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West Indies vs Austaralia Cricket Series 2008
Australia will play 5 ODIs, 3 Tests and one T20 during the West Indies tour starting May 16, 2008.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- West Indies v Australia 1st Test at Jamaica: Thu 22 - Mon 26 May, 2008
- West Indies v Australia 2nd Test at at Antigua: Fri 30 May - Tue 3 June, 2008
- West Indies v Australia 3rd Test at at Barbados: Thu 12 - Mon 16 June, 2008
- West Indies v Australia Twenty20 at Barbados: Fri 20 June, 2008
- West Indies v Australia 1st ODI at St Vincent: Tue 24 June, 2008
- West Indies v Australia 2nd ODI at Grenada: Fri 27 June, 2008
- West Indies v Australia 3rd ODI at Grenada: Sun 29 June, 2008
- West Indies v Australia 4th ODI at St Kitts: Fri 4 July, 2008
- West Indies v Australia 5th ODI at St Kitts: Sun 6 July, 2008
West Indies vs Australia Cricket Series 2008
West Indies v Australia 3rd ODI at Grenada
AUS v WI, 3rd ODI, Grenada: Watson steers Aussies to a seven wicket victory over West Indies
30 June, 2008
Shane Watson notched his maiden international century as Australia crushed the West Indies by seven wickets in the third one-day international at Grenada's National Stadium on Sunday.
The win provided Australia with an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five limited overs series, making dead rubbers of the final two matches, scheduled for later this week. Save for Fidel Edwards' early dismissal of Shaun Marsh for a duck, the hosts never seemed close to defending their total of 223.
Watson and Ricky Ponting posted a 190-run stand, the highest ever limited overs second-wicket partnership by an Australian pair in the Caribbean, as the tourists rolled to 227 for three in 40.3 overs. Watson's innings of 126 from 122 deliveries was his first century in any form of international cricket, and came more than six years after his one-day debut for Australia.
The Queensland all-rounder has suffered a horrendous run of injuries over the course of his career, and was only called into the Australian squad as a late replacement for Matthew Hayden. Watson raised his century with a boundary through mid-wicket off the bowling of Chris Gayle.
He was embraced by his capatin, Ponting, who was eventually dismissed by Gayle for 69, though not before he had steered Australia to the cusp of a commanding victory.
AUS v WI, 3rd ODI, Grenada: Australia 227-3 (40.3 overs) beat West Indies 223 (48 overs) by seven wickets
West Indies vs Australia Cricket Series 2008
West Indies v Australia 3rd ODI at Grenada
Scorecard
Australia won the toss and decided to field
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223 all out (48.0 overs)
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227 for 3 (40.3 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Gayle | run out | 53 |
54 | 5 | 3 | |
| Marshall | c Ronchi | b Watson | 35 |
65 | 4 | 0 |
| Sarwan | c Symonds | b Johnson | 31 |
43 | 2 | 0 |
| Chanderpaul | c Ronchi | b Symonds | 32 |
49 | 2 | 0 |
| Bravo | lbw | b Symonds | 7 |
10 | 0 | 0 |
| Fletcher | st Ronchi | b Bracken | 12 |
16 | 2 | 0 |
| Ramdin | b Bracken | 21 |
30 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sammy | c and b | Lee | 3 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
| Powell | run out | 2 |
4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edwards | not out | 7 |
9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Benn | b Bracken | 1 |
5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 3nb 10w 6lb | 19 | ||||
| Total | all out | 223 | (48.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Marsh | b Edwards | 0 |
5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Watson | c Sarwan | b Sammy | 126 |
122 | 15 | 2 |
| Ponting | c Marshall | b Gayle | 69 |
83 | 7 | 0 |
| Clarke | not out | 11 |
23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Symonds | not out | 8 |
12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extras | 2nb 9w 2lb | 13 | ||||
| Total | for 3 | 227 | (40.3 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: Asad Rauf, N Malcolm
West Indies: Gayle, Marshall, Fletcher, Sarwan, Chanderpaul, Bravo, Ramdin, Sammy, Benn, Powell, Edwards
Australia: Marsh, Watson, Ponting, Clarke, M Hussey, Symonds, Hopes, Ronchi, Lee, Johnson, Bracken