Australia and West Indies locked horns in the third ODI of the three-match collection in Canberra on Tuesday (February 6) and completed in simply 31 overs. Australia received the match comprehensively by eight wickets to finish their nineteenth whitewash in the format. This was additionally the primary collection for the World Champions for the reason that World Cup as the Aussies stood out successful by 3-0 margin.
Several data had been created and damaged in the third ODI as solely 186 balls had been bowled in the match, the sixth-fewest in the historical past of the sport. Moreover, this was additionally the shortest ever ODI performed down below. Interestingly, the earlier shortest ODI lasted 199 balls and was additionally performed between Australia and West Indies in 2013 in Perth.Â
Xavier Bartlett was rested for the second ODI after selecting up a four-fer on debut. He returned for the ultimate match and once more picked 4 wickets to change into the primary Australian bowler to choose 4 or extra scalps in every of his first two ODIs. Overall, Bartlett is the sixth bowler to attain this particular feat after –Â Curtly Ambrose, Adam Hollioake, Brian Vitori, Mustafizur Rahman and Hamza Tahir.
Australia received with 259 balls remaining chasing down 87 runs in simply 6.5 overs. It is the biggest victory for them in the format in phrases of balls remaining bettering their effort from 2004 when they had defeated USA with 254 balls in hand. Also, this defeat with 259 balls left can be the most important loss for West Indies in ODIs in their cricketing historical past.
Australia have now received their final 12 ODIs, a streak that began through the World Cup. This is the joint-third longest successful streak in ODI cricket historical past as Australia additionally maintain the document in this side having received 21 consecutive matches in the format. West Indies had been skittled just for 86 runs in the third ODI, their fifth lowest in the 50-over format and second lowest in opposition to Australia.
