Tag Aus-WI-2012

Very few teams will concede lead by declaring their 1st innings when they've to bat last on a not-so-flat pitch but Aussies took the chance late on fourth day and Windies, having dominated the match for most parts of previous three days, crumbled under pressure to hand over victory in dying minutes of last day..

It was a slow scoring yet a highly entertaining test match at Kensington Oval in Barbados where Ryan Harris edged out Shivnarine Chanderpual's 25th century and Ben Hilfenhaus' inspiring bowling spells to bag man of the match for his crucial half century and short bursts with the ball. here's how the story unfolded.

Electing to bat first, Windies were off to steady start before youngsters Kraigg Brathwaite and Kirk Edwards started to push home team ahead with a 104 runs stand for for the second wicket. Aussie bowlers were finding nothing out of the first day pitch and captain Michael Clarke was forced to bowl as many as 8 bowlers. Shivnarine Chanderpual pounced on the opprtunity, adding little partnerships with each mate coming in and reached his 25th ton.

This was only the 12th time in history of test cricket and first time for West Indies that all batsmen reached double figures in an innings. Windies finished with solid 449 and then declared little less than an hour before the end of second day.

Having toiled hard for 153 overs, Aussie openers managed to keep their heads cool to see off the tricky session but Darren Sammy made dismissed both of them early on day 3 to set cat among the pegions. 4 down with more than 300 runs in deficit, Aussies were in danger but Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey fought hard. yet, sword was hanging over visitor's heads going into the fourth day's play.

Ryan Harris came out as surprising package early in the morning, adding 35 runs with Mathew Wade, 44 with Ben Hilfenhaus and then 77 with Nathan Lyon. Windies failed to wrap up the tail and then came the surprize declaration mid-way through the penultimate day.

Windies had a horrible start to their second innings, losing 6 wickets for just 75 runs and then bowled out for just 148 inside first session of last day, managing to set just a possible target of 192.

Home team tried their best by bowling slowly but Aussies were determined to go after the target. Openers Ed Cowan and David Warner set the platform and then Shane Watson scored briskly. Michael Hussey contributed 32 off just 26 balls to ease the tension and Ryan Harris scored the winning runs.

West Indies 1st innings (elected to bat)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Adrian Barath	c Siddle b Harris	22	54	2	0
Kraigg Brathwaite	c Wade b Siddle	57	199	4	0
Kirk Edwards	c & b Warner	61	107	10	1
Darren Bravo	c Hussey b Watson	51	123	7	1
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	not out	103	248	9	1
Narsingh Deonarine	c Wade b Harris	21	30	4	0
Carlton Baugh	run out (Harris)	22	39	4	0
Darren Sammy	c Cowan b Hilfenhaus	41	36	4	3
Kemar Roach	c Clarke b Lyon	16	30	1	0
Fidel Edwards	c Hussey b Warner	10	12	2	0
Devendra Bishoo	not out	18	42	3	0
Extra :	27 (byes=12, lbyes=9, wides=4, noballs=2)
Total :	449 runs in 153 overs for 9 wicket declared. RR = ( 2.93 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-38 (Barath, 17.3 ov), 2-142 (K Edwards, 54.3 ov), 3-167 (Brathwaite, 67.1 ov), 4-240 (Bravo, 94.1 ov), 5-285 (Deonarine, 103.3 ov), 6-316 (Baugh, 115.1 ov), 7-369 (Sammy, 125.6 ov), 8-402 (Roach, 135.6 ov), 9-421 (F Edwards, 140.3 ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Ryan Harris	29	8	83	2
Ben Hilfenhaus	33	12	67	1	1 no ball
Peter Siddle	31	10	83	1	1nb, 2wd
Nathan Lyon	31	11	94	1
Michael Clarke	2	0	4	0
Shane Watson	15	5	46	1
David Warner	10	0	45	2
Michael Hussey	2	0	6	0

