Best performances - Batsmen
CH Gayle
54(33) 5x4 - 4x6
Control %62%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 14 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
MN Samuels
50(32) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %68%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 23 runs
- 1x4 - 2x6
22/09Result
8th Match, Group B (N), ICC World Twenty20 at Colombo, Sep 22 2012
-
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
191/8 (20 ov) -
![Australia]( "Australia")
100/1 (9.1 ov, target 84)
Player of the Match
22/09Result
8th Match, Group B (N), ICC World Twenty20 at Colombo, Sep 22 2012
-
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
191/8 (20 ov) -
![Australia]( "Australia")
100/1 (9.1 ov, target 84)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
MA Starc
- O4
- M0
- R35
- W3
- Eco8.75
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
SR Watson
- O4
- M0
- R29
- W2
- Eco7.25
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Partnerships
West Indies - Innings
Australia - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
All Match NewsDrenched in sixes
And in the rain, which doesn't seem to leave this T20 fan alone
Watson goes from villain to hero
Just as the first gripping contest of the World Twenty20 was unfolding the rain arrived with Australia on top, but West Indies not out of the contest
The gatecrashing monsoon
Plays of the day from the Australia v West Indies Group B match in Colombo
Australia v West Indies - turning points
Gayle tests Bailey's smile
It was a breezy night in Colombo; the smoke should have cleared from the ground. It didn't. The Australians were forced to play perpetually under this hazy cloud of doom
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.998 |
| WI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.375 |
| ENG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.397 |
| NZ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.169 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.464 |
| PAK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.273 |
| IND | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.274 |
| SA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.421 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.825 |
| ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.65 |
| AFG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3.475 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.184 |
| WI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.855 |
| IRE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.092 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3.598 |
| SL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.852 |
| ZIM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3.624 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| PAK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.706 |
| NZ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.15 |
| BAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.868 |