2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka
2nd Semi Final, Australia Vs West Indies
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Third Umpire: Richard Kettleborough (England)
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Chris Gayle's Unbeaten 75 off 41 balls and Kieron Pollard quickfire 38 from just 15 balls helped West Indies to crush Australia by 74 runs in the 2nd Semi Finals of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 on Friday. West Indies will meet Sri Lanka on Sunday's Grand Final.
Scorecard:
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first
West Indies 205 for 4 in 20 overs
Chris Gayle 75* (5 fours and 6 Sixes)
Dwayne Bravo 37 (1 four and 3 sixes)
Kieron Pollard 38 (3 fours and 3 sixes)
Pat Cummins 2-36
Target 206 from 20 overs
Australia 131 all out in 16.4 overs
George Bailey 63 (6 fours and 4 sixes)
Michael Hussey 18
Ravi Rampaul 3-16
Kieron Pollard 2-6
Sunil Narine 2-17
Samuel Badree 2-27
West Indies won by 74 runs and entered into the finals
Man of the Match - Chris Gayle.
Darren Sammy said, Chris Gayle and Samuels played really well, Our bowling performance was nice. Sri Lanka is the tough team to beat we hope have a great game in the finals.
Gayle said, I prefer to hit lot of sixes and i deserved hit. Samuels, Bravo and Pollard are supported with me. I am sorry to say to Sri Lanka the World Cup is ours. It will have a good game in the finals West Indies will come on top.
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