Australia wins the second ODI by 8 wickets against West Indies

Australia continued their brilliant summer and extended their lead to 2-0 in the five match ODI series against West Indies. Chris Gayle won the toss and opted to bat first, but the decision soon backfired as Bollinger picked up 3 wickets to leave West Indies tottering at 16/4. Dwayne Smith 43(63), Kieron Pollar 32(39), Denesh Ramdin 30(42) helped West Indies post 170 runs on the board. Chasign 171 to win, Australia raced away to victory in just 26.3 overs. Ricky Poting scored an unbeaten 57*(55) and Shane Watson scored 53(50). Australia lead the series 2-0.

West Indies: 170 all out (39.4 overs) - Dwayne Smith 43(63), Kieron Pollard 32(39), Doug Bollinger 4/28 (8 overs), Clint McKay 2/33 (7.4 overs)
Australia: 171/2 (26.3 overs) - Ricky Ponting 57*(55), Shane Watson 53(50), Kemar Roach 1/44 (6 overs), Dwayne Smith 1/28 (4 overs)
Toss: West Indies won the toss and chose to bat first.
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets with 141 balls to spare
Player of the match: Doug Bollinger 4/28 (8 overs)
Series: Australia lead the five matches series by 2-0

Squads

Australia:
Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wicket keeper), Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Clint McKay, Doug Bollinger

West Indies:
Chris Gayle (captain), Runako Morton, Travis Dowlin, Lendl Simmons, Narsingh Deonarine, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith, Denesh Ramdin (wicket keeper), Nikita Miller, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach.

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