Australia win fifth T20 to claim series clean sweep over West Indies

That brings us to the end of Australia’s tour of West Indies, and it’s safe to say it had been a successful one. We have plenty more cricket coverage to fill your boots on our website so stick around and have a look, and see you next time.

“We came up against a quality opposition in Australia, but as a batting group we didn’t give ourselves the best chance,” says the West Indies skipper.

“We were always one step behind the eight-ball, but have to commend the bowling effort. It just didn’t happen for us today. In the Caribbean, chasing is always better due to the dew and wind factor, but that’s not something I can control.”

“The wickets were better,” he says. “It was a great series for many of our guys … Inglis and Tim David, for instance. There are about five guys who can bat four … half the team are made of all-rounders and that’s the kind of squad we want to build.

“I’ve had great partnerships around me, we all lean on each other. A massive series win; the T20 World Cup isn’t too far away so a bit of consistency will be good.”

“It was a slower wicket, so I tried to hit the wicket hard and bowl some slower ones,” says Dwarshius, who took the key wickets of King, Hope and Hetmyer.

“A lot of thinking and planning goes into the games, to not let batters access certain areas. It was a challenge on these batter-friendly wickets ... felt like a nice, tidy challenge. It’s amazing to be part of this historic squad. I’ll look back at this series for the rest of my life.”

Abbott wastes no time, getting in the zone with a couple of deliveries from Forde before using the last ball of the 17th over to drive him to mid-on for a boundary that brings the run tally to 173.

Hardie breaks the streak of singles with a reverse sweep that hits the ropes and gets Australia four runs closer, and they continue to pepper singles until … Dwarshuis tries to get it done in one hit but doesn’t go the distances and is caught.

Australia 7-166, need five runs from 24 balls

There are five overs remaining from which to do it and the visitors have four wickets in hand. After a pretty significant wobble, this appears to be in the bag. The run rate has slowed but Hardie and Dwarshuis are chipping away at singles.

Australia 6-158, need 13 runs from 30 balls

He made 32 off 18 balls before, in the 12th over, Hosein adds a second scalp to his tally for the innings. Forde makes the catch between his legs of all places after a bit of a slip and juggle, and Australia are down to their lower order. Dwarshuis joins Hardie at the crease.

Bit of a test given the likes of Abbott, Ellis and Zampa haven’t had much of a chance to bat thanks to the fine work of those above them. We’ll see.

Australia 6-149 after 13 overs

And how it has given England a glimpse of what awaits in Australia this Ashes series, writes the London Telegraph’s Nick Hoult in this piece:

What England did on Sunday night was lame, but the theory that Indian teams play for personal milestones is one shared by Australia. In fact, England’s reaction was very Australian. Matthew Hayden once picked up on the “milestone culture” in Indian cricket.

“We don’t really play for stats. We play for wins. That’s the Aussie way,” said Steve Waugh, but it could just as easily have been Stokes. England’s mistake was making it look petty rather than pointed.