Tri-Series: Australia upsets West Indies by 6-wicket win

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Published on: 6 Jun 2016 5:09 AM GMT
Tri-Series: Australia upsets West Indies by 6-wicket win
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Guyana: With David Warner’s unbeaten 55-runs and some fine bowling performances, Australia thumped West Indies by 6 wickets in the second match of the Tri-series at the providence stadium on Monday morning.

Johnson Charles (22) and Carlos Brathwaite (21) were the top scorers from West Indies as no other batsman survived in front of the disciplined Australian bowling attack.

Nathan Lyon and Adam Zampa bagged 3-3 wickets each while Mitchell Starc, who made a comeback after injury took 2 crucial wickets.

Chasing the target of 117 runs, Australia started well with top 3 batsmen in the form of Warner (55*), Finch (19) and Usman Khawaja (27) scoring runs for the team.

Sunil Narine’s impactful spell 10-2-36-2 went in vain as the target was very short in front of strong Australian batting line-up.

Brief Scores:

West Indies- 116 in 32.3 Overs (Johoson Charles 22, Carlos Brathwaite 21; Adam Zampa 3-16, Nathan Lyon 3-39)

Australia- 117/4 in 25.4 Overs (David Warner 55, Usman Khawaja 27; Sunil Narine 2-36)

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