West Indies crashed to an 11-run defeat towards Australia within the opening Twenty20 Worldwide of the three-match sequence at Bellerive Oval.
Batting first, veteran left-hander David Warner had top-scored with 70 off 36 deliveries as Australia made 213 for 7 off their 20 overs.
Warner struck a dozen fours and a six, leading to a 93-run, opening stand with Josh Inglis, who struck 5 fours and a six in a 25-ball knock.
As soon as the pair departed, the innings fell, with solely Tim David producing a 17-ball unbeaten 37, which included 4 fours and two sixes.
Holder broke the opening stand within the eighth over when he obtained Inglis to gap out to mid-off and Warner added an additional 36 for the second wicket with Mitchell Marsh who made 16 earlier than turning into certainly one of 4 wickets to tumble for 30 runs, leaving the innings stumbling on 159 for 5 within the sixteenth over.
Warner was third out, to wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran within the thirteenth over, off Joseph who produced 2 for 46.
David then posted a sixth wicket partnership with Matthew Wade, 21, scoring precisely 50 off 24 balls.
Andre Russell grabbed 3 for 43, two of his wickets coming within the remaining over as West Indies managed to restrict the Aussie scoring to 61 runs from the final 5 overs.
In reply, Brandon King lashed 53 off 37 balls and Johnson Charles smacking 42 off 25 deliveries placing the Caribbean facet on 89 off 51 balls.
King belted seven fours and a six in his ninth T20I 50 whereas Charles carved out a half-dozen fours and a six earlier than outing to Warner within the ninth over.
King adopted quickly after, with Powell on 14, not too far behind, West Indies had been stuttering at 115 for 3 on the finish of the twelfth.
Former captain Pooran made 18 and skipper Shai Hope on 16 tried to revive the chase in a 26-run, fourth wicket stand however was taken by Stoinis within the fifteenth over, turning into certainly one of 5 wickets to tumble for 22 runs as leg-spinner Adam Zampa took 3 for 26.
Together with his facet on 163 for 8 within the 18th over, Holder blasted three fours and two sixes in a 44-run, unbroken ninth-wicket partnership with Akeal Hosein, on seven not out, however the 27 runs required from the ultimate over proved out of attain.
“Within the center, we struggled to get a partnership but it surely was nonetheless a great recreation of cricket. We’ve simply obtained to again ourselves just a little bit extra,” mentioned Captain Rovman Powell.
