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| Saturday, 28 November 2009 | |
 Adrian Barath. The West Indies were forced to follow-on, and were bowled out for 187 with Barath hitting 19 fours in an innings of 104. Dwayne Bravo 23 was the only other batsman to get past 20. Captain Chris Gayle made one. Man of the match Ben Hilfenhaus was the pick of the Australian bowlers with 3 for 20 for a match haul of 5 for 70. Earlier, the West Indies resuming their first innings on 134 for 5 were dismissed for 228. Travis Dowlin top scored with 62 while Vice Captain Denesh Ramdin made 58. That gave the Australians a 252 run lead and they wasted no time in enforcing the follow-on. Nathan Hauritz ended with a match haul of five for 57. The second test will start on Friday in Adelaide. Gayle against electronic decision review system  Chris Gayle. Gayle says he prefers the days when umpires made their judgments without technology. However, Ponting supports the system, saying it makes the game better. Gayle sent both his LBW (Leg Before Wicket) decisions to the third umpire and they were so hard to argue against that it seemed like a waste of the two unsuccessful challenges a team is given each innings. During the match the ICC's system achieved its aim of not letting any awful mistakes through, but after his side's innings-and-65-run defeat Gayle said he would prefer no replays were involved. |