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11 overs - West Indies 72-0 Gayle's six from the previous over was a remarkable 110m, the biggest of the tournament so far. Dhoni recalls Harbhajan in an effort to stem the run-haemorrhaging, which the off-spinner does, conceding five runs with his final of his four overs.
10 overs - West Indies 67-0 Oh my. Chris Gayle has absolutely mullered Yusuf Pathan into the Three W's Stand with a quite astonishing six. It wasn't particularly short, but Gayle takes one step back and murders the ball over the infield with a swipe like an executioner's axe. It takes a couple of minutes to locate the projectile missile. Pathan is unfortunate not to see Gayle play on as he attempts an extravagant drive through cover, but an inside edge squirts past his off stump for a single.
9 overs - West Indies 58-0 Zaheer returns and is greeted by a huge stand-and-deliver six over long-on by Gayle. Clean hitting at its finest, brutal with added finesse. Chanders cashes in as he shuffles outside his off stump, swivelling on his left foot to swat the left-arm seamer past fine leg for a very inventive boundary. The Windies are ruling this match with an iron fist.
8 overs - West Indies 45-0 Butterfingers - Ravindra Jadeja drops a top-edged Shiv Chanders pull off Pathan running back from short fine leg. It's not the easiest of catches as he was running backwards, but still, those should be pouched. Tsk. Extra fielding practice for Rav. Seven runs for the Windies.
7 overs - West Indies 38-0 Delicate reverse paddle from Chanderpaul for two as Suresh Raina's part-time off-spin is introduced. Raina sees an lbw appeal turned down - and Chanderpaul takes full advantage with a reverse slap over the vacant backward point region for his first boundary of the day.
6 overs - West Indies 31-0 Nehra is hauled off after one over and on comes Yusuf Pathan and his tweakers. Ouch, nasty fielding from Ravindra Jadeja, who is nutmegged by a Chris Gayle pull at short fine leg for a very preventable two runs. Decent over from the all-rounder, nothing eminently hittable on offer. So far.
From Max, London, TMS inbox: "Do you know where you can buy the Windies T20 shirt? It's the only shirt made in the spirit of the competition!"
5 overs - West Indies 26-0 Big shout from Harbhajan as Yusuf Pathan takes a good low catch at first slip, but neither Chanderpaul or umpire Billy Bowden look particularly bothered. Good decision from the Kiwi official as replays indicate the deflection was off Chanderpaul's hip. Excellent over from the Mumbai Indian, conceding a solitary single.
4 overs - West Indies 25-0 Dhoni continues the trend of replacing one of his opening bowlers after an over and summons Ashish Nehra for his left-arm cohort Zaheer Khan. Gayle moves on to 12 with a horrific cross-bat hoik through square leg for a couple before shuffling down the track, making room for himself outside leg stump, to thump Nehra flat-bat down the track, past the diving mid-off for a muscular boundary. More of the same from Windies skipper, this time swiping through the line over mid-on for his second boundary. Awesome shot, all about upper-body strength.
3 overs - West Indies 13-0 Unspectacular? Gayle launches a mighty size 11 down the track, collapses to one knee and smites Harbhajan over the deep midwicket boundary for a mighty maximum, much to the delight of the Bajan crowd. Hot sauce and then some. Chanders, on the other hand, is scratching around like an under-11 at the crease.
2 overs - West Indies 4-0 Zaheer with the new cherry at the other end and the left-armer sees Chanderpaul push two through square leg for a double. Circumspection from Chanders, who watches a couple of Khan hoopers curl outside his off stump, offering no stroke. Unspectacular start.
1 over - West Indies 2-0 Harbhajan skips to the crease with his idiosyncratic shuffle and sees both Gayle and Chanderpaul push for early singles. The off-spinner beats Gayle with an absolute ripper outside off stump, but the Windies captain just about manages to keep his back foot behind the popping crease as Dhoni whips off the bails in a flash. Excellent first over from the man from Jalandhar, just two runs leaked. Susie, below, the music you are referring to is the West Indies cricket anthem called "Rally Round The West Indies". A simple search on t'internet should provide you with your own version.
From Susie in St Lucia, TMS inbox: "Can you or any one out there please answer a question for me. What is the choral music which is used when the teams walk out onto the pitch before the National Anthems? I love it and would like to know more about it. Going to settle down in front of the TV with a cold beer now and cheer on the Windies."
1459: We've had the Windies cricket anthem, played by a symphony of steel drums, accompanied by ear-piercing shrieks of various air horns at the Kensington Oval, so play is set to commence very shortly. Looks like India are likely to continue their new-ball spin option with Harbhajan Singh opening the bowling with either Zaheer Khan or Ashish Nehra. Out wander Windies openers Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
From Dave, an England fan, TMS inbox: "I think India will win today, the West Indies wheel has come off and were found wanting in their last game. Indian spin will conquer all."
