{"id":16650,"date":"2024-02-21T23:18:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T23:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16650"},"modified":"2024-02-21T23:18:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T23:18:55","slug":"windies-end-tour-down-under-with-a-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/windies-end-tour-down-under-with-a-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Windies End Tour Down Under with a Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em><strong>By Eric Collymore<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a thrilling conclusion to their tour down under, the West Indies cricket team secured a 37-run victory over Australia in the final match of the T20 series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, and Roston Chase, the men in maroon showcased their prowess to salvage a win, despite losing the series 2-1 to the Aussies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opting to bat first, the Windies faced early setbacks, losing three wickets within 2.5 overs with only 17 runs on the board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a resilient response saw team captain Rovman Powell and Roston Chase steadying the innings with a partnership of 55 runs before their dismissals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sherfane Rutherford and Andre Russell then took charge, propelling the Windies to a formidable total of 220 for 6, with Russell scoring 71 off 29 deliveries and Rutherford contributing an unbeaten 67.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reply, Australia, led by David Warner&#8217;s 81 and supported by Tim David&#8217;s 41, showed resilience but fell short of the target, managing to score 183 for 5 as they ran out of overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roston Chase and Romario Shepherd impressed with two wickets each for the Windies, with Akeal Hosein chipping in with another wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase, speaking after the match, expressed satisfaction with the team&#8217;s performance and emphasized their focus on delivering their best on the field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also highlighted the importance of securing a win in the final match, despite the series loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this victory, the West Indies concluded their tour with a positive note, showcasing their competitive spirit and talent on the international stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore In a thrilling conclusion to their tour down under, the West Indies cricket team secured a 37-run victory over Australia in the final match of the T20&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16652,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16650\/revisions\/16652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}