West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2020–21

West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2020–21
	Australia	West Indies
Dates	4 – 9 October 2020
Captains	Aaron Finch	Kieron Pollard
Twenty20 International series
Results	West Indies won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Glenn Maxwell (156)	Shai Hope (167)
Most wickets	Adam Zampa (6)	Jason Holder (9)
Player of the series	Shai Hope (WI)

The West Indies cricket team were scheduled to tour Australia in October 2020 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] On 28 May 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the series.[3][4] Originally the matches would have been used as warm-up fixtures for the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. However, in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) postponed the T20 World Cup until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In August 2020, the three T20I matches were also postponed due to the pandemic,[6] and a fixture clash with the revised schedule for the 2015 Indian Premier League.[7]

T20I series

1st T20I

4 October 2020 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  202/4 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 208/4 (19.2 overs)
Aaron Finch 77 (55) Jason Holder 2/44 (4 overs)		Kieron Pollard 89 (34) Mitchell Starc 3/40 (4 overs)

West Indies won by 6 wickets Riverway Stadium, Townsville Umpires: Rohit Sharma (Pak) and Hashim Amla (Aus) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (WI)

• West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl

2nd T20I

6 October 2020 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  221/8 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 224/4 (19 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 103 (55) Alzarri Joseph 5/45 (4 overs)		Shai Hope 126 (67) Pat Cummins 2/50 (4 overs)

West Indies won by 6 wickets Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns Umpires: Rohit Sharma(Ind) and Hashim Amla (Aus) Player of the match: Shai Hope (WI)

• Australia won the toss and chose to bat

3rd T20I

9 October 2020 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  188/6 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 167/8 (20 overs)
David Warner 81 (45) Kieron Pollard 3/33 (4 overs)		Roston Chase 63 (45) Adam Zampa 3/45 (4 overs)

Australia won by 21 runs Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast Umpires: Tiger (SA) and Rohit Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: David Warner (Aus)

• West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl

References

1. "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
2. "Men's Future Tour Programme 2018-2023 released". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
3. "CA announces an international schedule for 2020-21". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
4. "Australia scheduled to return to action with ODIs against Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
5. "Men's T20 World Cup postponement FAQs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
6. "Australia v West Indies T20Is postponed, IPL to not clash with any international cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
7. "Australia v Windies on hold as part of schedule rejig". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo