Match Details
West Indies and Australia will do battle in a five-match T20I series. All five matches will be played at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium.
The first match of the series will be played on 9th July 2021 and will be streamed live on FanCode.
Preview
The West Indies will enter the T20I series against Australia on the back of a 2-3 loss to the South African side in a closely contested T20I series between the two sides. The West Indies have experienced mixed fortunes in T20I cricket in the recent past, having won 7 out of their last 14 T20Is.
Australia, on the other hand also lost their previous T20I series against New Zealand by a margin of 2-3. Both West Indies and Australia will be looking to get back to winning ways.
Probable Playing XIs for WI vs AUS
West Indies
Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Kieron Pollard (C), Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Fabian Allen, Fidel Edwards, Obed McCoy
Australia
Aaron Finch (C), Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Josh Philippe, Ben McDermott, Moises Henriques/Ashton Agar, Daniel Christian, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood/Jason Behrendorff, Riley Meredith, Adam Zampa
Captaincy Picks for WI vs AUS
Aaron Finch
Aaron Finch has been in good form in T20Is played in 2021. In the 5 innings that he has played this year, the Australian skipper has scored close to 200 runs and has scored his runs at an average of close to 50 and a strike rate in excess of 130.
Evin Lewis
Evin Lewis was the highest run-scorer for the West Indies side in their T20I series against South Africa. In the 5 innings that he played against the Proteas, Lewis blasted 178 runs at an average of above 35 and a strike rate of 160.36.
Fan2Play Fantasy Cricket Tips
2-Player Team
Aaron Finch (C), Chris Gayle
3-Player Team
Evin Lewis (C), Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Starc,
4-Player Team
Kieron Pollard (C), Andre Russell, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa
11-Player Team
Matthew Wade, Aaron Finch (C), Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis (VC), Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Fidel Edwards
