Aus vs WI, T20, live cricket score and streaming, Australia vs West Indies, Hobart, watch online
The 1st T20 between West Indies and Australia (Aus vs WI) will be played at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Sunday, Feb 21 2010. Watch Live streaming and Live scores.
Match scheduled to begin at 1835 Local (0735 GMT) 1.05 pm India time.
The ODI series has been one-sided but in T20 Australia are yet to beat West Indies. Australia’s performance in the T20′s has been miserable lately, before the Pakistan series they lost 5 T20′s in a row.
This match is a milestone for Bellerive Oval pitch at Hobart, which is hosting a day/night game for the first time after having floodlights installed.
Pitch and conditions
The Hobart pitch supports batting, in the two last games the first-innings totals were 194 and 167. The forecast for Sunday predicted to be fine and 25C.
The probable teams are as follows
Australia 1 Shane Watson, 2 David Warner, 3 Michael Clarke (capt), 4 David Hussey, 5 Cameron White, 6 Travis Birt, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Steven Smith, 9 Mitchell Johnson, 10 Dirk Nannes, 11 Shaun Tait.
West Indies 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Travis Dowlin, 3 Lendl Simmons, 4 Narsingh Deonarine, 5 Wavell Hinds, 6 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 7 Kieron Pollard, 8 Dwayne Smith, 9 Darren Sammy, 10 Nikita Miller, 11 Kemar Roach.
Quotes
“We’ve got a good record against Australia, we’re two and zip. The guys are pretty confident. The shorter version of the game we’ve got guys that can destroy any attack – Pollard, Smith and Chris Gayle – so it’s going to be good fun.”
David Williams, the West Indies coach
“If you look at the balance of our team and the balance of their team, you’d probably still think that we’ve got a fair advantage over them.”
Ricky Ponting has retired from Twenty20s but will be in Hobart to watch his colleagues
