West Indies' fast bowler Jerome Taylor recorded a hat-trick on Wednesday to take defending champions West Indies to a thrilling 10-run win over Australia in their Champions Trophy Group A match. Taylor bowled Michael Hussey for 13 and Brett Lee for a duck off consecutive balls as the world champions, needing 21 off 13 balls to overhaul West Indies' 234 for six, crumbled under pressure. With the first ball of  his next over, 22-year-old Taylor, playing in his 19th one-dayer, bowled Brad Hogg for 10 to become the first West Indian to take a hat-trick in one-day internationals. At the end of their 50 overs Australia were 224 for nine with Taylor taking four for 49.

Adam Gilchrist led Australia's challenge with a measured 92 before he was run out. West Indies owed their challenging total to Runako Morton (90 not out) and captain Brian Lara (71). Gilchrist and Michael Clarke shared in a 101-run stand for the fifth wicket after Australia had slumped to 81-4 in 20 overs. But vice-captain Gilchrist's dismissal, run out while aiming for a quick single with the side needing 53 off 50 deliveries, was a severe blow. It also saw West Indies slowly regain control in the tension-filled final overs. "There was a game here to be won, and we were not good enough. So I won't be blaming anybody but ourselves," Australia captain Ricky Ponting told a news conference.

Paceman Dwayne Bravo, reintroduced into the attack, dismissed Michael Clarke caught and bowled for 47, deceiving him with a slower one. West Indies were led by vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan in the absence of Lara who did not take the field after suffering cramps while batting. They were also without strike bowler Corey Collymore, who returned home during the weekend to be with his wife for the birth of their first child, and Fidel Edwards, who sat out of the match due to a leg injury. Local Mumbai player Vinayak Samant fielded as 12th man. "More than the hat-trick, I take pride in representing my country. To come out and give that sort of a performance, I am very happy about," Taylor said.

West Indies had slumped to 63 for four before 28-year-old Morton, playing instead of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and Lara hauled the side back into the match with a 137-run stand for the fifth wicket after opting to bat in the day-night match. The wickets were shared by the Australian attack as Wavell Hinds, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith and Ramnaresh Sarwan fell in quick succession. Lara, 37, batting at number six, took 31 balls to score his first boundary before opening up with a series of breathtaking strokes. He stroked clubbed seven fours and two sixes en route to his 61st one-day fifty. Morton had a reprieve on 41, dropped by Ponting at mid-off when he gave Nathan Bracken the charge. The tall right-hander collected seven fours and a six as he compiled his fifth one-day half-century.