Australia vs West Indies 1st T20I, Live Cricket Score: Hazlewood picks two to put WI on backfoot
Australia vs West Indies 1st T20I, Live Cricket Score: Hazlewood picks two to put WI on backfoot
14:17 (IST)
PLUMB!
Hazlewood strikes again and this time his victim is Brandon King, who missed a flick to get struck on the knee roll in front of middle-stump. West Indies are 2 down now.
14:09 (IST)
West Indies 47/1 after 5 overs
Kyle Mayers is batting smartly as he is keeping the scoreboard ticking despite an early setback. Mayers is punishing the bad deliveries and also rotating the strike to keep the hosts under pressure, Also, the new batter in - Brandon King, is playing sensibly to deny Australia gain upper hand.
14:00 (IST)
BOWLED!
Josh Hazlewood comes into the attack and strikes instantly as he removes Johnson Charles, who walks back to the dugout after scoring just three runs. It was a length delivery pitched outside off and Charles wanted to ride the bounce as he tried to heave it across the line. But the Windies opener missed the ball completely as it went through to rattle the stumps.
13:52 (IST)
West Indies 14/0 after 1 over
Kyle Mayers smashes two boundaries in the opening over of the match, bowled by Mitchell Starc, to help the Windies get off to a superb start.
13:49 (IST)
AUS vs WI 1st T20I underway
Kyle Mayers and Johnson Charles come out to open for West Indies as Aussie pacer Mitchell Starc bowls first over of the match.
13:36 (IST)
Australia vs West Indies 1st T20I Playing XI
Australia: David Warner, Cameron Green, Mitchell Marsh, Aaron Finch(c), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
West Indies: Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Raymon Reifer, Yannic Cariah, Alzarri Joseph, Sheldon Cottrell
Here is the #MenInMaroon playing XI for today's 1st T20I with just under 30 minutes to go before the first ball.
☑️ Johnson Charles back in maroon for 1st time since September 2016
☑️ T20I debuts for all-rounder Raymon Reifer & leg-spinner Yannic Cariah#WIvAUS pic.twitter.com/PqwbdP4lAp— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) October 5, 2022
13:20 (IST)
Australia vs West Indies 1st T20I, TOSS
Australia have won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Australia vs West Indies 1st T20I Live: Australia put West Indies in to bat in the first T20I and immediately reaped benefits with the wicket of Johnson Charles. The Windies opener became Josh Hazlewood’s 50th T20I scalp.
Australia are set to take on West Indies in a two-match T20I series ahead of the ICC men’s T20 World Cup 2022 which gets underway later this month. The first of the two games will take place at Metricon Stadium in Carrara on Wednesday (5 October).
T20 World Champions Australia are coming off the back of a 1-2 series loss to India last month and the Aaron Finch-led side will like to get back to winning ways against the Windies to gain momentum and confidence ahead of the extravaganza.
The hosts will be boosted by the return of David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, and Mitchell Starc. However, all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has been ruled out of the series after failing to recover from a side strain that he picked up last month.
West Indies also failed to make a mark in their last T20I series. They were beaten 2-1 by New Zealand. Under the leadership of Nicholas Pooran, Windies will be aiming to do well and gain some momentum for the T20 World Cup Qualifiers.
Squads
Australia: Aaron Finch (c), Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Steven Smith, Sean Abbott, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green.
West Indies: Nicholas Pooran (c & wk), Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Johnson Charles, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Sheldon Cottrell, Raymon Reifer, Kyle Mayers, Yannic Cariah, Shamarh Brooks.
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