A remarkable record-breaking innings from power hitter Tim David has carried Australia to a six-wicket win and an unassailable 3-0 lead in its five-match T20I series against the West Indies.<\/p>\n
Chasing a testing target of 215, Australia was struggling at 4-87 in the ninth over of their run chase at the small Warner Park ground in Basseterre, St Kitts.<\/p>\n
David then launched an extraordinary attack on the three West Indies spinners, blasting nine sixes in a match-tilting three-over onslaught, including four in a row off Gudakesh Motie.<\/p>\n
He was dropped at wide long on 90 and completed Australia’s fastest T20I century with a leg-glanced boundary with 23 balls remaining, finishing 102 not out off 37 balls.<\/p>\n
David thrashed 11 sixes and six fours in a spectacular exhibition and featured in an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 128 with Mitchell Owen (36 off 16).<\/p>\n
The win, achieved with 23 balls remaining, was Australia’s 10th win from their last 11 T20Is. The Windies, meanwhile, have lost nine of their last 10.<\/p>\n
It was David’s highest T20I score, eclipsing his 92 for Singapore, the nation of his birth.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t think I would have the opportunity to score a hundred for Australia, so I’m so grateful for that opportunity and pretty stoked,” David told ESPN.<\/p>\n
“The pitch was good and obviously there was a strong breeze and small boundaries, so you’ve got to back your strengths, and it’s probably best when I’m attacking them.”<\/p>\n
Earlier, West Indies openers Shai Hope (102 not out off 57 balls) and Brandon King (62 off 36) blasted 125 off 11.4 overs.<\/p>\n
Captain Hope dashed to his highest T20I score, reaching his first century off 55 deliveries, with West Indies finishing at 4-214 after being sent in for the third straight game.<\/p>\n
Hope and King were particularly brutal with their straight hitting, with the first eight sixes of the innings disappearing over the arc.<\/p>\n
The hosts smashed 13 sixes and were 1-161 in the 15th over, but were contained to 49 off their last five, with Sean Abbott and Nathan Ellis (1-37 off four) executing well.<\/p>\n
Recalled quick Abbott (0-21 off four) bowled the only two overs in which the West Indies did not hit at least one boundary or six.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think we had enough runs on the board on a pitch like that,” Hope said.<\/p>\n
After being so effective in the second game of the series, spinners Adam Zampa (1-51 off four) and Glenn Maxwell (0-31 off two) were on the receiving end of some brutal batting.<\/p>\n
Australia raced to 0-30 after two overs, but then lost 4-56.<\/p>\n
Glenn Maxwell (20 off seven) was run out well short of his ground after Mitchell Marsh played a ball into the covers.<\/p>\n
Josh Inglis (15 off six) also produced a quickfire cameo before hitting the ball straight to deep square leg, Marsh (22 off 19) was caught behind off a thick outside edge and Cameron Green (11 off 14) was caught off a top edge.<\/p>\n
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