The West Indies suicidal tendencies re-surface. Having lost Carter to the last ball of an over by Morkel, Smith decides not to have a look at the first ball of Tahir's spell and holes out at long on.
There does seem to be a strange way in which the fixtures are arranged. West Indies will have now played four games whereas the likes of Australia have played just two of which one was rained off.
The last three overs actually went for 78, Holder bowling two of them which went for 64 in total - that has to be some sort of record for two consecutive overs bowled in a spell.
Perhaps if he wasn't captain, having bowled an eight ball over and gone for 34, he wouldn't have been given the opportunity to bowl the last over of the innnings!
Thinking about it, the irony is that any 5th team "pie chucker" wouldn't have gone for as many as Holder in those two overs because ABV probably wouldn't have been able to get the momentum and power necessary to clear the ropes that many times!
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Dilshan 161* (146)
Sangakkara 105* (76)
Thirimanne 52 (78)
Dishan and Sangakkara put on an undefeated 210 off 155 balls for the second wicket.
408 for 5
Amazing
Sadly his colleagues dropped a few dolly's.
Can the Windies win? Think they need a batting hurricane rather than just a Ga(y)le.
52-4
Three wickets in six balls.
Best ODI player EVER??
Tahir 5-32
Holder out for a very good 56 (48)
ABV today - 2nd fastest WC century
ABV today - fastest ever ODI 150 (64)
ABV now holds fastest 50, 100 & 150
408-5 is 2nd highest total in WC & 10th overall in ODI
408-5 is highest ODI total in Australia
S A scored 261 off last 20 overs, 150 off last 10 and 96 off last 5
Jason Holder became the first bowler to concede 100 runs in 10 overs in a W C match
261 would've been a decent 50 over score only 15 years ago!
Perhaps if he wasn't captain, having bowled an eight ball over and gone for 34, he wouldn't have been given the opportunity to bowl the last over of the innnings!