World Twenty20 semi-final, Australia v West Indies: live OVER 15: WI 132/2 (Gayle 50* Bravo 30*) Ha, now this really is something. Gayle starts the over having only faced 24 deliveries in 14 overs. His lowest ever? Bravo gets a quick single to put Gayle on strike and he only needs one delivery to lash a four to the boundary. Hussey gulps and tosses up the next ball. Oh, hohoho - Gayle's exploded! It's a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge six! Wide-ish delivery from Hussey to end the over but it's nay bother for Gayle as he directs it to the ropes for four more. That boundary brings up his 50! OVER 14: WI 113/2 (Gayle 34* Bravo 29*) Hohohoh, it's another six from Bravo! Short delivery from Hogg is lashed over the boundary to bring this partnership up to 53 runs. Single from Bravo puts the Windies on Nelson. Gayle promptly gets them off before Bravo adds another for good measure to end the over and get the run rate over eight an over. OVER 13: WI 104/2 (Gayle 33* Bravo 21*) Shane Watson returns to bowling duties against Bravo and Gayle, who begins this over having only faced 22 deliveries. Forget Gayle.........Bravo has absolutely wallopped a six down the ground and into the crowd for a stonking 87-metre six! Watto's over finishes with Gayle sending the Aussie to fine leg for four runs! Gangnam Style blasts out over the tannoy. OVER 12: WI 91/2 (Gayle 29* Bravo 12*) Starc has the cherry for Australia. Tight-ish start to the over but a horrid delivery goes away for four wides to rather spoil things. Gayle playing within himself? He really looks like he's biding his time. Am I just confusing patience with any kind of dip in form? OVER 11: WI 83/2 (Gayle 28* Bravo 10*) Interesting stat here...Gayle has only faced 19 balls so far in this match. Hussey goes round the wicket to Bravo but it beats both batsman and wicketkeeper Wade and races to the boundary for four byes. OVER 10: WI 74/2 (Gayle 26* Bravo 7*) Gayle is in the zone... He looks hungry for runs. And yup, there it is. The 202nd six of the tournament from Gayle off the bowling of Doherty! Bravo and Gayle swap singles before Bravo adds another off the last ball for good measure. Ten runs off that over. All in all a good result for the X-Man? OVER 9: WI 64/2 (Gayle 18* Bravo 5*) Run rate ticking along at 7.20 currently with the runs drying up a touch for the Windies of late. Samuels, facing the bowling of Hogg, scoops a shot up to the boundary, but David Hussey is there. Ah, no! The Australian is caught in two minds and the ball bounces away from him for four. Sloppy fielding. Did he lose it in the lights? OVER 8: WI 59/2 (Gayle 17* Bravo 1* Samuels 26) Cummins back on for a bowl and he is dispatched to the boundary first ball! Punishing! After that wicket it's Dwayne Bravo next in to bat. He gets off the mark immediately before Gayle adds another single. Samuels b Cummins 26 Slow ball from Cummins does for Samuels! After that first-ball four Samuels was keen for more but a change in approach from Cummins tricks Samuels and the middle stump goes flying! Great response from the Australian. OVER 7: WI 53/1 (Gayle 16* Samuels 22*) West Indies making hay off Australian spin right now! That's another six! This time it's Samuels off the bowling of Hogg. Samuels then survives a marginal stumping call but the video umpire shows that he was just in his crease. Samuels decides to run a quick single off the last ball and Gayle's got some ground to make up!........which he does. Bit risky that, though. OVER 6: WI 46/1 (Gayle 16* Samuels 15*) That six from Gayle travelled 88 (eighty-eight) metres. Wow. But he's facing a big, big challenge now. Xavier "X-Man" Doherty is on for the Australians. And Doherty thinks he's got Samuels! Umpire not interested though....Hawk-Eye says it pitched well in line and took out the bails. Oh, that's an error from the umpire and it's compounded when Samuels hits down the ground for six runs! A single from Samuels before Gayle adds another maximum! It's even bigger than the last, travelling 94 metres! Expensive over for Doherty - 13 off that. OVER 5: WI 33/1 (Gayle 10* Samuels 8*) Hoho, there it is. First proper swing from Chris Gayle. He can only whack at fresh air but the intent is clearly there. He's had enough larking about and he wants some runs. Just the two leg byes to talk of in this over so far though.... First six of the match from Gayle! That's huge and it's sails high over the ropes. A mail from the artist currently