Australia 1st innings
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Ed Cowan	c Baugh b Sammy	14	42	3	0
David Warner	c Bravo b Sammy	42	55	5	0
Shane Watson	c Baugh b Roach	39	80	5	1
Ricky Ponting	run out (Brathwaite + Baugh)	4	13	1	0
Michael Clarke	c Deonarine b Bishoo	73	173	4	1
Michael Hussey	c Baugh b Roach	48	167	6	0
Mathew Wade	c Bravo b F Edwards	28	97	3	0
Peter Siddle	c K Edwards b F Edwards	0	6	0	0
Ryan Harris	not out	68	123	7	0
Ben Hilfenhaus	b Roach	24	29	5	0
Nathan Lyon	not out	40	89	6	0
Extra :	26 (lbyes=16, wides=5, noballs=5)
Total :	406 runs in 145 overs for 9 wicket declared. RR = ( 2.80 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-50 (Cowan, 12.3 ov), 2-65 (Warner, 20.2 ov), 3-84 (Ponting, 23.6 ov), 4-133 (Watson, 42.2 ov), 5-215 (Clarke, 78.1 ov), 6-249 (Hussey, 98.2 ov), 7-250 (Siddle, 99.4 ov), 8-285 (Wade, 108.5 ov), 9-329 (Hilfenhaus, 119.2 ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Fidel Edwards	31	4	92	2	3nb, 1wd
Kemar Roach	29	8	72	3
Devendra Bishoo	45	10	125	1	1 no ball
Darren Sammy	21	6	65	2
Narsingh Deonarine	19	5	36	0

West Indies 2nd innings (+43 runs lead)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Adrian Barath	b Hilfenhaus	2	9	0	0
Kraigg Brathwaite	c Wade b Hilfenhaus	0	7	0	0
Kirk Edwards	lbw b Hilfenhaus	1	7	0	0
Darren Bravo	c Wade b Siddle	32	78	3	0
Shivnarine Chanderpual	c Wade b Harris	12	21	2	0
Narsingh Deonarine	lbw b Harris	21	104	0	0
Carlton Baugh	c Harris b Hilfenhaus	23	48	2	0
Darren Sammy	b Watson	14	34	2	0
Kemar Roach	b Harris	25	49	1	0
Fidel Edwards	c Watson b Siddle	3	17	0	0
Devendra Bishoo	not out	7	27	0	0
Extra :	8 (byes=4, lbyes=3, noball=1)
Total :	148 runs in 66.4 overs for 10 wicket. RR = ( 2.22 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Barath, 2.3 ov), 2-3 (Brathwaite, 2.5 ov), 3-4 (K Edwards, 4.2 ov), 4-17 (Chanderpaul, 9.5 ov), 5-67 (Bravo, 33.5 ov), 6-75 (Deonarine, 40.3 ov), 7-106 (Sammy, 49.4 ov), 8-116 (Baugh, 52.2 ov), 9-125 (F Edwards, 57.4 ov), 10-148 (Roach, 66.4 ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Ben Hilfenhaus	17	7	27	4
Shane Watson	12	1	30	1
Ryan Harris	8.4	2	31	3	1 no ball
Peter Siddle	17	2	32	2
Nathan Lyon	11	4	19	0
Michael Clarke	1	0	2	0

Australia 2nd innings (target = 192 runs)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
David Warner	c Baugh b Sammy	22	39	2	0
Ed Cowan	c Chanderpual b Deonarine	34	100	1	0
Shane Watson	c Powell (sub) b Deonarine	52	57	4	1
Ricky Ponting	b Deonarine	14	20	1	0
Michael Clarke	c & b Deonarine	6	13	7	0
Michael Hussey	b roach	32	26	2	2
Mathew Wade	c Bishoo b Roach	18	28	0	0
Ryan Harris	not out	4	4	0	0
Ben Hilfenhaus	not out	2	3	0	0
Peter Siddle
Nathan Lyon
Extra :	8 (bye=1, lbyes=3, wides=2, noballs=2)
Total :	192 runs in 47 overs for 7 wicket. RR = ( 4.08 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-31 (Warner, 10.2 ov), 2-106 (Watson, 29.5 ov), 3-126 (Cowan, 33.6 ov), 4-131 (Ponting, 35.6 ov), 5-140 (Clarke, 37.2 ov), 6-177 (Wade, 44.5 ov), 7-189 (Hussey, 46.1 ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Kemar Roach	12	0	45	2	1 no ball
Fidel Edwards	6	0	19	0	1 no ball
Darren Sammy	10	2	27	1	1 wide
Devendra Bishoo	8	0	44	0
Narsingh Deonarine	11	1	53	4	1 wide