Summary

  • West Indies fall short in run chase of 289 - Starc taking 5-46, Hope top-scores with 68

  • Australia recovered from 79-5 - number eight Coulter-Nile smashed 92 off 60

  • Smith hit 73 before being spectacularly caught on boundary by Cottrell

  • Windies' quicks impressed early on with hostile bouncer barrage

Live Reporting

Jack Skelton

  1. Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    Evin Lewis was stuck on his crease, feeling for the ball outside off stump, because he probably expected a barrage of short balls.

  2. Sir Curtly Ambrose
    Former West Indies bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Fast bowlers love good slip catches like that. They're so important.

  3. Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    It's the perfect line from Cummins - probing and forcing Lewis to play at the ball.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Lewis c Smith b Cummins 1 (WI 7-1)

    Two slips for Pat Cummins to another left-hander Evin Lewis and it's the second of them, Steve Smith, that pouches the edge.

  5. How's stat?!

    Six of the 10 dismissals in the Australia innings came from balls which pitched back of a length.

  6. WI 7-0

    Target 289

    Mitchell Starc already up at 94mph which is ominous for the West Indians, who bowled a total of 24 wides. From the Pavilion End the straight boundary is 82 metres and it is four metres shorter from the Radcliffe Road End. Let's see how many times they are cleared.

  7. WI 5-0

    Target 289

    Now what are the chances? Five wides down the leg side - exactly as the Australia innings did.

  8. Now the big moment as the Universe Boss Mr CH Gayle strides out to the centre, his dreadlocks cascading down his silky maroon shirt. The crowd favourite, who will be 40 in September, crouches at the wicket as he prepares to face Mitchell Starc first up.

  9. Sir Curtly Ambrose
    Former West Indies bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    The West Indies have been struggling for many years and tried many different coaches, the players never really got going. All the players are basically learning at the same time and there haven't been many senior players. Cricket is a hard sport and you can't expect to perform for half the match.

  10. The Australia innings was wrapped up for 288 with one over unused. Thomas took 2-63, Cottrell 2-56 from nine, Russell 2-41 from eight, Brathwaite 3-67 in his 10, Holder 1-28 from seven and spinner Nurse 0-31 off five.

  11. I think we will be seeing this one for many years to come. It's hard to believe how difficult that was. I saw a man in a pork pie hat cycling down the Washway Road whilst pushing another bike alongside him and was impressed by the hand-eye co-ordination - but how do you begin to describe this?

    'Wonderful cricket' - Cottrell takes staggering catch to remove Smith

  12. There were two drops, one costing 31 runs, the other a packet of chips.

  13. And then there was Coulter-Nile, what a time for a maiden ODI fifty. Here are two of his four sixes.

  14. In the 31st over the left-handed Carey became a second wicket for combative all-rounder Andre Russell to make it 147-6, who later caused concern for the Windies when he had to leave the field through injury.

  15. Steve Smith found a fine ally in wicketkeeper Alex Carey, who played some delightful shots in his 45 from 55 balls.

  16. The wickets kept coming for the Windies and by the 17th over they had dismissed half the Australians with only 79 on the board.

  17. Thanks Jack. Those Windies fast bowlers were impressive weren't they? The big-hitting Aussie openers were both back in the hutch inside the opening four overs.

  18. And with that I hand you back to Jamie Lillywhite for the start of West Indies' chase.

    In a bit.

  19. ...but when he does, it's very, very special.

    This is one of the best moments of the World Cup so far.

    'Wonderful cricket' - Cottrell takes staggering catch to remove Smith

  20. Sheldon Cottrell doesn't just take worldies...