West Indies win by 18 runs
AUSTRALIA TOUR OF WEST INDIES, 2021
Live Cricket Score - West Indies vs Australia, 1st T20I
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Australia 127-10 (16 Ovs)
Adam Zampa 1 (2)
West Indies 145-6
Hayden Walsh 4-0-23-3
West Indies won by 18 runs
Nicholas Pooran is captaining in the absence of Kieron Pollard, who has a hamstring niggle. © Getty
Let that sink in. Australia had 70 in the PowerPlay chasing 145. Mitchell Marsh scored his maiden T20I half-century and took Australia to 108/4 in the 11th over. They had no right to lose that from there, yet they did. Obed McCoy continues his great season (9 wickets in the SA series) with 4/26 here. Hayden Walsh Jr. took 3/23 and Australia lost 6 for 19 to lose a match they had in their grasp.
West Indies go 1-0 up in this five-match series!
What they said:
Nicholas Pooran: What a game. First game as captain, wasn't expecting it. We didn't get as much as we wanted. We asked the guys for energery and that's what we got. After the first two overs, we wanted to assess and it's tough to go with proper momentum. Russ coming and finishing off, what better than that today. Can't give them (bowlers) enough credit. They (Australia) came out firing, but we asked the bowlers to attack and keep asking questions.
Aaron Finch: The bowlers did a fantastic job, especially in the powerplay. The line and lengths they bowled were exceptional, they made most of the conditions out there. After the position Marsh and Wade got us into, I thought we panicked a bit. We have been working on batting aggressively in the middle overs, but today we probably had to adapt better. Thought the pitch actually got better in the second innings, the ball came through nicely and that made this (loss) very disappointing because we need only around 4 runs per over for most parts. Just need to dust this game off and be ready for the next match tomorrow.
and in solidarity with the @windiescricket team like coach Justin Langer suggested they would
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