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The victorious Australian cricket team poses with their Champion's trophy after winning the ICC Women's World Cup 2013 between Australia and West Indies at the Cricket Club of India's Brabourne stadium in Mumbai on February 17, 2013. Australia won the match by 114 runs.

Australia crowned champions after thumping win

Australia justified its pre-tournament favourite status by lifting the ICC Women's World Cup Trophy for the sixth time with a 114-run drubbing of the West Indies, who folded meekly against a clinical Australian outfit, with its hopes of a fairytale finish in its first World Cup final appearance dashed. Australia thus reclaimed the crown after eight years, having last won it in 2005.

Australia's win was set up by a good batting effort led up by Jess Cameron's belligerent 75 (76 balls) that took the team to 259 for 7 after Jode Fields, the captain, had won the toss and opted to bat on Sunday (February 17) at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

West Indies gifted wickets away on a platter, to be dismissed for 145 in 43.1 overs, with Ellye Perry's early strikes setting the tone when Australia bowled. Perry, who had missed the previous three matches with an ankle injury, took 3 for 19 from ten overs, to go with an unbeaten 25 (22 balls) that propped Australia up in the final overs.

Perry came into the attack in the ninth over after Megan Shutt and Julie Hunter, the new-ball pair, had kept things under control. She bowled a miserly first spell of six overs, picking up three wickets and yielding only eight runs. Kycia Knight was her first victim, trapped leg before wicket in a wicket-maiden, and soon after had Stafanie Taylor edging the ball to Meg Lanning in the slips. However, Taylor was ruled not out since it wasn't clear if the ball had carried. The Australians didn't take long to strike though, with Taylor popping an easy return catch to Perry three balls later.

West Indies never really looked in the chase taking 106 balls to bring up fifty runs, which was in stark contrast to Australia's innings with the first 50 runs raised in just 40 balls. West Indies briefly looked like mounting a comeback when Merissa Aguilleira, the captain, and Deandra Dottin added 31 runs off 27 balls for the fourth wicket. With her big hitting prowess Dottin, who came in to bat after Kyshona Knight retired hurt, entertained the crowd with some brilliant shots, but couldn't stay for long, perishing to Lisa Sthalekar's guile.

There was no further resistance from West Indies, with wickets tumbling in quick succession as the match headed Australia's way. Schutt, ended with figures of 2 for 38, to become the leading wicket-taker of the tournament, with 15 scalps.

Australia's total was built around useful contributions at the top of the order by Meg Lenning and Rachael Haynes and late fireworks by Fields and Perry in addition to Cameron's sterling knock.

Australia got off to a flying start as Lanning (31) and Haynes (52) exploited the flat deck that was being used for the first time in the tournament. Along the way Lanning got a slice of luck when she was dropped by Anisa Mohammed on 21.

Australia was pulled back from what looked likely to be a score in excess of 280 thanks to Shaquana Quintyne's strikes in the middle-overs, that saw Australia's middle-order stutter.

Lanning brought up Australia's 50 in the ninth over with a lofted drive over extra cover but perished to Stafanie Taylor off the next delivery when she attempted a repeat of the shot.

Post Lanning's exit, Cameron led the assault, with runs against spinners and seamers alike. Untroubled for most part of their stand, Cameron and Haynes added 64 runs in 90 balls with Haynes bringing up her sixth One-Day International fifty. Soon thereafter, Quintyne elicited a top edge from Haynes that was smartly taken by Kyshona Knight at midwicket. Two overs later, a bowling change saw Tremayne Smartt dismiss Alex Blackwell, who was playing her 100th ODI.

Unfazed by the fall of wickets at the other end, Cameron continued to attack as she launched the first six of the Australian innings off Smartt in the 29th over. Three deliveries later, Cameron struck again making the most of Smartt's full length delivery and sending it across the fence.

However, the West Indies' bowlers pulled things back, making up for a sloppy fielding display early on, as Australia lost Sarah Coyte, Lisa Sthalekar and Erin Osborne within six overs. With West Indies gaining momentum, Fields and Perry wrested the advantage back with an unbroken, quickfire partnership, adding 50 runs in 40 balls for the eighth wicket.

In the end, the combined might of Australia's batters and the efficiency of its bowlers ensured a thumping victory.

