Things arent looking good for England. With 8 wickets in hand and less than a run a ball required you have to back the Windies although if at all any team can collapse from this situation - its the Windies!!
Gayle departs. Will there be a twist in the tale ?
Certainly West Indies are on top of the match and Gayle reached his century and now they are in real commanding position and they have to bat nicely to till the end and celebrate a easy victory . But it didn't went the same way as Gayle departs after scoring his century and now West Indies has two new batsmen at the crease .Can England make a great comeback ?
Chris Gayle scored his century in a brilliant way and now he has his team in a good winning position as they are well above the required run rate . Chris gayle scored his century in 97 balls with 15 Fours and 1 Six . This was his best performance so far in this tournament as this is his 1st century in this tournament . He got the starts in other matched but never went on to play a big one but now he has finally done it and his team is in a good position to win this match.Certainly he needs to stay till the end so that West Indies win easily.
Gayle scores Century
But the match was not yet over for England as they picked up the most important wicket of the match . Yes you guessed it correctly it was Chris Gayle . England's captain provided the important breakthrough and England finally see the back of C.Gayle. Flintoff bowled a short ball to Gayle and Gayle was not going to let it go so he went for the hook shot and the ball was travelling at a good rate and Harmison who was standing at fine-leg boundary went for the catch .Harmison was full stretched diving to his left and managed to catch the ball and he didnt let it drop out of his hands and cautght that one brilliantly. Its always diffcult for a fast bowler to take such catches but Harmison was brilliant and now that catch is certainly the catch of the tournament.Gayle deprats for a well played 108 in 113 balls with 16 Fours and 1 Six. Now West Indies have 2 new batsmen at the crease so can they comeback and put the pressure on the Windies and will West Indies collapse?
Harmison takes an unbelievable catch to dismiss gayle
West Indies :234/3 (40 overs)Run Rate :5.85 rpo D.Bravo: Not Out22 (22) 3 Fours R.Sarwan: Not Out 12 (22) 1 Four
C.Gayle: c Harmison b A.Flintoff 108 (113) 16 Fours 1 Six B.Lara: c M.Panesar b S.Harmison 79 (64) 10 Fours 1 Six
England : 283/4 (50 overs) A.Strauss : c B.Lara b M.Samuels 115 (125) 14 Fours A.Flintoff: Not Out 55 (46) 7 Fours 1 Six
West Indies still need 50 runs to win in 60 balls.
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