Cricket West India won Australia in the final T20 Series for a 4-1 Series win

(Reuters) – West India striker Evin Lewis blew up 79 runs from 34 balls as the Twenty20 world champion beat Australia by 16 strokes on Friday in St Lucia’s fifth game to win a 4-1 series and send a warning to rivals ahead of this year’s World Cup.

Chasing 200 wins, Australia started steadily despite losing Josh Philippe in the first leg when skipper Aaron Finch (34) and Mitchell Marsh (30) took charge, but the guests lost their way after the duo left to finish points 183-9 in 20 overruns. .

West India fast players Sheldon Cottrell (3-28) and Andre Russell (3-43) made sure the Australian batsmen couldn’t build their start when the hosts again produced a dominant performance at Daren Sammy’s National Cricket Stadium.

Earlier, West India decided to hit first after winning the throw and rode in the effort of opener Lewis, which included nine to six and four limits to publish a challenging total, although the hosts were prepared to get an even higher score in one point.

“It’s always good to be a part of the win. I’ve been working very hard since 2017,” Lewis said before I looked forward to my visit to Pakistan this month.

“This series means a lot to me when you achieve runs against these teams, you feel very good. It’s good for us, we have a lot of confidence in Pakistan, but we want to keep playing smart cricket.”

After a convenient bet of 169-4 in 15 matches by Chris Gayle (21) and Lendl Simmons (21), the West was constrained by Australians Andrew Tye and Adam Zampa in the last five games.

Andre Russell and Fabian Allen left without disturbing the scorers too much, before stand-in skipper Nicholas Pooran (31) was sacked deeply in an attempt to pull Tire and Darren Bravo became the fighter’s third victim.

The teams will now face each other in three one-day international matches starting July 20th.

(Shrivathsa Sridhar reports in Bengaluru; journalist Muralikumar Anantharaman)