Mitchell Owen And Cameron Green Fifties Put Australia 1-0 Up

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A dream debut for Mitchell Owen with bat and ball alongside a stunning half-century from Cameron Green guided Australia to a three-wicket win over the West Indies after a masterful death bowling display from Ben Dwarshuis and Nathan Ellis set the game up at Sabina Park.

Owen took a key wicket before clubbing 50 off 27 to become the third Australian behind Ricky Ponting and David Warner to make a half-century on T20I debut and bag the Player-of-the-Match award. He smashed six sixes while Green thumped five and two boundaries in a 26-ball 51. The pair added 80 from 40 to rescue Australia from 78 for 4 and gun down the target of 190. Australia out-hit West Indies, smashing 17 sixes to just nine overall.

Summarised scores: Australia 190 for 7 (Green 51, Owen 50, Motie 2 for 29, Holder 2 for 32, Joseph 2 for 39) beat West Indies (Chase 60, Hope 55, Dwarshuis 4 -36) by three wickets

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