By: AP | Bridgetown (barbados) |
Updated: July 27, 2021 9:46:51 am
Matthew Wade notched his eleventh one-day worldwide half-century to tempo Australia to a six-wicket win over the West Indies within the deciding match of the three-game collection.
Wade’s 51 from 52 balls enabled Australia to attain 153-4 and surpass West Indies’ complete of 152 within the thirty first over.
Stand-in captain and wicketkeeper Alex Carey added 35 for Australia after West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard gained the toss and elected to bat first.
Australia gained the primary ODI by 133 runs and West Indies got here again to take the rescheduled second match by 4 wickets. The second match was postponed by two days because of COVID-19 protocols however proceeded final Saturday in spite of everything staff members and employees examined unfavourable to the coronavirus.
Highlights:
Mitchell Starc took 3-43 and Ashton Agar and Adam Zampa two wickets every on Monday. Ashton Turner was 1-23 in eight overs as Australia bowled out the house facet with 29 balls remaining.
Agar was named man of the match after taking 2-31 in his 10 overs earlier than contributing 19 not out in a 54-run unbroken fifth-wicket stand with Wade.
Series winners! 🙌
A superb staff effort right this moment earned us a six-wicket win and the collection victory 2-1! #WIvAUS
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— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) July 27, 2021
“It’s always nice to do it in the last game of a series,” Agar mentioned.
“We really wanted to win a series being away from a long time, being cooped up in your rooms, you just want to come out and win a series.”
Opener Evin Lewis led the West Indies with 55 runs from 66 balls after initially retiring damage within the fourth over after top-edging into his helmet. Lewis returned on the fall of the fifth wicket however West Indies quickly misplaced Jason Holder when he performed throughout the road at Zampa.
Pollard mentioned his staff didn’t bat nicely, however praised the Australians.
“Winning the toss, yes the wicket was a bit tacky and I thought we did the hard work in the early overs but we weren’t able to string partnerships together,” Pollard mentioned, including 153 was by no means going to be sufficient.
“This Australian team, these guys are passionate about their cricket. I’ve had the opportunity to play with Alex (Carey) at Adelaide Strikers and he has a good head on his shoulders. I think leadership suits him. Long may it continue for him.”
Australia made three modifications with Dan Christian introduced again for his first ODI in seven years after an ankle damage to Ben McDermott compelled him out of the staff. He was not wanted to bat.
Captain Aaron Finch has a proper knee damage that can possible require surgical procedure and also will miss Australia’s following five-match Twenty20 tour of Bangladesh that begins Aug. 3 in Dhaka. Carey could lead the staff once more in Bangladesh however
Cricket Australia has not formally introduced an interim captain for that collection.
West Indies could have solely a one-day break earlier than they host Pakistan for a four-game T20 collection starting
Wednesday at Kensington Oval. The deliberate five-match collection was minimize to 4 after the ultimate West Indies-Australia match was delayed.
The second, third and fourth T20 video games within the West Indies-Pakistan collection can be on July 31, Aug. 1 and Aug. 3, respectively, at Guyana National Stadium. The T20 collection can be adopted by two take a look at matches at Kingston’s Sabina Park from Aug. 12.
