The match in a tweet: Aussies use spin to win tri-series opener! Windies skittled for just 116 as tourists overcome late stumble to complete bonus-point victory just after nightfall The result: West Indies 116 (32.3 overs, Zampa 3-16, Lyon 3-39, Starc 2-37) lost to Australia 4-117 (25.4 overs, Warner 55no, Narine 2-36) by six wickets The turning point: In the space of just two deliveries at the start of the 17th over, the home side went from a decent position at 3-70 on a difficult pitch to five down and on the edge of a giant hole from which they were unable to extricate themselves. With the first ball of his sixth over, Nathan Lyon finally convinced umpire Gregory Brathwaite to raise his finger after several vocal appeals for leg-before wicket, Marlon Samuels the man to go for 10. It brought Kieron Pollard to the crease, the match-winner from the opening game of the series against South Africa, when he had used his long, powerful arms to hit an incredible six sixes in a match where no other batsman managed to clear the boundary. Perhaps buoyed by that performance, Pollard inexplicably attempted another maximum from the first ball he faced and succeeded in only offering a catch to David Warner at long-on. The celebrations of the Australians upon grabbing such a crucial wicket spoke volumes of what a significant moment it was.
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