AUS VS WI - 3rd ODI, West Indies tour of Australia, 2024

A surprisingly short game that. Australia were simply a class apart throughout that series. Lot of work to be done for the West Indies as they go down without a win. We've got a T20I series coming up though in a couple of days time so that's something to look forward to. That's all we've got for you today, this is Anurag Hegde, Ramakrishanan MS and Av Venkatesh signing off. Take care and goodbye.

Steve Smith | Australian captain: It was a good performance, bowlers put it in the right areas and everything seemed to work out. One of those days where everything came off. It’s been good, good opportunity to expose a few players to international cricket and they’ve shown that they can play at this level. Nice to see a couple of guys play really well. He (Fraser-McGurk) was exciting, hits them clean when he gets hold of them. Plenty of guys who can get up there and give it a whack. It’s been fun, they put the ball in the right areas and picked up wickets.

Shai Hope | West Indies captain: Not sure if we can make sense of it, our batters let us down. We need to do some real searching. Can’t really put your finger on one thing, comes down to mindset. Few things we can look at but we didn’t bat as well as we should have. Keacy (Carty) played really well, he should take a lot of confidence, Roston Chase also played well. We must take the positives with us to negate the negatives. (On the upcoming T20 series) Different format, looking to turn things around.

Xavier Bartlett | Player of the Match and Series: Just great to get a taste of international cricket, great to cap it off with a series win. Was a real experience, always wanted to contribute to a win. There was some pressure but I tried to enjoy it, lucky it came off. Just trying to attack and take some wickets. Definitely swinging nicely. (On his favorite wicket so far) Can’t go past your first one. Nice to be part of this group, lot of debutants coming in, people you’ve played with and against. Big thanks to everyone, especially Queensland cricket.

Jake Fraser-McGurk: It's good to be able to have some self-belief if I get picked again. Was nice to know I could do it at the highest level. That's the way I've gone about it this year, that's the change of mindset and it's given me freedom. You can't go out there and do that by yourself, you need the backing of the coaches and I've had that. Tried to work on getting my head towards the ball, didn't really get many balls in the same place today but really happy to go out there and get 40 today. You just try to make use of the powerplay and then do whatever the team needs. Will be nice to get through 10 overs and see what happens after that, might get a chance during the Marsh Cup.

17:36 Local Time, 06:36 GMT, 12:06 IST: That was over and done before we knew it! A superb performance from Australia as they've completely blown the West Indies away. That was not a contest at all. On a good surface, Smith was actually happy to bowl first and his bowlers proved why it was a good decision. They ripped through a spineless West Indies batting order and bundled them out for just 86. Once Australia came out to bat, their newest sensation, Jake Fraser-McGurk, didn't keep us waiting. He came out all guns blazing and raced to a 18-ball 41. Inglis wasn't to be left far behind too as he struck an unbeaten 16-ball 35. Just a couple of wickets for the West Indies but it never mattered. That rounds off a clean-sweep for Australia in the series and my word were they dominant throughout.

Thomas to Smith, 2 runs, no timing but it's good enough for two, full and just outside off, Smith charges down the track and makes some room, he drives it through the gap extra cover without any timing but they get the two they needed

Thomas to Smith, no run, short of length on off-stump, Smith hangs back to defend and gets a thick inside edge onto the pads

Thomas to Smith, FOUR, he might've picked that shot up on the tennis court! Short and just outside off, Smith came down the track and made some room before playing a fore-handed slap through the gap at extra cover

Australia now one hit away

Thomas to Smith, wide, short of length and just going down leg, Smith shuffled across looking to pull it fine and missed

Steven Smith, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Thomas to Hardie, out Caught by Shai Hope!! Edged and gone! Bit of an anti-climax, Hardie misses out. Lovely delivery this, good length and angling in, just nipped away off the seam, Hardie couldn't help bat have a little poke at this, it took a faint edge and it was a simple catch for Hope. Hardie c Shai Hope b Thomas 2(5)

Thomas to Hardie, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Thomas to Hardie, no run, short of length on off-stump, Hardie hung back looking to defend off the backfoot, got a thick inside edge onto the pads

Oshane Thomas, right-arm fast, comes into the attack

Motie to Josh Inglis, no run, length delivery on middle, bunted towards mid-on

Motie to Josh Inglis, SIX, now Inglis joins in on the fun! A proper drag-down on off-stump, was asking to be hit and Josh Inglis obliged, he went deep in his crease and heaved it away over deep mid-wicket

Motie to Josh Inglis, no run, flatter delivery on off-stump, Josh Inglis presses back and punches it straight to point

Motie to Hardie, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, worked away towards deep square leg