Aussie spin twins spark Windies rout

The match in a tweet: Aussies use spin to win tri-series opener! Windies skittled for just 116 as tourists overcome late stumble to complete bonus-point victory just after nightfall

The result: West Indies 116 (32.3 overs, Zampa 3-16, Lyon 3-39, Starc 2-37) lost to Australia 4-117 (25.4 overs, Warner 55no, Narine 2-36) by six wickets

The turning point: In the space of just two deliveries at the start of the 17th over, the home side went from a decent position at 3-70 on a difficult pitch to five down and on the edge of a giant hole from which they were unable to extricate themselves. With the first ball of his sixth over, Nathan Lyon finally convinced umpire Gregory Brathwaite to raise his finger after several vocal appeals for leg-before wicket, Marlon Samuels the man to go for 10. It brought Kieron Pollard to the crease, the match-winner from the opening game of the series against South Africa, when he had used his long, powerful arms to hit an incredible six sixes in a match where no other batsman managed to clear the boundary. Perhaps buoyed by that performance, Pollard inexplicably attempted another maximum from the first ball he faced and succeeded in only offering a catch to David Warner at long-on. The celebrations of the Australians upon grabbing such a crucial wicket spoke volumes of what a significant moment it was.

The spin twins: Most speculation in the lead-up to this match surrounded the prospect of Australia naming two frontline spinners, Nathan Lyon and Adam Zampa, in the same side for the first time since October 2014. The selection confirmed on match day, the pair produced performances that has created a conundrum the next time a more pace-heavy attack is required. Lyon (3-39) was introduced in just the seventh over of the innings, operating exclusively around the wicket from the northern end and grabbing three crucial wickets, his best performance at ODI level in almost two years. Zampa had to wait until the 18th over to get his chance but was equally impressive, grabbing 3-16 from 5.3 overs to help clean up the lower order. Allrounder Glenn Maxwell also chipped in with a wicket to leave caretaker coach Justin Langer and selector on duty Trevor Hohns with a dilemma as the series moves to less spin-friendly surfaces in St Kitts and Barbados later this week.

The consolation effort: His batsmen didn't give him much to defend, but Windies spinner Sunil Narine again proved why he will be a constant threat during this series with another two wickets tonight. Having taken 6-27 in the series opener against South Africa - his first match since he was banned for five months due to an illegal bowling action - the mystery spinner was given the new ball but it was his eighth over that proved his most productive. An incorrect lbw decision went his way to remove Steve Smith for six – the skipper opting not to review, only for technology to show the ball to be missing leg stump – before Narine spun one sharply to beat Glenn Maxwell’s off drive and bowl him for a second-ball duck. It was never going to be enough to save the match, but Narine’s performance produced the biggest cheers of the night from a boisterous local crowd.

The first over: After an absence of 189 days, Mitchell Starc made an instant impression in the opening over of his long-awaited comeback. The left-armer produced a textbook inswinging yorker with the third delivery of the match, with only a small inside edge saving Andre Fletcher and convincing Umpire Brathwaite to turn down Australia's appeal. The Aussies called for a review and the on-field decision was upheld, before Starc got it wrong next ball with a full toss outside off-stump that was edged past slip for four, the addition of a no-ball meaning an extra run to the total. The wicket finally came from the fifth legal delivery of the over, Fletcher wafting at a fast delivery and edging it to Maxwell at backward point. Starc finished the over with a 147kph thunderbolt, rounding out an entertaining start to his first match in six months.

The openers: Steve Smith noted in his pre-match press conference that David Warner and Aaron Finch need no second invitation to go on the attack and so it proved when the openers strode to the crease before the lights at the Providence Stadium for this day-night match had even been switched on. On a surface that has become harder to bat on as the innings progresses, Warner and Finch blazed seven boundaries in the first seven overs before Finch fell for 19 with the score on 44. Usman Khawaja (27) then added two boundaries early in his innings to help take the score to 1-54 at the dinner break, the match effectively over before the sun had even started to set.

The tweet: This one summed things up pretty well!

The stat: The West Indies' total of 116 is their fifth lowest for a completed innings against Australia and their lowest against the Aussies on home soil.

The streak: Warner's innings of 55 not out brings to 12 his run of matches played without posting a score in single figures. In the high-risk game of T20 and one-day cricket, it's a remarkably consistent run of form.

The wash-up: Australia move to the top of the tri-series table ahead of their match against South Africa in Georgetown on Wednesday morning (AEST), while the Windies will head to St Kitts where they will face the Aussies again on Tuesday week.