By Kushal Sharma
TOSS: Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Australia 270 for 9 (Wade 57*, Holder 2-51, Gabriel 2-58)
beat
West Indies 212 (Charles 45, Hazlewood 5-50, Marsh 3-32) by 58 runs
Australia by going to bat first, Mitchell Marsh ensured a tournament-winning victory over the West Indies by delivering with the ball.
Marsh's performance under pressure was a major positive of Australia's otherwise workman-like defeat of West Indies and the already vanquished South Africa, making it fitting that he landed the decisive blows against a doughty home side.
Australia also owed much to the wicketkeeper Matthew Wade, who muscled his way to a half-century with the tail that atoned for earlier wasted starts by the top order, while also reaffirming his place in the team. Wade's late hitting stretched the total to 270 when at one point 240 looked more likely.
Man of the match in last year's World Cup final, James Faulkner's recent form with the ball has disappointed, and he has had relatively few opportunities to showcase his late innings batting due to the performances of others. Instead, Hohns and Langer plumped for the pace of Nathan Coulter-Nile alongside a recall for the wristspin of Adam Zampa.
The West Indies advanced to the final of the one-day tri-series by beating South Africa by 100 runs on Friday, led by a century from Darren Bravo and three wickets by paceman Shannon Gabriel.
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