WI VS AUS - 5th T20I, Australia tour of West Indies, 2021

It's a very happy West Indies team posing with the trophy. To win 4-1 with Pollard and a few seniors not playing is a great achievement. But they would have wanted a better fight from Australia though. The Mitch Marsh experiment is the biggest plus for Australia to take as they eke out their plans for the T20 World Cup. West Indies host Pakistan for another five-match series and it's another opportunity for them to zoom in on their settled combination for the mega event. Meanwhile, Australia will play three ODIs before that series from July 20. See you then!

Pollard also revealed about Gayle standing up in the dressing room for a speech during the South Africa series. West Indies were down 1-2 after losing third T20I. Gayle stood up to talk about what individuals have got to offer to West Indies cricket and what playing for West Indies means to him. Pollard also said that no matter how experienced one is, sometimes you do need a shoulder around you like family to lift your inner self. The team always believed in Gayle and he delivered a knockout punch to Australia in the third T20I this series.

Kieron Pollard: I think it's great. He (Lewis) is starting to understand the talent that he has. He is not a big guy but he is really a powerful guy. So it's a just a matter of giving himself time and when he gets in no-one can bowl to him. I think he missed out on a couple of international hundreds and it's something we spoke about, obviously to get those hundreds as people tend to forget big 50s at times. But for him and to a lot of other youngsters in the dressing room who continue to learn and what's pleasing is they continue to talk about cricket and rotation of strike this series has been good. He (Mitch Marsh) had a great series and he plays on surfaces that has great bounce and pace back home. Coming to the Caribbean and be able to dominate is fantastic for his confidence and good for him if he gets to bat for Australia and other T20 teams at number three. We might have a fair idea of Australia and South Africa, who are in our group for the World Cup, and for us it doesn't matter and it's just a matter of continuing to improve. And I just want to say congrats to Pooran... with a couple of guys missing out this series, to win a series against Australia, gotta enjoy it.

Nic Pooran | West Indies skipper: Wonderful achievement. Especially after the last series, we played proper cricket. Leg spinners are champs in T20 cricket. We are very happy for Hayden. He has been working so hard on his bowling and I am very happy for him. We wanted to win 5-0, but we will take 4-1. Leadership is tough. It's tough when there's a lot of information to gather. You are not sure what is the correct advise at times. It was a good learning for me. I am happy and thankful for the information shared. I learnt different things and got to see the game in a different way - from captain's point of view. Can't single out anyone. So many T20 greats out there. Trevor Penney works so much off the field. Happy for the group.

Hayden Walsh Jr | Player of the Series: Hard work is paying off. I have just been patient and when I get the opportunity, just run with it. The guys are happy to win 4-1. We were down against South Africa, but this series was quite good. This series I will hand it to Allen (best fielder in the team), but the next series I am definitely going to be up there.

Aaron Finch | Australia skipper: Mitch Marsh stood out at his first opportunity at No. 3 and the way he bowled as well. Our bowling has been pretty decent too, we haven't backed it up with the bat. There are some guys in there with not much of international experience and it's not easy. I am not critical of them. Evin Lewis played a hell of a knock. Winning would have been nice, but we have got some information and positives to take from this series.

Evin Lewis | Player of the Match: Staying still, watching the ball straight onto the bat really worked for me today and feels good to contribute to a win. Been working extremely hard since 2017. I want to keep scoring runs and keep cashing in all times. Means a lot to me, this is the first series against Australia for me at home and scoring against these teams feel very good. We have a lot of confidence going into Pakistan series, but don't want to get overconfident and want to keep playing smart cricket.

22:53 Local Time, 02:53 GMT, 08:23 IST: This will please the West Indies fans. They lost 2-3 to South Africa in a closely fought series, but 4-1 against Australia will be sweet. Could have been 5-0 too. Hardly things going Australia's way ever since that epic 38/7 collapse in the first game when they were well ahead for most parts. They had this plan of batting aggressively through the middle overs and it backfired with lack of regular firepower. They did manage to keep West Indies down to 199 today when 220+ was easily on at one point. They were ahead of the run rate midway in the chase, but they lost steam with Finch and Henriques falling in the same over. Again batters not kicking on hurting them. Dre Russ picked a 3-fer, his career-best in T20Is. Cottrell got three too. Gayle quietly came on and conceded just nine runs in three overs, bowling yorkers for fun at pace.

Hayden Walsh to Swepson, 2 runs, short delivery, Swepson pulls it over mid-wicket and that's it! West Indies win the game and series 4-1

Hayden Walsh to Hazlewood, 1 run, slogs this on one knee to long-on

Hayden Walsh to Hazlewood, no run, wide yorker outside off stump, Hazlewood drives it to cover

Hayden Walsh to Hazlewood, SIX, tossed up outside off stump, too full and allows Hazlewood to get under the ball. Big hit over long-on but it's come too late

Hayden Walsh to Hazlewood, FOUR, full delivery, Hazlewood drilled hard through cover

Hayden Walsh to Hazlewood, 2 runs, mistimed slog goes high and lands safely at deep mid-wicket

Cottrell to Swepson, no run, full delivery, Swepson swings and misses

Cottrell to Swepson, no run, slower delivery outside off stump, Swepson moves across and misses

Josh Hazlewood, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Cottrell to Swepson, out Zampa Run Out!! 1 run completed. "Satisfied that the bat is not grounded," says third ump. Schoolboy stuff from Zampa to not drag the bat into the crease. Coach won't be happy about that. Swepson lofted this over cover and Zampa was charging back for the second. Would have been home had he dragged the bat in. Good throw to the bowler, who removed the bails in time. Zampa run out (Hayden Walsh/Cottrell) 0(0)

Cottrell to Swepson, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!

Runout check. Zampa in trouble. Cottrell feels they have got him. OUT