00:00Not surprisingly, Australia struggled through the final game of the series with clear signs of lethargy,
00:05ponting one another toss before Hayden and Gilchrist both fell inside the first seven overs.
00:10The skipper then retired hurt on one after copping a ball right on the hip,
00:14but entered Darren Lehman with 107 from 109 balls to steer the Aussies out of trouble.
00:20Support from Andrew Simons and Brad Hogg lifted the visitors to 8 for 247 from their 50.
00:26Chris Gale was the standout bowler for the Windies, collecting five for 46 from 10,
00:31while Marlon Samuels and Merv Dillon each took a wicket.
00:35But undoubtedly, Lehman's near runnable knock was the driving force behind Australia's total.
00:45That's gone away for four. First ball wide and half-body length and clobbered by Lehman for four.
00:54Lehman goes over the top, and he goes bang for six to bring up his 50.
01:00So good footwork from Lehman. It's not a shot that he plays very much.
01:03The one over wide mid-on, certainly not in the air, but he's played it and hit it well.
01:11That should go either way.
01:23Straight down the ground.
01:24There's a man out there, and he will make it.
01:27So another boundary for Lehman.
01:29He's really pushing on here.
01:31He's moved on to 95, and Australia accelerating.
01:33And it looks as if they could get up to 250 at this rate, Shorty.
01:46Banged it away, and it's gone away.
01:48That's his 100.
01:50That is very well played.
01:52He hit that like a bullet, Lehman.
01:56Lehman raises his bat, takes off his helmet.
01:59Brian Lara acclaims a very, very good 100.
02:03A very important innings indeed by Darren Lehman.
02:07His full 100 in one-day internationals.
02:10Just 160 deliveries at a very crucial stage of the match.
02:15A solid 100 from Darren Lehman when his team needed it most.
02:18But he, along with four other Australians, fell to the sometimes off-spin of Chris Gale.
02:24And Gale was at it again, combining with opening partner Wavell Hines in the Windies reply.
02:29Backing up from that 100 in game six a couple of days earlier,
02:33Hines struck another match-winning century as the Windies cruised to a nine-wicket win.
02:38The towering left-handers added 116 for the opening wicket before Gale fell on 60.
02:43But that brought Lara to the crease, who made sure the end came swiftly.
02:47Andrew Simons was the lone wicket-taker for the Australian side,
02:51as Ponting rotated seven bowlers in all.
02:53Gillespie and Hogg, the only two to complete their ten overs.
02:57Here's a look now at some of the highlights from Hines' second one-day century in three days.
03:06He's got that away.
03:08And that's gone for four.
03:09It was short.
03:11It stood up.
03:13McGrath's lost some pace, and this pitch is not a very fast one.
03:17All the time in the world for Hines to put it away for a boundary.
03:24He's hoisted that away.
03:25That's a typical Wavell Hines shot.
03:27We saw a lot of that shot the other afternoon on Friday when he got 100.
03:31And he's got two boundaries in the over, and the West Indies 68 with a loss.
03:41It's very high, and it's gone all the way.
03:51He hit six sixes in his unbeaten 125 on Friday.
03:54That's the first one here for him.
03:57Nineteen overs gone.
03:58It's ninety without loss.
04:01He's done the wicket again.
04:02He's gone for another six.
04:04Yes.
04:13That's up in the air.
04:14And it looks to have gone for six.
04:17That is magnificent.
04:20Oh, that's a good stroke.
04:22Least he knows to hit it with the breeze.
04:24He's not trying to hit it on the onside.
04:25He's hit that one slightly with the breeze to the offside.
04:31Oh, it's going to be a catch.
04:34He tries for another.
04:34Dropped it.
04:36Unbelievable.
04:38A senator Gillespie dropped right into his lap and spilled back out.
04:45Should have been the end of Hines.
04:52Well, there it is.
04:53The gentle push to mid off.
04:55And they're all jumping out of their seats.
04:58Wabel Hines, for the second time in a row this weekend,
05:01looks to the stars at this.
05:03Thank you very much.
05:04And then appreciates all this following here from the crowd.
05:07And the Aussies clapping him out there as well.
05:11Brian Lara puts his arm around his shoulder.
05:13Well done, mate.
05:14The skipper then backed that up with the knockout blow,
05:17hoisting Darren Lehman over the fence for three successive sixes to secure victory.
05:25There he goes again.
05:26He's enjoying himself.
05:28And it's over the top once more.
05:33Lara goes again.
05:34That's even longer.
05:37That's all over.
05:38That's finished it.
05:40Three sixes off successive balls.
05:43And Darren Lehman's day, which started so brilliantly with 100,
05:48has ended in a little bit of a disappointment.
05:52So confirmation of the result in the final one day in Granada,
05:56Darren Lehman, Brad Hogg and Andrew Simons lifted the Aussies to eight for 247 from their 50.
06:02Chris Gale grabbed a bag of five.
06:04And Gale was awarded man of the match, backing up with a 50, while Hines and Lara blasted the Windies
06:10to victory with six and a half overs to spare.
06:13So the West Indies come home with a wet sail, winning the last three matches to add a little bit
06:18of credibility to the series result for three to Australia in the end.
06:22It's the first time the Aussies have dropped three straight one day matches since their tour of England in 1997.
06:28But with Bangladesh next on their hit list, it's unlikely that streak will continue.
06:34Wavele Hines, meanwhile, was awarded man of the series despite not being selected for the opening two games.
06:39He finished with 352 runs at the cracking average of 117.
06:44Andrew Simons was Australia's leading run scorer with 275 at 46,
06:49while Chris Gale and Brett Lee both led their team's wicket list with 11 scalps.
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