West Indies vs Australia ಸ್ಕೋರ್ ಕಾರ್ಡ್, 1st T20I, Australia vs West Indies 2022

Australia have won two of their last three men’s T20Is against West Indies (L1), including an eight-wicket victory in their most recent meeting (6 November 2021); they will be aiming for back-to-back wins against them for the first time since March 2012.

This will be the fourth men’s T20I between Australia and West Indies in Australia; the West Indies logged a 27-run victory in their last such fixture (13 February 2013) after losing their only two meetings prior in the country.

Australia have lost three of their last four men’s T20Is (W1), including each of their last two; the last time they went on a longer losing run in the format was a four-match span from July to August in 2021.

West Indies defeated New Zealand by 8 wickets in their most recent men’s T20I (14 August 2022), snapping a five-match losing run in the format; indeed, only Ireland (L12) have recorded more defeats in men’s T20Is in 2022 than West Indies (L11).

Australia have a catch success rate of 86% in men’s T20Is in 2022, the second best rate of any Test playing country (Ireland – 89%); in addition, Australia’s seven run outs when fielding in the format this year are only bettered by Afghanistan (14) and India (11).

Australia (10.1) and West Indies (11.5) have the best and third best bowling strike rates during the death overs (17th-20th) of any Test playing countries in men’s T20Is in 2022 (Sri Lanka – 10.6).

Aaron Finch (2,915) is 85 away from becoming the sixth player to score 3,000 runs in men’s T20I history and the first from Australia; his T20I batting average against West Indies (19.5) is his lowest against any team he has faced more than once.

Josh Hazlewood (49) is one away from becoming the third player to take 50 wickets for Australia in men’s T20Is (Adam Zampa and Mitchell Starc); if he achieves the milestone in this match (34*) he’d be the third fastest pace bowler to reach it (Mark Adair – 28 matches for Ireland and Mustafizur Rahman – 33 matches for Bangladesh).

Sheldon Cottrell (48) is two away from becoming the fourth player to take 50 wickets for West Indies in men’s T20Is (Dwayne Bravo, Samuel Badree, Sunil Narine); he has taken at least one wicket in nine of his last 10 T20I bowling innings away from home.

David Warner has scored 29.8% of Australia’s runs when he has played in men’s T20Is in 2022, the third best rate of any player from a Test playing country with at least two innings this year (Jonny Bairstow – 30.4% for England and Mohammad Rizwan – 30.2% for Pakistan).