Edwards ton gives England third place

A brilliant counter attacking century from Charlotte Edwards ensured that England sealed the third place in the ICC Women's World Cup 2013 after beating New Zealand by four wickets at the Brabourne stadium Mumbai on Friday (February 15).

England was indebted to Edwards, who slammed her eighth One-Day International century to equal the record set by Australia's Karen Rolton. Scoring her second century in the tournament, Edwards (106 off 121 balls) shared a crucial shared fourth-wicket stand of 58 with Arran Brindle to guide England to 222 for six.

Chasing 221, England lost Danielle Wyatt, the opener, early. Undeterred by the loss, Edwards and Sarah Taylor added 78 for the second wicket. Lea Tahuhu and Sian Ruck, the new-ball bowlers, kept it tight initially but two expensive overs from Nicola Browne saw Edwards and Taylor pick off the boundaries as England inched closer to 50. In the 15th over, Edwards hoisted a Lucy Doolan delivery through mid-wicket that raced past the boundary and took Edwards past the 5000-mark in One-Day Internationals.

New Zealand finally managed a breakthrough when Doolan lured Taylor with a juicy full toss that was hit straight to Katie Perkins at mid-wicket. Soon after, Edwards, joined by Lydia Greenway, brought up her 39th ODI half century from 60 balls, laced with nine boundaries. A steadying knock of 31 from 47 balls from Greenway, followed by a brisk 33-ball 27 from Arran Brindle, took some pressure off Edwards who remained unbeaten. With 22 required from 48 balls, Doolan and Tahuhu tried to make a brief comeback for New Zealand picking three quick wickets, but Laura Marsh, who came in at No. 7, took England home with 19 balls to spare.

Earlier, after being put in to bat, Satterthwaite's fluent 85 off 95 balls was the cornerstone of New Zealand's innings. New Zealand got off to a steady start with Suzie Bates and Frances Mackay adding 42 for the first wicket. Bates, the New Zealand captain, extended her dream run with the bat as she became the leading run-getter of the tournament, amassing 407 runs from seven matches. Just as it appeared that Bates and Mackay has set themselves for the long haul, a top edged shot saw Bates hole out a simple catch to Lydia Greenway at backward point.

Mackay, who replaced Morna Nielsen in the playing XI, was the next to depart as Arran Brindle resorted to swing to bowl her out. Thereafter, some timely bowling changes and tight spells ensured England kept a check on the scoring rate. Once the openers were back in the hut, Amy Satterthwaite played the role of an accumulator as she brought up her eighth One-Day International half-century, from 57 balls, with a lofted drive off Danielle Hazell.

Along the way, New Zealand lost Sara McGlashan and the hard-hitting Sophie Devine as Satterthwaite put up a lone fight at the other end. Devine paid the price of trying to sneak in a hasty single when Satterthwaite smacked a straight drive only to see a diving Brindle divert the ball onto the stumps. Three overs later, Sara McGlashan popped an easy return catch to Holly Colvin. Satterthwaite then found an able foil in Katie Perkins, as the duo added 59 runs for the fifth wicket before Hazell dismissed Perkins when she attempted a reverse sweep.

Colvin struck twice in the 46th over as she dismissed Rachel Priest and Satterthwaite but missed out on a hat-trick when Lucy Doolan worked the hat-trick ball off for a leg bye. Nicola Browne and Doolan made the most of Danielle Wyatt and Brindle's loose deliveries to put up an entertaining 36-run stand off just 18 balls for the eighth wicket.

England missed the services of Anya Shrubsole, as Jenny Gunn shared the new ball with Katherine Brunt, who remained wicketless. But Colvin stepped up to return with figures of 3 for 31. Hazell replaced Shrubsole, who is yet to recover from a side strain sustained the previous game against New Zealand.

Siriwardena stars as Sri Lanka outplays South Africa

Shashikala Siriwardena starred with both bat and ball as Sri Lanka turned the tables on South Africa with an emphatic 88-run victory in a fifth-place play-off clash in the ICC Women's World Cup 2013 at the Barabati Stadium on Friday (February 15).

The victory was set up by Chamari Athapaththu and Eshani Kaushalya, who led Sri Lanka's much-improved batting performance to help post a score of 244 for seven in 50 overs after opting to bat. In reply South Africa's inconsistent batting line-up folded for just 156 in 40.1 overs with none of the top four batters going past 20.

