May 23 (CRICKETNMORE) - Australia beat West Indies by 7 wickets in World Cup warm-up match as Smith and Shaun Marsh find form. In an unofficial practice match against West Indies at Hampshire's secondary ground on Wednesday, Smith was supreme in posting 76 off 82 balls, his third straight half-century (all of which have come in practice games) since returning to the national set-up earlier this month.
Check out the match scorecard below:
West Indies - 229 All Out (Overs: 46.2)
Evin Lewis lbw Maxwell 50 (56b, 6x4, 1x6)
Shai Hope c Carey b Cummins 21 (23b, 2x4, 2x6)
Darren Bravo b Coulter-Nile 5 (14b, 1x4)
Shimron Hetmyer c Cummins b Coulter-Nile 11 (9b, 2x4)
Nicholas Pooran c Marsh b Maxwell 5 (18b)
Sunil Ambris c Behrendorff b Starc 37 (46b, 3x4)
Andre Russell b Zampa 5 (4b, 1x4)
Carlos Brathwaite c Marsh b Behrendorff 60 (64b, 5x4, 3x6)
Fabian Allen c Carey b Cummins 12 (18b, 2x4)
Raymond Reifer not out 4 (9b)
Ashley Nurse c Marsh b Starc 11 (17b, 1x4)
Extras 8 (6wd, 2lb)
Australia Bowling
M Starc: 8.2-0-34-2 (3wd), J Behrendorff: 9-0-65-1 (1wd), P Cummins: 9-0-36-2 (1wd), N Coulter-Nile: 6-0-25-2, A Zampa: 9-1-42-1 (1wd), G Maxwell: 3-0-14-2, S Smith: 2-0-11-0
Australia - 3/230 (38.3 overs)
Aaron Finch c Holder b Reifer 42 (47b, 6x4, 1x6)
Usman Khawaja retired hurt 5 (7b, 1x4)
David Warner c Pooran b Thomas 12 (24b, 2x4)
Steve Smith c Pooran B Brathwaite 76 (82b, 7x4, 2x6)
Shaun Marsh not out 55 (59b, 7x4)
Glenn Maxwell not out 18 (12b, 3x4)
West Indies Bowling
K Roach: 4-1-15-0 (1wd), A Russell: 3-0-17-0 (3wd), C Brathwaite: 8-0-58-1 (2wd), O Thomas: 6-0-34-1 (3wd), F Allen: 10-1-68-0 (1wd), R Reifer: 5-0-17-1, A Nurse: 2.2-0-10-0