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West Indies 139 (Gayle 30, Southee 3-21, Bracewell 3-31) tied with New Zealand 139 for 7 (Taylor 62*, Samuels 3-20). West Indies won the Super Over
If it was Chris Gayle's dawn, the period leading up to noon belonged to New Zealand. To make it their day, New Zealand needed to chase the 139 they kept West Indies down to comfortably, and then hope Sri Lanka beat England in the next match in Pallekele.
The way Gayle started, though, you thought New Zealand would be blown away. Even before Gayle, there was Johnson Charles who began with two fours in the first over. Doug Bracewell, who was bowled in the previous match only after it was practically lost, brought New Zealand back. In his first two overs, he got Charles and the promoted Andre Russell out.
In between, though, Gayle had been on an effortless carnage. Without seeming to have moved a muscle, he scored 30 off 13, and West Indies were 60 for 2 after six overs. The next comeback for New Zealand came through their go-to quick in Twenty20 cricket, Tim Southee. Even through that destruction, Southee had bowled an over for five runs. In his second over, the innings' seventh, Southee rolled his fingers on a short-of-a-length delivery, getting it to cut away, squaring Gayle up, taking the edge that kicked off wild celebrations, which have become the norm world over whenever teams get Gayle out any time before he has beaten them into submission.
Now the choke started with the spin combination of Ronnie Hira and Nathan McCullum. Even though they changed the ball just before Hira came on, a ball so new New Zealand were not happy with it, the spinners bowled eight straight overs for 43 runs and three wickets. The most crucial of those wickets was that of Marlon Samuels, who found long-on off Nathan McCullum. Samuels' effort was a mix of the good and the scratchy, and ended at 24 off 22.
It didn't help West Indies that they were forced to play the wrong Bravo, with Dwayne sitting out with a groin niggle. Darren Bravo, classy as he might be in Tests and ODIs, has shown before that Twenty20 is not quite his game. He got stuck at one end, struggling to rotate the strike, scoring 16 off 21.
West Indies now needed the big-hitting allrounders Darren Sammy and Kieron Pollard to revive them, but with both holing out in the deep to the two best New Zealand bowlers, Southee and Bracewell respectively, West Indies ended with 79 for 8 in their last 13.3 overs.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2012/content/current/story/584954.html
If it was Chris Gayle's dawn, the period leading up to noon belonged to New Zealand. To make it their day, New Zealand needed to chase the 139 they kept West Indies down to comfortably, and then hope Sri Lanka beat England in the next match in Pallekele.
The way Gayle started, though, you thought New Zealand would be blown away. Even before Gayle, there was Johnson Charles who began with two fours in the first over. Doug Bracewell, who was bowled in the previous match only after it was practically lost, brought New Zealand back. In his first two overs, he got Charles and the promoted Andre Russell out.
In between, though, Gayle had been on an effortless carnage. Without seeming to have moved a muscle, he scored 30 off 13, and West Indies were 60 for 2 after six overs. The next comeback for New Zealand came through their go-to quick in Twenty20 cricket, Tim Southee. Even through that destruction, Southee had bowled an over for five runs. In his second over, the innings' seventh, Southee rolled his fingers on a short-of-a-length delivery, getting it to cut away, squaring Gayle up, taking the edge that kicked off wild celebrations, which have become the norm world over whenever teams get Gayle out any time before he has beaten them into submission.
Now the choke started with the spin combination of Ronnie Hira and Nathan McCullum. Even though they changed the ball just before Hira came on, a ball so new New Zealand were not happy with it, the spinners bowled eight straight overs for 43 runs and three wickets. The most crucial of those wickets was that of Marlon Samuels, who found long-on off Nathan McCullum. Samuels' effort was a mix of the good and the scratchy, and ended at 24 off 22.
It didn't help West Indies that they were forced to play the wrong Bravo, with Dwayne sitting out with a groin niggle. Darren Bravo, classy as he might be in Tests and ODIs, has shown before that Twenty20 is not quite his game. He got stuck at one end, struggling to rotate the strike, scoring 16 off 21.
West Indies now needed the big-hitting allrounders Darren Sammy and Kieron Pollard to revive them, but with both holing out in the deep to the two best New Zealand bowlers, Southee and Bracewell respectively, West Indies ended with 79 for 8 in their last 13.3 overs.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2012/content/current/story/584954.html
