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2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Aussies make history with Windies demolition
A T20 'transition' is happening in real time and tracking towards World Cup success, according to spin star Adam Zampa, as Australia completed a first-ever 5-0 series clean sweep against the West Indies in Basseterre. In the absence of key fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, Ben Dwarshius and Nathan Ellis combined for five wickets to roll the home team for just 170 batting first in the final encounter. A golden duck to fill-in opener Glenn Maxwell as a part of a top-order collapse that reduced the tourists to 3-25 put the chase in jeopardy. But then Tim David smashed 30 runs off 12 balls and the powerful Australian middle order, including revelation Mitch Owen (37 off 16) and man of the series Cameron Green (32 off 17), pushed hard to set up the history-making, three-wicket win with three overs to spare. 'I didn't expect 5-0 at the start of the series,' captain Mitch Marsh said. 'But we played some great cricket. It was something we spoke about after the fourth game. We knew no Australian team had completed a clean sweep. 'We've had guys come in and played different roles for us. We spoke pre-tour about having flexibility and fluidity as a group. 'The way T20 is going teams just keep going now and it's exciting and hopefully we can continue our power hitting.' Owen and Green smashed 22 runs off the eighth over, the biggest haul of the game, with the duo and David combining for nine fours and seven sixes, including one Owen smashed out of the ground as the new power-hitting Aussies showed the way. 'I'm still trying to work T20 batting out. I had some great partnerships during the series,' said Green, who hopes to be back bowling soon. Playing in his 100th T20 international, becoming just the fourth Australian to reach the mark, Zampa said the team's rebuilding had taken a huge step in the West Indies. The emergence of Green in the batting order, debuts for Owen and spinner Matt Kuhnemann, as well as an increased presence from all-rounder Aaron Hardie and more game time for left-arm quick Dwarshius, were all standouts. Zampa, who hasn't missed a T20 international for 18 months, said it all pointed the team in the right direction ahead of the next World Cup in 2026 in India. 'We've been playing really good cricket; our World Cups haven't gone to plan the last couple, but there's a lot of new guys, new faces and new roles, so getting ready for whatever pops up in that T20 World Cup. It's all (about) the build up to that,' he said. 'I've seen a transition in the way that T20 is played in particular and the depth that we've got. 'Guys like Mitch Owen, (have) a lot of power (and there's) a lot of dynamic players through the middle, guys that can hit it out of the ground. 'That's just the way T20 is going and it's the way that we're playing our game as well and it's really exciting.' SPINNER JOINS 100 CLUB Zampa became the fourth Australian, but first bowler, to play 100 T20 internationals, joining Maxwell (120), David Warner (110) and Aaron Finch (103), and is his country's most prolific wicket-taker in the format with 124 wickets. He's also played 100 ODIs and his combined 221 white-ball appearances puts him in the same company as Aussie bowling greats Glenn McGrath (250 ODIs and two T20Is) and Brett Lee (221 ODIs and 25 T20Is). 'A proud moment to play 100 T20 internationals, not many of us have done it,' Zampa said. 'I've played a lot more than I thought I would … it's a nice achievement, it goes to show the longevity and I've just tried to make this spot mine. 'I love playing for Australia and I've always tried to put that first. I've always made sure that I'm tip-top for these games, it's something I pride myself on.'
CNA
2 days ago
- Sport
- CNA
Australia sweep T20 series against West Indies
Australia completed a 5-0 sweep of the West Indies in their Twenty20 international series with Ben Dwarshuis's bowling paving the way for a three-wicket victory in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on Monday. Mitchell Owen top-scored for Australia with 37 off 17 balls, while Cameron Green (32), Tim David (30) and Aaron Hardie (28 nout out) all made valuable contributions as the visitors reached their target of 171 with 18 balls to spare. The win sealed the first T20 series sweep by an Australian men's team in the West Indies, and saw them end the tour with a perfect 8-0 record after a similar sweep in the three-test series. "I didn't expect 5-0 at the start of the series," Australia captain Mitchell Marsh said. "But we played some great cricket. It was something we spoke about after the fourth game. "We knew no Australian team had completed a clean sweep. We've had guys come in and played different roles for us." The match featured 15 sixes, which Marsh attributed to the size of the venue. "I think it's a small ground, so there's always going to be more sixes than normal," he said. "But I think if you look down our batting order in all the five games, we had a lot of power and I guess the messaging was just to play their natural game." Marsh also lauded the performance of his relatively inexperienced bowlers in the death overs. "I'm pretty sure in the last four overs, we didn't go for more than 40 or 50 across the five games," he said. "It's really hard to do. So I think all of them executed. Nathan Ellis was outstanding, Sean Abbott was brilliant. Ben Dwarshuis hasn't played a lot, did a really good role, and even Xavier Bartlett has grown and grown as a bowler." West Indies fans must have feared the worst when Australia won a fifth straight toss and bowled the hosts out for 170, a total they reached thanks in large part to Shimron Hetmyer's knock of 52 off 31 balls. Dwarshuis picked up Hetmyer's wicket as well as those of openers Brandon King (11) and Shai Hope (9). "It was a little bit of a slower wicket so we tried to hit the wicket hard and use the slower balls as well," said Dwarshuis, who was named player of the match.
