AUS VS WI - 1st T20I, West Indies tour of Australia, 2024

A nice win for Australia as they take the lead in this 3-match series. We've got the second game coming up from Adelaide in just a couple of days' time. That's it from us here, this is Anurag Hegde signing off on behalf of Ramakrishnan MS and Vinod Kumar.

Matthew Wade | Australia vice-captain: (Speaking on behalf of Marsh who has Covid-19) I think he’s (Marsh) okay, probably looking for a couple more negative tests to get back in the group. The West Indies are a great T20 side. We just had enough on the board. We were looking to score and go over 220, that’s the luxury we have with 7 batters. Was nice to see Tim (David) come out and whack it around. He’s (Zampa) class, you can just bank on his 4 overs, I’m sure the captain is very happy to have him in the team.

Rovman Powell | West Indies captain: We struggled to get partnerships in the middle, good game of cricket in the end though. Need to back ourselves a little bit more. I think the guys did well, just in the middle overs we lost a little bit. (About bowling himself more) When you have set batters and a difficult wicket, it’s difficult to bowl back to back overs so I brought on my strike bowler after we got a wicket. Was a nice atmosphere to play in.

David Warner | Player of the Match: Pleasing to get the win on the board. Was a nice wicket to bat on and you have to make the most of those. Feel great and refreshed, I’m pumped. I want to play the T20 World Cup and it’s a good journey we’ve got going for the next 6 months. Pretty much the same squad going to New Zealand so it’s important we win there as well.

22:39 Local Time, 11:39 GMT, 17:09 IST: A good effort from the West Indies but they end up 11 runs short. A day packed with runs here as over 400 of them were scored across both innings. Needing 214 to win, the West Indies got off to the perfect start. King and Charles were smoking it to all parts of the ground till Zampa broke their 89-run opening stand in the 9th over. King got to his fifty but couldn't carry on much longer either. Plently of middle-order batters got off to starts but couldn't kick on and that's probably what cost the West Indies. Zampa returned for another spell and struck a double-blow. There was some excitement towards the end as Holder managed to get some away but in the end, the Australians had scored a few too many earlier in the day.

Abbott to Holder, 1 run, very full outside off, Holder comes down the track looking to slog it away, can only manage an inside edge that goes down to deep mid-wicket

Abbott to Akeal Hosein, 1 run, very full just outside off, Akeal Hosein shuffled across and drilled it straight back, Abbott got his foot in the way and it brushed him on its way down the ground

No extras and Australia are home

Abbott to Holder, 3 runs, nails the yorker just outside off, Holder opens the face and squeezes it towards backward point, the fielder over-runs it and lets it through and they get three

17 needed off 3

Abbott to Holder, FOUR, he's picked the gap! Very full and just outside off, Holder sat deep in his crease before carving it away towards deep extra cover, just beat the man running across from long-off

Abbott to Holder, no run, nails the yorker just outside off, Holder looks to drive and gets a thick inside edge on to pad, bit of tail back into the batter there

The West Indies are not out of this, 21 needed off 5

Abbott to Holder, SIX, that's out of here! Full toss on middle, poor delivery and Holder smokes it over deep mid-wicket

Sean Abbott [3.0-0-26-1] is back into the attack

Hazlewood to Akeal Hosein, no run, nails the yorker just outside off, Akeal Hosein was looking to clip it away and missed, just beat off-stump to, a rare off day for Hazlewood as he ends without a wicket

Hazlewood to Holder, 1 run, nails the yorker, Holder does well too, clears his front-leg and squeezes it out towards point

Hazlewood to Holder, 2 runs, full and outside off, Holder shuffles right across his stumps looking to scoop, ends up flapping it towards deep backward square leg along the ground in the end

Hazlewood to Holder, FOUR, crunched! Just short of length on off-stump, Holder was quick to pick the length up and press back before pulling it away right into the gap at deep mid-wicket

Hazlewood to Akeal Hosein, 1 run, full outside off, sliced away towards deep backward point