Australia would be looking for a clean sweep here.
Preview
AUS vs WI will lock horns in the 3rd ODI at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on February 6. As expected, Australia started the series with a thumping win and won the last game as well thus sealing the series already. They would be looking for a clean sweep, while West Indies would be playing for their pride.
In the second game of the series, West Indies won the toss and elected to field. Australia made quite some changes in their Playing X,I and with Jake & Josh as their openers, they did not start well. The scoring rate was good, but they lost three wickets early, due to which levers were pulled back. Matthew Short and then Sean Abbott played brilliant knocks down the order, which helped Australia propel to a decent total of 258.
West Indies would have considered this as a chaseable total at the start of the innings and would have taken this total at the time of the toss as well. However, things unraveled a bit differently as they lost wickets upfront, similar to their counterparts. A good partnership was made for the fourth wicket as well but made a difference was the knock by Abbott. The Windies lacked a batter to play that role and were bundled for 175, losing the game by 83 runs. Sean Abbott did a great job with the ball as well and was awarded Player of the Match.
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Match Information
Australia vs West Indies, 3rd ODI
West Indies tour of Australia, 6 Feb 2024, Tue, 9:00 AM IST ,Canberra
Probable PlayingXI
Australia
J Fraser-McGurk, Steve Smith(C), Marnus Labuschagne, C Green, MW Short, AM Hardie, Sean Abbott, W Sutherland, JP Inglis, A Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Bench: LR Morris, Xavier Bartlett, SH Johnson, AT Carey, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, MS Wade, TM Head, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, MW Harvey, MR Marsh, Nathan Lyon, JR Philippe, Matt Renshaw, SM Boland, BR McDermott, Tim David, AJ Turner, MP Stoinis, JP Behrendorff, GJ Maxwell, Nathan Ellis, Ben Dwarshuis, Tanveer Sangha, Chris Green, KW Richardson
West Indies
JP Greaves, KY Ottley, Keacy Carty, Matthew Forde, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Shai Hope(C), A Athanaze, Alzarri Joseph, G Moti-Kanhai, Oshane Thomas
Bench: TA Imlach, KAR Hodge, Teddy Bishop, Hayden Walsh, J Da Silva, Kraigg Brathwaite, T Chanderpaul, Shamar Joseph, Kirk McKenzie, Kemar Roach, Z McCaskie, Kevin Sinclair, Johnson Charles, Akeem Jordan, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, AJ Hosein, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, AD Russell
Injury News
(will be added when there is an update)
Weather Report: Clear Sky
Win Prediction: Australia
Pitch Condition: Batting
Avg 1st Inning Score: 318
Pitch Report
Captains: 9
Sean Abbott AUS bat
Forde has scalped away two wickets maintaining an economy of 5.31 in two matches. He has scored 26 runs with the bat as well and can be a handy pick for your team.
Roston Chase: WI