2 days ago
- Sport
Australia's Caribbean cricket tour ends with a perfect 8-0 record in tests and T20s
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- Australia completed a sweep of the Twenty20 international cricket series with a three-wicket victory over West Indies on Monday to finish its Caribbean tour with an 8-0 record. Australia went into the last game on a 7-match winning streak following the 3-0 test series sweep and victories in the first four of the T20 internationals. It was Australia's first sweep of a five-game T20 series and only the second at the most elite level after India's in New Zealand in 2019-20. 'To be honest, I didn't expect 5-0,' Australia captain Mitchell Marsh said. The sweep "was something we spoke about after the fourth game. We knew no Australian team had done it. 'It'll be something we're very proud of. Across the board over the five games, we played some really good cricket.' After winning the toss for the eighth straight time, Australia sent the home team in to bat and dismissed West Indies for 170 two balls short of the alloted 20 overs. Shimron Hitmyer's 52 from 31 balls and Sherfane Rutherford's 35 off 17 propped up the innings but the target wasn't big enough to put genuine pressure on the Australian batters. Ben Dharshuis took 3-41 and Nathan Ellis finished with 2-32, while spinner Adam Zampa returned 1-20 in his 100th T20 international after taking a wicket and having a chance dropped off his bowling in the penultimate over. The Australians reached 173-7 with 18 balls to spare, with a 63-run fifth-wicket partnership between Mitchell Owen (37 off 17 deliveries) and Cameron Green (32 off 18) stabilizing the innings. Aaron Hardie finished not out on 28. West Indies had Australia in trouble in the opening powerplay with Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph taking two wickets apiece, but the runs kept flowing. Holder dismissed Glenn Maxwell for a golden duck, the first ball of the second over, when the Australian allrounder swung at a ball that shaped away and edged to short third-man where Jediah Blades juggled the catch but held the second grab. Holder also removed Josh Inglis (10) at the end of the second over. Joseph bowled Marsh (14) as Australia slipped to 29-3 after 2.2 overs and, after on onslaught of sixes, he had Tim David (30 from 12 balls) caught in the deep as Australia slipped to 60-4 in the fifth over. From there, Owen and Green dominated with a succession of sixes, including one by Owen that landed on the roof on a pavilion. Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein was finally introduced to the attack to change the pace, and had an immediate impact with his second delivery to dismiss Owen and break up the important partnership. Hosein also dismissed Green and Ben Dwarshuis to return 3-17. Australia had a three-wicket win to open the T20 series before Josh Inglis and Cameron Green spearheaded an eight-wicket victory that spoiled Andre Russell's last game for West Indies in the second game at Kingston, Jamaica. The tourists then clinched the series on the back of a 37-ball century by Tim David in St. Kitts on Friday before Inglis and Green again combined to help them win the fourth game. 'A lot of guys had great series,' Green, who batted at No. 4 and was voted player of the series, said. 'We've got about half a team who're allrounders. That's the beauty of what we're trying to build here. A lot of depth.' The sweep, he said, was a 'massive' boost ahead of next year's T20 World Cup. 'You always want to win every game you can. T20 can be a bit of a lottery at times, so to build a bit of consistency is important," he said. "Good signs.' The Australians will host South Africa in a T20 series next month, and West Indies takes on Pakistan in another home series involving three T20s and three one-day internationals.
