Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

SO Hetmyer
SO Hetmyer
61(36) 2x4 - 4x6
Control %69%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 20 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
2 9 3 0 27 7 7 6
MR Marsh
MR Marsh
54(42) 5x4 - 1x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 1 9 8 10 4 11 7

Best performances - Bowlers

HR Walsh
HR Walsh
O4
M0
R29
W3
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
SS Cottrell
SS Cottrell
O3
M0
R22
W2
Eco7.33
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Peter Della Penna

10.52 pm Australia lose 10 wickets in a T20 for the second time in a row, first time that has happened to them since 2010. Last night's win is proven to be no fluke for the hosts as they romp home by 56 runs again in St Lucia. Once again the Australia batting looks feeble after the top order is back in the sheds. Meanwhile the West Indies middle-order depth boosted them to a big total before the likes of Walsh Jr, Cottrell, Russell, and Bravo bowled intelligently and were backed up by superb fielding to defend the total.

Shimron Hetmyer names Man of the Match: "I think it was one of my best T20 innings. I think I paced it quite well. It really worked out well for me with the guys backing me to be the guy to just take it as deep as possible. Kudos to my team for giving me that role. I really didn't do anything much differently tonight. It was just having a partnership in the middle to set a platform for us. I'm trying to be someone who can not only play shots but also rotate the strike and be there as long as possible. I never batted with Bravo before so it was really nice to bat with him for the first time and have a 100-run partnership. He was just telling me to keep going and just do what you do best. I really trusted him batting and running between the wickets."

Australia captain Aaron Finch: "I don't think the wicket changed a huge amount again. It played pretty well. Chasing 190, you have to get off to a pretty good start and when your two openers get out cheaply, it puts a lot of pressure on a reasonably inexperienced - at least in terms of international T20 cricket - middle order. 110-run partnership between Hetmyer and Bravo, that's the difference in the game. I thought the front half of our [bowling] innings was pretty good. It's always tough bowling to a left-right combination with a big breeze going to one side of the ground."

Stand-in West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran: "Most pleasing is that tonight my record for winning the toss isn't good and we knew we'd have to bat first. We just said that we had to put a total on the board, do the same things we did last night but even better. The decision to send Dwayne up the order to keep a left-right combination was fantastic, seeing a senior player raising their hand and showing their experience. Dwayne asked the question [to come in at No. 5] and we just saw it was important to have a left-right combo with the wind factor so I held myself back. We know how dangerous we can be in the last five overs. We know how passionate Fabian is and sticking to the plan is very pleasing. Hayden, after working months and months day in and day out to come back tonight and be a match-winner for us is wonderful as well."

That's it from us tonight. Come back in two days for the third match in this series when I'll be back on the ball-by-ball duties with Andrew McGlashan. Until then, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

19.2
W
Gayle to Hazlewood, OUT, the Universe Boss takes the final wicket. Full on the stumps, Hazlewood backs away for a big slog and misses. The stumps are rattled. Gayle with a very earthly non-celebration after the ball hits the timber to cement victory.

JR Hazlewood b Gayle 4 (3m 2b 1x4 0x6) SR: 200.00

19.1
1
Gayle to Starc, 1 run, full on the stumps, driven to long-on.

Gayle bowling this final over with his cap still on his head. Quite a few West Indians over the years have bowled in that style. Around the stumps.

END OF OVER:
19 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 139/9 (58 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.31, RRR: 58.00)

  • Josh Hazlewood4 (1b)
  • Mitchell Starc7 (7b)
  • Sheldon Cottrell3-0-22-2
  • Dwayne Bravo3-0-29-1
18.6
4
Cottrell to Hazlewood, FOUR, full on middle, backs away to drive and a thick edge goes wide of Pooran to the third man rope.
18.6
1w
Cottrell to Hazlewood, 1 wide, bouncer outside off, too high for Hazlewood to play and a bonus run and ball will come.
18.5
W
Cottrell to Zampa, OUT, good length angled across fourth stump, Zampa shovels this straight to backward point. Akeal Hosein on as a sub takes it at waist height reaching to his right on the ring. Cottrell is so bored by the lack of drama with seven balls to go that he doesn't bother breaking out his patented military salute wicket celebration. West Indies are romping to victory.

A Zampa c sub (AJ Hosein) b Cottrell 3 (8m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75.00

18.4
1
Cottrell to Starc, 1 run, short and wide on fifth stump, slices a cut behind point and kept to one by a good track and relay from Fletcher.

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0AJ FinchMS Wade
2nd19AJ FinchMR Marsh
3rd39MR MarshJR Philippe
4th43MC HenriquesMR Marsh
5th10MC HenriquesBR McDermott
6th1DT ChristianMC Henriques
7th1DT ChristianAC Agar
8th11DT ChristianMA Starc
9th10MA StarcA Zampa
10th6JR HazlewoodMA Starc