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West Indies go down to Australia in first ODI at Arnos Vale

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The  now  familiar dramatic batting  collapse  saw  the  West  Indies  crash  to  a  64  run  loss  to  Australia  in  the  opening  One  Day  International   at  the  Arnos  Vale  Ground  in  St.  Vincent  to  give  the  touring  Australians  a  1-0 lead  in  the  five  match  series.

The  Windies  spearheaded  by  a  Marlon  Samuels  who  struck  3  sixes  and  two  fours  in  his  topscore  of  35,  were  responding  positively at 97 for  to  the visitor’s score of  204.

However  in dramatic  fashion  the  Windies  lost  6  wickets  for  7  runs   to  be  left  reeling  at  104  for  9, before  a  cameo  from  captain  Darren  Sammy  who  scored  35  from  28  balls  in  a  36  run  last  wicket  stand  with   Kemar Roach  saw  the  hosts  to  140  all  out  in  32  overs  and  two  balls.

Dwayne  Bravo  who  hit  5  fours  and  a  six  got  32,  while  debutant  Johnson  Charles  who  was  the  only  other  West  Indian batsman to  get  to  double  figures,  fell  for  13.

Xavier  Doherty  4 for 49  got  most  wickets  for  the  Aussies,  with  Dan  Christian  picking  up  2  for  12  and  Clint  McKay  2  for  22.

The  Aussies  who  batted  first  posted  204 for  8  from  their  50  overs.

Dwayne Bravo 3 for 58, Kemar Roach 2 for 33 and Marlon Samuels 2 for 22 got the wickets for the Windies along with Sunil Narine who claimed his first ODI wicket sending back Mathew Wade for a first ball duck.

Man  of  The  Match  on  his  ODI debut  George  Bailey  topscored  for Australia  with  48  from  67  balls.

David  Warner  got  40  and  Mike  Hussey  32 while  putting  on  63  for  the  5th  wicket, after  Warner  and  Peter  Forrest  who hit  26  had  put  on  60  for  the  second  wicket.

The  West  Indies  have  now  lost  10  of  their  last  11  ODI’s to Australia.

The second match in the series will also be at Arnos Vale on Sunday.

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