Starc and Hazlewood decimate West Indies as Australia dominates opening ODI By Sports Desk
Pace pair Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood have fired Australia to a 133-run Duckworth-Lewis victory in the opening One Day International (ODI) of the three-game series against the West Indies in Barbados on Tuesday.
Player of the Match Starc claimed 48-5 from eight overs while the economical Hazlewood finished with 11-3 from six overs as the tourists responded after their 4-1 T20I series defeat.
Missing captain Aaron Finch, the Australians had managed 252-9 from 49 overs with the bat, led by stand-in skipper Alex Carey s 67 and Ashton Turner s 49 from 45 balls.
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Pace pair Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood have fired Australia to a 133-run Duckworth-Lewis victory in the opening One Day International (ODI) of the three-game series against the West Indies in Barbados on Tuesday.
Player of the Match Starc claimed five for 48 from eight overs while the economical Hazlewood finished with three for 11 from six overs as the tourists responded after their 4-1 T20I series defeat.
Missing captain Aaron Finch, the Australians had managed 252 for nine from 49 overs with the bat, led by stand-in skipper Alex Carey s 67 and Ashton Turner s 49 from 45 balls.
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Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the one-day series against the West Indies after a thumping victory in Barbados.
Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood ripped through the West Indies batting lineup, dismissing the home side for just 123, as Australia won by 133 runs.
Chasing a revised target of 257 to win from 49 overs, the home side s innings was in tatters inside eight overs, with the Aussie quicks reducing the West Indies to 6-27.
Starc got the innings off to the best possible start, dismissing Evin Lewis first ball, after Lewis tried to work a ball off his pads into the leg side, only to get a leading edge back to the bowler.