Australia secured victory in the third and last contest of the ODI series against the West Indies in Manuka Oval on Tuesday. After winning two consecutive games, the Aussies were aiming for a magnificent series win, while the West Indies took the field to end the series with a satisfying win.
After winning the toss, Australia invited the West Indies to bat first, but Australia’s dangerous bowling lineup destroyed the batting department of the opposing side, and the whole team was dismissed at the score of just 86 runs, which Australia chased down in just 41 deliveries to win the contest.
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Four Batters returned to Pavillion without Scoring even a Single Run
Xavier Barlett Came up with an outstanding bowling spell, took a total of 4 wickets in 7.1 overs with an economy rate of 2.93 and helped the side restrict the opponents to a total of just 86 runs. West Indies lost their first wicket at the score of 13 runs in the 3rd over and the second wicket in the 11th over when the total score of the side was 38 runs.
Australian bowlers did not provide the opposing side with an opportunity to bounce back in the game and picked up two more wickets from in the range of just 10 more runs. Matthew Forde, Gudakesh Motie, Oshane Thomas and Teddy Bishop could not contribute anything for the side and returned to the pavilion at the individual scores of zero runs.
West Indies lost their last six wickets while scoring only 15 runs
The score of the West Indies was 71/4 in the 20th over and nobody expected the quick collapse of the innings in the upcoming 5 overs and 15 runs. West Indies lost their last wicket on the first delivery of the 25th over and the first innings of the game was concluded. Adam Zampa picked up 2 wickets in the game by giving 14 runs in 5 overs with a very good economy rate of 2.80.
Lance Morris also picked up 2 wickets in 4.3 overs at an economy of 2.89 while Sean Abott dismissed the captain of the side, Shai Hope to pick his only wicket of the game.
