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Match Details:

West Indies vs Australia, 5th T20I

Venue: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Date & Time: July 17th, at 5:00 AM IST and July 16^th, at 7:30 PM Local Time

LIVE SCORE BOARD

AUS vs WI Head to Head Stats

As of now, the Australia vs West Indies head to head matches have occurred 267 times in all the three formats. Australia has won 137 matches whereas the Caribbean outfit has emerged victorious in 98 games. There was a time when the West Indies had winning streaks against Australia. However, the Aussies have been more dominant in this rivalry of late.

Format	Test	ODI	T20I
Matches Played	116	140	11
Australia Won	58	74	5
West Indies Won	32	60	6
Australia Win %	50%	52.83%	45.45%
West Indies Win %	27.59%	42.86%	54.55%

Big Picture

The fourth match of the series was a thoroughly entertaining T20 from start to finish: plenty of thundering strokeplay, some impressive spin bowling, an astonishing late onslaught and then a classy final over as Australia clung on for a win. They will now be looking to take that confidence boost into the final game and then the ODIs which follow in Barbados next week.

In many ways, West Indies will feel they should still have won after the foundation laid by Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis. When Fabian Allen‘s four sixes in five balls against Riley Meredith brought it down to 11 off 8 deliveries they were favourites again. However, the fact Meredith removed Allen with his last delivery proved critical as it made Andre Russell opt to not take runs on offer in the final over. Was that the right call? It’s an interesting debate.

Australia had been placed for a total beyond 200 when they were 126 for 1 in the 12th but the middle order again struggled against Hayden Walsh Jr. Dan Christian’s handy innings ensured a late kick, but the various combinations used at Nos 4-6 in this series have yet to answer many questions. The Bangladesh tour is still to get final sign-off, but if that goes ahead there will be five more games for them next month.

West Indies also have another five-match series when they face Pakistan and could look to experiment in one or two slots. Oshane Thomas struggled on Wednesday – his second over costing 25 and including two no-balls – while Akeal Hosein was drafted in as another spin option. The five overs between Thomas, Hosein and Simmons cost 71 as the attack missed the experience of the rested Dwayne Bravo.

Form guide

(last five completed matches)
West Indies LWWWL
Australia WLLLL

Squads:

West Indies Squad: Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Andre Fletcher, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Andre Russell, Fabian Allen, Hayden Walsh, Akeal Hosein, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Dwayne Bravo, Kevin Sinclair, Kieron Pollard

Australia Squad: Matthew Wade(w), Aaron Finch(c), Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Moises Henriques, Ashton Turner, Daniel Christian, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Riley Meredith, Jason Behrendorff, Josh Hazlewood, Ashton Agar, Ben McDermott, Andrew Tye, Mitchell Swepson, Wes Agar, Josh Philippe

Pitch and conditions

Aside from Starc’s last over, where he got his yorkers in, pace off the ball was the key. Overall, though, the surfaces have been good for batting. There were some brief showers during the previous match which are an increasing chance now the rainy season has arrived.

Stats and trivia

The most wickets for a bowler who has played five matches in a T20I series is 13 by Ish Sodhi against Australia earlier this year. Hayden Walsh Jr is currently on 11

Mitchell Starc needs two wickets to become the first Australia men’s bowler to reach 50 in T20Is

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