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Not since the 1990s have the West Indies enjoyed a night quite like this Down Under.<\/p>\n

The scything bat of Hayley Matthews, and the fumbles of an Australian team put under pressure by her boldness in their spectacular chase at North Sydney Oval were at once a throwback to the days of Brian Lara and Richie Richardson, and also the start of a trend that this summer of cricket desperately needs to continue.<\/p>\n

In the West Indies and Pakistan, Australia\u2019s national teams are hosting inbound tourists without much of note to crow about in this part of the world \u2013 certainly recently.<\/p>\n

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Hayley Matthews feasted on Australia\u2019s lapses with the ball and in the field.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n

The West Indies last had a winning touring team here in 1992-93 when Lara and Curtly Ambrose allowed Richardson to lift the Frank Worrell Trophy after a classic Test series. Pakistan\u2019s only moments of triumph, meanwhile, arrived in the form of an ODI World Cup in 1992 and a triangular series win five years later.<\/p>\n

Trepidation about the touring teams\u2019 capacity to put on a show combined with economic headwinds to compel Cricket Australia to renegotiate their all-important domestic broadcast deal with Foxtel and Seven last summer, rather than waiting for this one, the last of the original contract, to unfold.<\/p>\n

It was further underlined on AFL grand final day by Seven\u2019s summer promo. Featuring the actor Richard Roxburgh walking around the SCG, eulogising about the end of an era for the likes of David Warner, Pakistan\u2019s presence was only briefly acknowledged. The West Indies were nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n

Matthews, however, showed her teammates and the world what is possible. Having played a lone hand for 99 not out in the series opener on Sunday, Matthews\u2019 dashing display allowed her side to charge to the biggest ever successful chase in a women\u2019s Twenty20 international after Australia posted 212.<\/p>\n

It was a decidedly mixed night for Australia\u2019s emerging star Phoebe Litchfield, who cuffed a remarkable 52 from 19 balls before dropping a catch and fumbling in the field as Matthews fired up the Caribbean pursuit.<\/p>\n

But the errors of more seasoned Australian players \u2013 combined with some binary captaincy by Alyssa Healy \u2013 were cause for arguably greater worry. Megan Schutt and Jess Jonassen, for so long the team\u2019s white-ball bankers, drifted wide when confronted by Matthews, who carved 19 of 25 fours or sixes through and over the off side. Healy did not deign to post a sweeper.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think they were trying to bowl outside off. I think they missed it a couple of times,\u201d Matthews said. \u201cThat\u2019s always the stronger area for myself, where if I get the ball up there, I\u2019m definitely going to go for it. Happy that I was able to get a few up there and put them away as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday was quite incredible. I don\u2019t think any days of cricket have beaten that. The leadership of the team has definitely helped me to take responsibility of my game, that along with learning and understanding my game a lot more from playing franchise and T20 cricket on the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo of those put together over the last 12 months have really helped, not only with me scoring runs, but scoring them consistently as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was something of a generational change about how Matthews, the new captain, combined for a stand of 174 with her predecessor Stafanie Taylor. Having lost three of their past four T20 internationals the Australians may soon be having to think of similar evolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll have a proper look at it when we get downstairs and review it, but I just think we were too wide all day,\u201d Healy admitted. \u201cYou look at the way that [Matthews] swings the bat, she\u2019s batting on leg stump, basically trying to open up the off-side and I think we just gave her a little bit too much room in that department today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if you\u2019re only hitting the stumps at 20 per cent tonight, you\u2019re asking for trouble knowing how small the ground is.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe said all along that there\u2019s going to be periods where we could potentially lose games of cricket and that\u2019s happening, and I think that it\u2019s a good opportunity for us to learn from what is going wrong and try and fix it for the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n

As much as the hosts will reproach themselves for giving Matthews the opportunity, the sight of a touring team taking it up to the world\u2019s best performing and best-resourced women\u2019s program delivered a genuine shot of adrenalin.<\/p>\n

For all those who love cricket as a contest, rather than a pageant of jingoism, there may now be some hope for more of the same as the summer unfolds.<\/p>\n

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