Date-stamped : 19 Mar95 - 14:33 West Indies v Australia, ODI 5, Bourda Ground, Georgetown, Guyana, 18 March 1995 Bottles flew in and out of the Shell Stand and the half-dozen ponies of the mounted police were in danger of being trampled by 3000 ecstatic spectators as the West Indies galloped to a comprehensive 4-1 limited-over series defeat of Australia yester- day. For a man intended for Sheffield Shield duty at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, it was promotion to the highest office for Bren- don Julian as he was given the task of attempting to halt the West Indian surge to victory. Having seen a catch bisect wicketkeeper Ian Healy and slip Mark Taylor from his first delivery of the tour - without a hand raised to intercept it - the replacement paceman then had six, four, four and six pulverised from successive balls by explosive top-order batsman Phil Simmons (70 from 63 balls). But with Craig McDermott convalescing in the grandstand, captain Taylor refused to mollycoddle his new man. He recalled the left- arm paceman for his final five overs as the West Indies developed momentum for their run home. Julian finished with an unflattering 0-66 from his 10 overs, but there was sufficiently encouraging pace and swing in his first outing for him to join a disturbingly nondescript and, at times, ragged group of pacemen challenging for places in the first Test. For a time an Australian win appeared a formality. Having made 9-286 on a low-squatting, grassless Bourda Ground brown-top, Aus- tralia were entitled to believe they would carry on for their second success, especially with the West Indies 5-193 in the 31st over. Instead, Jimmy Adams (60 not out from 60 balls) and Roland Holder (34 not out from 51 balls), the athletic replacement for Brian Lara (jarred hip), added a defiant 94 runs in 74 minutes from 104 balls to give the West Indies the psychological sawtooth edge for the four-Test series starting on Friday week. The pair refused to wilt in the tension, left-hander Adams again proving a splendidly adaptable professional despite a left knee needing surgery, and they carried the West Indies to 5-287 and an impressive five-wicket win with 16 balls to spare. Taylor noted his team`s lack of dynamic batsmen capable of match- ing blows with Simmons and Carl Hooper, whose man-of-the-match performance capped a remarkable series with innings of 84, 55, 41, 60 not out and 50, all at near a run-a-ball velocity and with such velvety dexterity, he proved almost impossible to tie down. ``They hit 35 fours and four sixes today - that`s 164 runs in boundaries.`` Taylor said. The Australians now play Guyana in a three-day game at the Bourda Ground followed by a four-day match against a President`s XI in St Lucia before the first Test in Barbados. Australia rested McDermott (pinched tendon in his bowling should- er), Shane Warne, David Boon and Greg Blewett. With fast bowler Glenn McGrath and off-spinner Tim May struggling to complete their quota of overs, Australia`s bowling resources were stretched to the limit. Taylor (66 from 98 balls) and Michael Slater (41 from 60 balls) put on 78 for the first wicket and with Mark Waugh (70 from 88 balls) carrying on fluently, Australia reached 2-203, to be star- ing at 300-plus. Within moments Steve Waugh lost his wicket to a glorious running catch on the boundary by Winston Benjamin, Ricky Ponting was skittled by a shooter and Mark Waugh was run out in a foul-up with Justin Langer. Australia lost 3-2 and were reduced to 5-205. Ian Healy and Paul Reiffel cranked up the innings again in a 30- run partnership, but with Hooper in full cry in his off-spinning role, the spring was extracted from Australia`s step. Simmons ploughed into the Australians, crunching anything short or over-pitched for two sixes and eight boundaries, including Julian`s 20-run over, and Hooper effortlessly straight drove Steve Waugh out of the ground, over the canal through a windscreen and into the back seat of a car. An Australian souvenired the ball. It was one of the few keep- sakes worth preserving. Al lot of Australian players have a lot of thinking, and improving, to do. Thanks :: Phil Wilkins, Sydney Morning Herald. Contributed by David.Mar (mar@physics.usyd.edu.au)