The West Indies cricket captain Chris Gayle has given Australia a warning ahead of the limited overs series by blasting 146 to help set up a 87-run win for his country over the Prime Minister's XI in Canberra.
Gayle's in devastating touch, his brilliant knock of 146 including 14 fours and eight sixes and coming off just 89 balls in the one-day match.
It was the backbone of a mammoth target of 400 for victory in a rain-affected innings reduced to 45 overs, and a new highest score in Prime Minister's XI matches, surpassing David Boon's knock of 134 against the Windies in 1984.
The PM XI's managed a futile 312 for seven in reply, thanks mainly to a record-breaking unbeaten knock of 160 from South Australia batsman Tom Cooper.
As the only warm-up match before the five one-dayers and two Twenty20 matches against Australia - starting at the MCG on Sunday - the performance provides a huge confidence boost to an injury-hit West Indies squad.
