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DETTOL International T2OI

 Australia vs West Indies

13th February 2024

The Perth Stadium .WHADJUK Country.Perth.WA.

           In front of 17,010 cricket fans the Australian T20I and West Indian teams are here at the Perth Stadium to do battle in the 3 rd match of the Dettol International T20I series, Australia come into the series 2-0 up, so the Windies will want to take the match. The 2 skippers went out for the coin toss and it was the West Indian skipper that called it and elected to bat putting the Aussies into the field .Coming out to open for the Windies are Johnson Charles and Kyle Mayers ,for the Aussies the new ball was thrown to Xavier Bartlett .Johnson Charles faced up to a Xavier Bartlett ball and was out caught of the bowling of Xavier Bartlett for 4 runs ,the Windies are now 1 /4 .The next batter to the crease is Nicholas Pooran who 5 balls later was heading back to the pavilion after being caught off the bowling of Jason Behrendorff for 1 run off 3 balls ,the Windies are now 2/7 .Rostan Chase is the incoming batter ,this partnership only lasted for 5 balls before opener Kyle Mayers was heading back after being cleaned bowled by Xavier Bartlett for 11 runs off 7 balls ,the Windies are now 3/17 and in trouble. The new batter to the crease is Rovman Powell who with and Rostan Chase added 55 runs to the total before Rostan Chase was out clean bowled by Adam Zampa for 37 much needed runs ,the Windies are now 4/72 in the 7^th over .Coming out to take centre is Sherfane Rutherford ,6 balls later it was Rovman Powell Heading back to the pavilion after being caught off the bowling of Aaron Hardie for 21 runs off 14 balls ,the West Indies are now 5/79 in the eighth over .The next batter to the crease is Andre Russell who really enjoyed hitting Adam Zampa back over his head into the members stand for six after six  ,this partnership added 139 runs to the total before Andre Russell was out caught of the bowling of Spencer Johnson for 71 runs off on 29 balls which included 7 sixes ,the Windies are now 6/218 in the last over.Romario Shepherd is the new batter to the crease ,this partnership added 2 runs before the 20 over’s were bowled ,the Windies finished 6/220,the bets of their batters was Andre Russell who bashed 71 runs off 29 balls, while Sherfane Rutherford hit 67 runs off his 40 balls faced, Rostan Chase (37) and Rovman Powell (21).The wickets for the Australian team were spread around the 5 bowlers.

             The Australian openers Mitch Marsh and David Warner made their way out to the centre to face up to Windie opening bowlers Alzarri Joseph and Jason Holder ,the Aussie partnership over the next 6 over’s added 68 runs until Mitch Marsh played at a ball and was caught on the rope off the bowling of Akeal Hosien for 17 runs of 13 balls ,the Aussies are now 1/68.The new batter to the crease is Aaron Hardie ,this partnership with David Warner added 46 runs until Aaron Hardie was clean Bowled by Romario Shepherd for 16 runs hit off 16 balls ,the Aussies are now 2/114. Josh Inglis is the incoming batter but unfortunately 4 balls later it was David Warner that was out caught off the bowling Roston Chase for a well made 81 runs of 41 balls, the Aussies are now 3/116 .The new batter to the crease is Glenn Maxwell, this partnership only added 1 run before Josh Inglis was out caught and bowled by Roston Chase for 1 run off 3 balls, the Aussies are now 4/117. The Australian teams run chase is almost lost as they need a miracle to get the points. Tim David is the next batter to the crease ,this partnership over the next 4 over’s added 35 runs ,unfortunately it was over when Glenn Maxwell was out being clean bowled by Romario Shepherd for 12 runs off 14 balls ,the Aussies are now 5/152 .Matthew Wade is the next batter to take centre ,over the next 2.4 over’s the partnership added 29 runs .The Australian team started well but started to fall in a heap and ended up not being  able to put the runs on the board finishing 37 runs short of the West Indies total .The best batter for Australia was David Warner with his 81 runs hit off 41 balls ,the next best was Tim David who hit 41 runs off his 19 balls .The better bowlers for the West Indies team are Romario Shepherd and Roston Chase who each picked 2 a piece .

                                               Congratulations to the West Indian team for taking the points.

                                                           The Player of the match is Andre Russell.     

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