
Wednesday, March 10, 2010Australia eyeing series winAustralia go into the fourth ODI at Auckland with a 2-1 advantage and will look for a win to take an unbeatable lead in the 5-ODI series. Australia were on top of their game on Tuesday at Hamilton and got the better of a New Zealand side that was struggling with a long injury list. Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson were excellent on the day and helped in restricting the Kiwis to a nominal total. They picked up three wickets each and left the hosts with no chance of coming back into the game. Their run chase was led by a brilliant century from Brad Haddin, who had struggled to get a big score so far despite getting off to some solid starts. The Aussies will welcome back Michael Clarke, who had missed the previous game to personal reasons. If Australia put in a similar performance at Auckland on Thursday, its difficult to see New Zealand getting the better of them.
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West Indies look to build on winWith the series tied at one game apiece, the West Indian side will take on Zimbabwe in the third ODI of the series at Kingston on Wednesday. The hosts were rather stunned by the Zimbabwean spinning assault in the first couple of games on tour including a T20I, but came back into the series with a narrow win in the second ODI. Despite going into the game as favourites, the West Indian side will understand that they have a task on their hands and that their batsmen need to figure out a way of handling the Zimbabwe spinners. The slower bowlers have done most of the damage so far in the series and the hosts will be looking to change that. West Indies have decided to leave out Darren Fletcher and Dwayne Smith from the side, while Dwayne Bravo will finally make a return to the squad after an injury had kept him out of the Aussie tour. Denesh Ramdin should return to the playing eleven and Darren bravo could come into the eleven as an opener. The West Indies will be hoping for a more convincing performance and a more dominating victory over the minnows.
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