AUS VS WI - 2nd ODI, West Indies tour of Australia, 2024

Australia have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. West Indies have had their moments but have not capitalized. They will have another chance on Tuesday to take something out of this series. See you all then.. Goodbye

Sean Abbott | Player of the Match: The situation I found myself in, I had to be risk free to begin. Thought 220 would be competitive after seeing the wicket. Very good group to be around. Your cricket is still moving forward even if you’re not playing every game. Enjoying every bit of it, especially the last few months. I love getting out there and playing in front of some friends and family. Got only one game in the World Cup but got a lot before that, gave me a chance to go out in the nets and grind it out, grateful for the staff that allow me to do that.

Steve Smith | Australian captain: Was a nice finish. Challenging start to the game, they bowled well and it was a tricky surface but our lower middle-order batted beautifully. Thought 250 was par and we came out and defended. (Fraser-McGurk) Looked like he was enjoying himself, he hit that big six. Sutherland bashed it in on a length and bowled well, good to see them do well.

Shai Hope | West Indies captain: We stuck to our guns and bowled really well. I must commend the bowlers for restricting them to 258. It was not an easy surface but we have to find ways to score freely. The batters had to raise their hands today.

21:39 Local Time, 10:39 GMT, 16:09 IST: This was West Indies' best chance to level a series in Australia and take it to the decider but they have floundered that opportunity. First, they allowed Australia to recover from 167/7 to 258/9 and then the chase never really got going. The top three batters departed cheaply, Hope and Carty steadied the innings with a 50+ stand and once that was broken there was not a lot of application shown. The pitch at the SCG was not a belter - there was movement right through the game, the bounce was uneven and it was also a bit two-paced. Australia's pacers made the most of that and kept picking wickets at regular intervals with Hazlewood and Abbott scalping three apiece. It was Abbott's knock early on that took Australia to a competitive total and he was at forefront with the ball as well, it was truly Sean Abbott's day at the SCG.

Zampa to Motie, out Lbw!! Australia win by 83 runs. Zampa finishes things off with a wicket to his name. Flighted delivery and Motie goes for the sweep, misses and is struck right in front of the stumps. He just uses the review because West Indies had them up their sleeve but the onfield call is withheld. Motie lbw b Zampa 7(22) [4s-1]

Zampa to Motie, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!

West Indies review! Motie is given out LBW and he decides to send it upstairs. This looked straightforward but let's see what technology says.. Nothing on Snicko. Ball-tracking has it smashing into middle-stump. OUT

Zampa to Motie, no run, googly that is fraction short, Motie pulls and picks out mid-on

Zampa to Motie, no run, flighted close to off, Motie leans forward and pushes to cover

Abbott to Thomas, FOUR, fullish delivery around off, Thomas clears his front leg and muscles it down the ground

Abbott to Thomas, no run, now nails one in the blockhole, Thomas brings his bat down and keeps it out

Abbott to Thomas, no run, back of a length angled in, Thomas turns it gently to mid-wicket

Abbott to Thomas, no run, charges down and is met by a short of length delivery, gets cramped and mistimes the pull to mid-wicket

Abbott to Thomas, 2 runs, full pitcher outside off, Thomas drives uppishly but right between cover and mid-off, easy couple

Abbott to Thomas, no run, back of a length around off, Thomas stays back and knocks it to cover

Zampa to Motie, no run, stifled appeal for LBW. Motie misses the sweep and is struck on the pad, the impact was outside off and Zampa knew that

Zampa to Motie, no run, wrong 'un outside off, Motie lunges forward to defend and is beaten by the away turn

Zampa to Motie, no run, tossed up around off, Motie prods forward and defends

Zampa to Thomas, 1 run, spinning into the pads, Thomas nurdles it backward of square leg