David Warner slammed 70 off 36 balls in his one hundredth T20I and Adam Zampa grabbed three wickets as Australia beat the West Indies by 11 runs within the opening conflict of their three-match sequence on Friday.
The hosts crunched 213-7 after being despatched into bat on a windy and chilly Hobart night.
The guests put up a valiant struggle however they might solely handle 202-8, with Zampa taking 3-26.
Warner, who grew to become solely the third man after New Zealand’s Ross Taylor and India’s Virat Kohli to play 100 internationals in every format, hit 12 fours and a six in his explosive knock to anchor the Australia innings.
“Pleasing to get the win on the board. I feel refreshed and a lot of energy,” stated Warner.
“I said I want to play the T20 World Cup and finish there and I’m excited and it’s a good journey we’ve got going through the next six months.”
The West Indies hammered 16 off the opening over from Jason Behrendorff in an ideal begin to the chase and placed on 72 with out loss within the six-over powerplay, simply 5 shy of what Australia managed.
But when Johnson Charles fell for 42 to Zampa and Brandon King for 53 to Marcus Stoinis after an 89-run stand, the wheels started coming off.
Stoinis accounted for Shai Hope (16) and Glenn Maxwell eliminated Rovman Powell (14).
It left the West Indies needing 72 from the ultimate 5 overs, however when Zampa snared two extra wickets in 4 balls it blunted the cost and the win proved out of attain.
“We struggled to get partnerships, but it was a good game of cricket,” stated West Indies skipper Powell. “We just have to back ourselves a little bit more.”
Warner smacked 5 boundaries from his first 10 balls, together with 4 in Jason Holder’s opening over.
The 37-year-old introduced up his twenty fifth T20 half-century off simply 22 balls to ship a transparent message to selectors that he plans to be in rivalry for the World Cup later this yr.
He was finally out to a slower Alzarri Joseph supply, gloving to Nicolas Pooran behind the stumps.
With Travis Head and Steve Smith rested, Josh Inglis opened with Warner and was equally aggressive in thumping 39 off 25 balls till eliminated by Holder, providing Powell a easy catch at mid-off.
Mitchell Marsh was coping with Covid within the lead-up however confirmed few in poor health results in hitting an enormous six off Andre Russell to assist Australia attain 110-1 on the midway mark earlier than being caught behind off Joseph for 16.
The run charge eased when Warner departed earlier than Tim David took up the mantle with an explosive unbeaten 37 off 17 balls.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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