Tri-series 2016, Final: West Indies v Australia – Statistical Highlights

ODI World Champions, Australia ended up as the winners of the Tri-Nation Series in West Indies after defeating the hosts comprehensively in the finals at the Barbados last night. After electing to bat, Australia posted 270/9 thanks to contributions from the whole lineup. West Indies started off their chase well but tight bowling from Australians put the hosts under pressure as they were bowled out for 212 in 46th over. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0 – Wickets taken by Mitchell Starc in this game. In his last 16 ODI games where he bowled more than 2 overs, he has picked at least one wicket. Out of the 16, he picked up at least 2 wickets in 13 games.

0 – Wickets taken by Mitchell Starc in tri-series finals. He has played 3 tri-series finals so far and failed to pick a single wicket. However, he picked two wickets in CWC 2015 final.

1 – This was West Indies’ first loss in a tournament final since 2014 including Women’s cricket and Under 19 cricket.

How did the match pan out? – Tri-Series 2016, Final Review: Australia dump hosts to lift the trophy

4 – Mitchell Marsh became only the 4th Australian to score 30+ runs and pick 3+ wickets in an ODI tournament final. Greg Chappell, Glenn Maxwell and Brett Lee are the other 3.

5/50 – Josh Hazlewood’s 5/50 is the first 5-wicket haul for a pacer in this tri-series.

6 – This is the 6th ODI final that Australia has won on  opposition’s soil. They played 9 in total with one of them ending in tie and other two vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS).

8 – Matthew Wade became only the 8th keeper batsman to score a fifty in an ODI tournament final while batting at No.7 or lower. He is the first player to do so after MS Dhoni did it in 2008 vs Pakistan at Dhaka.

40 – Number of ODI tournaments Australia have won so far. 3 out of those are shared ones.

46 – Runs scored by Steven Smith in this game. He had 3 consecutive fifty plus scores in ODI tournament knockouts before this.

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57 – Runs scored by Matthew Wade in this game. His previous scores in ODI tournament final are 49, 14 and 64.

1999 – Last time when Australia’s 7th, 8th and 9th wicket partnerships scored more than 25 runs in an ODI innings was in 1999 also vs West Indies and also at Bridgetown.

2008 – Last time West Indies featured in an ODI tournament final was in 2008 vs Canada in Associate Nation tri-series. Excluding Associate tournaments, the last tournament final they appeared in was Champions Trophy 2006 also vs Australia.

2011 – Last time captains and keepers on both sides scored more than 30 runs in an ODI final was during 2011 World Cup final.