Australia Vs West Indies - Live Update! - Page 13

22.1 Watson to Sarwan, no run, just short of a length, and an excellent line here which he works greyly to midwicket

22.2 Watson to Sarwan, no run, Sarwan takes a step down the pitch here; Watson sends down a bouncer in repost which Sarwan evades

Ramnaresh wants a wide there...but the umpire has, quite rightly, taken into consideration Sarwan's charge

22.3 Watson to Sarwan, 1 run, pushed into the covers

22.4 Watson to Lara, 1 run, on off stump, Lara just pushes it to mid-off and grabs a single

22.5 Watson to Sarwan, no run, elegant, flourishing drive. For nothing.

22.6 Watson to Sarwan, 1 run, chipped down the ground for the most facile of singles

Oh look, it's Brad Hogg onto bowl. Tongue already slavering out of his mouth.

"Boss," begins Ravi, mistaking my place in the food chain, "when was the last time Lara scored a 3-figure in one day match?" His last century was in the 2004-05 series against Pakistan - as Statsguru tells me. Statsguru is quality. Dust off your anoraks and dive in.

End of over 23 (3 runs) - West Indies 79/3 (244 runs required from 27 overs, RR: 3.43, RRR: 9.03)

RR Sarwan 21* (48b) SR Watson 6-0-24-0
BC Lara 39* (47b 7x4) SW Tait 6-0-34-1

23.1 Hogg to Sarwan, 2 runs, full - and wide - allowing Sarwan to go down on one knee, propose to the ball, before smashing it wide of cover

23.2 Hogg to Sarwan, no run, clunkily driven straight into the ground. Symonds dives, quite brilliantly, to save a run

23.3 Hogg to Sarwan, no run, cracked to point off the back foot

Too wide from Hogg

23.4 Hogg to Sarwan, 1 run, again wider, but greater spin here, turning back into the right hander who punches it back to him

23.5 Hogg to Lara, 1 run, Lara charges him, smashing it on the full to Hogg who actually does really well, diving - tongue still hanging out of his mouth - and getting a hand to it

23.6 Hogg to Sarwan, no run, defended on the front foot

End of over 24 (4 runs) - West Indies 83/3 (240 runs required from 26 overs, RR: 3.45, RRR: 9.23)

RR Sarwan 24* (53b) GB Hogg 1-0-4-0
BC Lara 40* (48b 7x4) SR Watson 6-0-24-0

24.1 Watson to Lara, 1 run, defended off the back foot

24.2 Watson to Sarwan, 1 run, good length; wrong line, too straight, whipped off his hip

24.3 Watson to Lara, 1 run, short, rising onto Lara's cranium who keeps his eye on the ball - almost lining up his head with it, in fact - before paddling it around the corner

Not sure I could play that shot quite as well as he did

24.4 Watson to Sarwan, no run, Sarwan gives Watson the charge, crashing this to mid-off but he again can't find the gap there

He's looking edgy here, Sarwan. Wants to get on with it. You can see it in his face, in his movements

24.5 Watson to Sarwan, FOUR, and there we go: short, Sarwan pulls in front of square, timing it really well

24.6 Watson to Sarwan, no run, Sarwan back-cuts this to Clarke at point who, brilliantly, throws down the stumps, forcing Sarwan to hurry his bat back into the crease

End of over 25 (7 runs) - West Indies 90/3 (233 runs required from 25 overs, RR: 3.60, RRR: 9.32)

RR Sarwan 29* (57b 1x4) SR Watson 7-0-31-0
BC Lara 42* (50b 7x4) GB Hogg 1-0-4-0

25.1 Hogg to Lara, 1 run, pushed down the ground

25.2 Hogg to Sarwan, OUT, impatience has cost Sarwan. Charging Hogg, taking him on the full, he flat-batted him straight to midwicket. A careless, wasteful shot and the pressure has told

RR Sarwan c Ponting b Hogg 29 (101m 58b 1x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

