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The independent
| 8 months ago
Not that anyone might tell this from the valiant performances of the team: World Cup finalists twice in succession, with an array of stellar performers, perennially defying the odds and with an accomplished home-team chance of becoming World Twenty20...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 8 months ago
Watson tortured himself over what he felt was a game-changing moment "for about the next 16 overs", even though he surged back into the game to grasp Gayle's wicket. "I know how much of a difference it makes to our team, to everyone, if we're able to...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 8 months ago
Watson was unbeaten on 41 from 24 balls when the rain came, and Australia was 1-100 from 9.1 overs. This was well ahead of the par score of 1-83 needed under Duckworth-Lewis, assuring Australia of a place in the Super Eights. The West Indies, one of...
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The Courier-Mail
| 8 months ago
Diving at third man, the ball jarred loose as Watson hit the ground and the former West Indies skipper went on to make 54 in 33 balls. "I know how much of a difference it makes to our team to everyone, if were able to get Chris Gayle out," Watson...
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Chicago Tribune
| 8 months ago
Australia reached the Super Eights at the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday as opening batsmen Shane Watson and David Warner hammered quick runs to help win a rain-hit game against West Indies by 17 runs in Group B. Warner hit two sixes and three fours...
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Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Associated Press 2012-09-23 02:56 AM David Warner and Shane Watson blasted Australia to a rain-affected 17-run win over West Indies in the World Twenty20 on Saturday. With the win, Australia...
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The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
| 8 months ago
World Twenty20 following a remarkable rain-shortened run chase against the West Indies. Facing an imposing 8-191, Australia was 1-100 from just 9.1 overs when the players were forced from Premadasa Stadium. This left Australia well ahead on the...
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Zee News
| 8 months ago
Sitting pretty at the top of the table with two wins from as many matches in the ICC World Twenty20, Australia skipper George Bailey today indicated the team still needed to improve in certain areas. Australia defeated the West Indies by 17 runs via...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 8 months ago
Shane Watson thought he had cost Australia the game but he simply strapped on his superman cape and did the job with bat and ball as Australia scored a crucial World Twenty20 win over West Indies on Saturday night. West Indies won the toss in the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
Australian batsmen on Saturday gave a fitting reply to Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels ' power-hitting as they defeated the West Indies by 17 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in a ICC World Twenty20 group league game, which stopped 9.1 overs into...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 8 months ago
Australia qualified for the Super Eights round of the World Twenty20 by defeating the West Indies in a rain-interrupted group B match in Colombo on Saturday. Australia, chasing a challenging target of 192, were 100-1 in 9.1 overs when heavy rain...
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BDNews24
| 8 months ago
Opening batsmen Shane Watson and David Warner hammered quick runs to help Australia win a rain-hit game against West Indies by 17 runs in a Group B Twenty20 World Cup match on Saturday. Warner hit two sixes and three fours in his 14-ball 28 runs...
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The Hindu
| 8 months ago
West Indies' Chris Gayle in action against Australia in Colombo on Saturday...Deepak West Indies posts a challenging 191 for eight against Australia Chris Gayle's storm atop the batting tree and Marlon Samuels finesse in the middle-order combined...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
Smashing half-centuries from Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels helped West Indies post a competitive 191 for eight against Australia in their opening group league encounter of the ICC World Twenty20 in Colombo. While Gayle made a blistering 33-ball 54,...
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The Age
| 8 months ago
Master blaster Gayle (54 off 33 balls) and Marlon Samuels (50 off 32) hit four sixes each as Australia's plan of bouncing the West Indies batsmen failed to have the desired effect at Colombo's Premadasa Stadium on a pitch that offered some good carry...
