Gilchrist sparkles for Australia

Gilchrist, without a hundred previously in this competition or in any one-day international cricket for more than a year, hit 13 fours and eight sixes in his 104-ball 149 to put his team on the verge of a record third consecutive Cup crown.

The wicketkeeper-batsman had only two half-centuries under his belt in his Caribbean campaign but dominated an opening stand of 172 with the prolific Matthew Hayden in this match reduced because of rain to 38 overs a side.