06 January 2005	Thursday	24 Ziqa'ad 1425

MELBOURNE, Jan 5: West Indies began their tour of Australia with an embarrassing seven-wicket loss to Victoria in a one-day match on Wednesday. West Indies captain Brian Lara won the toss and batted , scoring 24 in his side's 201 all out in 47.5 overs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

SCOREBOARD



WEST INDIES: 



C.Gayle c Jewell b Lewis                  33



W.Hinds c Hodge b Harvey                  22



R.Sarwan c Crosthwaite b Lewis            7



B.Lara c Crosthwaite b Welsford           24



S.Chanderpaul st Crosthwaite b White      20



M.Samuels b Hodge                         20



D.Bravo c Hussey b Hodge                  3



R.Hinds c Rummans b White                 4



C.Browne not out                          18



I.Bradshaw c Elliott b Hussey             28



M.Dillon b Harwood                        0



Extras: (lb-14 nb-4 w-4)                  22



Total: (all out, 47.5 overs)              201



Fall of wkts: 1-43 2-60 3-88 4-106 5-142 6-142 7-149 8-151 9-199



Bowling: Lewis 6-1-35-2 (w-1), Harwood 6.5-1-39-1 (nb-4), 
Harvey 4-0-13-1, Welsford 8-1-22-1, Hodge 10-0-33-2 (w-1), 
White 7-0-21-2 (w-1), Moss 4-0-16-0 (w-1), Hussey 2-0-8-1.



VICTORIA:  



M.Elliott c sub b Bravo                   87



B.Hodge lbw b Collins                     3



N.Jewell b Collins                        16



D.Hussey not out                          83



T.Welsford not out                        2



Extras: (lb-1 nb-11 w-2)                  14



Total: (for 3 wkts, 32.0 overs)           205



Fall of wkts: 1-14 2-60 3-189



Bowling: Dillon 4-0-24-0 (nb-5), Collins 7-0-26-2 (nb-6), 
Bradshaw 8-0-50-0 (w-1), Samuels 7-0-46-0, R.Hinds 3-0-24-0 (w-1), 
Bravo 2-0-20-1, Sarwan 1-0-14-0. -Reuters