The hosts won the first game in Melbourne by eight wickets and the second in Sydney by 83 runs to clinch the series, with the West Indies playing for pride. But after Australia skipper Steve Smith won the toss and sent them in on a humid day, they crumbled to 86 all out in the 25th over against an attack missing Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc.
In reply, Australia recorded their shortest successful run chase in the format with 259 balls remaining to cap a stunning capitulation by the Caribbean side. “It was a good performance, the bowlers put it in the right areas and everything seemed to work out.
One of those days where everything came off,” said Smith. “It’s been good opportunity to expose a few players to international cricket and they’ve shown that they can play at this level.”
Opener Fraser-McGurk showed his immense talent in only his second match with five fours and three sixes in an electric 41.
Brief scores
WI 86 all out in 24.1 overs (A Athanaze 32; X Bartlett 4-21, L Morris 2-13, A Zampa 2-14) lost to AUS 87-2 in 6.5 overs (J Fraser-McGurk 41, J Inglis 35*) by eight wickets
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