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Windies commit hara-kiri
MELBOURNE, Dec 15: Cricket brinkmanship was taken to new limits here Tuesday as the West
Indies lost their nerve against a resurgent Australia in a pulsating finish to the World Series Cup cricket one-dayer. reports AFP.
Cruising at 158 for two in the chase after 199 for victory, the West Indies collapsed under mounting pressure, losing their last eight wickets for 36. dismissed for 194 off the final ball to go down by four runs.
Man-of-the match Mark Waugh precipitated the dramatic crash, claiming 5-24 off just six composed overs, on top of his 57 off 69 balls In Australia's 198 for eight.
The West Indian rupture bewildered skipper Richie Richardson, who along with opener Brian Lara had crafted ■the Caribbean tourists into a seemingly impregnable position with a 92-run partnership for the third wicket off 115 deliveries.
Lara was rock solid scoring 74. before he was bowled by Mark Waugh, while Richardson clouted two sixes in his Imperious innings of 62 off 73 balls before he fell to an acrobatic catch close to the wicket by counterpart Mark Taylor, his seventh of the competition.
Urged on by a chanting 74,450 crowd, the Australians steadily cranked up the pressure’on the West Indians, who buckled under the strain.
"We had the match, but we just gave it away ... 1 can't believe it," Richardson said afterwards.
"We were cruising and there was no need to, go for the big shots, we just .needed to take it easy and go along steadily at four runs an over."
"Wc had It won. but we messed it up."
Richardson couldn't hide his disgust pt some of his fellow batsmen, notably Carl Hooper, who took to the long handle even after being cautioned by Richardson in between overs.
“I told him there was no need to lash out, but he just ' gave it away," Richardson said
of Hooper's reckless 6.
Vice-captain Ous Logie was run out without facing a ball and the tailenders panicked as their target dwindled from 35 runs off 35 balls down to five runs off the last ball.
With the momentum right behind the rampant Australians, No 10 Anderson Cummins tried to emulate Pakistani Asif Mujtaba's final ball six to tie with Australia last week, only to hole out to Craig McDermott at long off handing Mark Waugh his fifth wicket.
The euphoric win pitches Australia three points clear on the WSC standings ahead of
the West Indies on. four points and world champion Pakistan on three.
Earlier, Taylor had won the toss and decided to bat on the recently resurfaced Melbourne pitch.
A sandy outfield made scoring difficult, especially boundaries and Australia was in trouble at 86 for four before Mark Waugh and Damien Martyn (40 off 48 balls) put On 74 for the fifth wicket to increase Australia's scoring tempo to 3.96 per over. \
The redoubtable Curtly Ambrose once again finished the best of the West Indian bowlers appreciating unpredictable bounce off the wicket to finish with 3-25 off his 10 overs.
The West Indies get their chance to atone against Pakistan in Sydney on Thursday, in a match that now
has taken on extra significance with Australia one and a half gabies clear in the lead and only five preliminary games left until the best of three finals next month.