New Delhi: West Indies batsman Evin Lewis blasted 79 runs off 34 balls as the Twenty20 world champions defeated Australia by 16 runs within the fifth sport in St Lucia on Saturday (July 17) to win the series 4-1 and ship out a warning to rivals forward of this 12 months`s World Cup.
Chasing 200 to win, Australia made a strong begin regardless of shedding Josh Philippe within the first over as skipper Aaron Finch (34) and Mitchell Marsh (30) took cost, however the guests misplaced their manner after the duo departed to complete at 183-9 in 20 overs.
West Indies quick bowlers Sheldon Cottrell (3-28) and Andre Russell (3-43) ensured that Australia`s batsmen couldn’t construct on their begins as the hosts produced one more dominating show on the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium.
Earlier, the West Indies selected to bat first after successful the toss and rode on opener Lewis` effort which included 9 sixes and 4 boundaries to publish a difficult complete though the hosts had been poised for a good greater rating at one level.
“It`s always good to contribute to a win. I`ve been working extremely hard from 2017 to now,” Lewis stated, earlier than looking forward to the go to of Pakistan this month.
“This series means a lot to me, when you score runs against these teams you feel very good. It`s good for us, we have a lot of confidence going into Pakistan, but we want to keep playing smart cricket.”
Having reached 169-4 in 15 overs after useful contributions by Chris Gayle (21) and Lendl Simmons (21), the West Indies had been restricted by some tight bowling by Australia`s Andrew Tye and Adam Zampa within the last 5 overs.
Andre Russell and Fabian Allen departed with out troubling the scorers an excessive amount of, earlier than stand-in skipper Nicholas Pooran (31) was dismissed within the deep whereas attempting to tug Tye and Darren Bravo grew to become the tempo bowler`s third sufferer.
The groups will now face one another in three one-day internationals beginning July 20.
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