KING CITY (Canada), Aug 23: Xavier Marshall hammered a record 12 sixes in an unbeaten 157 to lead West Indies to a 49-run victory over the host nation in the Canada Cup Tri-Series in King City, Ontario on Friday.

Batting first at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club, tournament favourites West Indies piled up 303 for four in 50 overs before bowling out Canada for 254.

Man-of-the-Match Marshall, 22, also struck 11 fours in 118 balls of explosive batting as he surpassed the previous best total for One-day International sixes.

Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya struck 11 sixes when he hit 134 against Pakistan in Singapore in April 1996. Six months later Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi followed suit in an innings of 102 against Sri Lanka in Nairobi.

Marshall demoralised the Canadian attack after West Indies opted to bat first. He dominated stands of 128 for the third wicket, with Leon Johnson, and 111 at almost 10 runs an over for the unbroken fifth wicket, with Australian-born Brendan Nash.

Johnson weighed in with 51 and Nash a whirlwind 39 not out. In reply, Canada opener Rizwan Cheema top-scored with 89.

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES:

S. Chattergoon c Samad b Cheema 20

C.H. Gayle c Samad b Katchay 19

L.R. Johnson c Bagai b Cheema 51

X.M. Marshall not out 157

S.E. Findlay c and b Cheema 9

B.P. Nash not out 39

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-3) 8

TOTAL (for four wkts, 50 overs) 303

FALL OF WKTS: 1-38, 2-50, 3-178, 4-192.

DID NOT BAT: C.S. Baugh, D. Mohammed, K.A.J. Roach, J.E. Taylor, D.B.L. Powell.

BOWLING: Katchay 10-3-25-1; Baidwan 10-0-77-0 (1w); Rizwan Cheema 10-1-31-3l Jethi 5-0-43-0 (2w); Dhaniram 8-0-52-0; David 3-0-20-0; Faridi 1-0-17-0; Samad 3-0-33-0.

CANADA:

Mohammad Iqbal c Baugh b Taylor 4

Rizwan Cheema c Powell b Nash 89

A. Bagai lbw b Roach 22

A.M. Samad c Findlay b Nash 25

R.R. David lbw b Powell 6

S. Dhaniram b Nash 22

A.A. Mulla run out 15

K. Jethi st Baugh b Mohammed 23

H.S. Baidwan not out 23

E. Katchay st Baugh b Mohammed 3

A.S. Faridi b Chattergoon 3

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-12, NB-2) 19

TOTAL (all out, 47.2 overs) 254

FALL OF WKTS: 1-33, 2-126, 3-129, 4-148, 5-177, 6-200, 7-202, 8-234, 9-243.

BOWLING: Taylor 9-0-56-1 (2w); Powell 8-0-40-1 (1nb, 5w); Mohammed 10-0-34-2; Roach 8-0-49-1 (1nb); Nash 10-1-56-3 (1w); Gayle 2-0-13-0; Chattergoon 0.2-0-1-1.

RESULT: West Indies won by 49 runs.

UMPIRES: R. Dill (Bermuda) and D.B. Hair (Australia).

MATCH REFEREE: R.S. Madugalle (Sri Lanka).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Xavier Marshall.

—Agencies