Australian batter Aaron Finch dropped to four in the batting order and found some confidence-boosting form Wednesday, hitting 58 to steer Australia to a three-wicket win over the West Indies in the first Twenty20 international against West Indies.
Australia won the toss and sent the West Indies in at Metricon Stadium, with Josh Hazlewood grabbing 3-35 as the visitors made 145-9, reports AFP.
The hosts were in trouble when they slumped to 58-5 in the eighth over, but skipper Finch, who usually opens, and Matthew Wade (39 not out) steadied the ship, putting on 69 runs.Aaron Finch fell in the 18th over and the game went to the wire, with Mitchell Starc hitting the winning runs with a ball to spare.
Kyle Mayers top scored with 39, while Odean Smith chipped in 27 crucial late runs after they started strongly but faltered mid-match in the face of quality bowling.
Australia got off to rousing start with David Warner, returning after missing their recent India tour, crunching 14 off five balls.
Green made 14 before being bowled by Alzarri Joseph then Glenn Maxwell departed without scoring going for a big hit, as did Tim David soon after to leave Australia in trouble on 58-5.
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