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Windies rout Australia by 7 wickets

Gayle smashed six sixes and six boundaries for 88 off 50 balls and Fletcher hit 53 off 32 deliveries, including seven boundaries, as West Indies reached 172-3 to eclipse Australia’s total of 169-7 with 25 balls to spare at The Oval.

The pair’s stand was the third highest international Twenty20 partnership. Fast bowler Brett Lee received most of the punishment, with figures of 0-51 in three overs at one stage.

Australia needs to beat Sri Lanka on Monday at Trent Bridge to have any chance of advancing to the Super 8 stage from Group C.

Scoreboard in the Twenty20 World Cup group C match between Australia and West Indies at the Oval in London on Saturday.

Australia innings S. Watson c Sarwan b Taylor 0 D. Warner c Benn b Bravo 63 R. Ponting lbw b Taylor 0 M. Clarke c Benn b Edwards 2 B. Haddin c Benn b Pollard 24 D. Hussey c Fletcher b Bravo 27 M. Hussey not out 28 M. Johnson c Bravo b Edwards 9 B. Lee not out 1 Extras: (b-1 lb-5 w-7 nb-2) 15 Total (for seven wickets; 20 overs) 169

Did not bat: J. Hopes, N. Bracken

Fall of wickets: 1-1 2-3 3-15 4-81 5-113 6-143 7-153

Bowling: Taylor 4-0-33-2, Edwards 4-0-34-2, Bravo 4-0-31-2, Benn 4-0-35-0, Gayle 2-0-13-0, Pollard 2-0-17-1

West Indies innings C. Gayle c Watson b Lee 88 A. Fletcher c D. Hussey b Johnson 53 X. Marshall c Hopes b Johnson 8 S. Chanderpaul not out 0 R. Sarwan not out 8 Extras: (lb-5 w-8 nb-2) 15 Total (for three wickets, 15.5 overs) 172

Did not bat: D. Bravo, K. Pollard, D. Ramdin, J. Taylor, S. Benn, F. Edwards. Fall of wickets: 1-133 2-157 3-162

Bowling: Lee 4-0-56-1, Johnson 3.5-0-36-2, Bracken 2-0-21-0, Hopes 2-0-13-0, D. Hussey 1-0-16-0, Watson 2-0-13-0, Clarke 1-0-12-0

Result: West Indies won by seven wickets