In front of the visiting team was the Australian team, captained by Ricky Ponting, who reached India in South Africa after beating India in the World Cup final in South Africa. A match was played between West Indies and Australia in Antiga which is still not forgotten. West Indies had set the target of 418 runs in the history of cricket at the time, on the basis of century innings of Ramnaresh Sarwan and Vishwanarayan Chanderpaul.
The Kangaroo team, after winning the opening three tests, had made clear their intentions in front of the Windies team led by Brian Lara. The match started with Australia batting first and scored 240 runs. It was a coincidence that the opposing team was all out for 240 runs. During the second innings, Australia hit 417 runs in front of the Windies. It was headed by Justin Langer (111) and Matthew Hayden (177). Hundreds were scored in this innings with the bat of both. The huge target of 418 runs was never chased till then in the history of cricket. In such a situation, it was believed that the Windies clean sweep in their house was almost certain, but it did not happen.
Ramnaresh Sarvan (105) and Shivarayan Chanderpaul (104) made this impossible. Together, the two formed a partnership of 123 runs. West Indies won the match by three wickets.
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