Australia registered another dominant win in the second ODI match against West Indies to seal the three-match series on Sunday, February 4. The experienced all-rounder Sean Abbott shone with both bat and ball to help Australia record a 83-run win while defending 258 runs at Sydney Cricket Ground.
After an embarrassing performance in Melbourne, West Indies bowlers were impressive at SCG from the very first over. Australia lost their half team before reaching 100 but Abbott smashed 69 batting at no.8 to help the hosts post a challenging total of 258/9.
Shai Hope won the toss and elected to bowl first with both teams making two changes each to their playing XIs from the opening match. Exciting prospects Jake Fraser-McGurk and Will Sutherland made their ODI debuts for Australia while Alzarri Joseph and Kjorn Ottley came in for the Caribbean side.
Fraser-McGurk kicked off his career with one four and a six in the very first over but lost his wicket to Alzarri Josep on the fifth delivery of the match. West Indies pacers were excellent with a new ball with crucial wickets of Josh Inglis and Steve Smith.