Australian cricket team
Australia, captained by Mitchell Marsh, registered a thrilling 11-run win in the first game of the three-match T20 series against West Indies. In this match between the two teams played at the Hobart ground, the Australian team batting first scored 213 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Thereafter, the West Indies team, chasing the target, managed to score just 202 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. Adam Zampa made the key contribution with the ball and took three wickets to help the Kangaroo team win.
The opening pair got off to a great start, with Zampa making Australia’s comeback
Chasing the target of 214 runs, the pair of Brendan King and Johnson Charles gave the West Indies team a great start by scoring 72 runs without loss in the first 6 overs. Thereafter, with a score of 89, the West Indies team suffered its first blow in the form of Charles, who fell victim to Adam Zampa after an innings of 42 runs. Afterwards, West Indies were 115 and had lost three wickets, including Brendon King. In this match, King played an innings of 53 runs from 37 balls, including 7 fours and 1 six. The West Indies team’s middle order was unable to perform well in this match, due to which the team lost 8 wickets until they posted a score of 163. From here, Jason Holder played an unbeaten innings of 34 runs but could not save his team from an 11-run defeat. While Adam Zampa took three wickets with the ball for Australia, Marcus Stoinis took two wickets. Apart from this, Glenn Maxwell, Sean Abbott and Jason Behrendorff took the 1-1 wicket.
Australia posted a big score due to explosive innings from Warner and Tim David
If we talk about the Australian team’s innings in this match, then David Warner scored 70 runs in 36 balls while Tim David, who came to bat in the last overs, hit 4 fours in just 17 balls. Played an unbeaten innings of 37 runs on the basis of 2 sixes. This allowed the Australian team to post a score of 213 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. For the West Indies team, Andre Russell took three wickets while Alzarri Joseph took two wickets with the ball. Now the second T20 match of the series between the two teams will be played on February 11 in Adelaide.
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