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Taylor guides Windies to beat Australia

Mumbai, Oct 18 : Fast bowler Jerome Taylor picked up four wickets to guide West Indies to a sensational 10-run win over Australia in the fourth main round match of the ICC Champions Trophy here Wednesday.

Chasing a target of 235, Australia made 224 by losing nine wickets in 50 overs in the day-night encounter at the cricket Club of India (CCI) grounds here.

Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist was the top scorer with 92 runs and Michael Clarke made 47.

Taylor who conceded 49 runs in his full quota of 10 overs also became the first West Indies bowler to get a hat-trick in one-day internationals. Mike Hussey (13), Brad Hogg (10) and Brett Lee (0) were Taylor’s hat-trick victim. Earlier, he also bowled out Australian captain Ricky Ponting in the fourth over.

For the West Indies, Runako Morton was the top scorer with 90 runs and captain Brian Lara made 71. Morton was also adjudged the Man of the Match.

Australia, the favourites to win the match, started the chase on a sorry note as the top order failed to fire. Opener Shane Watson, Pointing, Damien Martyn and Andrew Symonds were out cheaply and at one stage the World Champions were reduced to 81 for the loss of four wickets.

But Gilchrist and Clarke added 101 runs in the fifth wicket partnership.

Gilchrist was well set for a deserving century but was run out in the 42nd over. After his departure Clarke fell soon when he gave an easy return catch to Dwayne Bravo.

In the last 10 overs Australia needed 64 runs but kept on loosing wickets at regular intervals and in the end fell short by just 10 runs.

Earlier winning the toss, Lara and Morton steered the West Indies to a competitive total of 234 for the loss of six wickets in 50 overs against a strong Australian side.

Lars’s boys suffered some early jolts as they were reduced to 63 for the loss of four wickets in the 15th over. With regular opener Shivnarine Chanderpaul out to due to a stomach upset, Wavell Hinds was promoted up the order to open the innings with Chris Gayle (24).

But Hinds failed to deliver as he made only one and was out in the fourth over with just 10 runs on board. He edged a Nathan Bracken outswinger to Gilchrist.

Surprisingly, Dwayne Smith (8), promoted up the order, joined Gayle in the middle but was out soon in the seventh over. He flicked a Lee delivery to square leg and was caught easily by Hogg.

Ramnaresh Sarwan (21) then joined Gayle but failed to put up a good partnership as the latter departed in the 12th over with the team’s total at just 47. Sarwan also departed soon in the 15th over.

Lara and Morton then put on a crucial 137 runs partnership for the fifth wicket. Lara’s innings lasted 94 balls and included seven boundaries and two huge sixes.

The West Indies captain was well set for a deserving century but was out in the 43rd over when he tried to hit Glenn McGrath through the cover and was caught by Symonds.

SCOREBOARD:

Match No.4, Australia v West Indies (day-night), ICC Champions Trophy, Cricket Club of India, Mumbai, Oct 18

West Indies: Wavell Hinds c Ricky Ponting b Nathan Bracken 1 Chris Gayle c Adam Gilchrist b Shane Watson 24 Dwayne Smith c Brad Hogg b Brett Lee 8 Ramnaresh Sarwan lbw Michael Clarke 21 Runako Morton not out 90 Brian Lara c Andrew Symonds b Glenn McGrath 71 Carlton Baugh c Ricky Ponting b Nathan Bracken 13 Marlon Samuels not out 1 Extras: (lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 5 Total: (for 6 wickets in 50 overs) 234

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Wavell Hinds, 3.4 overs), 2-25 (Dwayne Smith, 6.4), 3-47 (Chris Gayle, 11.5), 4-63 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 14.6), 5-200 (Lara, 44.2), 6-233 (Baugh, 49.5)

Bowling: Brett Lee 8-0-45-1 (1nb, 2w) Nathan Bracken 10-1-42-2 Glenn McGrath 8-0-42-1 Shane Watson 8-0-34-1 Michael Clarke 5-0-18-1 Andrew Symonds 8-0-35-0 Brad Hogg 3-0-17-0 (1w)

Australia: Adam Gilchrist run out 92 Shane Watson c Ramnaresh Sarwan b Ian Bradshaw 0 Ricky Ponting b Jerome Taylor 1 Damien Martyn c Dwayne Bravo b Ian Bradshaw 17 Andrew Symonds b Chris Gayle 18 Michael Clarke c & b Dwayne Bravo 47 Mike Hussey b Jerome Taylor 13 Brad Hogg b Jerome Taylor 10 Brett Lee lbw Jerome Taylor 0 Nathan Bracken not out 3 Glenn McGrath not out 3 Extras: (lb 8, w 9, nb 3) 20 Total: (for 9 wickets in 50 overs) 224

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Shane Watson, 2.2 overs), 2-17 (Ricky Ponting, 3.4), 3-44 (Damien Martyn, 10.5), 4-81 (Andrew Symonds, 19.6), 5-182 (Adam Gilchrist, 41.4), 6-206 (Michael Clarke, 46.1), 7-214 (Mike Hussey, 47.5), 8-214 (Brett Lee, 47.6), 9-219 (Brad Hogg, 49.1 ov)

Bowling: Ian Bradshaw 10-0-38-2 (3nb, 3w) Jerome Taylor 10-0-49-4 (1w) Dwayne Smith 3-0-16-0 Marlon Samuels 10-1-36-0 (2w) Chris Gayle 10-0-39-1 (1w) Dwayne Bravo 6-0-33-1 (1w) Ramnaresh Sarwan 1-0-5-0 (1w)

Result: West Indies won by 10 runs Man of the match: Runako Morton (West Indies) Umpires: Mark Benson (England) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) TV umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Match referee: Mike Procter (South Africa)