PERTH, Australia, CMC – Celebrity Andre Russell blasted a Man-of-the-Match half-century, and Sherfane Rutherford notched a maiden one as West Indies wrapped up an in any other case disappointing tour of Australia with a 37-run victory within the closing Twenty20 Worldwide right here Tuesday.
Selecting to bat first at Perth Stadium, West Indies roared to 220 for six off their 20 overs, with Russell top-scoring with 71 off simply 29 balls and Rutherford belting an unbeaten 67 off 40 balls.
Off-spinning all-rounder Roston Chase chipped in with a 20-ball 37 after which returned to grab two for 19 from 4 stingy overs to restrict Australia to 183 for 5 off their 20.
Veteran left-hander David Warner spearheaded the run chase with 81 off 49 deliveries. On the identical time, Tim David lashed a 19-ball 41, however Australia discovered themselves stalled simply previous the midway stage of the innings when West Indies restricted them to only 17 runs from 5 overs.
Australia had already wrapped up the three-match sequence with wins within the first two video games in Hobart and Adelaide.
“We had two losses up entrance, and we stated we wished to make a promise to ourselves to not depart right here and not using a win, in order that was the problem for us,” Chase stated afterward.
“And the fellows got here out after a tough begin and tried to get a great rating. I assumed that Russell and Rutherford performed properly ultimately to get us to that 210-plus rating we have been on the lookout for.”
Not for the primary time within the white-ball part of the tour, new-ball seamer Xavier Bartlett (2-37) made his presence felt early, hanging twice as West Indies stumbled to 17 for 3 within the third over.
Johnson Charles (4) nicked a heave at Bartlett to fall to a catch behind off the sixth ball of the sport, and left-hander Nicholas Pooran (1) edged seamer Jason Behrendorff low first to slide whereas Kayle Mayers chopped on for 11.
Chase arrived to revive the innings, hitting three fours and a brace of sixes as he placed on 55 for the fourth wicket with Powell, who made 21 from 14 balls.
When each fell in successive overs to go away West Indies tottering once more on 79 for 5 within the ninth, Russell and Rutherford got here collectively in a file sixth-wicket partnership of 139 to propel the Caribbean facet to their eventual whole.
Russell bludgeoned 4 fours and 7 sixes in racing to his third T20I fifty off 25 balls within the penultimate over, which gushed 28 runs earlier than perishing within the closing over.
Rutherford, in the meantime, smashed 5 fours and 5 sixes, mentioning his landmark off 33 deliveries within the seventeenth over with a boundary to 3rd man.
Dealing with a stiff asking charge of simply over 11 runs per over, Australia have been handed a flying begin by Warner, who placed on 68 off 39 balls for the primary wicket with captain Mitchell Marsh (17) and an extra 46 for the second wicket with Aaron Hardie (16).
Warner struck 9 fours and three sixes however was considered one of two wickets to fall within the 14th over from Chase, holing out to deep mid-wicket, as Australia misplaced three wickets for as many runs as ten balls.
Struggling on 117 for 4 on the finish of the 14th and with the asking charge climbing to almost 17-½ runs per over, the house facet by no means discovered their method again into the competition.
David struck two fours and 4 sixes as he posted 35 for the fifth wicket with Glenn Maxwell (12) and 31 for the sixth with Matthew Wade (seven not out), however by then, the injury was irreparable.
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