1455: Over on TMS, reporter Alison Mitchell is talking tocommentator Mohammad Ibrahim, the voice of Afghan cricket.Now there's a man who truly appreciates the opportunities he has been given spreading the gospel of the great game, uniting a war-ravaged and divided country. Good man Mohammad.
King on 606:"India not only need a win, but need to win with a bigger margin to improve their net run rate to give themselves a chance to qualify for the semi finals."
1444: The damp conditions should help India's seamers with a bit of wobble on and of the pitch, which, out of the three venues across the Caribbean, is the most conducive to seam and swing. Despite the rain delay, the match is still a 20-over affair, so no deductions in the quotas.
1437: It's toss time and India captain MS Dhoni has called correctly and has elected to field first. The 2007 champions are unchanged from the XI that lost to Australia while West Indies recall wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin in place of the hard-hitting Andre Fletcher.
1431: Looks like we've got a 1500 BST start at the Kensington Oval but in the meantime, feel free to vent your collective spleens on the Hollywood-style conspiracies threatening to destabilise world cricket, the two matches on offer this glorious Sunday in Barbados (Sri Lanka take on Australia at 1830 BST) or whether gooseberry jam is quite possibly the worst-tasting concoction on this planet via the TMS inbox, texting 81111 (with the word CRICKET before your message, otherwise it will get buried under the inevitable last-day Premier League deluge) or via the 606 website.
1425: Back to the Caribbean, where both the hosts and the economic powerhouse need a victory to ensure their longevity in this tournament. India were comprehensively undone by abarrage of very fast short-pitched bowling from a very rapid Australian pace attack,while the West Indies were tonked all the way to Cuba by arampant Sri Lankan side.
1416: If you've been scanning your Sunday newspaper and wiping off remnants of jam-covered toast crumbs from the sports pages, you'll be aware of the eyebrow-raising, cloak-and-dagger events over the past few days involvingsuspended Indian Premier League supremo Lalit Modi, a few top county chief executives, a leaked email and a very displeased ECB chairman Giles Clarke.BCCI president Shashank Manohar's show-cause notice in responseis a hoot of a read. Sort of.
1408: Oh dear. Look out of your window. It's a bit like that in Barbados as overnight rain has delayed the start of the match by at least half an hour. So news on when the toss will be undertaken.
1405: Hello. It's a day of destiny for 11 very rich men in blue.But enough about India's hopes of beating West Indies in the Super Eights of the World Twenty20 in Barbados, what aboutChelsea's chances of winning the Premier League?
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
11 overs - West Indies 72-0 Gayle's six from the previous over was a remarkable 110m, the biggest of the tournament so far. Dhoni recalls Harbhajan in an effort to stem the run-haemorrhaging, which the off-spinner does, conceding five runs with his final of his four overs.
10 overs - West Indies 67-0 Oh my. Chris Gayle has absolutely mullered Yusuf Pathan into the Three W's Stand with a quite astonishing six. It wasn't particularly short, but Gayle takes one step back and murders the ball over the infield with a swipe like an executioner's axe. It takes a couple of minutes to locate the projectile missile. Pathan is unfortunate not to see Gayle play on as he attempts an extravagant drive through cover, but an inside edge squirts past his off stump for a single.
9 overs - West Indies 58-0 Zaheer returns and is greeted by a huge stand-and-deliver six over long-on by Gayle. Clean hitting at its finest, brutal with added finesse. Chanders cashes in as he shuffles outside his off stump, swivelling on his left foot to swat the left-arm seamer past fine leg for a very inventive boundary. The Windies are ruling this match with an iron fist.
8 overs - West Indies 45-0 Butterfingers - Ravindra Jadeja drops a top-edged Shiv Chanders pull off Pathan running back from short fine leg. It's not the easiest of catches as he was running backwards, but still, those should be pouched. Tsk. Extra fielding practice for Rav. Seven runs for the Windies.
7 overs - West Indies 38-0 Delicate reverse paddle from Chanderpaul for two as Suresh Raina's part-time off-spin is introduced. Raina sees an lbw appeal turned down - and Chanderpaul takes full advantage with a reverse slap over the vacant backward point region for his first boundary of the day.
6 overs - West Indies 31-0 Nehra is hauled off after one over and on comes Yusuf Pathan and his tweakers. Ouch, nasty fielding from Ravindra Jadeja, who is nutmegged by a Chris Gayle pull at short fine leg for a very preventable two runs. Decent over from the all-rounder, nothing eminently hittable on offer. So far.
From Max, London, TMS inbox: "Do you know where you can buy the Windies T20 shirt? It's the only shirt made in the spirit of the competition!" 5 overs - West Indies 26-0 Big shout from Harbhajan as Yusuf Pathan takes a good low catch at first slip, but neither Chanderpaul or umpire Billy Bowden look particularly bothered. Good decision from the Kiwi official as replays indicate the deflection was off Chanderpaul's hip. Excellent over from the Mumbai Indian, conceding a solitary single.
