West Indies beat Australia by three wickets in Kolkata in final World Twenty20 warm-up

Mar 14, 2016 Sports

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– Josh Hazlewood grabs hat-trick

ABC.net.au – Australia have completed its preparations for the World Twenty20 with a three-wicket loss to West Indies in a warm-up game at Kolkata.

Aaron Finch seemingly shored up his place in Australia’s XI for their World T20 opener against New Zealand, outperforming Usman Khawaja in the practice match. Finch scored 33 opening with Shane Watson at Eden Gardens, sharing a 76-run stand to lay the platform for a total of 9 for 161.
Watson top-scored with 60, while Khawaja scored five before he was caught behind off the bowling of Carlos Brathwaite.  Josh Hazlewood, expected to sit out Friday’s trans-Tasman clash in Dharamsala, grabbed a hat-trick as West Indies collapsed to 4 for 27 in response.
But skipper Darren Sammy slammed an unbeaten 50 off 28 to get his side over the line with one ball remaining.
The defeat will frustrate skipper Steve Smith, especially given his side had complete control of the contest after Hazlewood’s opening spell of 3 for 4.
A middle-order collapse of 4 for 11 will also be cause for concern.
However, the alarm bells will not be sounding yet.
David Warner, James Faulkner, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Ashton Agar were the members of Australia’s 15-man squad sitting out the warm-up fixture.
John Hastings played but did not bowl an over. Faulkner has a sore hamstring but team management expect he will be fit for Friday’s game, where Warner and Coulter-Nile will also return.
Skipper Sammy guides West Indies to winning position
With the help of a quick-fire 33 from Brathwaite and a knock of 29 from Andre Russell, Sammy pushed his side to a point where they needed 10 off the final two overs.
Mitch Marsh kept things tight in the penultimate over but Smith’s side did not have enough runs to play with.
Andrew Tye logged figures of 2 for 35 from 2.5 overs, while Watson opened the bowling and went at nine runs an over.
Selectors will look at more than one match when determining who will open alongside Watson against NZ. But in what was essentially the final selection trial, it was a timely reminder of former T20 skipper Finch’s talent.  It was not the powerful Victorian’s most dominating innings; he cracked six fours and did not clear the rope once.
Yet Finch, Watson and Smith, who contributed a measured 36, were Australia’s standouts with the bat in the clash.
Towering left-arm tweaker Sulieman Benn raised further questions about Australia’s capacity to crumble against spin. Benn was on a hat-trick after dismissing Glenn Maxwell and Marsh.

Scoreboard
World T20 Warm-up Matches
Australia v West Indies
Played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (neutral venue)
Australia innings (20 overs maximum)  
AJ Finch    c Holder b Benn    33
SR Watson    c Nurse b Bravo    60
SPD Smith*    lbw b Bravo                    36
UT Khawaja    c †Ramdin b Brathwaite    5
GJ Maxwell    b Benn                                   0
MR Marsh    c Sammy b Benn           2
PM Nevill†    c †Ramdin b Brathwaite    4
JW Hastings    b Bravo                     10
A Zampa    b Bravo                        2
AJ Tye    not out    0                                    1
Extras    (lb 4, w 4, nb 1)                        9
Total    (9 wkts; 20 overs)                      161    

Did not bat: JP Faulkner, JR Hazlewood,
DA Warner, AC Agar, NM Coulter-Nile

Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Finch, 8.2 ov), 2-106 (Watson, 11.5 ov),
3-114 (Khawaja, 12.5 ov), 4-115 (Maxwell, 13.2 ov),
5-117 (Marsh, 13.4 ov), 6-136 (Nevill, 16.3 ov),
7-151 (Hastings, 17.6 ov), 8-160 (Smith, 19.3 ov),
9-161 (Zampa, 19.6 ov)

Bowling    O    M    R    W    Econ    
AD Russell    3    0    22    0    7.33
JE Taylor    3    0    31    0    10.33    (1w)
JO Holder    1    0    15    0    15.00    (1nb)
DJ Bravo    4    0    21    4    5.25
SJ Benn    4    0    37    3    9.25
AR Nurse    2    0    15    0    7.50    (1w)
CR Brathwaite3    0    16    2    5.33    (2w)

West Indies innings (target: 162 runs from 20 overs)    
J Charles    c Maxwell b Smith    14
JO Holder    lbw b Hazlewood          6
MN Samuels    b Hazlewood                   0
DJ Bravo    b Hazlewood                   0
D Ramdin†    lbw b Zampa                  11
AD Russell    c Finch b Tye                  29
DJG Sammy*    not out                              50
CR Brathwaite c Maxwell b Tye          33
AR Nurse    not out                              12
Extras    (lb 4, w 3)                                7
Total    (7 wickets; 19.5 overs)        162    

Did not bat: E Lewis, S Badree, CH Gayle,
ADS Fletcher, SJ Benn, JE Taylor

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Holder, 3.2 ov), 2-18 (Samuels, 3.3 ov),
3-18 (Bravo, 3.4 ov), 4-27 (Charles, 7.1 ov),
5-49 (Ramdin, 8.5 ov), 6-72 (Russell, 11.4 ov),
7-125 (Brathwaite, 15.3 ov)

Bowling    O    M    R    W    Econ    
SR Watson    4    0    36    0    9.00    (2w)
JR Hazlewood    4    1    13    3    3.25
MR Marsh    4    0    28    0    7.00
A Zampa    4    0    35    1    8.75    (1w)
SPD Smith    1    0    11    1    11.00
AJ Tye    2.5    0    35    2    12.35

MATCH DETAILS
Toss – Australia, who chose to bat
Result -West Indies won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Umpires – RA Kettleborough (England) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
Match referee – BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire – PR Reiffel (Australia)

 

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