Warner, Watson blast Australia to victory

23 February,2010 04:38 PM IST |   |  Agencies

Australian openers David Warner and Shane Watson tormented the West Indies bowlers to help Australia win by eight-wicket victory in the second Twenty20 international here on Tuesday.


Australian openers David Warner and Shane Watson tormented the West Indies bowlersu00a0to help Australia win by eight-wicket victory in the second Twenty20 international here on Tuesday.

Narsingh Deonarine made a late 36 not out and was well supported by Darren Sammy to help the Windies score 138 in their alloted 20 overs.However the scoreu00a0seemed too less for Australia as they pulled the total within 12 overs.

David Warner began the Aussie assault scoring 69 runs of 29 balls which included seven sixes and five fours. Watson on the other end took over from Warner scoring 62 of just 33 balls.

Warner hammered the second-fastest Twenty20 international half-century helping Autralia to complete their dreams of an unbeaten summer.

The debutants Ryan Harris and Christian grabbed two early wickets. Steven Smith gave outstanding effort in the field causing problems for the West Indies top order.

Australians have been relentless during their home season this summer winning all matches against Pakistan and now the West Indies.

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