West Indies opener Kjorn Ottley made a huge mistake as he denied taking the DRS that could have helped him save his wicket in the third ODI against Australia.
West Indies who were sent into bat first are reeling after losing their top three wickets inside the first 12 overs of the match in Canberra. Otlley was dismissed by Xavier Bartlett who is making a comeback in this game.
Bartlett picked up four wickets in the game and missed the second ODI through injury. In the 11th over of the Windies innings, Bartlett bowled a full delivery that swung after pitching and took the edge of Ottley’s bat before thudding into his pads. The bower appealed and umpire Sharfuddoula ruled the decision in the bowlers’ favour.
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The Replays, however, showed that Kjorn Ottley edged the ball but he failed to understand. He walked as soon as the umpire gave him out not knowing that he had edged the delivery. He was the first West Indies wicket to fall as the Australians capitalised and took two more including the wicket of skipper Shai Hope (4) in the 12th over.
Watch Kjorn Ottley’s Bizzare Dismissal Below
A bizarre start to proceedings in Canberra!
Ottley choose NOT to review a ball he gets a big inside edge on #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/M7xSrOX5Hp
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Australia won the first ODI by 8 wickets and the second by 83 runs seent the Windies into bat after winning the toss and have controlled the game so far. Steve Smith is leading the side in the absence of Pat Cummins. Mitchell Starc is also not a part of the side as the duo have been rested from this series including the T20I series.
“Not sure how the wicket is going to play. It might get better under lights. That’s pretty much the reason. Two changes. Short is out with a hamstring and Hazlewood didn’t make the trip. Bartlett and Lance Morris are back in,” said Steve Smith the Australian skipper after winning the toss and opting to field first.
“We would have batted. There’s some weather around but we should just play our cricket rather than focus on the weather. Good signs have been shown but the batting is letting us down. One change, Greaves is struggling a bit with his hamstring so Teddy Bishop is making his debut,” said Windies skipper Shai Hope after losing the toss.
AUS vs WI 3rd ODI Playing XIs
Australia Playing XI – Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Inglis(w), Aaron Hardie, Steven Smith(c), Cameron Green, Marnus Labuschagne, Sean Abbott, Will Sutherland, Xavier Bartlett, Adam Zampa, Lance Morris
West Indies playing XI-: Alick Athanaze, Teddy Bishop, Kjorn Ottley, Shai Hope(w/c), Keacy Carty, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Oshane Thomas
Australia are more likely to complete a clean sweep given they have been playing very dominant cricket throughout the series so far and are keen to finish on a high. Australia are placed second on the ICC ODI rankings while West Indies is tenth. The two teams have played 148 ODIs with the Aussies winning 78 matches and West Indies 61. In 19 T20Is, Australia have won 9 games while West Indies 10.
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