Marsh is the son of former Australia batsman Geoff Marsh

Debutant Shaun Marsh struck an impressive 81 and Nathan Bracken took four wickets as Australia beat West Indies by 84 runs in the first ODI.

Marsh, son of former Australia batsman Geoff Marsh, shared a rapid opening stand of 75 with Shane Watson (31).

Mike Hussey (44) and Brad Haddin (50) then guided Australia to 273-8 and the hosts never got close in their reply.

They lost three early wickets and although Dwayne Bravo and Darren Sammy each scored 33, were all out for 189.

Play was stopped in the 40th over of the West Indies innings after the crowd responded to the dismissal of Sammy by hurling plastic bottles and other objects on to the field.

Sammy had queried the umpire's decision and the game continued without further incident once the debris had been cleared.

Australian openers Marsh and Watson put on 75 before Watson was trapped leg before by Dwayne Bravo as he tried to work the ball to leg.

West Indies pace bowler Jerome Taylor continued his excellent record against Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain playing on via a thick inside edge for five.

Australia became bogged down in the middle section of their innings as Sammy struck twice but Hussey and Haddin put on an excellent 91 partnership for the fifth wicket.

Both were eventually caught in the deep by Kieron Pollard but, on a ground where teams batting first had previously averaged only 201, their total always looked a challenging target.

And the Windies task rapidly became much harder as Brett Lee claimed in-form opener Xavier Marshall caught behind for six and Bracken trapped Gayle leg before for 20.

The hosts, who were missing injured run-maker Shivnarine Chanderpaul, needed a big innings from Ramnaresh Sarwan but he went quickly - caught by Hussey at slip to leave the hosts at 29-3.

Bravo and Andre Fletcher put on 51 and although a 52 partnership between wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin and Sammy offered a glimmer of resistance, when Watson bowled Ramdin for 31 the game was up.

There was late drama when Sammy was bowled by Bracken and questioned whether the ball had hit the wickets off Haddin's pads.

Television replays showed it had not but the crowd, without the benefit of a big screen, reacted angrily, providing the first unpleasant incidents of what has been a good spirited tour.

Bravo has been fined 20% of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council's code of conduct in the defeat.

Bravo was given out lbw to spinner Michael Clarke by Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf but the batsman showed dissent by first standing his ground and then leaving the field while shaking his head.