Australian gamers rejoice throughout their T20I match towards West Indies. — Cricket Australia web site
Ben Dwarshuis eliminated each openers and took the essential wicket of top-scorer Shimron Hetmyer as Australia beat the West Indies in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis, to comb the T20I sequence 5-0.
Chasing a modest 171 to win the fifth T20I, Australia recovered from 25-3 and 60-4 to attain 173-7 with three overs to spare.
Cameron Inexperienced anchored the middle-order restoration with 32, big-hitting Tim David raced to 30 off 12 balls with 4 sixes and a 4, and Mitchell Owen scored 37.
When Inexperienced departed, Australia have been 141-6, nonetheless needing 30, and the West Indies sniffed a comfort win.
However Aaron Hardie stored his composure to see Australia house by three wickets with an unbeaten 28.
“I didn’t expect 5-0 at the start of the series. But we played some great cricket,” mentioned Australia captain Mitchell Marsh.
West Indies captain Shai Hope pinpointed the rationale for his group’s failure to win a match.
“We never put together a proper batting display. We either started well or finished poorly or the other way round,” mentioned Hope.
“Against a quality team you can’t get away with that.”
The West Indies have been in bother early, having been requested to bat when Marsh gained the toss.
Dwarshuis eliminated Brandon King for 11 and Hope for 9 to scale back the hosts to 22-2 within the fourth over.
That turned 64-4 till Hetmyer led a fightback, hitting three fours and three sixes on his solution to a half-century.
It regarded just like the left-hander may take the West Indies to a difficult complete, however Dwarshuis returned to induce a miscue to Sean Abbott at long-off from a slower bouncer.
Hetmyer departed for 52 from 31 balls to go away West Indies 155-7 within the seventeenth over.
“It was a little bit of a slower wicket so we tried to hit the wicket hard and use the slower balls as well,” mentioned Dwarshuis, who was named participant of the match.
Australia additionally gained the three Assessments which preceded the T20I sequence to comb all eight matches on the tour.
