Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2080dThe Report by Daniel Brettig

Marsh, Wade lift Australia to title win

Having taken Australia into the triangular series final with the bat, Mitchell Marsh ensured a tournament-winning victory over the West Indies by delivering with the ball

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MS Wade
MS Wade
57(52) 2x4 - 3x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 20 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
4 1 5 3 21 10 4 9
AJ Finch
AJ Finch
47(41) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 14 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
4 0 12 1 6 14 6 4

Best performances - Bowlers

JR Hazlewood
JR Hazlewood
O9.4
M1
R50
W5
Eco5.17
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
MR Marsh
MR Marsh
O10
M1
R32
W3
Eco3.20
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Australia won the 2016 West Indies Tri-Nation Series

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

13.00 start, First Session 13.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-17.15, Second Session 17.15-20.45

Match days

26 June 2016 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Commentator: Shashank Kishore

So a journey that started on June 3, ends three and a half weeks later. Hope you've enjoyed our ball-by-ball coverage. Plenty of cricket coming up in the Caribbean. The CPL kicks off on June 29. West Indies then host India for four Tests starting July 21. Until next time, it's goodbye from all of us here. Cheers!

8.40pm Justin Langer is a visibly delighted man. His first tournament as coach ends in victory. West Indies' dream run ends, but to be fair, they ran into a ruthless Australian bowling attack. Mitch Marsh did the damage upfront in an excellent opening burst full of variations, while Josh Hazlewood came into his own at the end. West Indies needed meaningful partnerships, but there was none. A case of stage fright perhaps? Marlon Samuels was the key, but once he fell early, the innings was on catch-up mode. Denesh Ramdin hung in there, but Kieron Pollard and Carlos Brathwaite's inability to kick on meant the chase fell flat despite spurts of aggression. That Australia got to where they did was courtesy Matthew Wade, who helped them recover from 173 for 6.

Steven Smith: Very satisfying, we scraped incredibly well. We were in trouble at one point, but Matthew Wade and the tail gave us 270, which allowed the bowlers to hit good areas and create chances. At 173 for 6, I thought we could pull off something like we did. I don't think we played our best cricket in this tournament, so we still have some work to do to get where we want to be. Justin has been outstanding on this trip, he has done a great job with Western Australia. It was nice to have a different voice around. Barbados is a great part of the world, it's been a great way to end the trip. I'm just delighted to get over the line.

Jason Holder: I felt we conceded 20-30 too many. We lost Shannon Gabriel as well, his overs at the end were crucial. With the bat, we fell away and didn't recover after a decent start. The wickets of Smith and Maxwell changed the game; credit to Shannon. lot of them didn't expect us to get this far, so credit to the group. Improvement is the name of the game. We need to keep building ahead and move ahead in the rankings. Among the positives, we got two hundreds from Samuels and Bravo, Pollard coming back in, not just with bat or ball but in the dressing room, was a huge influence. So yes, it's been good for us. We've got two-three weeks before the first Test against India, so there's time to recover.

Josh Hazlewood is the Player of the Series for his tally of 11 wickets. "We've all got our own role. The bowling group at the moment is working well together. The surface got slower, the way Zampa came in and got the wicket of Pollard, credit to him. I keep it simple, run in and keep it at length. I don't try and complicate it too much. It's as simple as that.

Mitchell Marsh is the Player of the Match for his allround performance. "Every series you play for your country is something you cherish. It's important to contribute, so yes, it's great to get a series win. I hadn't taken a wicket all series, so it was nice to knock over a few tonight. Also, I'm enjoying batting higher up in the order. Cross-seam deliveries were stopping on the batsmen a little, so that was the plan. West Indies had a great series, so wickets upfront was key for us. Happy to have got those."

CricSBS: "So indeed that Wade reprieve comes back to haunt WI. However, take nothing away from the WI for this series. They've been competitive from the first match to this point even though no one gave them a chance. Hopefully this transitions to their performance in Test cricket. "

Ananthasubraman: "This has been an extremely rewarding series for Australia. Each of Mitchell Marsh, Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa have grown in stature. This series will be remembered for the trio as much as it would for the progress West Indies have made. Who would have given them a chance to beat two top ODI teams consistently? "

45.4
W
Hazlewood to Benn, OUT, has he made clean connection? For most parts, it was six, until Glenn Maxwell leapt high, kept his eyes on the ball and then pulled off a stunner while he was air borne. All along, he was mindful of the ropes behind him as he timed his jump to perfection. Five wickets for Hazlewood, Australia are winners of the tri-series

SJ Benn c Maxwell b Hazlewood 2 (11m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

45.3
1
Hazlewood to Gabriel, 1 run, swings across the line, Gabriel gets an inside edge towards deep midwicket

Can he get a five-for?

45.2
W
Hazlewood to Narine, OUT, he's picked the bones out of that, but couldn't have picked out the man better. Steven Smith at the edge of the circle at cover had a thunderbolt coming his way, but he held on to it. Narine cleared his front leg to clatter that, but to no avail. Australia one wicket away from the cup!

SP Narine c Smith b Hazlewood 23 (19m 18b 4x4 0x6) SR: 127.77

45.1
1
Hazlewood to Benn, 1 run, gets a thick inside edge to mid-on, they scamper through for a single

END OF OVER:
45 | 10 Runs | WI: 210/8 (61 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 4.66, RRR: 12.20)

  • Sunil Narine23 (17b)
  • Sulieman Benn1 (1b)
  • Mitchell Starc8-0-32-0
  • Josh Hazlewood9-1-48-3

Shashank to apply the finishing touches...

44.6
0
Starc to Narine, no run, full and straight, Narine hangs back and flicks to midwicket
44.5
4
Starc to Narine, FOUR, Starc hunts for another yorker, this is hurled on the leg stump, tickled fine past the diving Wade for four
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Rare tail-enders' feat

1999

Last and the only previous instance of Aus's 7th, 8th and 9th wkts adding 25-plus runs in an ODI - also vs WI in Bridgetown. Thus, Aus managed scoring 270.

Fifty-less

2012

Last time none of Australia's top-6 scored 50-plus in an ODI against West Indies - in Kingstown in 2012. They scored 154/9 in 40 overs in that rain-affected game.

Marsh gets out

111

Runs scored by Mitchell Marsh against West Indies between two dismissals. He scored unbeaten 79 in the last game and was out for 32 today.

Strong come-back

16

Runs conceded by Gabriel in the 8th over of the inns (his 4th). He wasn't bowled again till the 29th over and then in the 31st over (his 6th) he dismissed Smith and Maxwell.

Failing to convert big

26.16

Average opening stand for Australia in this Tri-Series - lowest among all the three teams. Their stands being: 44, 1, 48, 1, 35 and 28.

Almost a decade ago

2006

Last time WI appeared in the finals of an ODI series/tournament, excluding against associate nations, was the Champions Trophy of 2006 - also against Aus.