T20 World Cup 2021 Australia vs West Indies Highlights: Australia needs to win this game with a decent margin inorder to stay ahead in run rate.
The winner of the match will get the advanced position in the T20 World Cup 2021 points table.
| Tournament | ICC T20 World Cup 2021 |
| Match No | 38 |
| Match | AUS vs WI |
| Teams | Australia vs West Indies |
| Date | November 5, 2021 |
| Time | 3:30 PM IST; 10:00 AM GMT / 02:00 PM LOCAL |
| Toss |
Australia won the toss and opt to bowl |
| Venue | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi |
| Playing 11 | List Give Below |
T20 WC 2021 Australia vs West Indies Scoreboard
| Team | Score |
| West Indies | 157-7 (20 Ov) |
| Australia |
161-2 (16.2 Ov)
|
West Indies Scorecard
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Gayle | b Cummins | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 166.67 |
| Lewis | c Steven Smith b Zampa | 29 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 11.54 |
| Pooran (wk) | c Mitchell Marsh b Hazlewood | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Roston Chase | b Hazlewood | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hetmyer | c Wade b Hazlewood | 27 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 96.43 |
| Pollard (c) | c Maxwell b Starc | 44 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 141.94 |
| DJ Bravo | c Warner b Hazlewood | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 83.33 |
| Russell | not out | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 257.14 |
| Holder | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Australia Scorecard
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| David Warner | not out | 89 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 158.93 |
| Aaron Finch (c) | b Akeal Hosein | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.82 |
| Mitchell Marsh | c Holder b Gayle | 53 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 165.62 |
| Glenn Maxwell | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Captains View
Aaron Finch
We will bowl. It looks like a really good wicket and won’t change throughout the 40 overs, will try to do some early damage with the ball. If you have to win the tournament then you have to win both ways. But on this surface if there’s any kind of moisture then it will be first up. We won’t think about it (NRR). We have come here to take two points. Same team.
Kieron Pollard
Obviously these guys, all of us have done over the last decade or so for the T20 game is just amazing. It is unfortunate that we couldn’t get that one last hurrah in terms of getting to the next phase of the tournament.
But today is another opportunity, it will be emotional for some but the important thing is to try and win the cricket game to salvage something. We are aware of all aspects, everything is at the back of our minds and we are wary about what run rates needed.
But it comes to nothing if you don’t win games. One change; Hayden Walsh comes in for Rampaul.
Australia vs West Indies Playing 11
| Australia | West Indies |
| David Warner | Chris Gayle |
| Aaron Finch(c) | Evin Lewis |
| Mitchell Marsh |
Nicholas Pooran(w)
|
| Glenn Maxwell | Roston Chase |
| Steven Smith |
Shimron Hetmyer
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| Marcus Stoinis | Kieron Pollard(c) |
| Matthew Wade(w) | Andre Russell |
| Pat Cummins | Jason Holder |
| Mitchell Starc | Dwayne Bravo |
| Adam Zampa | Hayden Walsh |
| Josh Hazlewood | Akeal Hosein |
ICC T20 WC 2021 Australia vs West Indies Highlights
West Indies Batting
Gayle and Lewis gets into the crease to lead West Indies while Starc opens the bowling attack.
Windies starts the innings with an impressive strike where they scored 19 runs off the second over alone but soon Australian bowlers starts to puts pressure over the Windies batsmen.
Cummins in the next over dismissed Gayle for 15 runs and draws the first blood for Windies. In the followed over Hazlewood dismissed Pooran and Roston Chase and loads pressure over the West Indies batting unit.
Pollard scored 44 runs which is the team’s highest score where WI scored 157 runs for 7 wickets loss at the end of the 20 overs.
Australia Batting
David Warner and Aaron Finch gets into the crease to lead Australia while Akeal Hosein opens the bowling attack.
David Warner and Mitchell Marsh with their impressive strike lead Australia to beat West Indies in just 16.2 overs.
Watch T20 WC 2021 Australia vs West Indies Highlights
Player of the Match
It felt satisfying to be there and hitting the winning runs. The key was to come out and play my natural game, target the bowlers up front. Obviously the slow bowlers bowling with the new ball there needs to be some adjustment, especially with Akeal Hosein who was swinging it and hard to get away with.
For me it is about targeting the first two balls of the over and Mitch Marsh coming in and playing that knock was outstanding.
They (the bowlers) have been outstanding. Last game was clinical and tonight to come out and bowl the way they did, we knew they would come hard at us and would keep coming even if they lost three wickets, to restrict them to a competitive total was a good job.
DJ has been the benchmark for all the players coming out of the Caribbean, Chris as well for all opening batters around the world, he sets a high standard and I look up to him.