At 49 for four in the 17th over, the match was as good as over, but Shandre Fritz (54) and Dane Van Niekerk (26) kept the fight going with a mixture of caution and aggression. But the flurry of wickets at the top meant the duo couldn't take too many risks, resulting in a spiraling required run-rate. With more than 25 overs remaining, South Africa needed to score at better than 8 runs per over, and that pressure consumed Niekerk, who was out caught at mid on. With South Africa 101 for five, the writing was on the wall.

Despite that setback, Fritz kept the chase going with some attacking strokes. It took an excellent throw from Kaushalya at fine leg to dismiss Fritz, and after that the tail caved in against the spinners, with Siriwardena, the captain, picking up four wickets.

Sri Lanka had its batters to thank for a win that enabled the team to finish fifth in the tournament. Athapaththu (52), coming off a fine 63 in the previous game between the two sides, rebuilt the innings in the company of Deepika Rasangika, and then Siriwardena after the side lost both openers - Yasoda Mendis (1) and Prasadani Weerakkody (8) - with just 14 runs on the board.

Rasangika absorbed the pressure created by South Africa's new ball pair of Shabnim Ismail and Chloe Tyron, and then opened up to play some delightful cover drives and wristy flicks in her knock of 43 studded with seven boundaries. When Sri Lanka lost Rasangika against the run of play in the 22nd over, it needed someone to hold one end up.

That role was played to perfection by Siriwardena, who was happy to nurdle the ball into the gaps and tackle the spinners with relative ease. She put on a vital fourth-wicket stand of 81 with Athapaththu to play Sri Lanka into a position from where it could attack in the batting Power Play. And it did, with Siriwardena increasing the tempo with some fine strokes with the field restrictions in place, the best of the lot being a lofted hit over extra cover.

Just when it looked like Sri Lanka's aim of getting to a total close to 250 received a boost, came twin-blows courtesy Marcia Letsoalo, the offspinner, who had both Siriwardena (43) and Athapaththu (52) stumped in a space of four deliveries as Sri Lanka was pegged back on 172 for five in the 41st over.

But that didn't prove to be fatal as the side found a saviour in Kaushalya, the big hitting allrounder, who swung her way to a quickfire 43 off 31 balls in the company of Chamani Seneviratna (17 off 12 balls) to help Sri Lanka amass 80 runs off the last 10 overs.

The win capped off a memorable tournament for Sri Lanka, who upset England and India to qualify for the Super Sixes. The result also ensured the team had secured a berth in the 2017 edition of the ICC Women's World Cup by virtue of finishing in the top six.

Mathews named new Sri Lanka captain

Sri Lanka's new selectors have named all-rounder Angelo Mathews as the new Test and ODI captain.

Mathews will take over from Mahela Jayawardena for the upcoming home Test series against Bangladesh.

Wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Chandimal has been Mathews' vice-captain. Chandimal has also been named Sri Lanka's new Twenty20 captain. Lasith Malinga has been named Sri Lanka's new T20 vice-captain. All the appointments are for a period of 11 months.

Meanwhile, the selectors have also named a 20-man squad for the two-Test series against Bangladesh from 8 March.

Those dropped following the Australia tour are Thilan Samaraweera, Tharanga Paranavitana and wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardena. Ajantha Mendis returns to the Test squad, having last played a Test in May 2011 against England.

Kumar Sangakkara's participation in the Test series is subject to his recovery from a fractured hand.

Test squad: Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh Chandimal (vice-capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dimuth Karunaratne, Ashen Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Mahela Jayawardene, Kushal Janith Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Ajantha Mendis, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Shaminda Eranga, Chanaka Welegedera, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal.

West Indies stuns Australia to reach WWC final

It wasn't expected to be a particularly tough chase for Australia when, in its last Super Six game at the ICC Women's World Cup, the West Indies scored 164 after opting to bat at Middle Income Group ground in Mumbai on Wednesday (February 13). However, the West Indies fashioned a sensational eight-run win, its first over Australia in One-Day Internationals, to secure a place in the final of the competition.

The West Indies' reward is a tilt in the title clash against the same opposition at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on February 17 as it looks to sign off its wonderful run in the tournament with a maiden title.

Deandra Dottin's 67-ball 60 and a super bowling effort, led by Shanel Daley (3 for 22) and Stafanie Taylor (2 for 26), stopped the Australians eight runs short of the total as Australia, who came into the competition undefeated, was shot out for 156.

