Second one-day international, Adelaide:
Australia 171-2 (26.3 ovs) bt West Indies 170 (34.4 ovs) by 8 wicketsMatch scorecard

Bollinger took four wickets as Australia beat the Windies

Pace bowler Doug Bollinger took 4-28 as Australia trounced West Indies by eight wickets in the second one-day international in Adelaide.

The tourists were bowled out for 170 in 39.4 overs after slumping to 16-4 at the start of their innings, Dwayne Smith top-scoring with 43.

Shane Watson got Australia off to a good start in reply with 53 from 50 balls before being caught behind.

Captain Ricky Ponting saw them home with an unbeaten 57 off 55 balls.

The Windies have now occupied the crease for just 74 of a possible 100 overs in the first two matches of the series after being dismissed for 143 in the first one-dayer in Melbourne.

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Bollinger did the early damage for Australia with an opening spell of 3-9 off five overs. Clint McKay finished with 2-33 while Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz and Watson were the other wicket-takers.

The tourists were immediately on the back foot when captain Chris Gayle was dismissed for a first-ball duck after shuffling across the crease to a Bollinger delivery.

The wickets of Travis Dowlin, Runako Morton and Lendl Simmons left the visitors in all sorts of trouble.

Denesh Ramdin and Narsingh Deonarine's 46-run partnership and Kieron Pollard and Smith's 37-run stand added some respectability to the scoreboard but the wickets kept falling at the wrong time.

Smith and Ravi Rampaul then decided aggression was the best way to counteract the Australians' pressure and for a while their approach worked.

A straight six from Smith off McKay was the highlight of the innings while Rampaul was swinging hard during his 18 off 22 balls.

But a slight hesitation in the running between wickets saw Ponting run out Rampaul and the next ball Smith was brilliantly caught by Mike Hussey.

In response, Australia needed just 26.3 overs to reach their target and go two up in the series, Watson and Ponting both hitting two sixes as the hosts scored at more than a run a ball.

The only downside for Australia was a poor attendance for the second successive game but Bollinger afterwards insisted that 50-over cricket remained a viable format.

"You've got to look next year with the Ashes, every game will be sold out, and no-one will have a problem then. We are just enjoying the 50-over format at the moment and having a great time, he said.

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