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Australia beat West Indies by 103 runs
Antigua | March 29, 2007 1:15:18 AM IST
Australia defeated the West Indies by a huge 103-run margin in the first Super Eight stage match of the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here Wednesday. Australia put into bat first Tuesday made 322 runs for six wickets in 50 overs. But the second innings couldn't be played due to heavy rains. In reply Wednesday, the West Indies were bowled out for 219 in 45.3 overs. SCOREBOARD Match No. 25, West Indies vs. Australia, Super Eight, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua, March 27 & 28 Australia:Adam Gilchrist c Ramdin b Powell 7Matthew Hayden c Samuels b Bravo 158Ricky Ponting run out (Sarwan) 35Michael Clarke lbw Bravo 41Andrew Symonds c Ramdin b Samuels 13Mike Hussey b Powell 9Shane Watson not out 33Brad Hogg not out 5Extras: (b 1, lb 9, w 8, nb 3) 21Total: (for six wickets in 50 overs) 322 Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Gilchrist, 4.1 ov), 2-76 (Ponting, 14.4 ov), 3-174 (Clarke, 30.5 ov), 4-208 (Symonds, 35.6 ov), 5-234 (Hussey, 40.5 ov), 6-297 (Hayden, 47.1 ov) Bowling:Darren Powell 10-2-53-2Jerome Taylor 10-0-67-0 (3w)Correy Collymore 10-0-56-0 (2w)Chris Gayle 4-0-29-0 (2nb)Dwayne Bravo 7-0-49-2 (2w)Marlon Samuels 9-0-58-1 (1nb, 1w) West Indies:Chris Gayle c Watson b McGrath 2Shivnarine Chanderpaul lbw Tait 5Ramnaresh Sarwan c Ponting b Hogg 29Marlon Samuels c Symonds b McGrath 4Brian Lara lbw Hogg 77Dwayne Bravo c Ponting b McGrath 9Denesh Ramdin c Gilchrist b Bracken 52Dwayne Smith lbw Hogg 9Jerome Taylor lbw Symonds 10Darren Powell b Tait 5Correy Collymore not out 1Extras: (b 1, w 15) 16Total: (all out in 45.3 overs) 219 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Chanderpaul, 3.5 overs), 2-16 (Gayle, 7.2), 3-20 (Samuels, 9.4), 4-91 (Sarwan, 25.2), 5-107 (Bravo, 28.3), 6-156 (Lara, 35.3), 7-172 (Smith, 37.4), 8-199 (Taylor, 42.4), 9-217 (Ramdin, 44.2) Bowling:Nathan Bracken 9-1-25-1 (1w)Shaun Tait 7.3-0-43-2 (7w)Glenn McGrath 8-1-31-3Shane Watson 7-0-31-0Brad Hogg 10-0-56-3 (2w)Andrew Symonds 4-0-32-1 (1w) Result: Australia won by 103 runsPlayer of the match: Matthew Hayden (Australia)Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan)TV umpire: Billy Bowden (New Zealand)Match referee: Chris Broad (England) (IANS)
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