Dr. D,
Australia lost the game against windies, what could be the most logical reason? what was the turning point in the game accorsing to you.
There are two significant factors that resulted in Australia losing. I should point out, the total score was completely gettable but we made two fundamental errors.
Firstly, the selection of Watson as an opener. He might do OK against Bangladesh, but against West Indies they were kidding themselves. A wasted wicket that brought Ricky Ponting to the crease far too soon and resulted in him losing his wicket early. In opening combos, you need one stroke player (Gilcrhist) and one to ticker (Katich), Watson is neither.
The second is the continuing viewpoint that Micheal Clarke is a middle order batsman. He scores to slowly to be this far down the order and also has a very very nasty habit of running players out. Last night was sadly no exception.
Perhaps move Clarke to open with Gilcrhist, and push Watson down to the lower order, and things might have been different.
Cricket is one of those things where the smallest things can make the biggest difference.
Well done West Indies.