Wrapped in a Guyanese flag, a woman left the Providence Stadium in Georgetown saying this can't be a Tri-series but a cry series. She was obviously disappointed after the West Indies were humiliated by World Champions Australia and given a rude awakening in the second match of the Ballr Tri-series, yesterday.
Scores: West Indies 116 all out (32.3ovs) vs Australia 117/4 (25.4ovs) - Australia won by 6 wickets.
After their four-wicket victory over South Africa on Friday night, the West Indies brought 12,000 Guyanese through the turnstiles. However, their batsmen failed to come to grips with world-class bowling from a disciplined Australian outfit.
The regional players failed to realise they had 300 balls to negotiate and did not use 105 of them, as they were bowled out for 116 in 32.3 overs. A total of 17.3 overs of spin bowling, yielded only 63 runs at the cost of eight wickets. The only men to make an impression were Johnson Charles (22), Carlos Brathwaite (21) and Darren Bravo (20), as Nathan Lyon (3/39) and Adam Zampa (3/16) proved a handful on the slow track.
Set 117 runs for victory, the Australians duly got home, thanks to a controlled unbeaten 51 off 52 balls with three fours and a six by David Warner.
West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine scored some psychological points by grabbing 2/36 of his 10 overs. The Australians also got a bonus point which took them to five points. The West Indies has four and South Africa zero.
Australia won the toss and opted to field. The returning Mitchell Starc went to work immediately and sent back Andre Fletcher–caught at gully for four.
Johnson Charles struggled, but added 44 runs for the second wicket with Darren Bravo who looked in great touch but fell to an off-side trap–giving Mitchell Marsh his first scalp. He faced 31 balls and struck three fours.
His dismissal opened the floodgates and Starc, bowling consistently around 145k, soon ended Charles' misery by rearranging his stumps. His top score occupied 40 balls with a six and a four.
Bowling with tremendous guile and control, Lyon roared through the middle sending back Marlon Samuels (10) and Keiron Pollard for a first ball duck. Brathwaite was last out after facing 48 balls with a four and a six.
The West Indies head to St Kitts on Wednesday while Australia will clash with South Africa tomorrow.
SCOREBOARD
West Indies vs Australia
WI inns
J Charles b Starc 22
A Fletcher c Maxwell b Starc 4
D Bravo c Zampa b Marsh 19
M Samuels lbw Lyon 10
D Ramdin lbw Maxwell 12
K Pollard c Warner b Lyon 0
C Brathwaite c Finch b Zampa 21
J Holder b Zampa 1
S Benn c&b Lyon 3
S Narine st Wade b Zampa 5
J Taylor not out 3
Extras 3lb, 9w, 2nb 14
Total all out (32.3ovs) 116
Fall of wkts: 6, 50, 59, 70, 70, 85, 88, 91, 111, 116. Bowling: M Starc 9-0-37-2, J Hazelwood 3-0-13-0, N Lyon 10-2-39-3, M Marsh 3-1-5-1, A Zampa 5.3-0-16-3, G Maxwell 2-1-3-1.
Aus Inns
D Warner not out 51
A Finch lbw Holder 19
U Kawaja c Holder b Benn 27
S Smith lbw Narine 6
G Maxwell b Narine 0
M Marsh not out 9
Extras 1lb 1
Total for 4 wkts (25.4ovs) 117
Fall of wkts: 44, 85, 92, 92.
Bowling: S Narine 10-2-36-2, J Taylor 3-0-20-0, S Benn 6-0-21-1, J Holder 3-0-21-1, C Brathwaite 3-0-14-0, A Fletcher 0.4-0-4-0. Result: Australia won by 6 wkts. Australia 5 pts, West Indies 0.