WI VS AUS - 3rd ODI (Rescheduled match), Australia tour of West Indies, 2021

The trophy and the winners cheque is handed to the Aussies who pose for the photographers. Lots of smiles and laughs from the visitors as they end the tour on a high. West Indies outplayed them in the shortest format but Australia returned the favour in the ODIs. Even the loss that they suffered was a close game. With a largely inexperienced squad due to different reasons, this trip to the Caribbean has come as a good learning experience for this Australian side. As for West Indies, they seem to be shaping up well for the T20 WC but their 50-over struggles continue. Hope you enjoyed our coverage of the entire tour. Until next time, this is Hari Sadanandan signing off on behalf of Ramakrishnan MS, Akshay Maanay, Raju Peethala and Mukesh. Cheers!!

Alex Carey: Personally and collectively, it's exciting (to win a series). It's tough leaving home in a pandemic. The commitment that these guys showed was great to see and getting a result in our favour was great. The T20s didn't go our way but it's nice to see some reward for our commitment. It's nice to represent the country and then captain it. Fantastic group effort. The bowlers did a great job. There were some good innings in the series. A bit ugly today but to get a score like that on that pitch, you have to be a bit ugly. We learnt a lot from the other night and adapted. They (bowlers) know their skills and execute them well. We have been working really hard. (On being the top run scorer in the series) I don't really focus a lot on my game, it's great to see a smile on the boy's faces. Had a lot of support this series.

Mitchell Starc | Player of the Series (11 wickets): Well, there have been ups and downs. A few went my way this series. We have good experience in our bowling group and it showed today. The batting group also learnt from the other day. It's great when you can have both (swing with pace). I think being a left-arm quick helps me. Helps when I have Josh at the other end, and he is so consistent all the time. Our spin attack was also quite strong. It's nice to contribute, being one of the most experienced guys at the minute. Good to win a series away from home.

Kieron Pollard: Obviously, we didn't bat well. Yes the wicket was a bit tacky but not losing early wickets was the key. Not getting partnerships is what has been haunting us for a while. If we had got a 220 score on that pitch, it could have been different. I accept we batted badly and coming from a T20I series you gotta make some adjustments in this format and try and apply yourself. I think both teams struggled with the bat on this surface and I think that's unacceptable for international cricket. We aren't going to give excuses. We accept the fact that we batted badly, but the scores in this series, with two top international sides, that's very embarrassing for us as people. Coming from St Lucia, I think it's absolutely ridiculous. I don't want to go on and on... as that might make some headlines, but Australia has been better than us. For us the spinners did really well and that will be our takeaway. Carey has calm head on his shoulders and got to know that from the Adelaide Strikers. He has been good on his captaincy debut and long may that continue..

Ashton Agar | Player of the Match: You always try to do something special. He (Wes) is my best mate and it was the best moment for him to get the cap (previous game). The conditions were favourable and you just let the pitch do your work. It (First Player of the Match award in ODIs) is always special, more so as it came in a final/series decider. You don't get many pitches like this one these days. A very unique brand of cricket was played in this series. Hopefully we can see more of them.

20:50 Local Time, 00:50 GMT, 06:20 IST: As clinical as it gets from the Aussies. 153 was always way below-par, even with the surface offering some help to the bowlers. The visitors did the right thing by not going into a shell and their counterattacking approach meant that the Windies could never really create consistent pressure on the batsmen. The Carey-Marsh stand steadied things after the early wickets, and then Wade took control, first with his skipper and then with Agar to see his side through. For the hosts, the spin duo of Walsh and Akeal bowled well in tandem but they had far too less runs to work with. Had the West Indies scrapped their way to a 200-220 range score, maybe they could have made a game out of this. Not to be. Australia were ruthless right through, disciplined with the ball and daring with the bat.

Pooran to Wade, 1 run, that's it then! Fuller and slower on off, dabbed towards the off-side. Australia pocket the ODI series 2-1 with a six-wicket win!

Pooran to Wade, FOUR, just sneaks through Bravo at short cover! Almost a nothing shot from Wade and he nearly perished at the brink of the win. Juicy full toss, almost a waist-high no ball and Wade isn't sure what to do with it. Goes hard and slaps it uppishly, just about evading the fielder in the ring. 11th ODI fifty for Wade! Fine knock it's been on a tricky surface

Pooran to Agar, 1 run, Pooran begins with a loopy overcook, drilled through the covers

Nicholas Pooran, comes into the attack

Hayden Walsh to Wade, no run, tossed up invitingly outside off, soft hands from Wade as he plays this towards short third man

Hayden Walsh to Wade, no run, slightly short and outside off, punched off the back foot to short cover

Hayden Walsh to Wade, no run, premeditates the sweep but this leg break spins sharply from a middle-and-off line, spins down leg

Hayden Walsh to Wade, FOUR, Wade is in a hurry to get this done! Fractionally short from Walsh, Wade makes a hint of room, sits deep and punches it through the gap at cover. Nobody sweeping in that region. Australia are just a hit away now

Hayden Walsh to Wade, no run, probably the googly, leg-lined and forces a leading edge as Wade closes the bat face early, uppish for a bit but falls well safe

Hayden Walsh to Wade, SIX, Wade continues to hit the occasional biggie! Gets one in the slot for the slog sweep and mows it over deep mid-wicket. There are no half measures when he goes after it against the spinners

Holder to Wade, 1 run, short of a length outside off, steered away down to third man

Holder to Agar, 1 run, back of a length outside off, jabbed away through the covers

Holder to Agar, no run, slower and fuller around middle, defended off the front foot

Holder to Agar, no run, extra bounce from a good length, climbs awkwardly and Agar somehow dabs this unconvincingly with an open face. Backward point gets across to his right to cut off the single