Even though both Roston Chase and Matthew Forde were plying their trade for West Indies in the 3rd ODI against Australia in Canberra on Tuesday, in the heat of the moment, they got involved in argument after a horrible mix-up between the two batters that ended up in a run out. It was Forde who had to take the walk back to the pavillion. However before he went back he and Chase had an anrgy exchange of words as they seemingly blamed each other for the dismissal.
The incident happened in the 21st over of the West Indies innings. Even though it was a mistimed pull shot from Forde, substitute fielder Mackenzie Harvey ended up stopping the ball with a dive. Forde was always looking for a run in that shot and had ran more than halfway on the pitch. However, his partner never responded with Chase staying at his end. Harvey, by this team, threw the ball at the keeper's end who affected an easy run out.
Forde, meanwhile, fell down as he made a desperate attempt to run. He then had to pick himself up and walk back for a 2-ball duck with the scoreboard reading 73/7. The video of the run-out and the mid-field heated exchange between the batters has gone viral on social media.
Take a look at the video here:
Australia Beat West Indies 3-0
While Australia had already taken an unassailable lead in the series, they went on beat West Indies by 8 wickets and 259 balls remaining in the final ODI after the visitors were bowled out for 86. Xavier Bartlett was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts at the Manuka Oval in Canberra with figures of 4/21. Adam Zampa, Lance Morris picked up 2 wickets apiece while Sean Abbott had a wicket against his name as West Indies were bowled out for 86 in 24.1 Overs. In response, Australia reached their target in 6.5 Overs, losing Jake Fraser-McGurk and Aaron Hardie.