West Indies captain Brian Lara wins the toss and elects to bat in their Champions Trophy final against Australia in Mumbai It looks a good call as Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Chris Gayle plunder 49 runs off the opening five overs But Chanderpaul plays a Nathan Bracken delivery onto his stumps to end his breezy knock of 27 off 18 balls Glenn McGrath is brought into the attack to stem the flow of runs, but Gayle continues his assault, despatching him for six Bracken deceives new batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan with a slower delivery and Brad Hogg pouches a comfortable catch Gayle smites another six and two fours off McGrath's next over, but Bracken strikes again to reduce West Indies to 80-3 McGrath bowls two maidens following Gayle's departure and then tempts Brian Lara to snick one to Adam Gilchrist Runako Morton follows Lara back to the pavillion after edging McGrath to Gilchrist to leave the Windies 94-5 Dwayne Bravo cracks a couple of fours off Andrew Symonds but gets cracked himsef when Shane Watson nips one back And Watson continues the collapse - Samuels chips to Ricky Ponting at mid-on before Cartlon Baugh is trapped leg before Bravo follows the ball after Baugh - inexplicably padding up to a straight one from Hogg - to leave Windies 125-8 Brett Lee suffered in the early onslaught but comes back well to rearrange tailender Ian Bradshaw's stumps And when Corey Collymore is run out by Symonds' direct hit, West Indies are all out for 138 in the 31st over The Australian reply stutters when Bradshaw tempts Gilchrist outside off stump and Gayle takes the catch at first slip And when Ponting falls in the next over, lbw to Taylor, it's game on again in Mumbai with Australia 13-2 Damien Martyn and Watson guide Australia to 45-2, but rain during the dinner break prevents an on-time resumption Andy Atkinson, former Edgbaston groundsman and now the ICC's chief pitch consultant, helps pull on the covers Duckworth-Lewis calculations reveal that Australia need a revised 116 to win when the game resumes at 1530 GMT Watson plays a controlled knock and reaches his half century as Australia pass 100 without further loss And the man-of-the-match hits the winning run as Australia win their first Champions Trophy crown by eight wickets
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