Skipper Steve Smith and Cameron Green eased Australia to a crushing eight-wicket victory over the West Indies with a dominant 149-run stand within the first one-day worldwide in Melbourne on Friday. Smith completed unbeaten on 79 off 79 balls and Green, batting at quantity three, was 77 not out from 104 balls as Australia cruised to the successful goal of 232 with 11.3 overs to spare. Opener Josh Inglis arrange the platform with a pulsating 65 off 43 balls, together with 10 fours and a six. It was Australia’s tenth consecutive ODI win, together with their World Cup victory in India final yr, and the stress will probably be on the West Indies to forestall a collection clear sweep. It was all too simple for Australia, with Travis Head the one batting failure with 4 off 5 balls. Debutant Australian paceman Xavier Bartlett was named the person of the match with 4-17 off 9 overs, initiated by a wicket with solely his third supply.

Green raised his half-century off 62 balls, with Smith’s 50 coming off 58 balls.

Inglis’s fifty was powered off simply 28 balls after plundering three boundaries off Matthew Forde‘s fourth over and swatting an enormous six off Oshane Thomas over deep sq. leg.

But Inglis was out trying to reverse-sweep Gudakesh Motie solely to lob a catch to slide. When he departed Australia had been 83 for 2 and within the field seat within the twelfth over.

Earlier, Keacy Carty was denied a century within the West Indies innings in a run out mix-up. He regarded primed for his maiden ODI century earlier than he was badly burnt by his batting associate Hayden Walsh and was run out for 88 off 108 balls.

Bartlett, taking part in in his first ODI together with fellow paceman Lance Morris (0-59), had a dream begin, taking the highest of Justin Greaves’s off-stump with an enormous inswinger for one and picked up Alick Athanaze in his following over, caught behind for 5.

Bartlett had the ball swinging appreciably and claimed the massive wicket of skipper Shai Hope, caught at first slip by Matthew Short for 12, leaving him with 3-8 in 5 overs. 

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa broke a flourishing 110-run partnership when Roston Chase tried to brush and was bowled for 59 off 67 balls.

Carty was closing in on his century earlier than he was needlessly run out by a poor name from Walsh.

Walsh set off for an injudicious single and Sean Abbott at mid-off threw down the stumps with Carty effectively out of his floor. He left the bottom visibly aggravated, 12 wanting his hundred.

The second ODI takes place on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.

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