WI clinch shoot-out victory
Saturday, 27 December 2008
Twenty20 international, Auckland:West Indies 155-8 (20 ovs) tied with New Zealand 155-7 (20 ovs) WI won by 10 runs in super-over
West Indies made cricket history by winning the first super-over eliminator after the scores were tied in the opening Twenty20 international, BBC reports.
New Zealand were limited to 155-7 from their 20 overs after choosing to bat.
Sulieman Benn's four and a single from the last two balls saw a tie and both teams chose three batsmen and a bowler.
Chris Gayle then hit three sixes and a four as 25 came off Daniel Vettori's over, and Benn removed Jacob Oram and Ross Taylor as the Kiwis made only 15.
The Windies looked certain to win the match in more conventional fashion after another superb man-of-the-match display from skipper Gayle.
He conceded just 16 runs from his three overs of wily off-spin, taking two wickets, including a stunning caught and bowled to dismiss James Franklin.
Taylor was the only New Zealand batsman to last more than 17 balls, and he hit four sixes in his 63.
Gayle then gave the Windies an excellent start, taking 30 off young seamer Tim Southee's first two overs, including four fours and two mammoth sixes.
He passed fifty from just 34 balls with his fifth boundary, but wickets began to fall regularly at the other end.
The captain was out for 67 when he mis-timed a Jeetan Patel delivery to Taylor at long-off, and that left the tourists at 114-4, needing a further 42 from 35 balls.
But with Kieron Pollard and Carlton Baugh out in successive overs the requirement became 24 from 18 balls.
That had been whittled down to seven from Southee's final over but the game fluctuated again as two more wickets fell, but Benn's late flurry allowed Gayle another chance to blaze his team to a memorable win.
West Indies made cricket history by winning the first super-over eliminator after the scores were tied in the opening Twenty20 international, BBC reports.
New Zealand were limited to 155-7 from their 20 overs after choosing to bat.
Sulieman Benn's four and a single from the last two balls saw a tie and both teams chose three batsmen and a bowler.
Chris Gayle then hit three sixes and a four as 25 came off Daniel Vettori's over, and Benn removed Jacob Oram and Ross Taylor as the Kiwis made only 15.
The Windies looked certain to win the match in more conventional fashion after another superb man-of-the-match display from skipper Gayle.
He conceded just 16 runs from his three overs of wily off-spin, taking two wickets, including a stunning caught and bowled to dismiss James Franklin.
Taylor was the only New Zealand batsman to last more than 17 balls, and he hit four sixes in his 63.
Gayle then gave the Windies an excellent start, taking 30 off young seamer Tim Southee's first two overs, including four fours and two mammoth sixes.
He passed fifty from just 34 balls with his fifth boundary, but wickets began to fall regularly at the other end.
The captain was out for 67 when he mis-timed a Jeetan Patel delivery to Taylor at long-off, and that left the tourists at 114-4, needing a further 42 from 35 balls.
But with Kieron Pollard and Carlton Baugh out in successive overs the requirement became 24 from 18 balls.
That had been whittled down to seven from Southee's final over but the game fluctuated again as two more wickets fell, but Benn's late flurry allowed Gayle another chance to blaze his team to a memorable win.