Australia defeated the West Indies by 11 runs in the first T20. Although Australia won the match, the West Indies won the hearts of cricket fans. While chasing the target of 214 runs, West Indies left the Kangaroo fans breathless. Jason Holder, who came to bat at number nine, scored 34* runs in 15 balls at a strike rate of 226.67. For a while it looked like the West Indies would win this game, but in the end they had to settle for defeat.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl and Australia, coming to bat first, put 213/7 runs on the board in 20 overs. David Warner, who came as an opener for the team, played a brilliant innings of 70 runs in 36 balls with the help of 12 fours and 1 six. This was Warner’s 100th T20 International game.
Then the West Indies got off to a very good start in pursuit of the goal. Johnson Charles and Brendan King, who came in to open, formed a quick combination of 89 (52 balls) for the first wicket. But after that, the Caribbean batsmen who came to bat could no longer maintain the rhythm that Charles and King had given the team. In the end, Jason Holder, playing in ninth place, tried, but it was too late. At the end of the game, West Indies managed to put 202/8 runs on the board in 20 overs.
Chasing the big target of 214 runs, West Indies got their first strike in the form of Johnson Charles with 89 runs in the 9th over. Charles, who played a quick innings, was out after scoring 42 runs in 25 balls with the help of 6 fours and 1 six. Then in the 11th over, second opener Brendan King fell over the wicket. Brendan King, playing after a half-century, returned to the pavilion after scoring 53 runs in 37 balls with the help of 7 fours and 1 six. Charles was made his victim by Adam Zampa and King was made his victim by Stoinis.
The batsmen who came after couldn’t carry the team’s momentum. West Indies lost the third wicket in the 12th over in the form of captain Rovman Powell. Powell scored 14 runs in 5 balls with the help of 2 sixes. After that, Shai Hope returned to the pavilion in the 15th over after scoring 16 runs in 8 balls with the help of 3 fours. Afterwards, Andre Russell was dismissed in the 16th over after scoring just one run. In this way the team lost 5 wickets.
Nicholas Puran was also dismissed in the 16th over. Puran scored 18 runs in 17 balls with the help of 2 sixes. Then in the 17th over, Sherfane Rutherford was dismissed after scoring just 7 runs. Next up was Romario Shepherd (2), who returned to the pavilion in the 18th over.
Thereafter, Jason Holder and Akil Hussain combined to score a combination of 39* (15 balls) for the ninth wicket but then the game was no longer in West Indies’ hands. Holder remained unbeaten with 34* with 3 fours and 2 sixes in 15 balls and Akil Hussain remained unbeaten with 7* with 1 four.
Adam Zampa took a maximum of three wickets for Australia during the West Indies innings. During this time he scored 26 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Marcus Stoinis took two wickets on his behalf. Rest, Jason Behrendorff, Sean Abbott and Glenn Maxwell achieved a 1-1 victory.