Cricket is an interesting sport and it has the fans all over the world. This is a sport which excites the fans on another level. Cricket matches are good but there are some teams whose matches are like a total cinema. So in this article our concerned topic will be Australian Men’s Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Match Scorecard. The rivalry between both the teams is very old. Australian cricket team and West Indies cricket team are one of the best teams in the world cricket. Their history tells everything.
The start of West Indies in world cup was tremendous and the title and the trophy of ICC won by Australia is mind blowing. These both teams faced easy other in a lot of matches many times till date. They faced each other recently in as series and in T20 world cup warm up match. This article will brief you about all the details about those matches and some other vital details related to these teams and the rivalry between them.
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Australia Cricket Team: Australian Men’s Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Match Scorecard
Australia cricket is the most successful team in the cricket history. Cricket Australia is the board of cricket of Australia. This is the only team who won the One Day International world cup 6 times. Moreover, Australia is the only who won the ODI world cup 3 times in a row. In 2021 they won their first T20 world cup title. Then again in the year 2023 they won World Test Championship. The jaw dropping information is that they have won 609 ODI matches out of 1000 matches. In 1877 they played their first test match against the team England and defeated them in that match.
West Indies Cricket Team: Australian Men’s Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Match Scorecard
West Indies cricket team played this sport very well. They shocked the world in the beginning of the world cup. Before Australia they were the only team to win the world consecutively. They won the first 2 cups and then they were also the 1st runner up in the 3rd one. It took more than 3 decades for Australia to break this record. In 2023 everyone got shocked when West Indies was not able to qualify for the One Day World Cup. It was the first time ever in the history of cricket when west indies were not a part of the world cup. West Indies played total 873 matches and won 420 matches out of them. Their winning percentage in One Day Internationals is almost 50 percent.
West Indies Tour of Australia: Australian Men’s Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Match Scorecard
West Indies recently visited Australia for an ODI series and for a T20 internationals series. In this tour Australia dominated the West Indies cricket team to another level. Australia played every match they don’t want Indies to win even a single match. Till the second last match of the tour they even did that and then in the last match of this tour which was the third T20 match West Indies managed to clinch one victory for them.
T20 World Cup Warm Up Match: Australian Men’s Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Match Scorecard
We all have seen a great T20 world cup in the month of June. It was hosted by USA and West Indies. West Indies were the host for more than half of the tournament. Australia and West Indies faced each other in this tournament during the warm up matches. This match was beyond the expectations of the fans. In this match West Indies proved themselves that they can destroy any bowling line up in the Twenty 20 world cup. Let’s delve into the details of this match through the articles.
T20 World Cup Toss
West Indies started this match by losing the toss and Aussies sent them to Bat first
West Indies Batting: Australian Men’s Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Match Scorecard
- West Indies set a target of 257 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs.
- Nicholas Pooran scored the highest and the most crucial runs for the team. He scored 75 runs in just 25 balls. His batting was so terrific which terrified the whole Australian team.
- Rovman Powell was the second highest run getter for West Indies. Powell scored 52 runs in just 25 balls. His contribution was also very important for the team.
- Every batter who came on the crease to bat from West Indies batted like a beast of cricket. The third highest run getter was Sherfane Rutherford. He scored a tremendous 47 runs in just 18 balls.
Australia Bowling
- Australia tried very hard to stop West Indies but all of them got smashed by the West Indies batter very badly.
- Adam Zampa who is one of the best spinner in the Australia Team bowled a spell of 4 overs and conceded 62 runs for 2 wickets.
- Tim David was the another one who got a wicket. He also completed his full spell of 4 overs and conceded 40 runs.
- Then on the third position Ashton Agar was the one who completed his complete spell and got 1 wicket. For that 1 wicket he conceded 58 runs in just 4 overs.
- The economy of the Australian bowlers was blown away by the West Indies ruthless batters.
Australia Batting: Australian Men’s Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Match Scorecard
In reply Australia gave their best to clinch the win form West Indies but as it was a high scoring match so they felt sort by 35 runs. Australia made 222 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
The highest run getter form the Australia team was Josh Inglis. He scored 55 runs in just 30 balls. Josh tried his best to clinch the win.
On the second position Nathan Ellis was the one who get the second top most runs for the Australian team. He scored total 39 runs in 22 balls.
Ashton Agar was the third highest run getter for the team. The third highest individual score of a batsman for the Australia team was only 28 runs in 13 balls. They all tried but losing wickets of the top and the middle order batsman in the early overs was the reason behind their defeat. Still if the target will be this much big then batting like this will be normal and necessary.
West Indies Bowling
- West Indies bowling was not so bad and was not so good. They bowled the decent spells and managed to stop the Australian batters to chase the target.
- Gudakesh Motie was the one who bowled the best spell form West Indies. He got 2 wickets and conceded 31 runs in 4 overs.
- Alazarri Joseph one of the main bowler of West Indies also completed his spell of 4 overs and took 2 wickets. Joseph conceded some extra runs which were 44 in number.
- Shamar Joseph was the one who bowled only 2 overs and took 1 wicket. Still in just 2 overs he conceded 31 runs.
Result
At the end Australia lost the match by 35 runs.
One Day Internationals: Australian Men’s Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Match Scorecard
West Indies and Australia played total 146 matches. Out of 146 ODI Australia managed to win 76 of them whereas West Indies won 70 matches. The winning percentage in this format of both the teams is almost same. Still Australia is the winner.
Twenty 20 Internationals
Australia and West Indies played total 19 matches and Australia won 10 matches out of 19. On the other hand, West Indies won 9 matches. In this format also Australia is leading. Though the difference is less but Australia is ahead
Test Internationals: Australian Men’s Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Match Scorecard
In the Test format both the teams faced each other in total 116 matches. Australia won 58 of them and West Indies won 32 of them. Rest 26 matches got tied. In this format as well Australia dominated West Indies.
Conclusion
Lastly, we want to say that both the teams played very well in all the matches and both the teams are the great competitors of each other. Australia I the one who dominated West Indies in all the formats. Let’s wait for the upcoming matches between these two legendary teams.