Bartlett takes four as West Indies skittled for 86

Xavier Bartlett starred with the ball as the West Indies were skittled for just 86 in the 25th over of the third and final one-day international against Australia in Canberra on Tuesday.

The hosts won the first match in Melbourne by eight wickets and the second in Sydney by 83 runs to clinch the series with the West Indies playing for pride.

But after Australia skipper Steve Smith won the toss and sent them in on a humid day, they crumbled against an attack missing Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc.

Alick Athanaze top-scored with 32 and only two other players made double figures.

Paceman Bartlett took 4-17 on his debut in Melbourne and was again the pick of the crop with 4-21 while fellow fast bowler Lance Morris grabbed 2-13 before leaving the field with a side strain.

Bartlett struck early with Kjorn Ottley trapped lbw for eight and while Athanaze and Keacy Carty steadied the ship, they were in survival mode, with just 36 runs coming from the opening 10 overs.

Their partnership ended when Morris was introduced and grabbed his first international wicket, courtesy of Marnus Labuschagne holding a spectacular diving catch at point to remove Carty for 10.

Skipper Shai Hope needed a big score and drove Morris to the ropes, but he lasted just five balls before falling lbw to Shaun Abbott, leaving the visitors in trouble on 43-3.

Debutant Teddy Bishop soon followed for a duck, undone by the sheer pace of Morris whose fullish ball clattered the middle stump before he left the field midway through his fifth over.

Athanaze was the one shining light, making a battling 32 off 60 balls before mis-hitting a sweep off spinner Adam Zampa with Abbott collecting a simple catch.

Two more wickets in three balls left the West Indies reeling, with Romario Shepherd out for a golden duck to Bartlett and Matthew Forde run out after a comical mix-up with Roston Chase.

Bartlett then cleaned up the tail with two more wickets.

Source: AFP, Canberra