Australia 213 for 7 (Warner 70, David 37*) beat West Indies 202 for 8 (King 53, Charles 42, Zampa 3-26) by 11 runs
The three-match sequence successfully begins T20 World Cup preparations for each groups with sport two to be performed in Adelaide on Sunday.
Audition for Inglis, Warner stars in milestone
Taking part in in his sixteenth T20I, Inglis opened for the primary time having made a century in India late final yr batting at No.3. With Matthew Wade taking the gloves, Inglis performed as a specialist batter and was an onlooker initially as Warner flayed the brand new ball.
Inglis by no means fairly discovered his timing however nonetheless confirmed his 360-degree vary to make 39 off 25 balls. He began by giving himself room to smash left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein by means of the off-side in a favoured stroke.
His greatest stroke was a intelligent reverse lap scoop off Andre Russell to showcase his cavalier batting earlier than unfurling a full-blooded pull shot in a reminder that his sport was honed on bouncy WACA pitches.
Warner joined Ross Taylor and Virat Kohli as the one gamers to have reached 100 internationals in every format.
West Indies’ seamers struggle again by taking the tempo off
After electing to bowl, captain Rovman Powell had hoped for early inroads on a grassy floor, however his assault struggled to threaten with the brand new ball.
West Indies had been stacked with allrounders and Joseph was their solely bowler with real pace. And his further tempo accounted for Mitchell Marsh, who performed regardless of testing constructive for Covid-19, and kick-started a West Indies fightback.
Their seamers took the tempo off in the backend with slower balls accounting for a number of wickets as Australia’s big-hitters tried to clear the bottom. However they had been hapless on the loss of life in opposition to David as Australia completed with a flurry.
West Indies’ technique of counting on slower deliveries appears fraught with hazard on more durable Australian pitches, however seems a blueprint for the anticipated slower surfaces at their house World Cup. They’ll need to deal with their sloppy fielding mired by a few dropped catches and misfields.
West Indies’ big-hitters go for broke
West Indies’ batting-order barely fired a shot in the ODI sequence, however they had been beefed up by a slew of highly effective batters. King and Charles had been each unavailable because of T20 franchise cricket commitments, however had been welcomed again with open arms as they slaughtered the brand new ball.
They began rapidly and in the third over bludgeoned Glenn Maxwell’s offspin for 17 runs. Even the usually miserly Josh Hazlewood was monstered by Charles for an enormous six out of the bottom which required a alternative ball.
Behrendorff cops early therapy, Zampa outsmarts West Indies
However the windy circumstances made it troublesome for Behrendroff to generate his trademark swing and he was whacked for 16 runs in the primary over. He claimed the late wicket of Romario Shepherd to complete with 1 for 38 off 3 overs.
It was left to Zampa to regular Australia and he produced an excellent sixteenth over to assert the wickets of Russell and Nicholas Pooran which closed the door on West Indies.
Tristan Lavalette is a journalist based mostly in Perth
