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Australia wins a thriller scoreboard

BASSETERRE (St. Kitts): Shane Watson kept his nerve, and the seventh-wicket pair of Denesh Ramdin and Darren Sammy failed to carry the West Indies over the threshold, as Australia completed a thrilling one-run victory in the fourth One-Day International on Friday.

Australia had set West Indies 283 for victory from 50 overs, and successfully defended the target score, when Watson — with the home team needing eight runs from the last over — conceded six runs from the final six balls. The victory handed Australia a 4-0 lead in the five-match series, after it won the opening match by 84 runs in St. Vincent, the rain-affected second ODI last Friday by 63 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis Method, and the third ODI last Sunday by seven wickets.

Meanwhile the International Cricket Committee (ICC) announced in Dubai that Australia had been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the fourth ODI.

The ICC Match Referee, Roshan Mahanama, imposed the fine after stand-in skipper Michael Clarke’s side was ruled to be one over short of its target when time allowances were taken into consideration. Agencies

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