Australia won by 1 runs in a hurt beating game at Warner Park and lead the 5 match series by 4-0. It was really a great testing for Aussies by West Indian while they were almost winning it very comprehensively chasing a big total of 283 runs. But Australia proved their high confidence of doing well in the pressure.
Chasing a total of 283 West Indians were very much on the task after loosing their opener Marshal in the very first over. Captain Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan were just smashing Australia all around the park. Gayle was very special with his attacking run a ball 92 and Sarwan scored 63 from 79 balls. After the dismissal of these two Canderpaul and Bravo were ensuring the victory in a comprehensive way. But just when a face-saving victory appeared in their grasp, the home team choked in the final three overs, scoring just 11 runs while losing two wickets – including Chanderpaul for 51 – to suffer one of the most painful defeats.
Watson (1-33) was given the ball by Clarke and brilliantly held his nerve, conceding a single from each ball to leave the Windies 6-281 at the end of 50 overs for a remarkable Australian win.
Brett Lee took 3-64 – including the wicket of Shawn Findlay to an amazing one-handed diving catch by Michael Hussey – with Mitchell Johnson (0-40) going wicket less but proving the most economical bowler of the day.
Earlier, putting on to bat by the West Indian skipper Australia scored 282/8 after a 127-run partnership between man-of-the-match Andrew Symonds (87) and debutant David Hussey (50). Symonds was both brutal and innovative in his 78-ball innings, striking 10 fours and two sixes, including the unveiling of the back-of-the-bat reverse-sweep shot, which went to the boundary off spinner Nikita Miller.
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