Starc’s record five-wicket haul helps Aussies thump Windies by 133 runs

Australia’s stand-in captain Alex Carey scored a half-century and pace bowler Mitchell Starc took five wickets as they beat West Indies by 133 runs in a rain-hit opening match of their one-day international series in Barbados on Tuesday (July 20). Chasing a Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) adjusted 257 runs for victory after Australia scored 252-9 in 49 overs after three rain delays, the hosts suffered a collapse to fold for 123 with only returning skipper Kieron Pollard (56) offering resistance.

Starc did most of the damage for the visitors, who came into the contest at Bridgetown after being hammered 4-1 in their T20 series, with a superb 5/48 which included the wicket of Pollard who came back into the side after a hamstring problem. It was Starc’s eighth five-wicket haul in ODI cricket which helped him surpass countrymate Glenn McGrath’s haul of seven five-wicket bursts

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