With eight sixes and an undefeated 120 runs off 55 balls—the second-highest T20I score for a batsman ranked at No. 4 or below—Glenn Maxwell, an unstoppable force in the game, tied Rohit Sharma for a record-tying fifth T20I century as Australia easily won the series at the Adelaide Oval. Australia’s 241 for 4 was their highest total on home soil and proved far beyond the reach of the West Indies, even though captain Rovman Powell struck an impressive 63 off 36 balls.

Australia won the series 11–0 at Bellerive Oval after Marcus Stoinis took 3 wickets and left-arm quick Spencer Johnson, playing in his first home international, took 2 for 39. Tim David insisted he had appealed as Australia argued intense scenes, but the incident ultimately had no bearing on the result of the match.

Alzarri Joseph was short of his ground trying a tight single, but he stayed at the crease after umpire Gerard Abood said there had been no appeal. With the third and final game of the series scheduled on Tuesday in Perth, both teams have practically begun their T20 World Cup preparations.

Josh Inglis, who did not bat in the powerplay in game one and played after testing positive for Covid-19, came to the crease after being dismissed. Feeling better, he enjoyed batting in the powerplay and blasted 29 off 12 balls.

Josh Inglis started well in Hobart to start the race to partner opener David Warner at the T20 World Cup. He hit 39 off 25 balls in the series opener but could not back up and fell for 4 in the second over.

Maxwell began slowly and should have been run out on 10 when wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran missed a shy at the stumps, but he capitalized on the next delivery with an incredible sliced six over cover point off Romario Shepherd to ignite his innings.

He then completely dominated a half-century partnership with Stoinis and targeted Powell with a trio of boundaries, including a brilliant reverse sweep. Maxwell smashed a first-ball boundary before unfurling his power with a six over backward point and another over the legside boundary.

The All-Rounder scored a brilliant century off 50 balls in the penultimate over of the session to reach a second T20I ton in his last three innings. He sped to his half-century off 25 balls before displaying another creative stroke with a switch hit for six off left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein.

Powell chose to bowl again despite his attack giving up 213 for 7 at Bellerive Oval, but he puzzlingly stuck first up with Hosein, who was hit for six on the second delivery by a reverse swat from Warner.

However, their seamers fared much better against Warner, who had hit 70 off 36 balls in Hobart, as they bowled a straighter line with Joseph producing swing and hitting speeds close to 150 km/h. Warner, frustrated, moaned loudly when he was caught by a slower Shepherd delivery, but Maxwell went on to destroy the West Indies.

West Indies were made to appear weak, and given Maxwell’s temper, there was probably little that they could do, but some of their strategies, such as bowling wide yorkers instead of having a third man, were a bit puzzling.

West Indies, of course, came out swinging and smashed 42 off the first over fours. That was despite Josh Hazlewood delivering a wicket-maiden in the second over as left-arm quick Jason Behrendorff’s tough series continued with his first two overs costing 31 runs.

Johnson entered the attack in the fifth over and immediately started with a 143 kmph short delivery. Two balls later he had Pooran spooning to midwicket before nicking off Sherfane Rutherford with a line and length delivery that was more reminiscent of the longer formats.

Johnson is a bowler of great interest across formats and might be considered for a position in the T20 World Cup after making his debut for Australia late in the previous year and going on to impress for the BBL title Brisbane Heat.

Before the series, Andre Russell had only played one Twenty20 international (T20I). The BBL had made him a national hero in Australia, but he had only faced two deliveries in Hobart. With West Indies at a despondent 63 for 5, Russell opened the innings with three boundaries off Johnson. Wearing neither a helmet nor a cap, he hammered legspinner Adam Zampa for six over deep midwicket before clubbing a short delivery from Stoinis into the second tier.

But he fell victim to the short delivery later in the over, capping an entertaining 37 off 16 balls, and West Indies never really threatened until an overshadowed Powell took over.

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