2
1
0
4
4
0
= 11
Match Details
AUS vs WI, 4th T20, AUS vs WI 2021 live
WI
185-6(20.0)
Australia won by 4 runs
AUS
(20.0)189-6
+
P'ship : 6(6)
Commentary
All
Highlights
Overs
W
6s
4s
Inn 1
Inn 2
Milestone
That brings us to an end of our coverage from Onecricket and Cricket Exchange. Till the next time it's ta-ta from me, Arya Sekhar Chakraborty and my fellow commentators Arjun Bhalla and Karthik Raj.
Aaron Finch, Australian skipper- It was a good all-round performance. The bowlers showed really good character in the end, after conceding a lot in the powerplay. Mitch got off to a flyer and that meant I could minimize my risks. The rain break was a chance for us to accelerate later, and it put us in a great position with how Mitch batted. We knew Starc could do it (the final over), he's been doing this for over 10 years now. Behrendorff was fantastic, and Zampa was incredible, especially when we were going around the park a little bit, and he came in to take a couple of wickets and slowed things down.
Time for the winning skipper Aaron Finch to have a chat with Badree.
Nicholas Pooran, West Indies skipper- We didn't start properly, and the momentum shifted when Oshane bowled the no-balls, and I didn't go for the catch of Finchy. We didn't execute our skills properly. Oshane is a young guy and has a lot to learn and it's not easy with the batsmen targeting you in the powerplay. The last over was well executed by Starc and on another day we could have won this, but that's okay. Allen looked great with the bat and Walsh with the ball, so lots of positives .
Time for Nicholas Pooran, the losing captain to have a chat with Samuel Badree.
Mitch Marsh, Player of the Match- It's big having the responsibility of batting in the top three. IT was a great partnership with Finch tonight. I thought the new ball came on well tonight, and it was fun to play with freedom. The bowlers bowled really well today against a good West Indies side. The wicket slowed a little at the backend for both teams but with the West Indies you never know. Starc's last over was fantastic.
Mitchell Marsh is the Player of the Match for his brilliant knock and two important wickets.
It's time for the post-match presentation ceremony with Samuel Badree.
Arya: Earlier in the day it was Aaron Finch who won the toss and opted to bat. After smashing a boundary of Oshane Thomas, the tall fast bowler came back strongly with the wicket of Wade. However the introduction of Mitchell Marsh at No 3 suddenly turned the game towards Australia. He played some delightful shots en route to his 3rd half-century of the series. Finally, Finch came back to some run-scoring form smashing a half-century and in the process sharing a match-winning 114 runs stand with Marsh. Australia looked in pursuit of a score in excess of 200 but it was yet again the leg-spinner Hayden Walsh Jr who helped Windies claw their way back. For the 3rd time in 4 matches, Walsh bagged 3 wickets and restricted the Australian lower middle order. Courtesy his exceptional spell and good support from Fabian Allen, Windies managed to restrict Australia to 189.
Arya: Adam Zampa after an expensive opening over came back strongly in the middle overs to bowl them back into the match. Just like Hayden Walsh Jr, Zampa varied his pace and used his variations to unsettle the Windies batsmen. Chris Gayle perished early but it was Andre Fletcher's dodgy knock that put the remaining batsmen under pressure. A 14 balls 6 totally shifted the momentum towards Australia as they kept tightening the screws on the Windies batters. With their backs to the wall, Windies powered by a sensational penultimate over courtesy Fabian Allen clawed their way back into the game and went to the last over with their noses well ahead. Allen clobbered Meredith for three consecutive sixes collecting 25 runs. However Mitchell Starc bowled a top class final over not allowing Russell to free his arms.
Commentary