 So now West Indies produce a 37 run victory over the Aussies in their third and final T20 international in Perth to finish the series 2-1. Andre Russell led with a man of the match 71 before the bowlers produced their best performance of the series. Gerard Morrissealy, Rustin Chase's Barbadian countryman, has a recap. West Indies 2 nailed down in the series by hoping to end on a high at the Perth stadium. The Caribbean side changed their tactics deciding to bat for the first time in the series but it didn't start well for Rothman Cowlesman and Johnson Charles. Followed by Nikolas Puran to leave them 2 for 7. Kyle Mears came in for his first game on the series but the opener stayed with short leave. Gone for 11. The West Indies 3 for 17. Rustin Chase smashed 37 for 20 deliveries keeping the visitors above water before he was bowed by Adam Zampuck. West Indies having batten death and it showed again as Andre Russell and Shurfing Rutherford ignited the innards with a record of 139 runs, 6 tickets stunned. Rutherford was destructive hitting 10 boundaries, 5 of each. Get to the fence again, Rutherford struggled early, he's hung in there and now he's played a fine hand, 52 from 33 is first, 50 in T20 international cricket. Congratulations to Shurfing Rutherford. Dre Rust initially took a back seat in the partnership but he too soon got to his milestone, his third at T20 international 50. The player of the match went on to top score with a 29 ball, 71 which included 39 off his last 8 deliveries as the winnys closed on a 6 for 220. Over 200 runs were scored in every innards of the series and David Warner wanted to ensure the hosts maintained that record. He spearheaded the run chase with some explosive hitting. The lefty smashed the 9-4s and 3-6s in his 49 ball knot reaching his house centering the first ball out of the ball plate. However West Indies had their best bowling performance with Romario Shepherd and Ruston Chase getting 2 wickets each as the Aussie innings halted after David Warner's dismissals for 81. David fought at the end, contributing a blister in 19 ball 41 but the winnys bowlers were just too good on the day limiting the scoring and restricting the whole team to 5-483 to win my 37 runs and get a well deserved win in the three-matt series. It's a very good feeling to come here and get a win. You know it's always difficult to play in Australian conditions because the Australian team is such a strong one and they understand their conditions you know but credit after being given to my boys tonight I think after being too locked down they really show some art and show some courage. Well Robyn did say pre-match that they didn't want the sweep and they avoided it. Cricket commentator and analyst Nikola Tamchandani joins us now to discuss what happened in this game. Nikola welcome to the Sportsmax zone. Great to have you on as usual. I'll leave you to discuss Ruston Chase with Ricardo when he begins his discussion with you but how satisfying would that victory have been for the West Indies last night? Yeah massively satisfying Lance. I think if we pass just the result and you analyze a few things that we've been talking about building up in the series there were improvements on a lot of fronts. I'll start with the bowling and I'll say that if the West Indies bowl like the way they bowl in this 30-20 international at the T20 World Cup they will be unbeatable. The execution was fantastic from Romario Shepherd especially who continues to develop and continues to enhance his game as a death bowler. The Yorkers it was amazing to see and then I must talk about Ruston Chase even before Ricardo comes in because to both foreovers on the truck like that and you saw the effect of spinning the ball away from the left hander he got David Warner out. Just saying. Anyways but other than that I'll say batting wise me and Ricardo spoke at length in the last segment about maximizing more deliveries just to give the viewers some context. In the last game the West Indies faced 57 dots today just 44. It was the first time in the series that they faced less than Australia and I think it's no coincidence that they ended up on the winning side. So they've got the blueprint on how they can be sort of at their best ability and I think this is something for Darren Sammy to work with going into that tournament in June. Yeah Nikhil we know that Andre Russell on his best day is brutal. He's a ball beater. He can take any way any game away from any team but I quite like Surefinn Rutherford's knock last night because his knock to me was a very skillful one. I saw him play a lot of shots where he deliberately you know played the ball over the infielders and so on. It looked very skillful for me and because he hasn't been a long standing player for the West Indies I think coming into the T20 World Cup this year Rutherford's inclusion now appears to me to be a good one. Yeah Lance. I think we deserve to give him a lot of credit because he was under pressure. Let's not forget that this guy has been in for Sherman Hepmire who has a big reputation for the West Indies and T20 cricket as a whole but also the fact that he really