ST JOHN'S, Antigua, (CMC):

Big-hitting Kieron Pollard finally came good and rookie leg-spinner Anthony Martin grabbed a four-wicket haul as a gritty West Indies trounced India by 103 runs to earn a consolation victory in the fourth one-day international here yesterday.

The powerful right-hander top scored with 70 only his second half-century against a full ICC member side in 38 innings to haul West Indies out of a now familiar slump and lift them to 249 for eight at the Vivian Richards Stadium.

Martin, who made his international debut at age 28 against Pakistan in April, then snatched four for 36 as India's batting surprisingly collapsed in a heap for 146 off 39 overs.

The right-armer claimed the crucial wickets of top scorer Rohit Sharma (39), the dangerous Virat Kohli (22) and captain Suresh Raina (10), to engineer India's terminal decline from a position of 82 for three in the 21st over.

West Indies were always in with a chance once Pollard in tandem with the in-form Lendl Simmons (67) had pushed West Indies to their highest score of the series.

Pollard faced 72 balls and cracked six fours and two sixes an innings that was crucial after West Indies plunged to 103 for five in the 27th over.

The 24-year-old Trinidadian, whose previous best against a top flight side was 62 against Australia in February last year, anchored a 96-run, sixth-wicket stand with wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh who again played responsibly for 39.

Pollard was joined in the rescue effort by Simmons, who got his second half century in three innings, while flamboyant all-rounder Andre Russell got a cameo 25 from 14 balls with three fours and a six.

Yet again, however, West Indies' batting failed to fire as Danza Hyatt (1), Ramnaresh Sarwan (1), Darren Bravo (15) and Marlon Samuels (8) all failed.

Seamer Praveen Kumar snatched three for 37 to lead the Indian attack while leg-spinner Amit Mishra was again among the wickets with two for 56.

Sent in to bat, West Indies lost Hyatt in the day's second over when he parried a lifter from seamer Ishant Sharma to Manoj Tiwary at point with the score on three for one.

Sarwan then slashed his fourth delivery to Tiwary off Kumar at 12 for two in the fifth over, forcing Simmons and Bravo to mount a recovery in the form of a 53-run stand for the third wicket.

The left-handed Bravo hit two fours in his 36-ball stay but was never fluent and eventually holed out off Mishra at deep mid-wicket, giving Tiwary his third catch of the innings in the 16th over.

Samuels added 24 with Simmons but was unlucky to get an lbw decision from umpire Norman Malcolm at 89 for four with replays showing the delivery from Mishra going over the top.

Simmons was in fine touch, facing 78 balls and striking three fours and three sixes, in another commanding innings where he played positively against both pace and spin.

When he was run out attempting a quick single, Pollard quickly took responsibility for the innings.

Surviving a streaky four to third man in gathering just nine from his first 16 balls, Pollard flourished with sixes off leg-spinners Mishra and Tiwary, and timely boundaries at key intervals.

Chasing runs in the power-play, however, he lifted off-spinner Ravi Ashwin to long-off at 199 for six in the 45th over.