July seventeenth, 2021 9:07:19 am
West Indies stand-in captain Nicholas Pooran gained the primary toss of the sequence and determined to bat towards Australia within the last Twenty20 match on Friday. Then opener Evin Lewis took cost.
Player of the match Lewis scored 79 off 34 balls, together with 9 sixes, to steer the Caribbean aspect on their method to a fourth victory within the five-match sequence. Despite a late collapse, West Indies posted their highest rating of the sequence at _199 for eight.
Australia led the house crew to a 16-run win with 183-9. The guests regarded robust in reply as they misplaced two for 5, together with an excellent diving catch at long-on by Fabian Allen to dismiss captain Aaron Finch for 34.
Player of the match!🏆
Tops the desk for the quickest 100 T20I sixes on this innings with 9️ sixes! 🤯👏#WIvAUS #mission maroon pic.twitter.com/fLbBfNvZIL
— windies cricket (@windiescricket) July 17, 2021
Andre Russell and Sheldon Cottrell took three wickets every for West Indies.
Pooran added 31 in Lewis’s dominant batting efficiency and West Indies had been at 168-4 after they misplaced 4-25, earlier than Taylor Hayden Walsh Jr. hit a six to finish the house crew’s innings. Andrew Tye made his first look of the tour and led the Australian bowlers with 3–37, whereas Adam Zampa and Mitch Marsh added two wickets every.
Take a bow Walshi Jr.! 🏆👏👏
Hayden Walsh Jr ended the sequence with 1️⃣2️ wicket, the second highest rating by any bowler in a bilateral T20I sequence! (Behind Ish Sodhi – 13 vs Australia this yr)#WIvAUS #mission maroon pic.twitter.com/vGquPXNUjo
— windies cricket (@windiescricket) July 17, 2021
Australia, who gained the fourth match after shedding the primary three, made 4 adjustments. Leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson was additionally named for his first sport on the tour, whereas Josh Hazlewood and Josh Phillippe returned to the squad. Mitchell Starc was rested and Riley Meredith, Dan Christian and Ashton Turner had been additionally dropped.
Philip opened and received out after scoring 1 run in 4 balls.
The groups will now play three One Day Internationals in Bridgetown, Barbados. The first match is to be held on Tuesday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