struggled in the first two T20 internationals didn't get anything substantial looked out of sorts. And even to start this innings he was 20 from his first 20 deliveries. Nothing really flowing but the fact that he had Russell at the other end I think it allowed him to sort of play himself in. But as you mentioned the short play couple of shots through point. He's so strong against the short delivery and then a few of those poles and hooks he was mesmerizing to watch. And I think the two of them worked really well. I don't think you'll find another team in the world that can be seventy nine four five and end up making two hundred and twenty and that is the simple power that the West Indies possess. And as I said before with that power and if they execute with the ball like that they're unbeatable when the T20 World Cup comes around. Yeah Nikhil. Well let's get to the elephant in the room then shall we. And it is of course as I learned last night well early this morning Ross Taun. I hope I got the pronunciation correct. Apparently we've been pronouncing it incorrectly all this time. But he was brilliant. There is no doubt about it is thirty seven from twenty got the West Indies going when they were in serious trouble at three for seventeen and again his two for nineteen quite brilliant as well. And bowling in difficult periods and he was part of that period of five overs between twelve and sixteen when the West Indies only conceded fourteen runs and took three wickets and he took two of those. So from a bowling standpoint that is where the match really turned I would say dramatically in the West Indies favour because up to that point at a hundred thirteen for one you thought the Aussies had a chance. So a lot of credit must be given. But I want you to talk about the assessment of the cricket and being able to make a lot of corrections on the part of the West Indies from deciding to bat this time around. Not bowling Achille Hussain in the power play. He bowled the seventh over I think it was bowling the two spinners in tandem and keeping them together for a good period which all worked. I just think you have to give the captain and generally the entire team a lot of credit for their problem solving skills seen throughout the course of the series and certainly from the first two matches to this one. Yeah I think Robman Paolo has shown I mean this is the first time he's lost the T20 international series out of the four that he's captain so let's not forget that. He's played some formidable opposition and he's showed that he's got I think the main thing for me and also with head coach Darren Sammy the ability to motivate a group but his tactics on the field I think has really stood out in this series. I remember the first show we had we spoke about the not bowling bats about overs in the power play since that discussion in that first game he never did it so you look at those things you look at the fact that he didn't bow any spin in the power play sort of taking from what Australia do where you rarely see in their home conditions they will both spin the ball to a right hander and bowling forwards on the trot he bowed extremely well but it's a massive risk in T20 cricket because guys size you up but the fact that he had enough courage to back his guys and also back the way the culture and the way that this team is playing the cricket from a batting perspective they are not backing down at all they will continue to be aggressive whether it makes 120 all out or today they get to 220 he has made it very abundantly clear that this is the way that they think they are going to get to the batting depth I also think chase his inclusion it gives you a bit of batting depth but also you saw that six bowling option today where you didn't have pressure to finish four overs from each of the front line five and I think it gives you a lot of options I mean everything the way that they top down Adam Zampa today when last Adam Zampa conceded over 60 runs in a T20 game hit 10 boundaries against him exactly thinking going on in that dressing room which is good signs yeah I think it's a fantastic sign where do you stand on the player of the match debate because quite a discussion before the end of the game should it have been Andrea Russell or should Ruston Chase have gotten the player of the match award your thoughts I never thought I'd heard that question I would ever hear that question from you Ricardo but it's great to hear no I personally man I think I would have probably decided with Chase just because of the overall impact that 37 from 20 don't forget the Weston East were 17 for 3 in the power play and in real trouble Robin Paul hit a few boundaries but he didn't really last too long so I think his not was the aggression man I couldn't believe Ruston Chase who is known as that all T20 anchor was just able to come out there he's very good against spin very good with those paddles the onset was fantastic and I think that is what allowed that partnership to just keep going take on that I don't like to use the word but take the momentum throughout the innings and then with the ball fantastic because David Warner the way he