2019 World Cup: Mitchell Starc and Nathan Coulter-Nile shine as Australia hold nerves to beat Windies
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Image Source : APMitchell Starc grabbed five wickets for 46 runs as defending champions Australia pulled off a 15-run win against West Indies.
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In the first innings, West Indies fast bowlers ripped through the Australian top-order in a brilliant spell of fast bowling. The side was reduced to 38/4 within 10 overs.
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Steve Smith stabilized the Australian innings, scoring 73 off 103 deliveries.
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Nathan Coulter-Nile stole the show, however, as he scored 92 off 60 balls. In doing so, he also scored the highest number of runs by a number 8 batsman in a World Cup match.
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For the Windies, Shai Hope top-scored for with 68 from 105 balls while Nicholas Pooran made 40, besides Holder's 51. The other batsmen got the starts but could not convert them into big scores.
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Poor decision making from the Windies batsmen was significant, but Mitchell Starc's accuracy was central to Australia's win in the game.