<p class="bodytext">Australia's stand-in captain Alex Carey scored a half-century and pace bowler Mitchell Starc took five wickets as they beat West Indies by 133 runs in a rain-hit opening match of their one-day international series in Barbados on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chasing a Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) adjusted 257 runs for victory after Australia scored 252-9 in 49 overs after three rain delays, the hosts suffered a collapse to fold for 123 with only returning skipper Kieron Pollard (56) offering resistance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Starc did most of the damage for the visitors, who came into the contest at Bridgetown after being hammered 4-1 in their T20 series, with a superb 5-48 which included the wicket of Pollard who came back into the side after a hamstring problem.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Josh Hazlewood also impressed with 3-11 from six overs as the visitors took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Carey, filling in for regular skipper Aaron Finch who aggravated a knee problem in last week's fifth Twenty20 between the teams, won the toss and elected to bat as Australia made a steady start at Bridgetown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Josh Philippe (39), Ben McDermott (28) and Mitchell Marsh (20) all got starts but it was the skipper who made the most with 67 off 87 balls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Along with Ashton Turner (49), he added 104 runs for the fifth wicket before the team capitulated, with West Indies leg-spinner Hayden Walsh picking up his maiden ODI five-wicket haul in the space of 16 balls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I thought the wicket might have played a bit different to what it did. But for us to adapt and put a score on the board, but then for the Powerplay to go the way it did for us was fantastic," Carey said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Ashton played a crucial role. I was probably cruising along a bit and he was getting on with it, he took the pressure off."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pollard said he was impressed with his bowlers despite the defeat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Par score here is about 260-270. Being able to restrict them to about 250-odd I think was a fantastic effort by the bowlers," Pollard said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If I'm brutally honest I thought we gave away about 20-25 runs in the field with some freebies."</p>
<p class="bodytext">Australia's stand-in captain Alex Carey scored a half-century and pace bowler Mitchell Starc took five wickets as they beat West Indies by 133 runs in a rain-hit opening match of their one-day international series in Barbados on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chasing a Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) adjusted 257 runs for victory after Australia scored 252-9 in 49 overs after three rain delays, the hosts suffered a collapse to fold for 123 with only returning skipper Kieron Pollard (56) offering resistance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Starc did most of the damage for the visitors, who came into the contest at Bridgetown after being hammered 4-1 in their T20 series, with a superb 5-48 which included the wicket of Pollard who came back into the side after a hamstring problem.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Josh Hazlewood also impressed with 3-11 from six overs as the visitors took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Carey, filling in for regular skipper Aaron Finch who aggravated a knee problem in last week's fifth Twenty20 between the teams, won the toss and elected to bat as Australia made a steady start at Bridgetown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Josh Philippe (39), Ben McDermott (28) and Mitchell Marsh (20) all got starts but it was the skipper who made the most with 67 off 87 balls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Along with Ashton Turner (49), he added 104 runs for the fifth wicket before the team capitulated, with West Indies leg-spinner Hayden Walsh picking up his maiden ODI five-wicket haul in the space of 16 balls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I thought the wicket might have played a bit different to what it did. But for us to adapt and put a score on the board, but then for the Powerplay to go the way it did for us was fantastic," Carey said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Ashton played a crucial role. I was probably cruising along a bit and he was getting on with it, he took the pressure off."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pollard said he was impressed with his bowlers despite the defeat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Par score here is about 260-270. Being able to restrict them to about 250-odd I think was a fantastic effort by the bowlers," Pollard said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If I'm brutally honest I thought we gave away about 20-25 runs in the field with some freebies."</p>