batted today could have easily got 120 and they would have won the game so that was a massive wicket and a good plan as well he bought nine deliveries to Warner and he only conceded 10 runs so it was a clear plan a matchup for Robin Paul get the ball spinning I'll tell you something Nikhil I just want to make it a wonder the clear I never ever said that Ruston Chase is not a good cricketer in fact just just a reminder of what I said is that I feel he is more suited for the longest format of the game test format and I am extremely disappointed that I use the word forced away from that format loosely because I think that's where he can be of greatest help of course consistency is going to be an issue but you cannot take away from him the performance that he laid down today I have to say though I would still give Russell player of the match so I agree with that decision because I think his knock was the one that changed the way that game was played after Andrea Russell scored 71 from 29 deliveries including 39 from his last eight it changed the way the rest of the game was played I do understand that Chase's impact was quite massive but I think the way the game was played was already determined by Andrea Russell and that's why I agree with him being the player of the match Remotel time. No we agree to disagree because I think when you look at the economy rates of all the other bowlers and even Adam Zampa and then you look at Chase's economy with the two wickets he's my player of the match. I'm happy to have these discussions it means the West Indies are playing well. Fantastic it really does mean that the West Indies are playing well and the squad depth a quick word on Carl Mears because he was brought into the team today only got 11 and you have to feel heading into the World Cup that while he is likely to get into the squad there's a possibility that come that first game he might find himself out of the 11. Yeah it's a possibility and that's simply down to how well Johnson Charles has gone. I think obviously he got that 100 in South Africa and then he sort of fell away in that India series but returned at the back end of the England series and now the way he struck the ball he played in the ILT 20 a couple weeks ago and now in this series he's right up there and the only thing I think well not the only thing but one of the big things I think going for Mears in and out of teams in and out of different competitions it's tough to get that rhythm and get run so quickly but the thing that he has going for him is the left-right combination and Darren Sammy and Rob and Paul have shown that they like to have that at the top of the order it gives them flexibility when you've got Mears and King and then you can choose between hope and pull around to send in next so I think it'll come down to matchups again these are great problems for the West Indies to have both played so the fact that we've got these discussions I think I would say 13 or 14 of that 15 man squad for the World Cup is locked and I think it's really great to have that sort of solidity going into a big tournament like that. Yeah very much the case and I mean with the performance from roster chase more for the West Indies selectors to think about heading into the World Cup but maybe not as much as the Aussies will have to think about because they've blooded a number of players in this T20 setup and they still have their established stars to come back with the new players doing pretty well and so it could end up being quite a selection nightmare for the Aussies how do you see that side of it? Yeah I think similar to what we saw with England at the last T20 World Cup sorry the last 50 of the World Cup where they changed it and chopped and changed their squad so much going into that tournament it sort of affected them I understand you want to give guys some of the comments and star heads etc but I mean they've got their spot for choices I saw Marsh open the batting you can go that way this guy Xavier Bartlett has shown in the 1A international series and even today he can swing the ball at pace and it was menacing and it could be menacing in West Indian conditions as well so again good problems to have they made it abundantly clear that they want to experiment in this series and yeah let's see ahead of the World Cup team I think they're right up there with a favorite for that competition. Yeah Lance would love to hear you say that and by the way we're still working out the details of getting you to Kingston to see how well you do bowl so of course yeah stand by for that because we'll be capturing that on video to show it to the people of the Caribbean and right across the world how good Nikhil Utamchandani is when he has a ball in his hand. Nikhil it's been a pleasure speaking of this series and I'm sure that we'll have a lot to talk about the women's primarily coming up from India there's the IPL later on this year and of course the World Cup lots of cricket to talk we'll catch up soon. Alright brother long live Rustin Chase. Let's take a break. We'll be back with more that's the name that Nikhil Utamchandani will be seeing a lot this year I think.