09/02/2010 6:01 PM
Marcus Wilson at Adelaide Oval
Australia has bowled the West Indies out for a disappointing 170 in the second one-day international at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.
The tourists won the toss, elected to bat and slumped to 6-77 before some lower-order resistance helped them reach the modest tally.
Dwayne Smith top scored with 43 off 63 balls and was the last man out - brilliantly caught by Mike Hussey in the outfield off Clint McKay - while Kieron Pollard (32 off 39) and Denesh Ramdin (30 off 42) got starts but couldn't occupy the crease for long enough.
The West Indies has survived just 74 of a possible 100 overs in its two one-day internationals this summer.
Doug Bollinger did the early damage with an opening spell of 3-9 off five overs and finished with 4-28.
McKay finished with 2-33 while Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz and Shane Watson were the other wicket-takers.
The West Indies was immediately on the back foot with its captain Chris Gayle dismissed for a first-ball duck after shuffling across the crease to a Bollinger delivery.
Travis Dowlin replaced his skipper but he didn't last long after nicking a McKay delivery he tried to leave at the last minute.
Runako Morton became Bollinger's second lbw victim and in the seventh over the New South Wales quick struck again when Lendl Simmons edged a ball that left him off the pitch.
That left the visitors in all sorts of trouble at 4-16.
Ramdin and Narsingh Deonarine's 46-run partnership and Pollard and Smith's 37-run stand added some respectability to the scoreboard but the wickets kept falling at the wrong time for the visitors.
For Pollard it was the second time the all-rounder has been out in the 30s in this series which would have been disappointing for a man trying to convince the cricketing world he's not just a Twenty20 specialist.
Smith and Ravi Rampaul then decided aggression was the best way to counteract the Australians' pressure and for a while their approach worked.
A straight six from Smith off McKay was a highlight of the innings while Rampaul was swinging hard during his 18 off 22 balls.
But a slight hesitation in the running between wickets saw Ricky Ponting run out Rampaul and the next ball Smith was caught by Hussey.