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Roach should not have been given out because replays didn’t show an edge. I don’t think that’s how it works. Bowden gave him out on the field and since replays did not prove that he didn’t nick it, the on-field decision should stay. The irony is that, if Bowden had given him not out, and the Australians had asked for a review, Roach might well have been given not out after the review because replays didn’t prove that he was out. It’s complicated, this UDRS. I couldn’t tell whether he nicked it or not. Hot Spot didn’t show much, but it often doesn’t pick up faint edges. This debate will rage on and on …

They are showing Snicko now and there’s a faint indication of an edge. Ever so faint, it could have been an edge, it could have been something else. I guess only Roach will really know.

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West Indies have set Australia 330 runs to chase on the last day in the second cricket Test at Adelaide Oval. Thanks to Chris Gayle who was not out at 165 and carried the bat.

The West Indies batsmen added 33 runs in the first partial half on the final day before losing the last two wickets to be all out for 317, leaving Australia about 80 overs to play and chase.

Captain Chris Gayle remained unbeaten on 165 - the only West Indian skipper to carry his bat in a Test innings.

Australian quick Mitchell Johnson claimed five wickets for the innings and fellow paceman Doug Bollinger finished with 3-50.

The Windies resumed on 8-284 and Johnson (5-103) struck first on the last day by bowling Ravi Rampaul for 14.

No.11 Kemar Roach was the final batsman dismissed, caught by Ricky Ponting at slip from Bollinger’s bowling for eight.

Australia must defy a century of history to triumph, with no team scoring more than 239 runs in a fourth winnings to win an Adelaide Oval Test in more than 100 years.

The delicately balanced second Test was threatened by heavy morning and overnight rain in Adelaide, but the showers halted before play and the weather bureau has forecast the rain to clear during the day.

The Australians lead one-nil in the three Test series with the final match to be played in Perth from December 16.

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The West Indies Cricket Board have revealed that they sacked coach John Dyson because he never signed a contract in the 18 months he was in the job.

That’s the same John Dyson who brought them their first Wisden Trophy in a decade, saw them to victory in the tainted (but much vaunted at the time) Stanford Millions tournament and who did much to instill a sense of pride and team spirit in a young West Indies side.

This is also the same WICB who signed contracts which competed with the interests of those players, which has seen at least two player walkouts during those 18 months and which is now forced to field their B team in the Test arena just to fulfil fixtures.

Has it ever occured to these morons that, sometimes, not putting pen to paper until you have thought about it might actually be a good thing?

On the plus side, if it wasn’t for the same morons, we wouldn’t have a Test captain called ‘reefer’.

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The experience shows the blame of poor performance of cricket teams goes to coaches. Dyson is the recent West Indian coach who has been sacked from his duties after humiliating defeat from Bangladesh. The previous coaches who were sacked from performing duties were Chappel who coached Indian side, Lawson coach as Pakistan national team, Miandad and now Dyson.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) axed Dyson following the humiliating home Test and one-day series defeats to whipping boys Bangladesh, losses which coincided with a damaging players boycott.

Dyson’s sacking comes less than six weeks before the start of the Champions Trophy in South Africa where assistant coach David Williams will take temporary charge.

“The services of John Dyson have been terminated with immediate effect. The assistant coach David Williams will fill this position on a temporary basis for this tour,” said a WICB statement.

Dyson, 55, took over as coach in October, 2007, following on from another Australian, Bennett King who stood down after World Cup.

Before his appointment in the troubled Caribbean, Dyson had been coach of the Sri Lanka team, succeeding Dav Whatmore in 2003 and remained in the job for two years.

He made an impressive start to his career with the West Indies, guiding the team to victory over South Africa at Port Elizabeth - their first overseas win in a Test for seven years.

But success was always a struggle to achieve as more and more players fell out with the WICB over payments with the dispute becoming so entrenched that the first-choice squad refused to play in the series against Bangladesh.

Dyson oversaw a 1-0 Test win over England on home soil this year but his team, looking dispirited and disinterested, were swept aside in the return series in May.

West Indies are poised to take another second-string side to South Africa for the Champions Trophy which begins on September 22.

The WICB added in their statement: “In view of the special circumstances pertaining to this tour, the former West Indies vice-captain and off-spin bowler, Lance Gibbs, has been appointed the team manager.

“Omar Khan, the incumbent manager, has been temporarily assigned to the preparation and management of the West Indies Under-19 team for the ICC’s Youth World Cup in New Zealand in 2010.”

Why the coaches are first victim?

One cant produce baby if he or she is asked to take a  the same sex as partner. Actually the foreign coaches does not hold the same sentiments as the national trainers or coaches. They are only professionally affiliated with the team without emotional strength and the way they behave during the performance of the duty does not have the spirit which is required to boost up the performance.

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Chris Gayle the West Indian captain showed no mery to Australian bowlers and helped his country to win a first Twentywo world cup match against bigger side Australia. Gayle score 88 with six big sixers and 6 fours in only 50 balls.

Earlier Australia batted first and posted 169 runs on the board. West Indian poor fielding allowed Australian to post a moderate total otherwise the West Indian bowler never allowed opponent batsmen to hit ball freely. Australian came under pressure at the start of the innings when watson and Ponting were out for duck. Later some good strokes from Warner and lower middle order gave some hope top Australia.

When Gayle and Fletcher batted they both keep the bowlers at bay and played their stroikes freely to all the sides of ground. Gayle hammered 6 sixes and 6 fours in his match winning innings. The most expensive bowler from Australia was Brett Lee who conceded 56 runs in his 4 overs quota.

Australian loss to West Indian put into Australia in a difficult situation as this groups is killer group having Srilankan the otherside. Three top team of the world in one group as compare to other gorups where the top ranking teams have one baby team in a group. If all teams in this group will win one match each then the qualifying  to second round will depend on run rates, here again Australia have disadvantage because of early finish by West Indies.

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