Australia beats the West Indies in the final T20I and sweeps the series clean. The Caribbean teams had a horrible home series, being unable to win a single match. Cameron Green was declared the player of the series for his consistent performance.
Clean sweep
Australia toured the West Indies and won three test matches and five T20I matches. They have won 8 out of 8 matches in this series. They became only the second team to whitewash an opponent in a five-match T20I series.
Teams to whitewash the opponent as 5-0 in a T20I series:
- India 5-0 vs New Zealand ( 2020 )
- Australia 5-0 vs West Indies ( 2025 )
This is the second instance a team has clean-swept the opponent in the whole series in multiple formats.
India tour of England ( 2011 )
ODI series:
- ENG – 3
- IND – 0
Test series:
- ENG – 4
- IND – 0
T20I series:
- ENG – 1
- IND – 0
Australia tour of West Indies:
Test series:
- AUS – 3
- WI – 0
T20I series:
- AUS – 5
- WI – 0
Cameron Green’s consistent performance
Cameron Green displayed a magnificant performance in his comeback T20I series. He is the highest run-scorer for Australia in this series with 205 runs in 5 matches with 3 half-centuries. He provided the stability in the Australian line-up which helped other batters to strike more aggressively.
He was eventually awarded with the player of the series award for his consistent performance with the bat. This was his first player of the series award in international cricket.
Adam Zampa’s 100
Adam Zampa played his 100th T20I match for Australia. He became the 4th player and first bowler to achieve this feat for Australia. He is also the leading wicket-taker for Australia with 125 wickets.
Most T20I matches for Australia:
- Glenn Maxwell – 121
- David Warner – 110
- Aaron Finch – 103
- Adam Zampa – 100
- Mathew Wade – 92
Early collapse of Australia
Chasing the target of 170, Australia struggled with an early collapse of 25/3. Tim David played a quick cameo of 30 runs off 12 balls and got out when the team score was 60. Cameron Green ( 32 off 18 ) build a 63-run partnership with Mitchell Owen ( 36 off 17 ) to seal the match for the Aussies.
After their dismissals, Aaron Hardie played a steady knock ( 28 off 25 ), which helped the Aussies to cross the line with 3 overs to spare. Australia scored 173/7 in 17 overs and won the match by 3 wickets. Australia fielded first in all the 5 T20Is and chased the targets successfully consecutively.
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