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BRISBANE, 28 NOV: Australia recorded a comprehensive innings-and-65-run win over the West Indies late on day three of the opening Test at the Gabba, but the visitors unearthed a star of the future with opener Adrian Barath (in photo) notching a record-breaking century on debut. Barath, 19, overtook George Headley as the youngest West Indian to score a Test ton, and was also the youngest man to plunder a century against Australia since Indian prodigy Sachin Tendulkar did it almost 18 years ago.
But he received little support, with the Windies crashing to 187 all out in their second innings, handing Australia an early win after captain Ricky Ponting enforced the follow-on after …