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Gayle blasts Windies to victory
Posted by ShopinJA in Sports Center on June 7th, 2009
CMC | Sunday, June 07, 2009
Chris Gayle of the West Indies hits a shot during the Group C Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between Australia and the West Indies at The Oval cricket ground in London, Saturday June 6, 2009. (Photo: AP)
LONDON, England (CMC) - Chris Gayle smashed a typically belligerent 88 from 50 balls to earn the Man-of-the-Match award and lead West Indies to a convincing seven-wicket victory over Australia in the ICC World Twenty20 Championship yesterday.
The West Indies captain blasted six fours and six sixes, and Andre Fletcher 53 off 32 balls, as West Indies successfully chased 170 for victory in the third match of the competition at The Oval.
Gayle shared an opening stand of 133 from 71 balls with Fletcher that put West Indies firmly on the path for victory.
Fletcher hit seven fours and one six in 53 from 32 balls in a record stand of 133 with the Gayle.
But Fletcher, Gayle, and Xavier Marshall were all dismissed before Ramnaresh Sarwan steered Mitchell Johnson to third man for his second four to formalise the result with 25 balls to spare.
The victory put West Indies on top of the Group C table with two points, but they more importantly have a healthy net run rate of +2.65 which will be a boost if the results from the other two matches in the group are unfavourable.
Australia face Sri Lanka on Monday before West Indies meet the Sri Lankans in the final group match on Wednesday at Trent Bridge.
Gayle gave an immediate indication of his intentions, when he leant into the first delivery of the West Indies’ jaunt from Brett Lee, and stroked it languidly through mid-off for four.
