Smith, Marsh lead Australia into final

Tue, Jun 21, '16

Marlon Samuels' lightning struck Australia twice, in Barbados, as he repeated his spinal innings for West Indies in St Kitts with a handsome hundred that left Steven Smith's side needing a steep chase at Kensington Oval to avoid triangular series eleimination

The winner of the match will go through to face South Africa in the final, but a defeat for Australia would mean an early exit. Despite sporting a young side shorn of considerable experience, it was would be a major humiliation for Australia, the world's No. 1 ODI team and World Cup champions, to fail to progress.

On the fastest pitch of the tournament so far, three early wickets to the new ball gave Australia a fine start, having sent West Indies in to bat. However, Samuels found a willing ally in Denesh Ramdin and the pair put on 192 together, the best fourth wicket stand in all ODIs between the two teams.