Australia defeated an overmatched West Indies team by an innings and some runs. Adrian Barath helped himself to that inevitability - a blazing century in a lost cause. The fact that he did it on debut augers well for him. (However, his style of batting does not convince me yet that he can last long playing the way he does. I hope he proves me wrong but he will need to tighten his off-side play to have a long career).
Sachin Tendulkar's followers are anxious that Ricky Ponting has 10 Tests in the coming year, to just 3 for Tendulkar. Luckily for them, Ponting scored 55 and got out to the only weakness he really has - the good-length ball that just leaves him squared up during his forward thrust.
The innings defeat has shown one thing - the West Indian batting (or lack thereof it) may be the best defense that SRT has going for him in stopping Ponting from overtaking him!
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