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Lee strikes for Australia 'A'

January 09, 2005 19:05 IST

Fast bowler Brett Lee struck twice in three balls to help Australia A to a 51-run win over West Indies in a one-day tour match in Hobart on Sunday.

Lee, unable to break into the Test side this season, helped reduce the tourists to 192 all out after Australia A had made 243 for nine with Mike Hussey (70) and all rounder Cameron White (59) impressing. West Indies paceman Reon King took three for 61.

The touring side were without captain Brian Lara, who has returned to Melbourne to prepare for Monday's tsunami fundraising match after hitting a glorious 116 in the four-wicket win over Australia A on Saturday.

Chris Gayle (43) and Wavell Hinds (53) put on 59 for the first wicket and Ramnaresh Sarwan (35) and Marlon Samuels (31) also got starts for the tourists.

However, Hinds was adjudged lbw to James Hopes to make the score 115 for three in the 25th

over, although the ball appeared to have pitched outside the left hander's leg stump.

Sarwan fell to spinner Nathan Hauritz at 158 for four and Samuels was run out 15 runs later, triggering a lower order collapse with no batsmen in the bottom six reaching double figures.

Lee then struck in the 41st and his final over, removing Dwayne Bravo for five and Mervyn Dillon for a duck.

Pedro Collins and King failed to trouble the scorers as they fell in consecutive balls two overs later.

West Indies, who have had a three-month break since winning the ICC Champions Trophy in September, play Australia in Melbourne on January 14 in the opening match of a triangular one-day tournament also involving Pakistan.

Source: REUTERS
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