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Perth ODI: Bailey, Starc help Australia thrash West Indies

February 03, 2013 17:25 IST

Seamer Mitchell Starc grabbed a second successive five-wicket haul and George Bailey his maiden international century as Australia beat West Indies by 54 runs in the second one-dayer at the WACA on Sunday.

West Indies put up a better fight than in the nine-wicket defeat in Friday's opener but Bailey's unbeaten 125 pushed Australia to 266 for seven and Starc (5-32) helped dismiss the islanders for 212 to give the hosts a 2-0 series lead.

There was controversy too, when the television review system was employed to help Starc claim the wickets of Kieran Powell (83) and Devon Thomas (0) in successive balls, the latter given out caught behind to much disbelief.

Mitchell StarcA promising but ultimately unsuccessful day at the WACA for West Indies was summed up by tailender Sunil Narine, who smashed sixes off the first four balls of one Glenn Maxwell over but was stumped on the sixth.

Maxwell finished with figures of four for 63 but Starc was again the pick of the bowlers after skittling the top order with three early wickets and returning later as West Indies lost five men for 20 runs.

Australia suffered a collapse early in their innings and Bailey had to put on 100 from 123 balls for the seventh wicket with James Faulkner (39) to rescue them from 98 for six less than half way through their 50 overs.

The 30-year-old saved his best until the end of the innings, however.

After reaching his century with a six over long-on in the penultimate over, he hammered three sixes, a four and two runs off the last six balls to finish unbeaten on 125.

"Few bonus ones at the end there," Bailey said in a televised interview. "It was just about getting a partnership when James Faulkner came out. We were looking at 200.

"We were backed up again with the ball, Mitchell Starc is on fire at the moment."

Powell and Dwayne Bravo (45) looked like doing a similar job for West Indies when they put on 126 for the fourth wicket but the latter's dismissal prompted a major collapse.

The Caribbean islanders were highly embarrassed by their humbling in the opening clash of the five-match series and their fielding at least was much improved.

Four of the first five Australian batsmen to fall were caught while the fifth, skipper Michael Clarke, was clean bowled for 16 by Dwayne Bravo.

For pure reflexes, Darren Sammy's effort to dismiss Matthew Wade (16) was the pick of the bunch as the skipper snatched a rocket of a ball out of the air with one hand.

Scoreboard: 

Australia innings:

A Finch c DM Bravo b Holder          11 
U Khawaja c Powell b Roach            3
P Hughes c DM Bravo b Sammy          21
M Clarke b DJ Bravo                  16
G Bailey not out                    125
M Wade c Sammy b Narine              16
G Maxwell b Sammy                     0
J Faulkner c Powell b Sammy          39
M Johnson not out                    16 

Extras (lb-10, w-9)                   19                    
Total (for seven wickets, 50 overs)  266
Did not bat: M. Starc, C. McKay    
Fall of wickets: 1-16 2-25 3-56 4-56 5-93 6-98 7-198  

 Bowling: Roach 10-0-51-1, Holder 10-1-56-1 (w-5), Sammy 10-0-48-3 (w-2), DJ Bravo 10-0-67-1 (w-2), Narine 10-0-34-1    
   
West Indies innings 

C Gayle lbw Starc                     4 
K Powell lbw b Starc                 83
R Sarwan lbw Starc                    0
DM Bravo lbw Starc                    14
DJ Bravo c Wade b Maxwell             45
K Pollard c Finch b Maxwell           1
D Thomas c Wade b Starc               0
D Sammy c Faulkner b Maxwell          8 
J Holder run out                      9
S Narine st Wade b Maxwell           24
K Roach not out                       0

Extras (lb-13 w-11)                   24                    
Total (all out, 38.1 overs)          212
Fall of wickets: 1-10 2-10 3-33 4-159 5-166 6-166 7-168 8-179 9-209

Bowling: Mckay 6-0-32-0 (w-3), Starc 8-1-32-5 (w-4), Faulkner 7-0-40-0 (w-1), Johnson 9-0-32-0 (w-3), Maxwell 8.1-1-63-4   

Photo: Mitchell Starc of Australia celebrates dismissing Ramnaresh Sarwan of the West Indies during game two of the Commonwealth Bank One Day International Series at WACA in Perth on Sunday. (Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Source: REUTERS
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