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Bizarre West Indies tactic backfires as Australia complete clean sweep
Australia has completed a men's series whitewash for the first time in history after chasing down a 171 run target set by the West Indies with 18 balls to spare and three wickets in hand on Tuesday. A brilliant 63-run partnership in just 28 balls by Mitchell Owen (37 off 17 balls) and player of the series Cameron Green (32 off 18) helped lift the Aussies to another win in the fifth and final T20. The victory capped off a brilliant tour for the Australians, winning all eight matches they played. However, the final T20 could have had a very different result if not for a bizarre move from West Indies captain Shai Hope. Chasing 171 to win, the run rate was never going to be an issue for the Aussies, But after Glenn Maxwell (0 off 1 ball), Josh Inglis (10 off 5) and Mitchell Marsh (14 off 8) fell within the space of eight balls of each other, Australia were on the ropes, at 3/25 after 2.2 overs. And after dismissing the dangerous Tim David for 30 off just 12 balls, the West Indies had the game by the scruff of its neck, with Australia 4/60. Windies quicks Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph had the Aussies in all sorts, but bizarrely were pulled off by captain Shai Hope after bowling just two overs each. It was a decision the 31-year-old would now surely regret as fellow seamers Jediah Blades, Matthew Forde and Romario Shepherd were smashed around the ground. They also turned to an even more peculiar tactic of bowling pace off around the wicket. The Aussie batters lapped that up as Owen and Green combined for a partnership of 63 in just 28 balls. And former Australian wicket keeper Brad Haddin slammed Hope for his tactical blunder. 'I feel like they missed a trick,' Haddin said on commentary for ESPN. 'Two most senior fast bowlers were both on a heater, wanting to get into the contest. They had two wickets each. 'Sometimes you just have to go with that gut feel, (rather than being) worried about what's going to happen in four overs time.' Haddin added at the end of Forde's 22-run over: 'Alzarri Joseph, he looks unhappy because he should be bowling.' Bringing spinner Akeal Hosein into the attack bore immediate fruit as he dismissed Owen, but it was too little too late with Australia only needing 48 off 64 by the time Owen trudged off. In the end, Australia deserve all the praise, a perfect 8 from 8, while the West Indies have been left with a lot of thinking to do.
The Australian
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Australian
Historic T20 sweep: Australia crushes West Indies in Basseterre
A T20 'transition' is happening in real time and tracking towards World Cup success, according to spin star Adam Zampa, as Australia completed a first-ever 5-0 series clean sweep against the West Indies in Basseterre. In the absence of key fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, Ben Dwarshius and Nathan Ellis combined for five wickets to roll the home team for just 170 batting first in the final encounter. A golden duck to fill-in opener Glenn Maxwell as a part of a top-order collapse that reduced the tourists to 3-25 put the chase in jeopardy. But then Tim David smashed 30 runs off 12 balls and the powerful Australian middle order, including revelation Mitch Owen (37 off 16) and man of the series Cameron Green (32 off 17), pushed hard to set up the history-making, three-wicket win with three overs to spare. 'I didn't expect 5-0 at the start of the series,' captain Mitch Marsh said. 'But we played some great cricket. It was something we spoke about after the fourth game. We knew no Australian team had completed a clean sweep. Cameron Green continued to smash the West Indies attack. Picture: Randy Brooks / AFP 'We've had guys come in and played different roles for us. We spoke pre-tour about having flexibility and fluidity as a group. 'The way T20 is going teams just keep going now and it's exciting and hopefully we can continue our power hitting.' Owen and Green smashed 22 runs off the eighth over, the biggest haul of the game, with the duo and David combining for nine fours and seven sixes, including one Owen smashed out of the ground as the new power-hitting Aussies showed the way. 'I'm still trying to work T20 batting out. I had some great partnerships during the series,' said Green, who hopes to be back bowling soon. Playing in his 100th T20 international, becoming just the fourth Australian to reach the mark, Zampa said the team's rebuilding had taken a huge step in the West Indies. The emergence of Green in the batting order, debuts for Owen and spinner Matt Kuhnemann, as well as an increased presence from all-rounder Aaron Hardie and more game time for left-arm quick Dwarshius, were all standouts. Zampa, who hasn't missed a T20 international for 18 months, said it all pointed the team in the right direction ahead of the next World Cup in 2026 in India. 'We've been playing really good cricket; our World Cups haven't gone to plan the last couple, but there's a lot of new guys, new faces and new roles, so getting ready for whatever pops up in that T20 World Cup. It's all (about) the build up to that,' he said. Alzarri Joseph was bowled by Adam Zampa. Picture: Randy Brooks / AFP 'I've seen a transition in the way that T20 is played in particular and the depth that we've got. 'Guys like Mitch Owen, (have) a lot of power (and there's) a lot of dynamic players through the middle, guys that can hit it out of the ground. 'That's just the way T20 is going and it's the way that we're playing our game as well and it's really exciting.' SPINNER JOINS 100 CLUB Zampa became the fourth Australian, but first bowler, to play 100 T20 internationals, joining Maxwell (120), David Warner (110) and Aaron Finch (103), and is his country's most prolific wicket-taker in the format with 124 wickets. He's also played 100 ODIs and his combined 221 white-ball appearances puts him in the same company as Aussie bowling greats Glenn McGrath (250 ODIs and two T20Is) and Brett Lee (221 ODIs and 25 T20Is). 'A proud moment to play 100 T20 internationals, not many of us have done it,' Zampa said. Adam Zampa in his 100th T20 international for Australia. Picture: Randy Brooks / AFP 'I've played a lot more than I thought I would … it's a nice achievement, it goes to show the longevity and I've just tried to make this spot mine. 'I love playing for Australia and I've always tried to put that first. I've always made sure that I'm tip-top for these games, it's something I pride myself on.'
