The first match of the T20I series between the West Indies and Australia was played yesterday at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia. In which West Indies beat Australia by 18 runs.
Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first, West Indies batting first scored 145 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets, West Indies did not have a good start, Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis came to start the inning, the first wicket of the innings Fell in just 8 runs, Evin Lewis dismissed without scoring, next batsman Chris Gayle came to bat, and he also dismissed just for 4 runs in 10 balls, the next batsman Shimron Hetmyer came to bat, and handled the inning, the third wicket of the inning fell for 35 runs, Lendl Simmons was dismissed for 28 runs in 27 balls, the next batsman Nicholas Pooran came to bat, and played well with Shimron Hetmyer, the fourth wicket of the inning fell for 65 runs, Nicholas Pooran dismissed just for 17 runs from 16 balls, followed by Andre Russell came to bat, and handled the innings with Shimron Hetmyer, the fifth wicket of the inning fell for 101 runs, Shimron Hetmyer dismissed for 20 runs in 25 balls, the next batsman Fabian Allen came to bat, and played well with Andre Russell, the sixth wicket of the inning fell in 137 runs, Andre Russell dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 51 runs in just 28 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours, after that Dwayne Bravo came to bat, and he remained unbeaten on 7 off 3 balls, and Fabian Allen remained unbeaten on 8 off 8 balls. In this way, West Indies, batting first after losing the toss, scored 145 runs in the prescribed 20 over for the loss of 6 wickets and set a target of 146 runs in front of Australia.
Australian bowler Josh Hazlewood took 3 wickets for just 12 runs, and Mitchell Marsh took 2 wickets for 26 runs.
Australia Chasing 146 runs in the second innings, the entire team all out after scoring just 127 runs in 16 overs. Australia did not have a good start, Mitchell Marsh played a brilliant half-century inning of 51 with the help of 2 sixes and 5 fours in just 31 balls, Matthew Wade also played a good inning, scored 33 runs in just 14 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundries, Moises Henriques 16 runs in 8 balls, Daniel Christian 10 runs in 12 balls, apart from this no batsman could touch figure out of 10, Aaron Finch 4 off 5 balls, Mitchell Starc 3 runs, Ben McDermott 2 runs, Josh Philippe and Ashton Agar 1-1 run, Josh Hazlewood dismissed without scoring, and Adam Zampa remains unbeaten for 1 run. In this way, Australia chasing 146 runs in the second innings, the entire team was all out after scoring just 127 runs and lost the match by 18 runs.
West Indies bowlers performed brilliantly, Obed McCoy took 4 wickets for 26 runs, Hayden Walsh took 3 wickets for 23 runs, Fabian Allen took 2 wickets, and Andre Russell took 1 wicket.
West Indies bowler Obed McCoy was adjudged player of the match, he performed brilliantly bolling took 4 wickets for 26 runs with a madden over.
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