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Australia thrashed West Indies in the third and final One-Day International (ODI) to win the three-match series 2-1. Under the leadership of Alex Carey, the visitors outshined the hosts by six wickets at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.
Opting to bat first, West Indies got bundled out for a mere 152 in 45.1 overs, courtesy of top-class bowling by the Aussies. Bowling spearhead Mitchell Starc continued his breathtaking run in the Windies to♌ur and picked up three wickets for just 43 runs from 9.1 overs.
Apart from Starc, Josh Hazlewood (2/18), Ashton Agar (2/31), and Adam Zampa (2/29) displayed outstanding bowling skills to demolish the home team’s batting unit completely. Only Evin Lewis could stand up ♓tall in front of the brilliant bowling attack, hitting a crucial half-century. The opening batter made 55 off 66 balls, with the help of five fours and three sixes.
In reply, the touring party chased down the paltry target in 30.3 overs with six wickets in hand. Matthew Wade was the star in the batting with a remarkable fifty, which helped ಌhis team get over the finish line.
Wade scored unbeaten 51 runs from 52 deliveries, including five fours and two sixes. Captain Carey made 35 off 50 balls, while Mitchell Marsh contributed 29 from 21 deliveries.
Agar, who picked up two wickets, scored unbeaten 19 runs and formed a match-winning 54 runs partnership with Wade. For his all-round show, Agar was named ‘Player of the Match’. Similarly, Starc, who ended up as the highest wicket-taker (11), was named ‘Player of the Series’.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Teamwork from Australia:
Pace: 17.1-1-61-5
Spin: 28-4-83-5— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket)
Australia win the series, but it has beeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn a tough tour. Opportunities gone begging for middle order spots. Still a lot of uncertainty for a final squad for the T20WC later this year.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
Australia claim a 2-1 series win! ✅
The visitors surge to a six-wicket tꦓriumph over We꧃st Indies in Bridgetown.
Matthew Wade the pic♐k of the Australian batters with 51🐠* off 52 balls. |
— ICC (@ICC)
Champions! Well done lads! And a huge congrats to🍃 Mitchell Starc: Player of the Series. Deservedly so! ♥️
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
The final ODI of the series has been anoth🧔er reminder of how we’re in an era of high-quality spin bowling & rather mediocre-quality batting against spin across formats and countries
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)
Most wickets in a streak of 100 or less consecutive ODI matches:-
194* – MITCHELL STARC🇦🇺
193 – Saqlain Mushtaq🇵🇰
187 – Allan Donald🇿🇦
185 – Muttiah Muralitharan🇱🇰
185 – Brett Lee🇦🇺Starc curre🌼ntly has 194 ๊wickets in 99 ODIs of career.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
The CG Insurance ODI Series si𓆏lverware goes to 🏆👏🏽
Thanks to the two teams for a well contested s🧜eries!🌴🇦🇺🏏
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket)
That’s it! Wade and Agar ste🌞er Australia home to win by 6 wicketsಌ. A lot to digest from this tour.
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell)
Nobody has taken more ODI wickets against the West Indies at a better average tওhan Mitchell Stꦛarc.
32 wickets @ 12.03, SR of 16.1
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1)
After being completely outplayed in the T20I series, Australia pulled ♏things back with a 2-1 win in the ODI serie♏s
Mitchell Starc was special, taking 11 wickets @ 10.64 and🥃 was ౠthe Player of the Series
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
Mitchell Starc ꦗin the ODI series against West Indies:
8-1-48-5
10-1-26-3
9.1-0-43-3– Man of the series award.
– Most wickets.
– Best bowling figures.
– Best bowling strike rate.
– Most five-wicket haul.Mitchell Starc is back with a bang.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Mitchell Starc (4) has equalled Waqar Younis' (4) tally of getting most Man Of The Series award as a pacer in ODIs. Starc hasn't even played 100 ODIs and he's equalled the tally, what a bowler.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
