The West Indies have now lost 16 of their last 19 T20Is.
Bruised and battered! After a whitewash in the Test series, heading towards the T20Is would have comforted the West Indies. More than the other two formats of the game, the shortest format is what the West Indies cherish. But this time around, it wasn’t as welcoming they would have expected it to be. The Australians showed no mercy in their approach, and as a result, handed a 5-0 whitewash to the hosts. The visitors picked up a three-wicket victory in the fifth T20I, completing a comfortable series win. The Australians will be leaving the island without losing a single game on the tour. However, Shai Hope & Co. have some thinking to do.
TBW
0/0
BVB
183/5
AMR
–
TBC
–
ABF
–
GAW
–
SLK
–
TKR
–
NDT
–
ODW
142/7
NDS
–
EDR
–
WDL
–
PD
–
NDSW
118/5
EDRW
116/4
North Delhi Strikers Women beat East Delhi Riders Women by 2 runs
AUST
88/7
BEL
136/6
Belgium beat Austria by 48 runs
AUST
115/7
BEL
153/2
Belgium beat Austria by 38 runs
AUST
136/3
BEL
131/6
Austria beat Belgium by 7 wickets
AUST
–
BEL
75/2
ROM
–
CZR
–
ROM
–
CZR
–
ROM
–
CZR
–
ROM
–
CZR
–
AUST
–
BEL
–
AUST
–
BEL
–
ROM
195/4
CZR
170/7
Romania beat Czech Republic by 25 runs
ROM
157/8
CZR
159/6
Czech Republic beat Romania by 4 wickets
KHTC
147/6
VFB
149/4
VFB Fallersleben beat 1.Kieler HTC by 6 wickets
KSV
173/3
SGFD
137/6
KSV Kings beat SG Findorff by 36 runs
SGFD
152/8
VFB
116/8
SG Findorff beat VFB Fallersleben by 36 runs
SGFD
7/0
KSV
–
LAN
249/9
BB
157/3
DER
120/1
SURR
388/4
YOR
354/7
DURH
74/6
WOR
88/3
GLAM
297/7
NOT
70/2
GLO
343/7
PNG
56/3
DEN
223/8
KWT
–
JER
–
IRE-W
–
ITA-W
–
NED-W
–
GER-W
–
BAN
–
IND
–
Match Called off
TBC
–
TBC
–
TBC
–
TBC
–
ALRS
151/7
TTS
152/3
Thrissur Titans beat Alleppey Ripples by 7 wickets
ARKS
143/6
ATR
–
KBTS
–
ALRS
–
TTS
–
CAGS
–
HBT
173/2
GBM
172/7
Hubli Tigers beat Gulbarga Mystics by 8 wickets
SML
–
MGD
200/5
HBT
–
MYW
–
BNB
–
GBM
–
RNC
124/9
YSG
152/8
Yallah Shabab Giants beat Renaissance Challengers by 28 runs
MAT
139/5
MUT
136/5
Majees Titans beat Muscat Thunderers by 5 wickets
ROS
–
IAI
–
YSG
–
MUT
–
RNC
–
IAI
–
ROS
–
MAT
–
AUS
193/10
SA
277/10
South Africa beat Australia by 84 runs
IPS
189/9
GCT
211/8
Gold Coast beat Ipswich by 22 runs
TMB
271/5
NSBB
193/8
Toombul beat Northern Suburbs by 78 runs
SSC
–
SGR
–
WYN
–
RLS
–
TMB
–
VLLY
–
SBB
–
IPS
–
WSS
–
UOQ
–
IPS
–
TMB
–
BIP
–
WEF
–
NOS
–
OVI
–
LOS
–
SOB
–
BIP-W
–
WFW-W
150/3
NOS-W
–
OIW-W
–
LSW-W
–
SBW-W
–
MR-A
134/9
AS-A
135/4
Adelaide Strikers Academy beat Melbourne Renegades Academy by 6 wickets
NTS
135/10
PSA
139/3
Perth Scorchers Academy beat Northern Territory Strike by 7 wickets
PS
144/9
NEP
143/7
Pakistan Shaheens won by 1 run
CHK
–
HHA
–
ACOM
–
MS-A
–
BANA
–
AS-A
–
NOSK
114/6
KASS
110/10
Noida Super Kings beat Kanpur Superstars by 4 wickets
LUF
99/4
GOLS
–
KARS
–
MEMA
–
GOLS
–
KASS
–
Though Hope was in good form, he did not get much support from his fellow teammates. The skipper scored a magnificent century in the third T20I to bolster their chances. He scored an unbeaten 102 off just 57 deliveries to steer the score to 214/4. But that wasn’t enough. Tim David scored the same amount of runs in just 37 deliveries to win the series for the visitors.
T20I Skipper Shai Hope has put his finger on the batting which let his team down in the series loss. The West Indies posted totals in excess of 180 three times in five games. But it wasn’t enough against the mighty Australians. According to Hope, the batting wasn’t the only reason for their loss. West Indies did not only lose the five games, but also lost all five tosses. Mitchell Marsh put the hosts in to bat on all five occasions, and Hope thinks that it played a role in the outcome of the matches. The West Indies will now host Pakistan in a white-ball bilateral series starting August 1.
“In the Caribbean, chasing is always better due to the dew and wind factor. But that’s not something I can control. We have some clarity in the bowling unit, we executed better. We’ll put this behind us and look ahead to the Pakistan series”, said the West Indies skipper.
ALSO READ:
The two-time T20 World Cup champions will have to put this loss behind as soon as possible. West Indies had a good balanced squad with big hitters and T20 specialists. However, they were not able to find their way past the Australians. This entire series was a forgettable one for the hosts. They were skittled out for a mere 27 runs in the third Test and were never able to come back into the match. A good performance was expected in the T20I series, but it was not meant to be. Cameron Green top scored in the T20I series, with 205 runs in five games, with an average of almost 70. Skipper Shai Hope was the second best with 185 runs at an average of 46.25, but to no avail.
The West Indies are on the cusp of a very important series against Pakistan. The Shaheens are also heading to the United States after a series loss against Bangladesh. Both teams will be eyeing redemption. As his name suggests, skipper Hope was hopeful about his teams’ chances in the format. He lauded the execution skills of the bowling unit and also spoke about how they need to put this loss behind as quickly as possible. Doing that will give them a chance to focus on the Pakistan series.
Hope praised Akeal Hossein for his spell in the fifth T20I of the series. Batting first, the West Indies could only put up 170 runs on the board. Hossein showed great character and ended with three wickets in his spell of four overs. To add to that, he gave away only 17 runs to the Australians. Despite the loss, the Windies skipper lauded the efforts of his bowling unit. However, he also stressed on the fact that the batting never came to the party.
Another thing the Caribbeans will have to do is make sure that they stick to a combination. The hosts used three different players to bat at No.3 in the recent series against Australia, which is disturbing their combination. Hope & Co. will have to decide their combination in the series against Pakistan to make sure they get going in their preferred format of the game.
For more updates, follow CricXtasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Telegram, and YouTube.
