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Patna : West Indies (WI) defeated Australia by 16 runs in the 5th T20I at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia, on July 16, 2021, late, to win the five -match series 4-1. WI opener Evin Lewis was declared Player of The Match while leg spinner Hayden Walsh, 29, was declared Player of The Series. WI won the 5th T20I even as Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo were not playing in this match. WI won the toss and opted to bat.
Batting first, WI scored 199/8 in 20 overs with opener Evin Lewis scoring 79 in only 34 balls hitting 4 fours and 9 sixes. Lewis and his opening partner Andre Fletcher added 40 runs for the first wicket. Fletcher fell to spinner Adam Zampa for 12 making it 40/1. Chris Gayle fell to leg spinner Mitchell Swepson for 21 in 7 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes and it was 83/2. Lewis fell to all-rounder Mitchell Marsh for 79 making it 124/3.
Lendl Simmons fell to Mitchell Marsh for 21 in 25 balls with 1 four and 1 six making it 168/4. All-rounder Andre Russel fell to medium fast bowler Andrew Tye for 1 and it was 173/5. Captain Nicholas Pooran (wk) fell to Andrew Tye for 31 in 18 balls hitting 1 four and 3 sixe and it was 182/7. For Australia, Tye took 3/37 in 4 overs.
Chasing a target of 200, Australian could score only 183/9 in 20 overs with captain Aaron Finch (opener) scoring 34 and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh 30. Opener Josh Philippe fell to fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell for zero. Moises Henriques was run out for 21.