***Official*** West Indies in Australia

[roseboy64]

And another wicket falls. 108/3 now. Clarke 5 c Ramdin b Collymore.

 

[Slow Love™]

or maybe not

37 from 81 LBW to Collymore

The funny thing was that nobody was interested in saying "yeah he could" or "I doubt it", which is a measure of just how often Hayden can look safe and very promising before getting out in the 30's.

As I write this, Collymore has just claimed Clarke caught behind - one of the most interesting things about this series (far more than the results of the matches are likely to be, anyway) will definitely be how these less-established Aussie batsmen (Clarke, Katich, Watson) perform.

Gee, Fidel really slings those short ones, doesn't he?

 

[Jono]

Collymore that is as good as it gets! What a delivery to Clarke, just great bowling.

 

[Jono]

Collymore has Katich out now! A bit of confusion but the catch was well above the ground.

 

[Slow Love™]

Whoa, Katich gone too - now this match is starting to look interesting...

 

[Pratters]

Whoa, Katich gone too - now this match is starting to look interesting...

And it may not be all about seeing how the Aussie fringe players perform

 

[Adamc]

Go Corey. I was surprised to see he's only played 17 Tests, he seems to have been around for a long time. Anyway, very good bowling from him after a seemingly innocuous start. WI will be very happy with their position, though Ponting seems very determined to make a big ton.

 

[Jono]

one of the most interesting things about this series (far more than the results of the matches are likely to be, anyway) will definitely be how these less-established Aussie batsmen (Clarke, Katich, Watson) perform.

A bit harsh, even if Australia do thump WI 3-0.

Anyway I think the fact that this is Lara's last tour to Australia is more interesting anyway

 

[Jono]

Go Corey. I was surprised to see he's only played 17 Tests, he seems to have been around for a long time. Anyway, very good bowling from him after a seemingly innocuous start. WI will be very happy with their position, though Ponting seems very determined to make a big ton.

What is up with his celebration of a wicket? He's doing the whole "You can't see me" John Cena taunt. LOL!

 

[Slow Love™]

A bit harsh, even if Australia do thump WI 3-0.

Anyway I think the fact that this is Lara's last tour to Australia is more interesting anyway

Haha, that was just me demonstrating some good old Aussie hubris.

Great spell from Colleymore at the moment. Edwards doesn't look half as dangerous, but he's not bowling too poorly either, although he needs to make the batsmen play more. Suddenly I'm paying a lot more attention... Another wicket here, and things could get extremely tense.

 

[Pratters]

What is up with his celebration of a wicket? He's doing the whole "You can't see me" John Cena taunt. LOL!

He does that a lot.

 

[Slow Love™]

And it may not be all about seeing how the Aussie fringe players perform

Very true - it has indeed been interesting to see how they've performed so far though.

 

[Jono]

He does that a lot.

I like it. You've got Powell swaying his arms celebrating before the ball has been caught, and Collymore doing that, I wonder what Edwards is gonna do when he gets a wicket.

Alternatively, I wonder if he will get a wicket

 

[Jono]

Another close LBW decision, but I think the umpire got that one right. Still Collymore is on fire. He follows it up squaring Ponting up getting a leading edge.

 

[Right arm fast]

how quick was edwards bowling early on ive heard hes quick bu tnever seen him bowl?

 

[Top_Cat]

I saw him get up to 149km/h with one ball but most of them were around the 143-146km/h mark. Quick enough!

 

[Slow Love™]

Healy and Chappell are having a conversation about the West Indians' over-rate - which is pretty egregiously slow, at 12 overs behind what it should be. And between overs, they are literally, ambling around.

Healy seems convinced that, unless there's a dramatic improvement over the course of the day, Chanderpaul will get suspended. I'm not so sure. If things keep at a similar pace to this, it'll make a very interesting test case. I think this issue has been policed very inconsistently by match referees and the ICC.

Looks like an effort is being made to remedy things, with both Samuels and Gayle on.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Lowlight of the day so far has to be the sentence where Nicholas says,

"They began in 1930, the famous series of 1960 started here, and now the West Indies have won the toss." Gaaaaarrrr

And I think West Indies will be in a lot of strife with over rates with four fast bowlers to be used all series.

 

[Slow Love™]

Good to see that cricinfo have got their obligatory "[insert player here] ROCKS [insert country here]" headline running.

Pretty fair ton to Ponting here, and Gilly's looking extremely threatening. Even though the West Indians had Australia 4/111, I still would rather have seen the West Indians bat first this match. I realise they'd essentially made the decision to bowl first well before the coin toss, but IMO they should have backed their batsman and tried to get some runs on the board. I guess the jury's out on whether or not it was a bad decision, although it's hard to avoid comparisons to Hussain in '03.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Good to see that cricinfo have got their obligatory "[insert player here] ROCKS [insert country here]" headline running.

Pretty fair ton to Ponting here, and Gilly's looking extremely threatening. Even though the West Indians had Australia 4/111, I still would rather have seen the West Indians bat first this match. I realise they'd essentially made the decision to bowl first well before the coin toss, but IMO they should have backed their batsman and tried to get some runs on the board. I guess the jury's out on whether or not it was a bad decision, although it's hard to avoid comparisons to Hussain in '03.

4/111 is a bit better than 1/380 or whatever it was, though

Ponting has made that 100 with an ease that would be unnerving for any West Indian supporters.