AUS VS WI - 1st ODI, West Indies tour of Australia, 2024

That's all we've got for you today then. The two teams now head to Syndey for the next game that's in a couple of days' time. We'll be here to bring all the action once again. Until then, this is Anurag Hegde signing off on behalf of Nikhil JD and Mukesh HS. Take care and goodbye.

Xavier Bartlett | Player of the Match: Amazing way to start, amazing to contribute to a win. Couldn’t ask for much more, lucky it hit the stumps (on his first wicket). Been working on it for a few years, built up courage to bowl it and lucky it came off (on the outswinger). Was great to build some confidence at the Brisbane Heat, very happy to be here. Watched Steve Smith on TV for the last 10 years, to be out there now and be captained by him now is quite surreal.

20:58 Local Time, 09:58 GMT, 15:28 IST: That's as comfortable as wins get for Australia. They cruised along so easily, it was like a walk in the park. After electing to bowl first, they restricted the Windies to 231 on the back of an excellent spell from debutant Bartlett. Chasing it down was never going to be difficult but Inglis smothered any little hope the West Indies would've had with an explosive innings at the top. After Travis Head fell in the first over, Inglis took the charge to the West Indies bowlers and raced along to 65 in no-time. After he was dismissed, Green and Smith batted methodically and stitched together a massive stand to see Australia home without any hiccups. Both men went on to score fifties and Australia won by 8 wickets with ages to spare. The gulf between the two sides very evident today. This is also Australia's 10th ODI win on the trot against the West Indies.

Hayden Walsh to Smith, FOUR, that'll do, length delivery outside off, Smith pressed back and opened the face of the blade to late-cut this past backward point, easily done

Hayden Walsh to Smith, no run, full on off-stump, Smith blunts it with a dead bat

Hayden Walsh to Smith, no run, length delivery on middle, defended straight back to the bowler

Roston Chase to Green, no run, length delivery on middle, Green looks to nudge it into the leg-side and gets an inside edge onto the pads

Roston Chase to Green, no run, full just outside off, Green leans right forward and defends it into the leg-side off the inner half

Roston Chase to Green, no run, full on off-stump, driven straight to mid-on

Roston Chase to Green, 2 runs, length delivery on the pads, Green works it away very fine on the leg-side, they scurry back for two

Roston Chase to Smith, 1 run, full on middle, worked away towards deep mid-wicket

Roston Chase to Smith, no run, tossed up full on off-stump, driven straight to cover

Hayden Walsh to Smith, 1 run, length delivery on off-stump, punched out towards deep point

Hayden Walsh to Green, 1 run, fired in short outside off, slapped out towards deep point

Hayden Walsh to Green, no run, length delivery on off-stump, Green presses back and cuts it towards backward point, that was bowled from behind the stumps

Hayden Walsh to Green, no run, full outside off, driven straight to cover

Hayden Walsh to Smith, 1 run, very full on middle, pushed down the ground to long on

Hayden Walsh to Green, 1 run, length delivery outside off, Green presses back and slaps it firmly towards extra cover, half-stop and they get one

Roston Chase to Smith, 2 runs, tossed up full outside off, Smith leans right across and laps it fine, not much pace on it so will only be two

Roston Chase to Green, 3 runs, length delivery just outside off, Green presses back and cuts it away past point, was off the outer half and not timed, they get back for three