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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 breathtak🌞ing run in the Windies tour 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 fron🅺t 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 his 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 been a tough tour. Opportunities gone begging for mid💖dle order spots. Still a lot of uncertainty for a f൲inal squad for the T20WC later this year.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
Australia claim a 2-1 series win! ✅
The visi𒉰tors surge to a six-wicket triumph over West Indies in Bridgetown.
Matthew Wade the pick of the Austꦍralian batters with 51* off 52 balls.🐎 |
— ICC (@ICC)
Champions! Well done lads!🐭 And a huge congrats to Mitchell Starc𓄧: Player of the Series. Deservedly so! ♥️
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
The final ODI of the series has been another reminder of how we’re in an er🙈a of high-quality spin bowling & rather mediocre-quality batting against spin acros🐈s 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 currentlꦬy has 194 wickets in 99 ODIs of career.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
The CG Insurance ODI Serie🥂s sil𓃲verware goes to 🏆👏🏽
Thanks to the two team𝓰s for 🌟a well contested series!🌴🇦🇺🏏
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket)
That’s it! W🧔ade and Agar steer Australia home to win by 6 wickets. A lot to digest from this tour.
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell)
Nobody has taken more ODI wickets against the West Indies at a better avera🐲ge than Mitchell Starc.
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 series
Mitchell Starc was special, taking 11 wickets @ 💙10.64 and was the Player of the Series
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
Mitchell Starc in the ODI series agains♒t West Ind𒁏ies:
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)
