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Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2021
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The Australia cricket team toured the West Indies in June and July 2021 to play three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3] The ODI matches formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[4][5] The fixtures for the tour were confirmed by Cricket West Indies (CWI) in May 2021.[6][7] The Australian cricket team arrived in the West Indies on 28 May 2021,[8] after the majority players had been vaccinated for COVID-19.[9]
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The West Indies won the first three T20I matches to win the series.[10] Australia won the fourth T20I by four runs,[11] and the West Indies won the fifth T20I by 16 runs, to win the series 4–1.[12] In the third T20I, Chris Gayle became the first batsman to score 14,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket.[13]
Australia won the first ODI by 133 runs to take a 1–0 lead in the series.[14] The second ODI was suspended after the toss took place, following a positive test for COVID-19.[15] CWI later confirmed that the match had been suspended after a non-playing member of their staff had provided the positive test.[16] On 23 July 2021, CWI announced the rescheduled fixtures for the second and third ODIs.[17] The second ODI match eventually took place on 24 July 2021, with the West Indies winning by four wickets to level the series.[18] Australia won the third ODI by six wickets to win the series 2–1.[19]
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On 17 May 2021, Australia named a 23-man preliminary squad for the tour with Aaron Finch being named as their captain.[23] On 8 June 2021, six more players were added to Australia's preliminary squad.[24] Australia did not name individual squads for the ODI and T20I matches, opting instead to name a combined squad of 18 players for the tour.[25] Tanveer Sangha and Nathan Ellis were named as reserve players.[26] Ahead of the first ODI, Alex Carey was named captain of Australia.[27] On 25 July 2021, Australia's captain Aaron Finch was ruled out of the ODI series due to an injury.[28]
On 18 May 2021, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named a 18-man provisional squad for the T20I matches, with Kieron Pollard captaining the team.[29] On 7 July 2021, CWI named a 15-member squad for the ODI matches.[30] Ahead of the third T20I, Oshane Thomas was added to the West Indies' squad.[31] For the fourth and fifth T20Is, CWI added Akeal Hosein and Kevin Sinclair to their squad.[32] They replaced Shimron Hetmyer and Obed McCoy who both had minor injuries.[33] For the last T20I, CWI added Darren Bravo to their squad.[34] Roston Chase was ruled out of the ODI series, with Hayden Walsh Jr. replacing him in the West Indies' ODI squad.[35]
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Practice matches
Ahead of the T20I matches, the Australian team played two intra-squad games at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Saint Lucia.[36][37][38]
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T20I series
1st T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Nicholas Pooran captained the West Indies for the first time in T20Is.[39]
2nd T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
3rd T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chris Gayle (WI) scored his 14,000th run in T20 cricket.[40]
4th T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
5th T20I
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
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ODI series
1st ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- West Indies were set a revised target of 257 runs from 49 overs due to rain.
- Wes Agar, Ben McDermott and Josh Philippe (Aus) all made their ODI debuts.
- Alex Carey captained Australia for the first time in ODIs.[41]
- Hayden Walsh Jr. (WI) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[42]
- World Cup Super League points: Australia 10, West Indies 0.
2nd ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was suspended on 22 July due to a positive COVID-19 case,[43] and restarted on 24 July.[44]
- Riley Meredith (Aus) made his ODI debut.
- World Cup Super League points: West Indies 10, Australia 0.
3rd ODI
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- World Cup Super League points: Australia 10, West Indies 0.
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Notes
- While Kieron Pollard was named captain of the West Indies for the first four T20Is, Pooran went on to captain in all the five T20Is.
- The toss for the second ODI took place on 22 July, with play being suspended due to a positive COVID-19 case. Per the ICC's playing conditions, play resumed on 24 July from when the toss occurred, as the match was not abandoned.
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