Tri Series: West Indies won by 4 Wickets

June 13, St Kitts (CRICKETNMORE): Marlon Samuels helps hosts to a four-wicket victory against Australia in St Kitts. A composed innings of 92 from 87 balls by Samuels guided his side to a comprehensive victory. 

Set a challenging target after Usman Khawaja's 98 and supporting half-centuries from skipper Steve Smith (74) and George Bailey (55) lifted the visitors to 265 for seven batting first, the enigmatic Samuels stroked 92 to ensure that the target was reached with 20 deliveries to spare.

"It's all about delivering for the team and keeping us in contention in the competition," Man of the Match Samuels said.

 

Toss: West Indies have won the toss and opted to field first.

Venue:  Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts 

Brief Scorecard

Australia - 7-265 in 50 Overs (Khawaja 98, Smith 74, Bailey 55, K Pollard - 2/32, J Holder - 2/44)

West Indies - 6-266 (Samuels 92, Charles 48, Zampa 2-60) 

Playing XI:

Australia : Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith(c), George Bailey, Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Matthew Wade(w), James Faulkner, Adam Zampa, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Josh Hazlewood

West Indies : Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin(w), Kieron Pollard, Carlos Brathwaite, Jason Holder(c), Sulieman Benn, Sunil Narine, Jerome Taylor