Recent Match Report - Australia vs West Indies 1st ODI 2023/24 - ESPNcricinfo

Innings West Indies 231 (Carty 88, Chase 59, Bartlett 4-17) vs Australia

A stunning debut spell from Xavier Bartlett has given Australia the upper hand in the opening ODI at the MCG but excellent half-centuries from Keacy Carty and Roston Chase have given West Indies something to defend as they posted 231 after being sent into bat.

Bartlett tore through West Indies top-order on his ODI debut to finish with 4 for 17, the second-best figures on ODI debut for Australia behind current selector Tony Dodemaide, before Carty made his highest ODI score of 88, while Chase made 59 in an important 110-run stand.

Bartlett and Lance Morris became the first Australian ODI debutants to open the bowling together since 2016, and just the third pair since 1975. Bartlett claimed a wicket with his third ball in ODI cricket, clipping the top of Justin Greaves' off stump with a magical outswinger. He should have had a second three balls later as he hooped an inswinger into Alick Athanaze's front pad but the umpire thought it was shaping down and Australia's skipper Steven Smith opted not to review. The ball-tracking projection suggested the ball was smashing the top of leg stump.

It did not cost Bartlett though, as he showcased the new-ball skills he displayed in the BBL, swerving one the other way across Athanaze to scratch his outside edge. Later, in his six-over spell with the new ball he shaped another outswinger away from the right-handed Shai Hope to catch a thick edge which was well-pouched by Matt Short at slip.

He had figures of 3 for 10 with a maiden after his opening spell. He later returned to pick up his fourth wicket with the first ball of the 48th over but could not grab a fifth before Sean Abbott finished the innings in the 49th over.

Keacy Carty was steady despite wickets falling at the other end•Associated Press

After Bartlett's burst, West Indies slumped to 59 for 4 when Cameron Green picked up the first of his two wickets. But Carty and Chase steadied the ship with an impressive century stand.

Carty deserved a century of his own. Having passed his highest ODI score after losing Chase for 59, he was 12 runs shy when Hayden Walsh Jr called him through for a kamikaze single to cover and Abbott produced a direct hit with Carty miles short of his ground.

It was a cruel end for Carty after playing so well. Walsh squatted low at the other end hoping for the ground to swallow him up, knowing full well he had barbequed Carty trying to get off strike.

Carty took a particular shining to the extra pace of Morris, producing two jaw-dropping flicks for six over backward square. He was also savage when Australia's new firebrand overpitched, thumping several of his 140kph-plus offerings back down the ground.

Morris' debut was far less eye-catching than Bartlett's as he conceded 59 from his 10 overs without claiming a wicket.

While Carty took on the pace, Chase attacked the spin striking four of his seven boundaries off Adam Zampa. He bravely swept and pulled off the stumps, and profited as a result. But it would later bring about his downfall at a critical moment. He was bowled around his legs trying to sweep Zampa off middle stump, having gone across too far and completely misjudged the length.

Australia could have wrapped the innings up a little sooner but some sloppy errors allowed West Indies to drag their total to 231. Travis Head dropped a sitter in the deep to deny Green a third wicket before Josh Inglis and Marnus Labuschagne both fluffed easy run outs.

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