Oct 05, 2022
13:40 IST / 8:10 GMT
Carrara Oval - Gold Coast, Australia
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Australia host West Indies at the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast on Wednesday evening in the first of two IT20s. Australia lost their recent three-game series with India 2-1. West Indies beat New Zealand in their last game in this format but also lost the series 2-1. Read on as we preview this match. The opening IT20 gets underway in Queensland at 18:10 local time.
Australia won their first IT20 in India before losing the final two games both by six wickets. In home conditions, they will be very strong and should be too good for West Indies.
West Indies beat New Zealand in their last IT20 but have struggled for consistency across white ball cricket over the last year. However, all of their players will be game-ready after the recent conclusion of the CPL.
TV channels: This match will be shown live on Sony Sports Network, SportsMax, Fox Sports, Sky Sports Cricket and Willow TV.
Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on Sony LIV and Flow Sports
There has only been one previous IT20 at this venue when Australia won the toss, chose to field and lost a rain affected match. We predict that both skippers will choose to field first in this game.
There will be good pace and bounce on this hard wicket in Queensland. We expect a par score to be over 180 with the ball coming onto the bat at speed.
It will be cloudy and humid from start to finish at the Carrara Stadium. The temperature will drop from 19 degrees to 16 degrees over the course of the game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Australia vs West Indies 1st T20 Match 2022
Marcus Stoinis has been ruled out of this series with a side-strain which will give a few players the opportunity to stake a claim in the all-rounder slot in the side. David Warner, Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Marsh come back into the side after missing the series against India.
Australia are the current World Cup holders in this format but have lost three of their last four IT20s.
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Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steve Smith, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Daniel Sams, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
After failing to defend their 2016 T20 World Cup title with a poor showing in the 2021 tournament, West Indies have made a pointed effort to bring in new players and give experience to young players over the last 12 months. They have struggled for consistency but have an exciting and talented group. Shimron Hetmyer has been ruled out after missing his flight
West Indies have struggled in this format recently but beat New Zealand in their last IT20 to end a run of five successive defeats.
Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran (c) (wk), Johnson Charles, Rovman Powell, Shamarh Brooks, Jason Holder, Raymon Reifer, Alzarri Joseph, Akeal Hosein, Obed McCoy
West Indies have a 10-7 lead over Australia in this format. They last met in November 2021 during the T20 World Cup with Australia winning by eight wickets with 22 balls remaining.
| Matches Played | AUS Won | WI Won | Tie | No Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Although Australia have lost more of their recent IT20s than they have lost, they are in better form than West Indies and the hosts are favourites to win the match.
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West Indies have beaten Australia on only one previous occasion in this format on Australian soil. It will take a huge team performance for them to win and go 1-0 up in the series.
David Warner, Aaron Finch and Cameron Green are our batting picks for Australia. Finch has scored two centuries in this format.
We are backing Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran and Brandon King with the bat for West Indies. Captain Pooran has hit nine half-centuries in IT20 cricket.
Our bowling tips are Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa and Mitchell Starc for Australia. Starc has 63 IT20 wickets with format best figures of 3-11.
Obed McCoy, Alzarri Joseph and Jason Holder are our bowling choices for West Indies. Joseph took 18 wickets from 10 innings during the recent CPL tournament.
Both teams will see this game and the series as excellent practice for the T20 World Cup but winning this match will be the priority. We are predicting a high scoring game with both sides making big totals. Overall, we are backing Australia to get the victory.
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