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Alana King has spun Australia to a commanding nine-wicket triumph complete West Indies arsenic nan visitors completed an ODI bid sweep successful St Kitts.
The leg-spinner ripped done nan hosts pinch a stunning spell of 5 for 19 from 10 overs arsenic nan West Indies collapsed aft a agleam commencement to beryllium bundled retired for 136 successful nan 3rd and last ODI successful nan series.
Australia raced to their target wrong 20 overs arsenic opener Phoebe Litchfield (68 not retired from 56) and seasoned Ellyse Perry (33 not out) steered them home.
King claimed her second-best figures successful women’s one-day internationals successful nan crushing triumph complete West Indies, aft she claimed 7 for 18 astatine nan World Cup past year.
The 32-year-old leaves nan Caribbean pinch 11 wickets crossed six white-ball matches aft returning to nan T20 squad successful style pinch 5 scalps from 3 games successful nan shorter format.
“We were conscionable very clinical, we nailed our lengths, we really owned that,” King said.
“For maine to reap nan rewards was great, but I deliberation nan full bowling portion really did an unthinkable occupation and held a very destructive West Indian broadside to astir 140 [135], which was very pleasing.
Hayley Matthews won nan flip and elected to bat first earlier nan West Indies skipper and chap opener Deandra Dottin (22) put connected 38 for nan first wicket.
The West Indies top-order had their broadside backmost successful a promising position erstwhile Australia’s stand-in skipper Tahlia McGrath turned to King arsenic nan 5th bowler successful nan lineup.
King soon had Matthews caught for 34 erstwhile nan opener grounded to prime up nan other bounce and sliced a thrust to Georgia Voll successful cover.
Young allrounder Jannillea Glasgow fell 2 balls later for a duck erstwhile Georgia Wareham hung connected to a diving drawback to time off West Indies reeling astatine 78 for five.
Chinelle Henry (40 not out) and Realeanna Grimmond (20) helped transportation nan hosts toward a much respectable people earlier King struck again.
The spinner completed her 3rd five-wicket haul successful ODIs arsenic Afy Fletcher was caught astatine gaffe and Karishma Ramharack picked retired Voll astatine long-on, while off-spinner Ash Gardner (2 for 29) helped decorativeness disconnected nan tail.
Australia’s opening brace group disconnected to pursuit down nan target successful speedy clip earlier Voll (23) holed retired successful nan heavy disconnected nan bowling of Ashmini Munisar.
But pinch 50 runs by past knocked disconnected nan target wrong 9 overs, nan consequence was hardly successful doubt, and Perry instantly picked up nan gait alongside Litchfield to guarantee nan visitors cruised to a sixth triumph from arsenic galore white-ball matches connected nan tour.
Australia now move their attraction to nan T20 World Cup successful England successful June, pinch 3 T20s to travel against South Africa up of nan tournament.
