4th T20.
Teams: Australia vs West Indies.
Venue: Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, St.Lucia.
Time: 5:00 am.
Preview: With the series done and dusted already with 2 matches to spare, West Indies would love to give chance to the other untested players in the squad ahead of the T20 World Cup. On the other hand Australia would love to salvage some pride by winning atleast once against the defending World Champions in the tour.
Weather Report:
A clear sky is predicted again with an average temperature of 30 degree Celsius. A lot of breeze is expected around the stadium.
Pitch Report:
The 3rd T20 was played on a fresh pitch. The ball kept low and holded a bit. The spinners found it easy to bowl in the first innings. But the conditions changed in the second innings with no hint of spin in 2nd half.
H2H Records:
Total matches played:14.
West Indies won:9.
Australia won:5.
Performance in series so far:
3rd T20:
Aus:141/6 vs WI:142/4.
(WI won by 6 wkts).
Henriques:33.
Finch:30.
Turner:24.
Wade:23.
Gayle:67.
Pooran:32.
Hayden Walsh:2w.
Obed McCoy: 1w.
Fabian Allen: 1w.
DJ Bravo: 1w.
Meredith: 3w.
Starc: 1w.
Pacers: 2+4=6wkts.
Spinners: 3+0=3wkts.
2nd T20:
WI: 196/4 vs Aus:140/10.
(WI won by 56 runs).
Hetmyer:61.
DJ Bravo:47.
Simmons:30.
Russell:24.
Mitchell Marsh:54 & 18/1.
Henriques:19.
Agar:28/1.
Hazlewood:39/1.
Hayden Walsh: 3w.
Cottrell: 2w.
Russell: 1w.
Bravo: 1w.
Fiedel Edwards: 1w. (Injured).
Gayle: 1w.
Pacers:2+5=7 wkts.
Spinners:1+4=5 wkts.
1st T20:
WI: 145/6 vs Aus:127/10.
(WI won by 18 runs).
Russell:51.
Simmons:27.
Hetmeyer:20.
Marsh:51 & 2w.
Wade:33.
Hazlewood: 3w.
McCoy: 4w.
Walsh: 3w.
Allen:2w.
Pacers:5+5=10 wkts.
Spinners:0+5=5 wkts.
Key Observation in 3rd T20:
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Wade started off well whereas Finch looked a bit off colour.
The duo of Henriques and Turner gave the much needed acceleration in the end as Australia finished with 141/6.
The West Indies bowlers looked totally in control especially the spinners who controlled the run flow.
Hayden Walsh scalped 2 wickets whereas McCoy, Bravo and Allen scalped 1 wicket.
West Indies chased for the first time in this series. The opening stand failed again. However it was Chris Gayle show after that. The universal boss hit 7 sixes to score 67 as West Indies chased the target in 15 overs.
Meredith was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up 3 wickets in a losing cause.
At this Venue:
Australia: Played: 7, Won:4.
West Indies: Played: 7, Won:4.
Venue Performance: (Current Squad)
WI:160/8 vs Eng:161/6. (2019).
(Eng won by 4 wkts).
Pooran:58.
Gayle:15.
Hetmyer:14.
Cottrell:3w.
Holder:1w.
Pacers: 7+5=12 wkts.
Spinners: 2+1=3 wkts.
WI:150/7 vs Aus:153/2. (2012).
(Aus won by 8 wkts).
Pollard: 54.
Bravo: 14.
Dan Christian: 3w.
Pacers: 6+2= 8wkts.
Spinners: 0+0=0wkts.
WI:150/7 vs Pak:143/9. (2011).
(WI won by 7 runs).
Simmons:65.
Pacers:2+4=6 wkts.
Spinners:4+4=8 wkts.
WI:105/10 vs Aus:109/4. (2010).
(Aus won by 6 wkts).
Pollard:13.
Gayle: 1w.
Pacers: 4+1=5 wkts.
Spinners: 5+2=7 wkts.
Venue Performers: (Current Squad)
Simmons: 137 runs (4 Inns). Avg: 34.25.
Mitchell Marsh: 114 runs (3 Inns). Avg:38.00
Pooran: 107 runs (4 Inns). Avg: 35.66.
DJ Bravo: 81 runs (5 Inns). Avg:27.0.
Russell: 82 runs (4 Inns). Avg: 41.0.
Hayden Walsh: 8 wkts (3Inns). S.R: 11.11.
Cottrell: 5 wkts (3 Inns). S.R: 15.0
Hazlewood: 4 wkts (3 Inns). S.R: 18.0.
Mitchell Marsh: 3 wkts (3 Inns).S.R: 24.0.
Christian: 3 wkts (4 Inns). S.R: 30.
Toss based Analaysis:
If WI bats first.
Players: Simmons, Gayle, Pooran, Bravo, Russell, Hayden Walsh, Mitchell Marsh, Wade, Meredith/Hazlewood.
If Aus bats first.
Players: Finch, Wade,Henriques, Zampa, Starc/Meredith, Gayle,Pooran, Russell, Bravo, Walsh/ Allen.
Squad: The likes of Hetmyer and Obed McCoy are nursing minor injuries. So they have been replaced by Kevin Sinclair and Akeil Hossain. Evin Lewis if fit is scheduled to open with Simmons.
West Indies: Lendl Simmons,Andre Fletcher/Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran (C & Wk), Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Fabian Allen, Hayden Walsh Jr, Oshane Thomas, Sheldon Cottrell, Kevin Sinclair.
Squad: With the series done and dusted, Australia may want to give their bowlers a go. The likes of Behrendorff may get a game ahead of Starc.
Australia: Mathew Wade (Wk), Aaron Finch(C), Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Moises Henriques, Ashton Turner, Dan Christian, Meredith, Behrendorfd/Starc, Zampa, Hazlewood.
My team:
Wk: Wade, Pooran.
Batsmen: Gayle, Simmons, Finch.
All Rounders: Marsh, Russell, Henriques/ Allen.
Bowlers: Meredith, Bravo, Hayden Walsh.
Other options: Zampa, Carey, Fletcher/ Lewis.
Safe C/Vc: Russell, Bravo,.Wade.
Differential C/Vc: Gayle, Hayden Walsh, Marsh.
Risky: Simmons.
(i have a gut feeling that Simmons can play well in this match).
Note: West Indies are pure favourites to win this match. However Australia can bring in a surprise. So ideally make a GL team favouring Australia.
Disclaimer: The analysis is purely based on latest Stats and H2H records. You can go with your choice of players.
A detailed analysis is given in the previous articles of this series. So do go through them once to get a more consolidated view.