Check out the highlights of the ODI series between Australia and the West Indies. World Cricket Watch will have highlights of all five games in the series.

5th ODI

It was interesting to read today that the local broadcaster of cricket in Australia, Channel 9, has suffered a 40% drop in viewers in their first week of ratings, primarily due to their coverage of the current ODI series. The report indicated that viewers were largely staying away from the series, though large numbers had tuned in to the recent T20 between Australia and Pakistan.

There could be many reasons for this, but the current hot topic in Australia is the apparent death of the ODI format. Crowd numbers have been very low to ODI’s this summer, and now the television ratings are also reflecting this trend. Last week, Shane Warne again called for the end of the ODI format, and reports also suggest that TV executives may want a say in what games are played.

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England Record Their 3rd Lowest Test Score Ever

jerome taylor inspired figures of 5 for 11

For five years, West Indians, and in particular Jamaicans, have agonised over the humiliation of being dismissed for 47 at Sabina Park – destroyed by Steve Harmison’s 7-12.

Yesterday, out of the blue, it was the turn of another fast bowler, the slightly built Jamaican, Jerome Taylor from Aberdeen on the fringe of the Cockpit Country in northern St Elizabeth and a descendant of the famous fighting Maroons.

His 5-11 in nine overs – a spell for the ages – shocked England to their very core and removed the cream of their batting, rendering inevitable an incredible West Indies victory in four days.

Coach Andy Flower admitted England buckled under West Indies pressure as they slumped to a humiliating defeat in the first Test where they were skittled out for their third lowest total in history.

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