With Shane Watson becoming again the deciding factor with his wicket of Gayle and then batting, Australia defeated West Indies by 17 runs in rain-curtailed match. Now Ireland has a fair chance to qualify in the game against West Indies.
T20 World Cup 2012: Schedule and Results
Match Facts and Statistics
- Australia lead West Indies 5-3 in T20 matches.
Shane Watson was declared Player of the Match for the second consecutrive game.
Chris Gayle scored his scored his 8th T20 half-century.
Samuels scored his scored his 3rd T20 half-century.
West Indies innings (20 overs maximum)
- Dwayn Smith b Starc 2 runs 5 balls
Gayle c & b Watson 54 runs 33 balls 5 4s 4 6s
Charles b Christian 16 runs 12 balls 2 4s 1 six
Samuels c Warner b Hogg 50 runs 32 balls 3 4s 4 6s
Dwayn Bravo b Cummins 27 runs 21 balls 1 four 1 six
Pollard c Hussey b Watson 10 runs 8 balls 2 4s
Darren Sammy c Warner b Starc 12 runs 7 balls 1 four 1 six
Ramdin b Starc 3 runs 2 balls
Rampaul not out 0
Narine not out 4 runs 1 ball 1 four
Extras (lb 10, w 2, nb 1) 13
Total (20 overs) 191/8
Fall of wickets
- 1-8 (Smith, 1.3 ov), 2-47 (Charles, 5.2 ov), 3-93 (Gayle, 10.1 ov), 4-140 (Samuels, 15.3 ov), 5-162 (Pollard, 17.3 ov), 6-171 (Bravo, 18.3 ov), 7-187 (Sammy, 19.4 ov), 8-187 (Ramdin, 19.5 ov)
Bowling
- Watson 4 ov 29/2
Starc 4 ov 35/3
Cummins 4 ov 1 maiden 41/1
Christian 3 ov 29/1
Hogg 4 ov 30/1
Maxwell 1 ov 17/0
Australia innings (target: 84 runs from 9.1 overs)
- Warner c Ramdin b Edwards 28 runs 14 balls 3 4s 2 6s
Watson not out 41 runs 24 balls 2 4s 3 6s
Mike Hussey not out 28 runs 19 balls 3 4s 1 six
Extras (w 1, nb 2) 3
Total (9.1 overs) 100/1
Fall of wickets
- 1-30 (Warner, 2.1 ov)
Bowling
- Edwards 2 ov 16/1
Rampaul 1.1 ov 23/0
Narine 2 ov 16/0
Sammy 2 ov 15/0
Samuels 1 ov 22/0
Dwayn Bravo 1 ov 8/0
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