The chase started badly for Australia as Daley bowled Meg Lanning for a duck in the second over. For the next 22 overs, the Australians were well ahead, with Rachael Haynes (21) and Jess Cameron (39) putting together 31 runs for the second wicket and Cameron then collaborating with Alex Blackwell (45) to add 47 for the third wicket.

But after Cameron became the third wicket to fall with the total on 79, the innings went into a tailspin with the West Indian bowlers finally winning a game pretty much on their own. There was brief resistance from Jodie Fields (18) and Erin Osborne (19), but with the West Indian fielders backing up their bowlers with three run outs, the Australians sank to their first loss in the tournament.

Earlier, Natasha McLean (26) stood alone amid the ruins as the West Indian top- order was sent packing by Megan Schutt (3 for 50) and Holly Ferling (3 for 27). West Indies lost its first two wickets with just 31 on the board and then five more with the total on 92.

That's when Dottin changed the script of the match with a hectic 60-run knock. Dottin hit ten fours and one six to almost singlehandedly take the total to a respectable and, eventually, match-winning 164.

Satterthwaite ton in vain as England win

Holly Colvin and Danielle Wyatt made crucial strikes in the final overs to secure a 15-run victory for England in its Super Six clash in the ICC Women's World Cup 2013 against New Zealand at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday (February 13).

New Zealand couldn't get over the line after England had made 266 for six, despite a brilliant counter-attacking century from Amy Satterthwaite and an equally crucial 79 from Suzie Bates, the captain, in a match that turned out to be a rehearsal of the third place play-off.

The game started as one that could have been a virtual semifinal, but interest died within 80 minutes of play, when West Indies made it to the final after beating Australia by eight runs in an early start at the MIG ground in Mumbai, bringing England's title hopes to an end.

Chasing 267, New Zealand ended their innings at 251 for nine. Bates and Satterthwaite had shrugged off the early dismissal of Lucy Doolan, who fell to Arran Brindle in the third over, to put on a 134-run stand for the second wicket. Untroubled for the best part of their association, Bates and Satterthwaite displayed some attractive stroke-play and thrived against seamers and spinners alike, to bring up the first 100 runs of their partnership off 126 balls.

In the absence of Anya Shrubsole, the tournament's leading wicket-taker who didn't take the field due to a side strain, the England attack lacked intensity. Katherine Brunt missed her new-ball partner, as Bates targeted her for most part of her spell. England finally managed a breakthrough when Jenny Gunn castled Bates in the 29th over.

Satterthwaite, who had played second fiddle to Bates, then came into her own to bring up her second One-Day International century from 120 balls with a boundary off Holly Colvin. With 52 required off 36 balls, England made a comeback when Wyatt foxed Satterthwaite into taking the aerial route only for Charlotte Edwards to pouch a brilliant catch at extra cover. Thereafter, the middle-order collapse let New Zealand down as it went from 214 for four in 43.5 overs to 237 for nine in 48.3 overs.

When the day began, England made a measured start after opting to bat, with Edwards and Wyatt putting on a 59-run partnership, before Nicola Browne took low catch at long-on to dismiss Wyatt of Morna Nielsen's bowling.

Sarah Taylor, who had a dismal run in this tournament with three ducks in a row, came up with her best show, but probably found her touch a little late, with England already out of the tournament. She made a fluent 88 off 79 balls.

Taylor had a slice of luck when she had just got off the mark and was dropped by Doolan at deep midwicket. The drop proved to be expensive as Taylor brought up her 50 in just 57 balls, laced with four boundaries. She survived another scare as she was caught by Nicola Browne off a no-ball by Bates and eventually went on to smash a six from the free-hit. But Taylor soon ran out of luck when she perished to an ambitious hoick off Bates' bowling.

Thereafter Lydia Greenway and Laura Marsh added 23 runs for the fourth wicket before Nielsen bowled Marsh out. Doolan, who replaced Frances MacKay in the playing XI, grabbed two late wickets but the damage had already been done as England had amassed 228 runs in 46.5 overs. Heather Knight and Jenny Gunn then came together in an entertaining cameo, adding 38 runs from 19 balls for the seventh wicket.

Sian Ruck and Rachel Candy, New Zealand's new ball pair, failed to make an impact as they remained wicketless.