4 overs - West Indies 25-0 Dhoni continues the trend of replacing one of his opening bowlers after an over and summons Ashish Nehra for his left-arm cohort Zaheer Khan. Gayle moves on to 12 with a horrific cross-bat hoik through square leg for a couple before shuffling down the track, making room for himself outside leg stump, to thump Nehra flat-bat down the track, past the diving mid-off for a muscular boundary. More of the same from Windies skipper, this time swiping through the line over mid-on for his second boundary. Awesome shot, all about upper-body strength.
3 overs - West Indies 13-0 Unspectacular? Gayle launches a mighty size 11 down the track, collapses to one knee and smites Harbhajan over the deep midwicket boundary for a mighty maximum, much to the delight of the Bajan crowd. Hot sauce and then some. Chanders, on the other hand, is scratching around like an under-11 at the crease.
2 overs - West Indies 4-0 Zaheer with the new cherry at the other end and the left-armer sees Chanderpaul push two through square leg for a double. Circumspection from Chanders, who watches a couple of Khan hoopers curl outside his off stump, offering no stroke. Unspectacular start.
1 over - West Indies 2-0 Harbhajan skips to the crease with his idiosyncratic shuffle and sees both Gayle and Chanderpaul push for early singles. The off-spinner beats Gayle with an absolute ripper outside off stump, but the Windies captain just about manages to keep his back foot behind the popping crease as Dhoni whips off the bails in a flash. Excellent first over from the man from Jalandhar, just two runs leaked. Susie, below, the music you are referring to is the West Indies cricket anthem called "Rally Round The West Indies". A simple search on t'internet should provide you with your own version.
From Susie in St Lucia, TMS inbox: "Can you or any one out there please answer a question for me. What is the choral music which is used when the teams walk out onto the pitch before the National Anthems? I love it and would like to know more about it. Going to settle down in front of the TV with a cold beer now and cheer on the Windies."
1459: We've had the Windies cricket anthem, played by a symphony of steel drums, accompanied by ear-piercing shrieks of various air horns at the Kensington Oval, so play is set to commence very shortly. Looks like India are likely to continue their new-ball spin option with Harbhajan Singh opening the bowling with either Zaheer Khan or Ashish Nehra. Out wander Windies openers Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
From Dave, an England fan, TMS inbox: "I think India will win today, the West Indies wheel has come off and were found wanting in their last game. Indian spin will conquer all."
1455: Over on TMS, reporter Alison Mitchell is talking tocommentator Mohammad Ibrahim, the voice of Afghan cricket.Now there's a man who truly appreciates the opportunities he has been given spreading the gospel of the great game, uniting a war-ravaged and divided country. Good man Mohammad.
King on 606:"India not only need a win, but need to win with a bigger margin to improve their net run rate to give themselves a chance to qualify for the semi finals."1444: The damp conditions should help India's seamers with a bit of wobble on and of the pitch, which, out of the three venues across the Caribbean, is the most conducive to seam and swing. Despite the rain delay, the match is still a 20-over affair, so no deductions in the quotas.
1437: It's toss time and India captain MS Dhoni has called correctly and has elected to field first. The 2007 champions are unchanged from the XI that lost to Australia while West Indies recall wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin in place of the hard-hitting Andre Fletcher.
1431: Looks like we've got a 1500 BST start at the Kensington Oval but in the meantime, feel free to vent your collective spleens on the Hollywood-style conspiracies threatening to destabilise world cricket, the two matches on offer this glorious Sunday in Barbados (Sri Lanka take on Australia at 1830 BST) or whether gooseberry jam is quite possibly the worst-tasting concoction on this planet via the TMS inbox, texting 81111 (with the word CRICKET before your message, otherwise it will get buried under the inevitable last-day Premier League deluge) or via the 606 website.
1425: Back to the Caribbean, where both the hosts and the economic powerhouse need a victory to ensure their longevity in this tournament. India were comprehensively undone by abarrage of very fast short-pitched bowling from a very rapid Australian pace attack,while the West Indies were tonked all the way to Cuba by arampant Sri Lankan side.
1416: If you've been scanning your Sunday newspaper and wiping off remnants of jam-covered toast crumbs from the sports pages, you'll be aware of the eyebrow-raising, cloak-and-dagger events over the past few days involvingsuspended Indian Premier League supremo Lalit Modi, a few top county chief executives, a leaked email and a very displeased ECB chairman Giles Clarke.BCCI president Shashank Manohar's show-cause notice in responseis a hoot of a read. Sort of.
1408: Oh dear. Look out of your window. It's a bit like that in Barbados as overnight rain has delayed the start of the match by at least half an hour. So news on when the toss will be undertaken.
1405: Hello. It's a day of destiny for 11 very rich men in blue.But enough about India's hopes of beating West Indies in the Super Eights of the World Twenty20 in Barbados, what aboutChelsea's chances of winning the Premier League?
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.