ODIs - Aussies v. Windies

[Pies Premiers 2003]

Clarke has to be in the side

GO AUSSIE GO keep the winning streak going......

Will never be beaten.....by another country anyway

[couragous cloke]

another loss. thank god i fell asleep this time. Westindies problem is, they go out there and dont know what to do, they dont even have a plan, they dont know how to chase. they've lost the plot there too young and they need their champion (Lara) to do something which he hasnt done in 3 ODI's yet, i'd be getting geared up for a Lara onslaught in the next few games. Be prepared to be rocked by the champion.

[Nova Kaine]

I think the Windies need to find away to come up with an actualy game plan, instead of going out there, look for awhile then fall away and lose. Because it's beyond a joke now.

[Donny]

Gilly is back for tonight's game and Clarke has been retained.

Oh, and some good news for Lara. Bic is being rested. Lol.

[Donny]

Australia is batting first and after 7 overs are 0/20.

Dillon and Collymore are right on the spot, for a change.

[HAL]

Is your opinion based on experience?

[The Prototype]

The Original post made no sense, so I will re-word it.

The Winides bowling on target? After how long? About a month of cricket? Better late then never I guess....

[HAL]

Yes it amazes me too.

[The Prototype]

So I am not the only one? That's cool, any idea'd on how to help the Windies, Hal?

[HAL]

Hmmm. . . . . Oh. . . . youre not?

[The Prototype]

I think the Windies may win 1 game out of the One Dayer's, maybe even none. I just think they need to show they know how to win and not how to lose. Like they have been doing.

[HAL]

Oh. . . . interesting comparison.

[Donny]

That's 21 in succession for the Aussies.

Gilly 84, Haydos 44, Punter 38, Symmo 24, Clakka 55 n.o. and Bevo 21 all contributed to the healthy 5/286.

The Windies were dismissed for 219 in 45.3 overs with Gayle top scoring with 84. Lara made 40 and Samuels, 27.

Dizzy took 2/30 and Harvey, 2/58.

[The Prototype]

Well, I guess, they don't need to play the rest of the one dayers now

[Donny]

Gilchrist and Clarke guide Australia to series win
Wisden CricInfo staff - May 24, 2003

The Australian juggernaut rumbled on with a convincing 67-run victory over West Indies in the first of the weekend's double-header in Trinidad. It was Australia's 21st consecutive win, meant that they took the best-of-seven series 4-0 with three to play, and was never in doubt once they posted a formidable total.

On a pitch which kept slow and low, the match was decided by excellent batting from Adam Gilchrist and Michael Clarke, and some poor fielding from West Indies. Gilchrist, reprieved by Ridley Jacobs when he had made 37 and then Wavell Hinds when on 62, cut and drove with conviction, punishing anything wide. Even when he eventually fell, chopping on debutant Ryan Hurley when he had made 84, there was no respite for West Indies as Clarke moved into overdrive.

Clarke cracked 55 off just 40 balls as the West Indies fielding disintergrated under the onslaught. He had more than his share of luck, being bowled off a Corey Collymore no-ball and being put down by Ricardo Powell at deep midwicket, but his innings put the outcome of the match beyond doubt.

West Indies batted like a side who did not believe that they had it in them to chase a daunting target. Chris Gayle played the anchor role with a doughty 84, but he found precious little support from anyone else except Brian Lara. The pair added 69 for the fourth wicket but West Indies were never up with the asking rate. When Andrew Symonds removed Lara for 40 the innings fell apart, and only a brief counterattack by Marlon Samuels (27) got West Indies past 200. Their last five wickets fell for 22 runs, and it is increasingly hard to see how they can salvage something from a series which has so far been so one-sided.