Cricket: Windies player bowled twice...still bats on

Heard the one about the batsman bowled twice in a cricket match who wasn't out?

Because in Tuesday's tied one-day match between Australia and the West Indies in St Vincent, that's exactly what happened to Andre Russell.

With the Windies struggling to chase down Australia's 220, Shane Watson roared with delight when he crashed through Russell's defences to bowl the allrounder.

His joy was shortlived though, with a replay showing Watson had overstepped the crease and delivered a no-ball.

Compounding Watson's frustrations, he then proceeded to bowl Russell off the next delivery, a free-hit because of his transgression the ball before, meaning again the West Indian again couldn't be given out.

Watson could only chuckle about the moment post-match before admitting it was a preventable situation.

"It was very disappointing especially at that crucial time as well,'' Watson said.

"To bowl a guy out twice in two balls and actually have zero result out of it and giving him a run, very disappointing.

"When I checked the footmarks, I knew I stepped over. That was not a good feeling ... it's not good enough.''

Russell's double reprieve was the craziest moment of a crazy match at the Arnos Vale Ground.

The allrounder was eventually dismissed to leave the Windies still in trouble at 7-181 before recovering to need just one run with three balls remaining.

Captain Darren Sammy and last man Kemar Roach then had a horrible mix-up for Australia to complete a run-out and end the match in a tie - this time with no way back for the West Indian batsmen.

- AAP