{"id":15623,"date":"2025-07-23T09:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15623\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:25:12","slug":"australia-secure-eight-wicket-win-vs-west-indies-in-andre-russells-retirement-game-josh-inglis-scores-half-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15623\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia secure eight-wicket win vs West Indies in Andre Russell’s retirement game; Josh Inglis scores half-century"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Indies<\/a> cult hero Andre Russell has signed off from international cricket in style, blasting a quickfire knock in his side’s T20 loss against Australia<\/a> in Kingston, Jamaica.<\/p>\n

It mattered little in the grand scheme of things however, as the tourists raced home to a dominant victory thanks to half-centuries from Josh Inglis and Cameron Green.<\/p>\n

Coming in late in the Windies’ innings at his home ground of Sabina Park on Wednesday (AEST), the retiring Russell produced a trademark performance, hitting four maximums and finishing with 36 off just 15 deliveries for the Windies.<\/p>\n

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The 37-year-old didn’t take long to get things moving, smacking just his second ball over the rope in a moment that was described as “signature Dre Russ” on commentary.<\/p>\n

“He’s on a mission this evening to end with a bang,” Ian Bishop said.<\/p>\n

After entertaining the crowd one final time, Russell would eventually fall to Aussie quick Nathan Ellis and was immediately swarmed by opposition players.<\/p>\n

“Have a look at this now – nothing needs to be said,” Brad Haddin said in commentary.<\/p>\n

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Australian players congratulate Andre Russell\u00a0ESPN<\/p>\n

While he walked off the ground to a standing ovation, Russell soaked in the adulation as Bishop set the scene for a tenure in the Windies team that won’t be forgotten.<\/p>\n

“The end of his international career,” the former Windies bowler said.<\/p>\n

“He will be thinking about his grandparents, who nurtured him as a young person.<\/p>\n

“Those memories of travelling with his kid and trying to fetch into taxis to develop himself as a teenager, all flooding back now.<\/p>\n

“He has inspired many and entertained many more.” <\/p>\n

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Andre Russell leaves the field\u00a0ESPN<\/p>\n

Opening batter Brandon King hit 51 off 36 for the hosts as they posted a competitive total of 8-172, with leg-spinner Adam Zampa<\/a> (3-29) the pick of the Aussie bowlers.<\/p>\n

Glenn Maxwell<\/a> (2-15) also chimed in with two crucial wickets, but his time at the crease in the run chase was short-lived, dismissed for 12 off 10 balls opening the batting.<\/p>\n

Mitchell Marsh (21) hit a couple of sixes from the top of the order but didn’t last long either, before the partnership of Inglis and Green kicked things into gear.<\/p>\n

Inglis entered cruise control in rapid fashion en route to a classy 78 not out off 33 deliveries, while Green was just as clinical with 56 off 32 balls.<\/p>\n

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Cameron Green celebrates a fifty\u00a0ESPN<\/p>\n

In his final moments on the international stage, Russell was unable to lift the Windies, dropping a catch in the outfield and returning figures of 0-16 from one over.<\/p>\n

The visitors chased down the total with 4.4 overs remaining as Green hit the winning runs with a boundary behind point.<\/p>\n

Australia have now taken a 2-0 lead in the five-game series and will have the chance to wrap things up when the two sides meet again on Saturday morning (AEST).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Indies cult hero Andre Russell has signed off from international cricket in style, blasting a quickfire knock…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-15623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}