Captaincy audition goes well for Alex Carey as victory sealed with big names missing

He felt something click in the Sheffield Shield final and is aiming to build on that this season

"It goes back even to our regional cricket as well. I think as a whole we need to do better," he added.

Ashton Agar was impressive on his return while Mitchell Starc claimed another three wickets

Australia are likely to include a second frontline spinner for the decider

CA optimistic Finch, who was ruled out of the remainder of Australia's West Indies and Bangladesh tours, will be fit in time for the world tournament

The West Indies captain thought Australia should have been held to around 120

Players, match officials and TV crew will now be isolated in the hotel and retested

Australia slumped to 45 for 6 with Akeal Hosein taking three quick wickets

Australia will wait to assess the fitness of Aaron Finch but Alex Carey made a good start as stand-in

Smith has been battling the problem for much of the year and is currently part of New South Wales' pre-season

All competitions have been scheduled in full with the Sheffield Shield due to start late September

West Indies slumped to 27 for 6 as Starc and Hazlewood did the early damage and never recovered enough

There has been a push to expand the WNCL but the tournament will remain 29 games for next season

Kieron Pollard did not confirm whether he would be fit but Jason Holder is expected to return

Finch's knee injury will be assessed on a day to day basis during the series

The coach is eager for hundreds to become bigger so the team is able to post 300-plus scores frequently

The group stage of the Vitality Blast has been completed (with some Covid-19 disruption) and here's a round-up of how the Australian contingent went

The visitors are already without many players who would make up their usual ODI top order

The legspinner's 2 for 20 was a key part of Australia's victory in the fourth game