West Indies 160 (D. Smith 63, B. Lee 3-23) beat Australia 146 for 9 (D. Warner 58, M. Samuels 3-23, F. Edwards 3-23) by 14 runs and draw the 2-matches T20I series by 1-1.
West Indies bowler’s dominance in 2nd T20 helped the team to win the match by 14-runs and draw the T20 series by 1-1. Some brilliant performances were seen from Fidel Edwards and Marlon Samuels with ball, both the bowlers took 3-wickets each. No one can ignore Dwayne Bravo in any format of cricket, a useful player who can turn match through batting, bowling and fielding, and he did it again.
Despite outstanding bowling performance, the home side openers Smith and Charles also provide an opening stand of 72 runs. This stand was very useful; it played a vital role of sitting 160 runs total on the board. Smith gone with 63 runs from 34 balls while Charles succeeded to make 37 runs from 21 balls.
The fast bowlers as considered weapon for Australia delivered once again at a time when West Indies were on top. Experience bowler Lee fast and furious spell didn't made victims only but also helped the other bowlers “Watson” and “McKay” to build pressure on the batsmen, Watson and McKay shared 2-wickets each.
Although the main player of Australia in T20 cricket David
Warner delivered but the other players couldn't give him a back up so. Warner
threatened the West Indies bowlers and scored 58 runs from 43 balls. His presence
boosts the run rate of the team, unfortunately the team start struggling as he
depart. Hussey and Wade managed to hit sixes but with the strike rate they were
batting wasn't enough to make the day for Australia.
Dwayne Bravo who was on talk to not include in playing-XI of second T20I, he was given the ball when 19 runs were required from 6 balls. Bravo conceded only 4 runs in that over and took 2 wickets. First he removed McKay with brilliant catch of Pollard while bowled David Hussey with a slow delivery to get second wicket. West Inidies won the match by 14 runs and succeeded draw the series.
Series Result: Drw by 1-1
Man of the match: Dwayne Smith
Man of the Series: Shane Watson
MATCH CEREMONY:
George Bailey [Australia Captain]: "Great start from the West Indies, I think we pulled it back to about par, 160, and I thought we were on course to knock it off. They put pressure on us, the wicket of David Warner was huge, run-outs change matches. The crowd were great and hopefully we provided some good entertainment."
Darren Sammy [West Indies Captain]: "We knew it was a 180-plus pitch. We tried Polly and myself up the order to try and get some momentum- that didn't work today but we kept going. The work we've been doing in the camp and throughout the series has been paying off and I want to ask the boys to keep doing that. We want to keep doing well in the Tests and hopefully continue the good results."
Dwayne Smith [Man of the Match]: "I was pleased with the performance and glad we got a win. I've been doing a lot of work on my batting, doing the things I know and it seems to be working."
Shane Watson [Man of the Series]: "Today was a bit disappointing to not get the result we wanted. It's been an up and down series and today was another learning experience. It worked out well for us to hold them back to 160. We were well on the way so it's disappointing and once again a learning experience."
West Indies bowler’s dominance in 2nd T20 helped the team to win the match by 14-runs and draw the T20 series by 1-1. Some brilliant performances were seen from Fidel Edwards and Marlon Samuels with ball, both the bowlers took 3-wickets each. No one can ignore Dwayne Bravo in any format of cricket, a useful player who can turn match through batting, bowling and fielding, and he did it again.
Despite outstanding bowling performance, the home side openers Smith and Charles also provide an opening stand of 72 runs. This stand was very useful; it played a vital role of sitting 160 runs total on the board. Smith gone with 63 runs from 34 balls while Charles succeeded to make 37 runs from 21 balls.
The fast bowlers as considered weapon for Australia delivered once again at a time when West Indies were on top. Experience bowler Lee fast and furious spell didn't made victims only but also helped the other bowlers “Watson” and “McKay” to build pressure on the batsmen, Watson and McKay shared 2-wickets each.
Although the main player of Australia in T20 cricket David
Warner delivered but the other players couldn't give him a back up so. Warner
threatened the West Indies bowlers and scored 58 runs from 43 balls. His presence
boosts the run rate of the team, unfortunately the team start struggling as he
depart. Hussey and Wade managed to hit sixes but with the strike rate they were
batting wasn't enough to make the day for Australia.Dwayne Bravo who was on talk to not include in playing-XI of second T20I, he was given the ball when 19 runs were required from 6 balls. Bravo conceded only 4 runs in that over and took 2 wickets. First he removed McKay with brilliant catch of Pollard while bowled David Hussey with a slow delivery to get second wicket. West Inidies won the match by 14 runs and succeeded draw the series.
Series Result: Drw by 1-1
Man of the match: Dwayne Smith
Man of the Series: Shane Watson
MATCH CEREMONY:
George Bailey [Australia Captain]: "Great start from the West Indies, I think we pulled it back to about par, 160, and I thought we were on course to knock it off. They put pressure on us, the wicket of David Warner was huge, run-outs change matches. The crowd were great and hopefully we provided some good entertainment."
Darren Sammy [West Indies Captain]: "We knew it was a 180-plus pitch. We tried Polly and myself up the order to try and get some momentum- that didn't work today but we kept going. The work we've been doing in the camp and throughout the series has been paying off and I want to ask the boys to keep doing that. We want to keep doing well in the Tests and hopefully continue the good results."
Dwayne Smith [Man of the Match]: "I was pleased with the performance and glad we got a win. I've been doing a lot of work on my batting, doing the things I know and it seems to be working."
Shane Watson [Man of the Series]: "Today was a bit disappointing to not get the result we wanted. It's been an up and down series and today was another learning experience. It worked out well for us to hold them back to 160. We were well on the way so it's disappointing and once again a learning experience."
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