South Africa makes short work of Sri Lanka

Dane van Niekerk's all-round performance helped South Africa trounce Sri Lanka by 110 runs to register its first win in its final game of the Super Six stage of the 2013 ICC Women's World Cup at the Barabati Stadium on Wednesday (February 13).

A combination of poor shot selection and temperament saw Sri Lanka make a mess of its chase of 228, with only Chamari Athapaththu offering some resistance with an elegant 63. With just one other batter in Sandamali Dolawatte (21), getting to double figures, the chase was as good as over even before Sri Lanka had reached the half way mark.

After a listless batting display against England, South Africa raised its game to post a competitive 227 for eight in 50 overs after being asked to bat.

The revival was led by Shandre Fritz (64) and Cri-Zelda Brits (52), who struck aggressive half-centuries, after South Africa crawled to 67 for three in the 24th over. Brits and Fritz put on 70 for the fourth wicket to bring some stability to the innings and allow the luxury of launching a final onslaught. Van Niekerk too played her part, contributing a fine 38-ball 40 to help South Africa cross 200.

Mignon du Preez led the recovery with a patient 37, but it was Brits who provided the momentum with some towering sixes. She was also helped by some sensible batting from Fritz, who was more than happy to just rotate the strike. Brits’s decision to attack the spinners caught Sri Lanka off guard slightly. She smashed four fours and three sixes including a huge one over deep mid-wicket to get to her fifty.

Sri Lanka struck back immediately after the drinks break in the 38th over to dismiss Brits. That paved the way for van Niekerk, fast gaining a reputation of being a finisher, an opportunity to express herself. She smashed six fours and held her own with the lower order after the dismissal of Fritz to get South Africa to a decent total. Chamani Seneviratna was the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers with three wickets.

In the chase, the fragility of Sri Lanka's inexperienced top-order was exposed by Shabnim Ismail in the third over itself, with Lasanthi Madushani (1), playing in her first game of the tournament, squared up to be clean bowled by a superb outswinger. But the innings appeared to be gaining some sort of purpose as Deepika Rasangika (9) played second fiddle to Athapaththu, who played some gorgeous strokes to keep the runs ticking along.

That is when van Niekerk announced herself with some teasing legspin bowling. She had Rasangika chip one to du Preez at midwicket to start the slide. Dilani Manodara (1) followed in the next over as Sri Lanka slipped to 43 for three in the 13th over.

Dolawatte set about doing the repair work in the company of Athapaththu. The two put on 61 for the fourth wicket to keep Sri Lanka in the hunt but a terrible mix-up saw Athapaththu depart in the 30th over to induce panic in the Sri Lankan ranks. And in the end it turned out to be a blow from which it could not recover. Van Niekerk spun her way into the lower-middle order to pick up two more wickets as Sri Lanka were bowled out in the 37th over.

McCullum, bowlers help NZ level T20 series

Captain Brendon McCullum led the way with the bat while his bowlers produced a disciplined display to beat England by 55 runs in the second Twenty20 international at Seddon Park on Tuesday and level the three-match series.

McCullum had anchored New Zealand's innings to power them to 192 for six with 74 runs from 38 balls as he plundered England's attack for six boundaries and five sixes.

Mitchell McClenaghan, who took two wickets in successive balls in the second over, Trent Boult and Ian Butler then put the power-packed England batting line-up under constant pressure with aggressive pace bowling.

Butler finished with two for nine from four overs, while McClenaghan had two for 24. James Franklin mopped up the tail to finish with 4-15 off 3.3 overs.

Jos Buttler produced a cameo of 54 but received little help as England were dismissed for 137 in 19.3 overs.

England had won the first match at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday by 40 runs, which was their sixth successive victory over New Zealand in the shortest format of the game and McCullum said he was pleased his side had put that behind them.

"It was good. The other night was disappointing and England blew us off the park," McCullum said in a televised interview.

"The boys are very happy with the performance (and) ... to bounce back from the other day. We knew we were short (on Saturday) and today was a really good performance from us."

Unlike Auckland, openers Hamish Rutherford and Martin Guptill kept the run rate above nine before Rutherford feathered a catch to Buttler off Luke Wright for 40 to leave the hosts well placed at 75-1 in the ninth over.

The run rate however dropped markedly after Rutherford fell as England's bowlers varied their length and pace with Wright and Jade Dernbach adept at disguising their slower deliveries.

