Match Details

AUS vs WI assets, AUS vs WI 2021

AUS

183-920.0

West Indies won by 16 runs

20.0199-8

Match info

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Scorecard

Player of the Match

Evin Lewis

West Indies

79(34)

AUS - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	55	66
10 Over	104	102
15 Over	146	130

WI - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	55	81
10 Over	117	119
15 Over	167	169
20 Over	227	199

Commentary

That's all we got from the comms box. Hope you enjoyed the coverage. I'm Akshay Bhide, signing off on behalf of my colleagues AryaSekhar Chakraborty and Kingshuk Kusari. Bye Bye.

Pooran gets hold of the trophy and the celebration begins. They are the deserved winners of the series. Australia were outplayed in all the departments as the hosts clinch the series 4-1.

Nicholas Pooran | West Indies Skipper: Wonderful achievement. Especially after the last series, we played proper cricket. Leg spinners are champs in T20 cricket. We are very happy for Hayden. He has been working so hard on his bowling and I am very happy for him. We wanted to win 5-0. but we will take 4-1. Leadership is tough. It's tough when there's a lot of info to guide. You don't know what is right at times. It was a good learning for me. I am happy and thankful for the info shared. I learnt different things and got to see the game from a captain's point of view. Can't single out anyone. So many T20 greats out there. Trevor Penny works so much off the field. Happy for the group.

Hayden Walsh Jr | Player of the Series: Hard work is paying off. I have just been patient and when I get the opportunity, just run with it. The guys are happy to win 4-1. We were down against South Africa, but this series was quite good. This series I will hand it to Allen, but the next series I am definitely going to be up there.

Hayden Walsh Jr. is awarded the Player of the Series award. He picked 12 wickets at an average of 12 with an economy of 7 in five matches.

Aaron Finch | Australia Skipper: Mitch Marsh stood out at his first opportunity at No. 3 and the way he bowled as well. Our bowling has been pretty decent too, we haven't backed it up with the bat. There are some guys in there with not much of international experience and it's not easy. I am not critical of them. Evin Lewis played a hell of a knock. Winnings would have been nice, but we gave got some information and positives to take from this series.

Evin Lewis (MOM): "I stayed still and watched the ball onto the bat. Always good to contribute to a win. I've been working extremely hard from 2017 to now. [This series] means a lot to me, when you score runs against these teams you feel very good. It's good for us, we have a lot of confidence going into Pakistan but want to keep playing smart cricket."

Evin Lewis is awarded the Player of the Match award for his blistering innings of 79 off just 34 balls.

Time for Presentations.

Akshay: Pooran won the toss and opted to bat first. The decision paid off for the hosts as they got off to a flying start. Lewis was sensational as he was ruthless, hitting Aussie bowlers all around the park. His partner Andre Fletcher’s struggles in the series continued as he was cleaned up by Zampa in the fifth over. Gayle took on Zampa from ball one as he raced to 21 until he was dismissed by Swepson. This didn’t affect Lewis as he kept finding the fence regularly. He brought up his half-century in no time. Simmons struggled for timing but Pooran’s arrival helped the hosts keep scoring at above 10 runs per over. Lewis’ onslaught came to an end in the 11th over. He departed for 79 off just 34 balls. The innings comprised of 9 huge sixes. Australia pulled back things in the death overs restricting West Indies just below 200. Tye was impressive picking three wickets for the visitors. Zampa and Marsh picked two scalps each.

Akshay: With 200 to chase, Australia didn’t have the best of the starts to the chase as Philippe departed in the first over to Cottrell. In-form Marsh walked in at no.3 and started positively from the word go. He hit some beautiful shots as he raced to 30 in no time. He was dismissed by Russell in the fifth over. Finch found the odd-boundary but he was undone by some brilliance in the field. Allen took a sensational catch, diving to his left on the boundary ropes. The visitors kept losing wickets at regular intervals as the target proved to be too much for them. They eventually fell short by 16 runs. Russell and Cottrell picked three wickets each for the hosts.

Akshay: A clinical performance from West Indies as they win the final game of the series by 16 runs and clinch the series 4-1. They have been brilliant in this series and everyone have stepped up. They have kept scoring at above 10 runs per over throughout the series and have shown how strong they are in the shortest format. Australia didn’t have the best of the days with the ball as the hosts posted a mammoth total which proved to be too much for them. Australia finished on 183/9.

OVER 20.0

Australia

183/9

Mitchell Swepson

14(12)

Josh Hazlewood

13(5)

Hayden Walsh

1-43(4.0)

19.6 H Walsh to M Swepson

2 Bowls it slow and short and Swepson pulls it down the deep midwicket region, more from the toe end of the bat and ends the match with a couple.

19.5 H Walsh to J Hazlewood

1 Bowls it flighted away from the reach of Hazlewood outside off, he sits on his knees and inside edges it down the ground towards the long-on fielder for a single.

19.4 H Walsh to J Hazlewood

0 Bowls it full wide outside off and Hazlewood reaches out for it and ends up hitting this down the cover fielder just inside the circle.

19.3 H Walsh to J Hazlewood

6 That will definitely disappoint Walsh Jr. Tosses this up and Hazlewood clears his front leg and goes downtown. Clobbers it from the centre of the bat and it goes sailing well over the long-on boundary. Sensational connection on this occasion.

19.2 H Walsh to J Hazlewood

4 Brilliant shot from Hazlewood, a pleasant extra cover drive over the top and it runs down the deep extra cover boundary.

19.1 H Walsh to J Hazlewood

2 Walsh Jr tosses this up and Hazlewood tries to heave this down the leg side, gets the top half of the bat and falls short of the square leg fielder, off for a couple.

OVER 19.0

Australia

168/9

Josh Hazlewood

0(2)

Mitchell Swepson

12(9)

Sheldon Cottrell

3-28(4.0)