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| West Indies v Australia |
| Play suspended until Wednesday due to rain
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| JAMAICA
, 28-March-2007
3:14:2 AM |
| Matthew Hayden struck the highest World Cup score by an Australian before rain forced play in the Super 8 opener to be taken into Wednesday's reserve day.
The West Indies had no chance to bat in the damp conditions of Antigua and will chase the target of 323 off 50 overs.
Earlier, Hayden's superb 158 off 144 balls, his second straight ton, helped Australia to a fine total of 322-6.
Ricky Ponting (35) and Michael Clarke (41) also played their part, with Daren Powell (2-59) the Windies' best bowler.
With rain coming and going for much of the afternoon, it had been thought that the Windies would be able to chase a revised target off a reduced number of overs before the day was out.
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However, continued downpours forced the suspension and means the West Indies face the prospect of three consecutive days' play as they face New Zealand on Thursday.
It meant the story of the day was all about Hayden's class, and his knock, in the first match to be played at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium, was as swashbuckling as anything Sir Viv himself might have produced in his pomp.
However, the Queensland opener did not have things all his own way after Brian Lara had won the toss and asked Australia to bat, with overhead conditions and a fresh pitch suggesting the bowlers would get some early assistance.
And so it proved as Powell and Jerome Taylor both extracted movement off the seam to beat Adam Gilchrist's and then Hayden's bat twice in the first four overs.
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