West Indies begin tour with defeat

Published January 6, 2005

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

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