3 Reasons of WI Lost to AUS – after being valued under Kingston’s night lights, it appeared that the stage was set for a great 2nd T20I encounter between West Indies and Australia. Indeed, West Indies looked in control, following a blistering 51 from Brandon King and a fully respectable score of 172/8. Alas, while the start was bright for the home team, their hopes dimmed very quickly under the weight of Australia’s superior batting as the visitors rattled off a comfortable eight-wicket victory with an eyebrow-raising 28 balls to spare. So, what went wrong for the Windies exactly? In this piece, we’ll unpack the three most important reasons why this promising match slipped through their fingers.
West Indies’ Batting Collapse After a Strong Start
First, it is worth noting that although the West Indies’ innings had some solid early shots, it never actually gained any real momentum. Brandom King’s excellent 51 helped the early scoreboard quite a bit, but once he went with only 63 runs on the board, the innings collapsed in waves like a sandcastle at high tide. Their middle order had a slight collapse as Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, and Roston Chase all fell, helping to firm any thoughts of a big score.
Russell’s explosive cameo—36 off 15—was fun to watch, but it arrived well after the ship had sailed. By the end of the powerplay, the Windies were too far adrift to ever seriously threaten the Australians, who were scoring along at a nice rate through partnerships given the circumstances. So, 172 was a decent score, but not a threatening enough score to concern a powerfully aggressive Australian team.
Josh Inglis’s Game-Changing Knock
Thereafter, the big shift was Josh Inglis. The Australian wicketkeeper-batsman was incredible. Scoring an unbeaten 78 from just 33 balls, Inglis was a trailblazer of fours and sixes, manhandling the Windies’ bowling attack. He wasn’t practical enough to bat any more naturally than a stratospheric rate of more than 236, and that even got the scoreboard going at a rate of knots with the Windies bowlers being left to chase shadows.
Cameron Green also provided a strong pace as the batter at the other end, finishing with a good 56 not out behind Inglis’s carnage, but Inglis was the fulcrum that pivoted Australia’s win.
Ineffective Bowling and Fielding on a Batting-Friendly Pitch
To make matters worse, external factors added to the West Indies’ troubles. There was no cohesion in their bowling attack, and they lacked the killer instinct to close out rushed Australian batsmen at the top of the order. Jason Holder’s 9.33 economy was expensive enough, but Alzarri Joseph’s at 16.66 was staggering. Still, there were other issues, too, with the Windies’ bowling strategy and causing intent problems everywhere!
Their fielding was ordinary, dropping key catches, and allowing a flow of partnerships when Australia needed to find a flow again, to score runs quickly. Beyond that, they failed to even consider the aggressive hit-and-run pitch that rewarded aggressive stroke play on this particular Queen’s Park pitch. Then, there was their reliance on a few star players, Russell and King, and not only a lack of depth, but the Windies also relied on one-off, erratic moments of execution, that Australia cashed in on at will!
The result was a dominant Australian chase, and a night that Windies fans would be wondering what might have been, in Kingston! The Windies started well, but fell away not long after, and surrendered the chase to a powerful, dynamic Aussie unit, especially with Inglis hitting like fireworks!
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