Australia’s Under-19 squad went down 2-1 in their one-day series against an inform West Indies side, after an 18-run defeat in the third and final match last night in Dubai.
Chasing the West Indies total of 229 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Australian captain Sebastian Gotch was the highest-scoring batsman with 49 runs.
Openers Cameron Bancroft and Kurtis Patterson made 26 and 33 respectable hit and runs, while Nick Stevens finished up with 33 at number seven on the batting order.
Unfortunately for the visitors, none of the starts could be converted into big runs, leaving Australia all out for 211 in the 49th over.
After letting a promising 1-0 series lead slip to a 2-1 defeat, Australia now have the chance to make amends in the three day match, which begins on Sunday.
West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and elected to bat, which went against the opener, after he was dismissed for a duck after just seven balls.
Australian paceman Taylor Scott claimed the wicket, comforted by a catch from Patterson.
Brathwaite’s partner John Campbell fared better but didn’t last long, making only 13 runs before he was caught off-guard by Corey McMahon.
McMahon then followed up with his second wicket, sending Anthony Alleyne back to the nets in the first ball.
The cheap dismissals suddenly made the West Indies look very vulnerable at 3-19.
Third batsmen Kwame Crosse stuck around, picking up 19 runs from 37 balls in partnership with Kavem Hodge.
Together they put on a critical 40 runs for the fourth wicket.
Ashton Agar was the man to claim that fourth wicket, removing Crosse courtesy of a catch from Bancroft.
18-year-old left-hander Kyle Mayers then smashed an unbeaten 98 from 100 balls, with nine fours and two sixes helping him on the way.
Mayers formed partnerships with Hodge (36) and Derone Davis (28).
But he can claim the credit for restoring the West Indies' scorecard to health, before running out of balls to leave himself stranded just shy of a deserved century.
Scott, McMahon and Nick Stevens all claimed two wickets apiece for Australia, while Meyrick Buchanan had one to go with Agar's single.
But none proved capable of halting the Mayers onslaught.
Later, Gotch had Australia's best chance of matching that decisive contribution.
But he fell one run short of his 50, undone by a Ronsford Beaton catch off the bowling of Campbell.
The skipper's removal left Australia 6-159, with just 52 further runs added for the final four wickets.
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