Australia go 2-0 up over sluggish Windies

Jun 27, 2008

Jerome Taylor gave Australia early worries by trapping Shane Watson lbw for 0•AFP

.. and dismissed Shaun Marsh for 12•AFP

Michael Hussey took 15 deliveries to get off the mark as Australia crawled through the Powerplays•Getty Images

... and raised his fifty from 93 deliveries•AFP

Andre Fletcher was the third wicket down, falling to an ugly swipe•AFP

Watson gets congratulated for one of his two wickets•AFP

Daren Powell also kept things tidy on a sluggish track ... •AFP

Ricky Ponting, during his 300th one-day international, began well but fell to Taylor yet again•Getty Images

Hussey and Clarke added 100 in 29 overs•AFP

Brett Lee steamed in, looking for 300 ODI wickets, and removed Xavier Marshall first ball•AFP

Clarke struck with his magic arm, taking two wickets in an over as West Indies collapsed•AFP

Once again, it was Shivnarine Chanderpaul standing alone as Australia won by 63 runs (D/L)•AFP

It wasn't a pitch to drive on the up, as Michael Clarke quickly found out•AFP

Hussey struck the only six during an otherwise obdurate innings ... •AFP

Chris Gayle troops off after another failure, driving to mid-off for 10•AFP

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Ronchi and Marsh smile as Australia leave the field having gone 2-0 up•AFP