AUS vs WI 1st T20: West Indies cricket team is currently on Australia tour for all format series. So today, on February 2, the first match of the three-match ODI series between the two teams was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Let us tell you that in this match the host team has won over West Indies by 8 wickets.

Fast bowler Xavier Bartlett played an important role in Australia’s victory, taking 4 wickets. So, cricket fans are seen giving a lot of reaction on this victory of Australia through social media. Also, with this victory, Australia has taken a strong 1-0 lead in the ODI series.

Australia vs West Indies 1st ODI match status:

If we give you information about this match played at the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first and the visiting team, batting first, lost all its wickets on a total score of 231 runs in 48.4 overs.

For West Indies, Casey Carty played brilliant innings of 88 runs and Roston Chase played 59 runs. Apart from this, Hayden Walsh contributed 20 runs and Matthew Ford contributed 19 runs. So if we talk about Australia’s bowling, fast bowler Xavier Bartlett took 4 wickets, while Sean Abbott and Cameron Green took 2 wickets each. Apart from this, spinner Adam Jampa also managed to take 1 wicket.

After this, when the Kangaroo team came to chase the target of 232 runs given by West Indies, they achieved it easily by losing 2 wickets in 38.3 overs. However, after Travis Head was out early for 4 runs, Josh English scored 65, Cameron Green scored 77* and Steve Smith played brilliant innings of 79* and took the team to the threshold of victory.

See how fans reacted to Australia’s victory and West Indies’ defeat.