Fifth T20 International, Warner Park, St Kitts and Nevis

West Indies 170 (19.4 overs): Hetmyer 52, Rutherford 35; Dwarshuis 3-41

Australia 173-7 (17 overs): Owen 37, Green 32; Hosein 3-17

Australia win by three wickets

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Australia completed a comprehensive 5-0 clean sweep against West Indies in their T20 series by winning the final match of their tour by three wickets.

The hosts were put into bat at Warner Park in St Kitts and Nevis and managed 170, with Shimron Hetmyer hitting 52 from 31 balls as Australian bowler Ben Dwarshuis took 3-41.

The Windies were given hope of a win when they reduced Australia to 25-3 but Cameron Green, Tim David and Mitch Owen got their side back on track.

Green scored 32 runs from 18 balls, David smashed four sixes in a 12-ball 30 and Owen raced to 37 – including three fours and three sixes – in 17 balls.

Aaron Hardie added 28 from 25 balls as Australia reached their target with three overs to spare.

“I didn’t expect 5-0 at the start of the series,” said Australia captain Mitchell Marsh. “But we played some great cricket. It was something we spoke about after the fourth game.

“We knew no Australian team had completed a clean sweep. We’ve had guys come in and played different roles for us.”

The T20 series defeat compounds a difficult time for West Indies, coming off the back of their 3-0 loss in the Test series against Australia.

Australia bowled out the Windies for just 27 – the second lowest score in Test history, and the worst since 1955 – in the third Test and that led to Cricket West Indies president Dr Kishore Shallow calling for an emergency meeting to review the series and final match in particular.

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President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has described the rain of blessings from the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) to the Super Falcons as an elixir that will motivate and encourage Nigeria’s girl-child to search for greatness through legitimate pathways.

President Tinubu on Monday in Abuja rewarded each of the 24 players of the Women AFCON -winning Super Falcons with a national award of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), a three-bedroom apartment and the sum of $100,000.

The good tidings also got to the team’s 11-person technical and administrative crew, who were also given national awards, 3-bedroom apartments and the sum of $50,000 each.

The pronouncements were made during the reception for the African champions at the Presidential Villa, on their arrival from Morocco, where they won the 13th edition of the Women Africa Cup of Nations to make it a record-extending 10th triumph at the continent’s flagship competition for women.

“I am overjoyed because Mr. President has done what no leader before him had done. This is a magnificent day for women’s football and indeed, football generally. This action of Mr. President will serve as a fillip to draw out the girl-child in our country to seek greatness through legitimate ways.

“Football has always been the greatest unifier among our peoples from different various physical and mental divides, and economic backgrounds. With this pronouncement by Mr. President, the girl-child will now see that they can achieve greatness by doing sport and indeed any other noble profession or vocation.”

Monday’s outpouring of goodies for the Super Falcons also included the sum of N10million to each of the players and their 11-person technical and administrative crew by the Governors’ Forum, as well as a financial gesture of N1million to each of the 24 players by six players of the Super Eagles: captain William Ekong, Olaoluwa Aina, Ademola Lookman, Alex Iwobi, Leon Balogun and Joseph Ayodele-Aribo.