Well, he trudges off Sarwan - as well he might, given that stroke

25.3 Hogg to Bravo, no run, lovely ball - quicker, on leg stump and he's right forward to it, defending it with firmness

25.4 Hogg to Bravo, no run, short, wide, cut off the back foot to point

25.5 Hogg to Bravo, no run, ooh and he's done him in the length there; charging him, Bravo is forced to jab this down but he gets a thick outside edge which flies just short of gully

25.6 Hogg to Bravo, no run, punched to silly point

"I think that it is a disgrace that Brad Hogg has been allowed to get rid of his bouncy hair," thunders Jon Selby. "He had the bounciest hair in world cricket." Bosses at Pantene will be tearing their hair out. Hogg still has the most slavering of tongues in cricket, though. It refuses to remain in his mouth

End of over 26 (1 run) - West Indies 91/4 (232 runs required from 24 overs, RR: 3.50, RRR: 9.66)

DJ Bravo 0* (4b) GB Hogg 2-0-5-1
BC Lara 43* (51b 7x4) SR Watson 7-0-31-0

McGrath's being wheeled back into the attack

26.1 McGrath to Lara, 1 run, short of a length, he rocks back and punches it into the covers. And they steal a decidedly cheeky single

A cheeky cockney single

26.2 McGrath to Bravo, FOUR, remarkable shot! Punched on the front foot past the bowler for four. Beautifully timed

26.3 McGrath to Bravo, 1 run, pushed to cover - oh dear, they're going for a single. Here comes the throw from cover, and he's just home

26.4 McGrath to Lara, 1 run, on off stump, neither a threatening line or length - no pace either - and Lara clubs it down the ground

Approaching his fifty now, Lara

26.5 McGrath to Bravo, 1 run, too straight, whipped-creamed off his legs for a single

Lara needs a single off this last ball...

26.6 McGrath to Lara, 1 run, and he's done it, dropping this into the leg side and stealing the strike

End of over 27 (9 runs) - West Indies 100/4 (223 runs required from 23 overs, RR: 3.70, RRR: 9.69)

BC Lara 46* (54b 7x4) GD McGrath 6-1-24-2
DJ Bravo 6* (7b 1x4) GB Hogg 2-0-5-1

27.1 Hogg to Lara, no run, not a bad shout indeed from Hogg. Lara gave him the charge but replays confirm not only my blindness, but my deafness too, as Lara clubbed that into his foot

27.2 Hogg to Lara, no run, another roar from Hogg as Lara is rapped on the pads, but it's down the leg side

27.3 Hogg to Lara, 1 run, and again Lara charges him, but Hogg fires it down quicker and straighter. Clipped for a single

Great contest here. Slip in for Bravo

27.4 Hogg to Bravo, 3 runs, bravo, Dwayne. Just short of a length and he's quick to rock back and crunch it off the back foot. Not quite as well timed as he'd like, but he's fleet of foot

27.5 Hogg to Lara, 1 wide, short and down the leg side

27.5 Hogg to Lara, 1 run, again short, and slow, Lara pulls it while down on one knee

That's not going to please the Hoggster

27.6 Hogg to Bravo, no run, crashed off the back foot to point. Only just short of point...

End of over 28 (6 runs) - West Indies 106/4 (217 runs required from 22 overs, RR: 3.78, RRR: 9.86)

DJ Bravo 9* (9b 1x4) GB Hogg 3-0-11-1
BC Lara 48* (58b 7x4) GD McGrath 6-1-24-2

28.1 McGrath to Lara, no run, too leg side from the ageing fast bowler, clipped back to him

28.2 McGrath to Lara, 1 run, and it's pushed out to long-off

28.3 McGrath to Bravo, OUT, lazy shot - another complacent, unbalanced drive, not getting on top of it and it spoons straight to Ponting at cover

DJ Bravo c Ponting b McGrath 9 (13m 10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 90.00

...Ponting then shies at the stumps. Completely unnecessary. Well, McGrath's been gifted yet another one-day wicket and West Indies, frankly, are staring down the canary yellow barrel

