AUS vs WI: Australia beats West Indies by 11 runs in first T20, takes 1-0 lead in series

David Warner played an excellent inning of 70 runs for Australia.

Australia vs West Indies, 1st T20I (Image Credit- Twitter)

AUS vs WI: The first match of the three-match T20 series between Australia and West Indies was played today on 9 February at Ballerive Oval, Hobart. Let us tell you that in this match, host Australia has defeated West Indies by 11 runs. So with this victory, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the T20 series. So in the match, batsman David Warner and spinner Adam Zampa played important roles in Australia’s victory.

Status of Australia vs West Indies first T20 match

So, if we tell you the condition of this match, West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl and while batting first, Australia scored 213 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Openers David Warner (70) and Josh English (39) played important roles in taking Australia to this point.

Both of them made an excellent partnership of 93 runs for the first wicket. Apart from this, Tim David contributed 37 runs and Matthew Wade contributed 21 runs. So if we talk about the bowling of West Indies, Andre Russell got maximum 3 wickets, while Alzarri Joseph got 2 wickets. Apart from this, Jason Holder and Romario Shepherd got 1-1 wicket.

After this, when West Indies came out to chase the strong target of 214 runs given by Australia, they could only score 202 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 11 runs. However, in the end all-rounder Jason Holder tried his best to lead the team to victory by scoring 34* runs in 15 balls, but he could not succeed.

Apart from Holder, Brendan King scored 53 runs and Johnson Charles scored 42 runs. So if we talk about Australia’s bowling, Adam Zampa took 3 wickets. Apart from this, Marcus Stoinis got 2 wickets and Jason Behrendorff, Glenn Maxwell and Sean Abbott got 1 wicket each.