CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – West Indies had been jettisoned in report time when Australia, impressed by a Participant-of-the-Match efficiency from rookie pacer Xavier Bartlett, galloped to an eight-wicket win within the third One-day Worldwide and wrapped up a clear sweep of the collection.
Left-hander Alick Athanaze, opening the batting, hit the highest rating of 32 – however Bartlett, enjoying in solely his second ODI, snatched 4 for 21 from 7.1 overs, and the Caribbean aspect collapsed to 86 all out in 24.1 overs after they had been put in to bat at Manuka Oval within the Australian capital.
West Indies pleasure took an additional dent when the Aussies wanted solely 6.5 overs to finish their shortest males’s ODI win on residence soil, with Jake Fraser-McGurk slamming 41 off solely 18 balls and sharing 67 for the primary wicket with fellow opener Josh Inglis, not out on 35, to set them on track.
The defeat of the guests in 186 balls of the 600 out there was the sixth-fewest for any accomplished males’s ODI and the fewest for an ODI (excluding overs-reduced matches) staged in Australia.
The earlier shortest accomplished ODI in Australia lasted 199 balls, additionally performed between Australia and West Indies, 11 years in the past in Perth.
“Our batting allow us to down,” West Indies captain Shai Hope stated. “It did for the whole collection. We should do some actual soul-searching to know what’s wanted in sure circumstances. I can’t put my finger on anybody factor. It comes right down to mindset.”
The Caribbean aspect limped to 36 for one on the shut of the primary Energy Play, however their batting collapsed spectacularly below the load of disciplined, if not menacing, bowling from the Australians on a useful pitch.
After opener Kjorn Ottley was lbw to Bartlett for eight within the third over, though TV replays confirmed he received an inside edge and he did not assessment, Keacy Carty joined Athanaze and batted resolutely by way of the rest of the primary Energy Play with little or no incident, however they had been solely in survival mode.
Carty, essentially the most prolific West Indies batsman within the collection with scores of 88 and 40, was spectacularly caught at backward level off pacer Lance Morris within the eleventh over, and the guests misplaced wickets in every of the subsequent two overs and slumped to 44 for 4.
Hope was lbw to Sean Abbott for 4 within the twelfth over, and former West Indies Underneath-19 captain Teddy Bishop, on his ODI debut, was overwhelmed for tempo and bowled by Morris for a six-ball duck within the thirteenth over.
Athanaze caught round lengthy sufficient to hold West Indies previous 50, and so they had been 71 for 4 when he was caught contained in the tremendous leg boundary, top-edging an ill-advised sweep at a supply from leg-spinner Adam Zampa.
Two wickets in three balls left the Caribbean aspect in tatters when Romario Shepherd was caught behind off Bartlett for one, and Matthew Forde was run out for a duck after a comical mix-up with Chase within the twenty first over – and there was token resistance from the remainder of the batting.
Not one of the West Indies bowlers did their reputations any favors, and the Aussies streaked to their twelfth consecutive ODI win after they received the primary ODI by eight wickets in Melbourne and the second ODI by 83 runs in Sydney.
Alzarri Joseph received McGurk caught at mid-on within the fifth over, and fellow quick bowler Oshane Thomas received Aaron Hardie caught behind for 2 within the seventh over. Nonetheless, neither may save the Caribbean aspect from a chastening defeat with 259 balls remaining.
It was the widest margin of defeat when it comes to balls for West Indies in males’s ODIs, and they’re nonetheless with out an ODI win towards the world champions in Australia for 22 consecutive matches, their final win coming 27 years in the past.
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