India v West Indies at WACA

off to bed. see you guys early morn

Holder wins the toss and elects to bat first.

"Looks like a good wicket," Holder says. "We want to put the runs on the board, and it's just up to us to defend it."

West Indies pick the extra fast bowler: Kemar Roach is in for Sulieman Benn.

MS Dhoni says the pitch won't change too much, so he's not too disappointed to be chasing. Mohammed Shami returns for India, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar is out.

~~ Let's go Windies !!  Let's go !! ~~

WI 6/0 after 2 ov

4.5 ov ....Mohammed Shami to Smith, OUT, gone!

No surprise ... he looked decidedly uncomfortable from the start

WI 8/1

How much more rope does Smith get? By my count, that is now 169 runs in his last 9 innings now and a career batting average of 18.61 in 104 matches.

Samuels run out !!!  Crazy run out !!!!

Poor cricket and communication between Gayle and Samuels. This is about as bad a start as imaginable - loss of two early wickets and very little runs on the board.