Watch the highlights of West Indies vs Australia 4th ODI 1991 - Australia tour of West Indies 5-match one-day international series of the 4th ODI match played between Australia and West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados in 13th March 1991.
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Geoff Marsh's record-breaking 8th ODI hundred, Allan Border's brilliant half-century and A all-round display from Mark Waugh's breezy 49 with three-wicket haul gives Australia comfortable 37-run victory over West Indies and took an unassailable 3-1ead to seal the series in the fourth ODI.
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Australia scored 283-6 in 50 overs with top scorer by Geoff Marsh struck 113 off 136-balls - which was his 8th ODI hundred and his first century against West Indies in ODIs.
Allan Border cracked a 79 off 87-balls including 7-fours & 2-sixes, Mark Waugh blasted a 49 off 35-balls - who fell one-run short of his half-century - included 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 140.
West Indies best bowler by Curtly Ambrose picked up 3-wickets for 38-runs in 10-overs including a maiden, Carl Hooper and Malcolm Marshall both took one-wickets.
West Indies scored 246 for all-out in 47 overs with top scorer by Jeff Dujon struck 39 off 41-balls including 4-fours.
Gus Logie scored 37 off 51-balls including two boundaries, Richie Richardson hit 25 off 23-balls included 3-fours.
Phil Simmons scored 23 off 24-balls including 2-fours, Desmond Haynes hit 22 off 25-balls included two-fours, Viv Richards struck 20 off 27-balls with 2-fours.
Malcolm Marshall scored a run-a-ball 19-runs including 2-fours, Carl Hooper 18 and Gordon Greenidge 17.
Australia best bowler by Mark Waugh picked up 3-wickets for 34-runs in 7-overs, Steve Waugh, Craig McDermott both took 2-wickets, Mike Whitney, Peter Taylor and Bruce Reid each took one-wickets.
Geoff Marsh named Player of the match for his record-breaking batting performance to scored a 113 off facing 136-balls including 8-fours & 3-sixes.
This match reported by Stabroek Sport Staff (Third Party Reference from Stabroek News)
WEST INDIES went down to Australia at Kensington Oyal, Barbados, losing the one-day series 3-1. Set 284 for victory in the fourth match of the five-match series, West Indies were bowled out for 247 conceding defeat by 47 runs.
Australia scored 283 for six off 50 overs. Curtly Ambrose was well caught off his own bowling by Mark Waugh to end the West Indies run chase in the 47th over.
West India Were off to a fast start but lost wickets rapidly. Desmond Haynes scored 32 but there were no substantial partnerships from the early batsmen.
West Indies challenging victory target of 284 set by Australia is the highest scored at Kensington Oval.
Opener Geoff Marsh continued where he left off in Trinidad and Tobago by scoring a polished 113 while skipper Alan Border finally found form making 79. Later in the innings Mark Waugh hit a breezy 49 to put Australia in an advantageous position at the interval.
West Indies skipper Vivian Richards lost the toss And Australia promptly decided to bat on the bouncy Kensington Oval strip.
West Indies made two changes to the team that won the third match in Trinidad and Tobago. Pacers Tony Gray and Patrick Patterson were replaced by Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Wash.
Patterson opted out at the last minute with stomach problems while Gray was dropped. Australia, who made no changes, started uncertainly against Curtly Ambrose and Marshall who restricted the tourists to 37 for two. from 12 overs.
Ambrose struck the first blow by removing Mark Taylor at 19. The opener failing for the second time only contributing seven. Dean Jones for once failed to get among the runs being caught in the deep off Marshall for seven at 27.
Border and Marsh then set about the repair work and gradually accelerated the scoring after Richards made the necessary bowling changes. Phillip Simmons was expensive as the batsmen revelled in excellent batting conditions.
The hundred was soon posted with the second 50 coming in 56 minutes. Border finally went when he tried to loft Carl Hooper for consecutive sixes, holding out to Ambrose on the square leg boundary.
Marsh and Waugh kept up the attack but Waugh was run out by Ambrose who followed through well to his bowling when he returned for his second spell: Ambrose slowed the Aussies by capturing two wickets in the penultimate over but at the end the tourists had established a scoring rate of 5.66 runs an over.
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