28.4 McGrath to Ramdin, no run, defended on the front foot

28.5 McGrath to Ramdin, no run, pushed out to cover

28.6 McGrath to Ramdin, no run, beaten. Cracking ball, jagging back into a meek defensive prod

End of over 29 (1 run) - West Indies 107/5 (216 runs required from 21 overs, RR: 3.68, RRR: 10.28)

D Ramdin 0* (3b) GD McGrath 7-1-25-3
BC Lara 49* (60b 7x4) GB Hogg 3-0-11-1

Andrew of Anorakshire says McGrath needs one more to equal Wasim Akram's World Cup record of 55 wickets. He'll get it, too. You just know he will.

29.1 Hogg to Lara, 1 wide, down the leg side, Lara sweeps and misses

29.1 Hogg to Lara, no run
He's over the wicket to Lara

29.2 Hogg to Lara, 1 run, the wrong'un, turning away from the left hander who cuts it to third man and gets a single. And his fifty

29.3 Hogg to Ramdin, FOUR, calmly, elegantly driven through cover. Full toss, four. As it should be.

That's put Hogg's tongue into overdrive

29.4 Hogg to Ramdin, no run, better length from Hogg, rushing onto the batsman who goes back to defend

29.5 Hogg to Ramdin, no run, excellent feet from Ramdin, skipping back and hammering this into the covers

29.6 Hogg to Ramdin, 1 run, comes forward to meet this wider ball, clumping it without power to cover
Here's Jenny Thompson into the Cricinfo attack. Will Luke having a blow, as my captain would say.

End of over 30 (7 runs) - West Indies 114/5 (209 runs required from 20 overs, RR: 3.80, RRR: 10.45)

D Ramdin 5* (7b 1x4) GB Hogg 4-0-18-1
BC Lara 50* (62b 7x4) GD McGrath 7-1-25-3

30.1 McGrath to Ramdin, no run, chops down and an inside edge crashes into the ground, threatening to take the off sticke. He gets away with it this time

30.2 McGrath to Ramdin, no run, pushed into the covers

30.3 McGrath to Ramdin, FOUR, width from McGrath and that's hammered off the back foot with a crashing blow through cover. We like that

30.4 McGrath to Ramdin, no run, straight, and McGrath, like a doting father, tucks him right up. No lullaby, though

30.5 McGrath to Ramdin, 1 run, straight again, but Ramdin takes a stride to off to swish it back to leg and there's an easy run there

30.6 McGrath to Lara, 1 run, short and Lara connects cleanly, pulling that down to square

End of over 31 (6 runs) - West Indies 120/5 (203 runs required from 19 overs, RR: 3.87, RRR: 10.68)

BC Lara 51* (63b 7x4) GD McGrath 8-1-31-3
D Ramdin 10* (12b 2x4) GB Hogg 4-0-18-1

31.1 Hogg to Lara, no run, poked down off the back foot

31.2 Hogg to Lara, no run, puts that on the money and Gilly says that was "Nice, George".

31.3 Hogg to Lara, 2 runs, waits on the back foot, and makes a smidge of room for one which is wide already, to work that through point

31.4 Hogg to Lara, 1 run, doesn't quite get hold of that one, teeing off with an off-drive

31.5 Hogg to Ramdin, 1 run, Hogg has taken a blow of another kind, that one dibbled into the gully and Clarke shies that over to the non-striker's end where it bounces up and, let's just say, awkwardly at Hogg. Hogg smiles, or was that winces?

31.6 Hogg to Lara, 1 run, tickled to midwicket

Bracken back into the attack.

"In both the matches being played today," Neil Treeby observes, "both batting sides were 114 for 5 after 30 overs of play. Spooky." Well spotted that man. He is, of course, referring to West Indies innings here, and Sri Lanka's against South Africa

End of over 32 (5 runs) - West Indies 125/5 (198 runs required from 18 overs, RR: 3.90, RRR: 11.00)

BC Lara 55* (68b 7x4) GB Hogg 5-0-23-1
D Ramdin 11* (13b 2x4) GD McGrath 8-1-31-3