First tour win for West Indies

Saturday 30 December 1995 00:02 GMT

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Cricket

The West Indies captain, Richie Richardson, steered his side to the first win of their Australian tour with a seven-wicket defeat of a Queensland XI in a one-day match in Toowoomba yesterday.

Richardson's unbeaten 75 came from 84 deliveries after the young Queenslanders set a target of 238. Richardson was was helped in the chase by Phil Simmons' innings of 91.

TOUR MATCH (Toowoomba): Queensland XI 237 for 8 (T J Dixon 51); West Indies 241 for 3 (P V Simmons 91, R B Richardson 75no). West Indies win by seven wickets.

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