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AUSTRALIA 273/8 (50 OVERS)
- Brad Haddin50 (52)
- Shaun Marsh81 (97)
- Dwayne Bravo2/54 (8)
- Daren Sammy2/31 (7)
WEST INDIES 189 (39.5 OVERS)
- Dwayne Bravo33 (37)
- Daren Sammy33 (35)
- Nathan Bracken4/31 (5.5)
- Brett Lee2/37 (9)
So, Australia complete a convincing victory, by 84 runs. Their total always looked daunting in the conditions and indeed West Indies fell away, although they gave their best in patches.
Chris Gayle's being interviewed now and he swears to "bounce back". Here's Ricky Ponting. "Shaun Marsh on his debut game played a beautiful innings. I thought we were a bit sloppy in the field. We expect the younger guys to come in and have some success straight away. It was great to see Shaun out there and looked in good control and he's earned the Man of the Match award today."
Marsh accepts his award. "I probably should have [got the hundred]. It's fantastic to be here. To go well was really good, to get the win was even better. I'm just enjoying every minute of it. To be part of this team is amazing, I'm loving every minute."
Thanks for joining us today and do tune in tomorrow for England's latest ODI with New Zealand and come back later in the week for the next game in this series. Until then, it's goodbye.
SJ Benn c Clarke b Bracken 7 (9m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 116.66
There was a delay of about ten minutes there, by the way, while the outfield was sorted out
Oh no, there's some rain in the air. This will never do - it's helpful to nobody. The crowd are annoyed with the whole situation and are throwing cans around and on to the pitch. The third umpire comes round to have a word with the groundstaff. It's not clear what they're protesting at - although it's likely to be the fact that Sammy was waiting on the boundary edge, unhappy with being given out.
DJG Sammy b Bracken 33 (59m 35b 2x4 0x6) SR: 94.28
Some spectators are leaving already - they think it's a fait accompli
END OF OVER:39 | 6 Runs | WI: 186/8 (88 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 4.76, RRR: 8.00)
- Sulieman Benn5 (4b)
- Daren Sammy33 (34b)
- Brett Lee9-1-37-2
- Nathan Bracken5-0-28-2
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