Guptill (47), Ross Taylor (four) and Colin Munro (seven) all fell when they failed to pick slower deliveries and lofted mistimed shots into the deep, while Grant Elliott (four) was bowled by a Dernbach delivery that was 30kph slower than the previous one.

McCullum, however, took 22 off the 19th over from Stuart Broad, which included three sixes, before he became Dernbach's third wicket on the penultimate delivery of the innings.

The series decider will be in Wellington on Friday.

"It was obviously a disappointing performance throughout but Twenty20 cricket can be like that," Broad said.

"You can be fantastic one day and then things don't go your way the next day. So credit goes to New Zealand they outperformed us in everything."

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Dominant Australia storms into final-WWC 2013

With generous help from a sub-par Sri Lankan batting line-up, Australia extended its unbeaten run in the tournament as it registered an emphatic nine-wicket victory in a Super Six encounter to storm into the final of the ICC Women's World Cup 2013 at the Brabourne Stadium in on Sunday (February 10).

Australia's bowlers continued their dominance, bundling out Sri Lanka for just 131 in 45.2 overs.

With the asking rate a little under three runs per over, Australia cruised to victory with 166 balls to spare as Rachael Haynes led the chase with a fluent 71 off 61 balls, comprising nine fours and two sixes.

Put in to bat, Sri Lanka struggled right from the start as it took 206 deliveries to put 100 up runs on board after losing seven wickets.

Accurate and incisive spells by Megan Schutt and Julie Hunter, the Australian new-ball pair, ensured that Yasoda Mendis and Chamari Athapaththu, the Sri Lankan openers, were back in the hut within eight overs.

Schutt, the right-arm fast bowler, provided the breakthrough as she dismissed Mendis for nought. An indiscreet stroke saw Athapaththu gift her wicket to Hunter, Schutt taking a well-judged catch. At 21 for two after 10 overs, Sri Lanka was in deep trouble and it slipped further down the pit when it lost Shashikala Siriwardena, the captain, and Sandamali Dolawatta in the next six overs. The scoring rate also dipped drastically as Sri Lanka failed to recover from the early setbacks.

The fifth-wicket pair of Deepika Rasangika (43) and Dilani Manodara (21) gave Sri Lanka some hope of a revival by stitching together a patient 49-run stand off 90 balls to arrest the slide before Schutt bagged her second wicket when Rasangika hit out to Lisa Sthalekar, who held a comfortable catch at extra cover.

The scoring rate nosedived further as in the next over, Erin Osborne lured Manodara into taking the aerial route, only to be caught by Schutt. Overwhelmed by the desire to attack, Eshani Kaushalya, Sri Lanka's form batter, lashed out but Alex Blackwell's diving catch landed Osborne her second victim of the day, thereby ending all hopes of a Sri Lankan fightback. Thereafter, the lacklustre batting display continued, a 22-run stand for the ninth wicket between Chamani Seneviratna and Udeshika Prabodini merely prolonging the innings a bit.

Osborne was the most successful bowler with astonishing figures of 3 for 9. Schutt and Sthalekar shared four wickets equally to ensure a shaky Australian batting line-up didn't have too much to chase.

In reply, Australia lost the wicket of Meg Lanning, the opener who scored an authoritative 37 off 36 balls with six fours and a six before edging a cut to Athapaththu at first slip. Haynes,who had earlier scored a brilliant 83 against South Africa in Cuttack, and Jess Cameron (22) added a brisk 77 off 78 balls for the second wicket to wrap up the issue in only 22.2 overs

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Adam Voges scored his maiden one-day international century as a depleted Australia secured a 5-0 series whitewash by beating West Indies by 17 runs in the final match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

The 33-year-old middle order batsman blasted an unbeaten 112 off 106 balls to propel Australia to a commanding total of 274 for five, before the tourists' promising chase stumbled in the final overs with late wickets.

Johnson Charles, who replaced injured opener Chris Gayle, also scored a maiden ODI ton to give West Indies hope of hauling in the total, but the innings quickly petered out when allrounder James Faulkner had the hard-hitting Kieron Pollard caught for 45.

That left the Caribbeans at 234-7, still needing 41 with less than four overs to spare, and seamer Clint McKay wrapped up the match on the second last ball when tailender Tino Best slogged straight to a man at deep midwicket.

