Chris Gayle's brutal hitting today left the other half of the Ashes rivals contemplating their future in the World Twenty20.
Chris Gayle's brutal hitting today left the other half of the Ashes rivals contemplating their future in the World Twenty20.
Less than 24 hours after England faced up to the prospect of early elimination from the competition, Australia were thrashed by West Indies at the Oval.
West Indies romped home by seven wickets with 25 balls to spare. Such was the margin of victory that Australia's run rate has already taken a major jolt.
That means that even victory over Sri Lanka on Monday might not be enough to send them through to the Super Eights should the Sri Lankans beat West Indies.
"We spoke about getting the first over of each innings right and as it turned out we lost two wickets in our first batting innings and they took a lot off our first bowling over as well," bemoaned Ponting.
Brief Scores: Australia 169-7 in 20 ovs (D Warner 63; D Bravo 2-31, J Taylor 2-33) lost to West Indies 172-3 in 15.5 ovs (C Gayle 88, A Fletcher 53)
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