Australia v West Indies - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 leads West Indies to 205 runs – Live Score and Update
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After choosing to bat first, West Indies left Australian fans in utter disbelief by hammering a nerve-racking total of 205 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs in the second semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
With some of the strongest hitters in the game playing for West Indies, the Aussies were expecting some hard hitting from their opponents but their bowlers were certainly not planning on getting manhandled the way they were.
West Indies had an average start to their innings where they lost opener J Charles for ten with only 16 on the board.
Chris Gayle and MN Samuels then took charge as they smacked the Australian bowlers all around the park, taking the score to 57 before Australia struck for the second time with PJ Cummins bowling-out Samuels for 26.
With Gayle just warming up, it was time for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 to join the party. The batting duo launched a second way of blatant attack against their opponents with both batsmen smacking some big boundaries, giving their fans plenty to cheer about.
It was imperative for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 to contain the batsmen in order to restrict them from hammering a big score.
However, the duo kept the scoreboard ticking, before the partnership finally came to an end on the demise of Bravo, who departed after hammering 37 runs off 31 deliveries. At the time of this wicket, West Indies had scored 140 runs.
With three wickets down in 15.5 overs, Australia were still looking for a target around 170 to chase, however, they were in for a surprise as Gayle and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gates-c58585 of h**l in the dying moments of the innings with both batsmen reaching the boundaries
with precision.
While Pollard hammered a staggering knock of 38 runs off just 15 deliveries before losing his wicket, Gayle stayed unbeaten on a superb knock of 75 off only 41 runs to help West Indies secure a total of 205 runs.
Australia have their work cut out for them and need some strong performances from their top three batsmen if they want to pull off an unlikely win to secure a faceoff against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
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