies4shaw]

WIndies won with 4 wickets and 26 balls in hand. Samuels made 92.

[Donny]

Aussies 7/265. Khawaja 98, Bailey 55.

Windies 6/266. Samuels 92.

[piedys]

Donny, I just don't get how the Windies can win these games with no real batting or bowling stars and waltz through the T20 world cup WITH Gayle?
Yet they can barely lay bat on ball in a test match? WTF!?

[Donny]

MUCH more discipline needed for Tests and, since T20 became such a franchaise, their stars prefer to play BBL, IPL and even County T20s when their team mates are playing Tests.

[Donny]

SA 4/353. Amla 110, du Plessis 73*.

WI all out 204. Imran Tahir 7/45.

[Donny]

Sun Jun 19. 17:00 GMT.

7th Match - Australia v South Africa Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

[Donny]

Smith chose to bowl first.

Maxy, Boland and Starc in.

0/8 and rain.

[Pies4shaw]

And rain washed out play - which is a good excuse for the following Monty Python sketch (the 1972 Eclipse of the Sun - commentary from Lords):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcujJL0W1S0

[Donny]

The wash-out between Australia and South Africa in Barbados on Sunday has left all three teams still in with a chance of reaching the tri-series final. Two round-robin games remain - West Indies against Australia on Tuesday and West Indies against South Africa on Friday. Should Jason Holder's men defeat Australia on Tuesday, the final will be settled - West Indies would play South Africa, and Australia would go home.

But if Steven Smith's team prevails, Australia will be guaranteed of a place in the final and West Indies and South Africa would play off for the other spot on Friday. And despite South Africa's two bonus points, it would be a straight shoot-out, because the tri-series rules state that number of wins takes precedence if teams are equal on points. A West Indian win on Friday would put them level with South Africa on points, but with one more win.

The upshot is that this game is must-win for Australia, but not for West Indies. Like all three sides in this tournament, Australia have been up and down throughout. The likely presence of Mitchell Starc is a potential key - his workload has been managed throughout the series and Australia have only lost the matches in which he did not play. His ability to swing the white ball could well turn a chase - West Indies' preferred option is always to bat second.

Cricinfo.

[Donny]

Starts at 3 am, here (east).

Aussies choose to bowl first, again. Awaiting the elevens.

[Donny]

Windies.

J Charles, ADS Fletcher, DM Bravo, MN Samuels, D Ramdin†, KA Pollard, JO Holder*, CR Brathwaite, SJ Benn, SP Narine, ST Gabriel

Aussies.

AJ Finch, UT Khawaja, SPD Smith*, GJ Bailey, GJ Maxwell, MR Marsh, MS Wade†, JP Faulkner, MA Starc, JR Hazlewood, SM Boland

[Donny]

Starc. Wicket.

Charles, for a duck.

[Donny]

2 maidens.

[Pies4shaw]

West Indies just finished with 8/282 (Samuels 125, Ramdin 91, Starc 3/51).