St. Kitts, April 3 – Alana King achieved her second-best ODI bowling figures as Australia secured a commanding nine-wicket victory over the West Indies in the third ODI here at Warner Park, completing a 3-0 whitewash.
Led by a five-wicket haul of 5-19 from leg-spinner King, Australia bowled out the West Indies for a meager 136 before comfortably chasing the total with more than 30 overs to spare.
King's 5-19 is her second best bowling figures, after her 7-18 against South Africa at last year's ODI World Cup.
Choosing to bat first, the West Indies started well, scoring 49/1 in the Powerplay. However, things changed dramatically as they were reduced to 78/5 by the 19th over.
Apart from the 38-run opening stand, the only other notable partnership was the 37-run stand between Realeanna Grimmond and Chinelle Henry.
Grimmond was dismissed by King in the 27th over, after which the innings quickly fell apart as the lower order offered little resistance. Henry was left without support and remained unbeaten on 42, as the West Indies were bowled out for 136 in 35.4 overs.
In reply, Australia got off to a perfect start in the chase with a 50-run opening stand between Georgia Voll and Phoebe Litchfield setting the tone.
Voll was the only batter to be dismissed, followed by an 87-run stand between Litchfield and Ellyse Perry, which completed the chase in 19.4 overs. Litchfield remained unbeaten on 68, while Perry was 33 not out.
This series sweep meant Australia finished the Caribbean tour with six wins from six, having also won the T20Is 3-0.
Brief Scores: West Indies 136 all out in 35.4 overs (Chinelle Henry 42, Hayley Matthews 34; Alana King 5-19, Ashleigh Gardner 2-29) lost to Australia 137/1 in 19.4 overs (Phoebe Litchfield 68, Ellyse Perry 33*; Ashmini Munisar 1-35) by nine wickets.