ARNOS VALE (St Vincent), June 25: Debutant Shaun Marsh struck an impressive 81 and Nathan Bracken took four wickets as Australia outgunned the West Indies by 84 runs in the first one-dayer here on Tuesday.

Marsh, son of former Australia batsman Geoff Marsh, was making his first ODI appearance after taking part in Friday’s Twenty20 match and he was part of a flying start with Shane Watson (31).

Mike Hussey (44) and Brad Haddin (50) played a major role later in the innings as Australia made 273 for eight and the hosts never got close in their reply.

The West Indies lost three early wickets and although Dwayne Bravo and Darren Sammy scored 33 each, Chris Gayle’s side ended up 189 all out.

The play was stopped in the 40th over of the West Indies innings after the crowd responded to the dismissal of Sammy.

Earlier, Australia, batting first made 273 for 8.

Scoreboard

AUSTRALIA:

S. Marsh c Gayle b Sammy 81

S. Watson lbw b Bravo 31

R. Ponting b Taylor 5

M. Clarke c Ramdin b Sammy 9

M. Hussey c Pollard b Gayle 44

B. Haddin c Pollard b Benn 50

C. White lbw b Sarwan 8

J. Hopes b Bravo 9

B. Lee not out 12

M. Johnson not out 3

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-5, W-13) 21

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 273

DID NOT BAT: N. Bracken

FALL OF WKTS: 1-75, 2-96, 3-117, 4-140, 5-231, 6-248, 7-251, 8-269.

BOWLING: Taylor 7-0-30-1 (2w); Gayle 10-0-

55-1 (7w); Edwards 3-0-22-0; Bravo 8-0-54-2 (2w); Benn 10-0-39-1; Sarwan 5-0-34-1 (1w); Sammy 7-1-31-2 (1w).

WEST INDIES:

X. Marshall c Haddin b Lee 6

C. Gayle lbw b Bracken 20

R. Sarwan c M. Hussey b Lee 2

A. Fletcher run out (Haddin) 26

D. Bravo lbw b Clarke 33

K. Pollard c Haddin b Johnson 11

D. Ramdin b Watson 31

D. Sammy b Bracken 33

J. Taylor c Haddin b Bracken 11

S. Benn c Clarke b Bracken 7

F. Edwards not out 1

EXTRAS (W-8) 8

TOTAL (all out, 39.5 overs) 189

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-29, 3-29, 4-80, 5-92, 6-111, 7-163, 8-178, 9-186.

BOWLING: Lee 9-1-37-2; Bracken 5.5-0-31-4; Johnson 7-0-42-1; Hopes 5-0-14-0; Clarke 4-1-15-1; White 6-0-32-0; Watson 3-0-18-1.

RESULT: Australia won by 84 runs.

UMPIRES: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan).

TV UMPIRE: C. Duncan (West Indies).

MATCH REFEREE: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Shaun Marsh (Australia).—Agencies