Mitchell Starc dismissed Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher in a fiery first spell that read 5-1-17-2, after Steven Smith opted to bowl AFP
Smith took a brilliant one-handed catch off Josh Hazlewood to send Darren Bravo back as West Indies were reduced to 31 for 3 in the ninth over AFP
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Marlon Samuels, however, counter-punched his way to his second successive fifty against Australia AFP
Denesh Ramdin soon brought up a half-century of his own as he and Samuels added 192, West Indies' highest fourth-wicket partnership against Australia in ODIs AFP
Samuels went on to score his first century against Australia, even as Ramdin was bowled for 91 AFP / Getty Images
Samuels holed out to sweeper cover off the last ball of West Indies' innings for 125 as the hosts finished with 282 for 8 AFP
Carlos Brathwaite struck in the fifth over of West Indies' defence when he had Aaron Finch chipping a catch to mid-on for 16 AFP
Four balls later, Shannon Gabriel, the debutant, had Usman Khawaja caught behind for 17 AFP / Getty Images
Smith, however, stabilised his side with his third half-century of the series AFP
He found a willing ally in Mitchell Marsh, who made his first fifty of the series AFP
When Smith was run out for 78, Australia were left needing 62 off 50 balls AFP
Marsh (79*) and Glenn Maxwell (46*) then sealed Australia's berth in the final with six wickets and eight balls to spare AFP