known as lanky: let's hope for a smashing west indies victory. australia in their black kit with yellow and green slashes appear to be wanting to disappear into the background - and so they should too!! OVER 4: WI 24/1 (Gayle 4* Samuels 7*) Gayle is slipping under the radar at the moment. He's only faced a handful of balls and with just three runs to his name. When is the volcano going to explode? Lovely drive to extra cover from Samuels to bring up his first, and WI's fourth, boundary of the game. Short ball from Cummins is seen away from Samuels for a single to end the over. OVER 3: WI 17/1 (Gayle 3* Samuels 1* Charles 10) Gayle adds to his total with a single off the first run before the first half-chance of the match for Australia... Charles strikes at the ball but there's a soft edge! Luckily for Charles it falls short of slip... A second wide of the match from Starc before another single from Gayle. After that wicket it's Marlon Samuels in at three and he adds a single to keep the strike. Charles 10 c Wade b Starc Charles flashes at one from Starc and the edge claimed by wicketkeeper Wade for an early breakthrough! A mail from Michael on the Watson v Gayle issue: Watson a better player can bat and bowl!! OVER 2: WI 12/0 (Gayle 1* Charles 9*) Shane Watson with a bowl and he's appealing for lbw after his first delivery! The ball is too straight though, otherwise he was at risk of lbw. Leg-bye. Gayle and Watson trade singles before Charles pulls out the first boundary of the night! Not sure if it's a four or a six as there's some debate about whether it bounced inside or outside of the rope. He says four! Charles goes the onside and he thumps the ball towards the ropes for another four! OVER 1: WI 2/0 (Gayle 0* Charles 1*) A wide from Mitchell Starc blots an otherwise tight and handy over from the Australian paceman. Comfortable stroke of the bat from Charles meets the last delivery and he gets off the mark to keep the strike for the next over. Low-key start to the match. 14.30 Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles are at the crease and we are ready to go. 14.28 The singing and smiling is over so now it's time for the sledging and slogging! 14.24 The players are onto the field for the anthems in this not-at-all-overblown pre-match build-up. 14.15 We are nearing anthem-time with less than 15 minutes until the start of play. 14.03 The teams have been named. And it's good news Australia fans! David Hussey is in! Your thoughts please... 14.00 Here we are... it's toss time. West Indies win the toss and will bat first. Captain Darren Sammy says: "We back ourselves to set a target and to go on and win." George Bailey on the pitch: "It's the one we're gonna play on." Yup...Sure is. 13.54 Toss coming shortly and I will get those starting XIs over to you as soon as I possibly can. 13.52 How do we see this one going tonight? Make sure to mail me your predictions. 13.44 Or can I tempt you with a bit of Chris Gayle? 13.38 For those of you mulling over my above question, here are Shane Watson's stats for this tournament: 13.36 Bumble's out on the pitch and he says the key question is whether this pitch holds enough pace in it for Australia to tame Chris Gayle and the Windies's other big-hitters. Well, is there? You're on the pitch mate. You tell us. 13.31 Good afternoon and thanks for joining me for live coverage of this World Twenty20 semi-final. A place against Sri Lanka in Sunday's final awaits the winner. Who will prevail? We will find out over the next four hours. Before we get going make sure to have a read of the preview below: Venue R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Form guide Australia's only defeat came against Pakistan in their final Super Eights match when the main concern was maintaining their net run rate. West Indies have had two defeats, a no result and two wins. Leading men Australia's Shane Watson is the tournament's leading scorer, with 242 runs, and top wicket-taker, with 11. Chris Gayle's stats - 144 runs - are not as impressive but he is the danger man. Pitch Likely to suit spin again. Head to head Australia have won five out of eight. The two-match series in the Caribbean in March was drawn 1-1. Probable teams Australia: DA Warner, SR Watson, MEK Hussey, *GJ Bailey, CL White, GJ Maxwell, †MS Wade, PJ Cummins, MA Starc, GB Hogg, XJ Doherty. West Indies: J Charles, CH Gayle, MN Samuels, DM Bravo, KA Pollard, AD Russell, †D Ramdin, *DJG Sammy, SP Narine, S Badree, R Rampaul.