Australia have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in their ODI series against West Indies with a 90-run win in the second match at St Kitts\u2019 Warner Park.<\/p>\n
New captain Sophie Molineux rested her recent back injury and watched on as veteran Beth Mooney (65 off 104 balls) top-scored for the visitors, who managed 269-7 after winning the toss.<\/p>\n
Spinners Georgia Wareham (3-29) and Ash Gardner (3-34) were key with the ball as the hosts rued a collapse of 7-34 on the turning deck in reply.<\/p>\n
West Indies were all out for 179 after 46 overs on Monday (AEDT).<\/p>\n
Ninth on the ICC\u2019s ODI rankings, West Indies had looked up for the fight against the world No 1 Australians, who fell to 82-4 in the 16th over of their innings.<\/p>\n
Ashmini Munisar (2-45) notably struck twice in two balls to topple heavyweights Georgia Voll (23) and Ellyse Perry, out for only her third golden duck in 166 ODIs.<\/p>\n
Mooney and stand-in captain Tahlia McGrath (24) got the visitors back on track with a 58-run stand before a valuable knock of 39 from Wareham at No 7.<\/p>\n
In reply, West Indies star Hayley Matthews had the hosts tracking nicely at 1-92 through 23 overs, only to become the first victim of their almighty collapse<\/p>\n
Matthews (45 off 73 balls) was dropped by Alana King on 44 but could only add one more run before Megan Schutt\u2019s hands proved safer in the same McGrath (2-15) over.<\/p>\n
In the next over, player of the match Wareham tickled the off-stump of the other set batter, Stafanie Taylor (18), and then sent Deandra Dottin packing for a fourth-ball duck.<\/p>\n
Gardner had caught-and-bowled Matthews\u2019 fellow opener Qiana Joseph (29) among her three wickets.<\/p>\n
Australia struggled for the final wicket after exhausting Wareham and Gardner\u2019s overs, allowing Afy Fletcher (32no) and Karishma Ramharack (14) to add some respectability to the scorecard.<\/p>\n
McGrath ended the game and broke the 49-run partnership for the 10th wicket when Ramharack holed out to Voll.<\/p>\n