Waugh, Gilchrist crush Windies

BRISBANE, JANUARY 14: Mark Waugh and Adam Gilchrist shared an opening stand of 206 to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory with 38 bal...

BRISBANE, JANUARY 14: Mark Waugh and Adam Gilchrist shared an opening stand of 206 to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory with 38 balls to spare in their triangular series one-dayer against West Indies on Sunday. West Indies, who won the toss, scored 234 for eight, opener Wavell Hinds making 54, before Australia replied with 236 for one off 43.4 overs.

Waugh made 112 not out off 128 balls, including seven fours, while stand-in captain Gilchrist fell to part-time spinner Ricardo Powell in the 39th over for 98 off 122 balls. He hit six fours and one six before he was caught at backward point by a diving Laurie Williams. Waugh hit the winning shot, stepping away to steer a short ball from Nixon McLean over the slips to the third-man boundary.Australia beat West Indies in the triangular series opener in Melbourne on Thursday and West Indies beat Zimbabwe by one wicket in Brisbane on Saturday.

Gilchristâ€™s dashing innings was painful to watch for West Indies after Hinds dropped a simple chance he offered to mid-on from the bowling of Nixon McLean in the first over.

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For Waugh and Gilchrist, heroes of Australiaâ€™s World Cup victory in 1999, it was their eighth century partnership in limited overs internationals and their second against West Indies.

Earlier, leg-spinner Shane Warne took three for 41, removing Hinds caught and bowled, Marlon Samuels for 20 and Ricardo Powell for 19, both caught at slip by Waugh, while wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs made 44 not out, adding 27 from the last 26 balls with McLean. West Indies had begun disastrously as opener Sherwin Campbell was brilliantly caught behind one-handed by a diving Gilchrist off the bowling of Glenn McGrath before a run had been scored. Gilchrist was leading the team after Steve Waugh made a late withdrawal with a groin strain.

Brian Lara was caught behind off occasional medium-pacer Pontingâ€™s first ball for 19 in the 11th over before Hinds, with four fours and two sixes, and Samuels added 50 runs for the third wicket in less than 10 overs. West Indies captain Jimmy Adams was out for 44 in the 40th over, pulling a short ball from Brett Lee to Damien Martyn on the boundary who took an excellent overhead catch.

Scoreboard

West Indies: S.Campbell c Gilchrist b McGrath 0; W.Hinds c & b Warne 54; B.Lara c Gilchrist b Ponting 19; M.Samuels c Waugh b Warne 20; J.Adams c Martyn b Lee 44; R.Powell c Waugh b Warne 19; R.Jacobs not out 44; L.Williams run out 15; M.Nagamootoo c Symonds b Bracken 0; N.McLean not out 6; Extras (lb-1, w-5, nb-7): 13; Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs): 234 Fall of wickets:1-0, 2-36, 3-86, 4-103, 5-145, 6-174, 7-203, 8-207

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Bowling: McGrath 10-2-42-1, Lee 7-0-40-1, Bracken 8-0-46-1, Ponting 5-0-28-1, Warne 10-0-41-3, Symonds 10-0-36-0

Australia: A.Gilchrist c Williams b Powell 98; M.Waugh not out 112; R.Ponting not out 10; Extras (b-4, lb-2, w-3, nb-7): 16; Total (for 1 wkt, 43.4 overs): 236 Fall of wicket:1-206

Bowling: McLean 9.4-0-38-0, Black 10-0-55-0, Williams 5-0-22-0, Samuels 5-0-38-0, Nagamootoo 8-0-43-0, Adams 3-0-19-0, Powell 3-1-15-1