Australia completed the victory without injured captain Michael Clarke and several other first-choice players, who were rested to head over to India early to prepare for a four-test tour.

"They were cruising along pretty much without taking too many risks," stand-in captain Shane Watson said pitch-side in a television interview. "I think we held them out really well."

Watson scored a century and half-century to set up victory in the previous two matches, but was bowled for a duck with the first ball of the innings by paceman Best.

Best dismissed Watson's fellow opener Aaron Finch for one in his second over, but finished with an expensive 2-71.

Australia's top order crumbled to 82-4, but man-of-the-match Voges and Brad Haddin, recalled to the side in the absence of regular wicketkeeper Matt Wade, combined for a 111-run stand to steady the ship.

After Haddin's dismissal for 43, Faulkner added an unbeaten 31, teaming up with Voges to plunder another 81 runs in less than nine overs to set up the win.

After Kieran Powell was out for two in the second over, Charles and number three batsman Darren Bravo (33) added 106 runs before the latter was sharply caught at mid-off by Faulkner off the bowling of spinner Xavier Doherty.

After bringing up his 100th run, Charles pulled the next ball from McKay straight to Ben Cutting at short fine leg and trudged off the ground ruefully.

Pollard belted a six straight into the sight screen but came up short when he attempted another straight slog off the bowling of Faulkner and was caught by Finch at long on.

Paceman Mitchell Johnson (3-50) and McKay (3-52) combined to wrap up the tail as the hosts celebrated a dominant series sweep.

Faulkner fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct

James Faulkner of Australia has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee for a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during his side's 39 runs victory over the West Indies in the third ODI of the five-match series in Canberra on Wednesday.

Faulkner was found to have breached Article 2.1.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel (the "Code") which relates to "using language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an International Match".

The incident related to the bowler's actions after he dismissed West Indies batsman Chris Gayle in the 38th over. After the match, Faulkner pleaded guilty to the charge and accepted the sanction proposed by the Match Referee, Ranjan Madugalle, of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees. As such, there was no need for a formal hearing.

Explaining his decision, Mr Madugalle said: "There is no place for this type of behavior anywhere near the game. The players are expected to respect the opponents all the time. In this particular incident, James crossed the line and I'm sure he will learn from this incident."

The charge had been laid by the on-field umpires Asad Rauf, Simon Fry, third umpire Nigel Llong and fourth umpire Paul Reiffel.

Watson ton drives Australia to Canberra win

Shane Watson celebrated his return to international cricket with a sparkling innings of 122 to drive Australia to a 39-run victory over West Indies in the third one-dayer and an unassailable 3-0 series lead.

The 31-year-old opener's 111-ball knock on Wednesday helped Australia to 329 for seven in their 50 overs and West Indies flirted with reaching the big victory target before James Faulkner (4-48) polished them off for 290 with 15 balls to spare.

Darren Bravo top scored with 86 for West Indies, who will be playing only for pride in the remaining two matches in Sydney and Melbourne after a third emphatic defeat.

It was the first one-day international ever played in the nation's capital and the Manuka Oval track certainly gave the batsmen plenty of opportunity to score runs.

Watson, who missed much of the domestic season through injury, reached his seventh ODI century in 102 balls and then conjured up two fours and two sixes in the next nine balls before holing out to Kieron Pollard at backward square leg.

"I've been dreaming of that for the last four weeks," Watson, one of whose sixes was measured at 114 metres, said in a televised interview.

"It was one of those days that you dream of when even from the first ball it feels like everything's coming off the middle of your bat. I'm just so excited to be out here and playing."

Phil Hughes offered able support with 86 runs before being caught behind off the bowling of Darren Sammy, while the innings of Glenn Maxwell (4) and George Bailey (44) were both ended by stunning leaping catches from Pollard on the boundary.

West Indies started their run-chase at a slow pace but soon picked up with typical flourish to match Australia's run rate at around the 30 over mark.

Left-arm seamer Faulkner made two crucial interventions, however, the first when he bowled dangerman Chris Gayle (2) and Darren Bravo in the space of four balls to leave West Indies at 215-5.

He returned to end the match by claiming the wickets of Sunil Narine (1) and Darren Sammy (8) in three deliveries. All four of his victims in the match were bowled.

Match Schedule-WWC 2013-05/02/2013