West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran departs cheaply; WI 75/4 after 11 overs
Peach of a delivery by Starc to get rid of Pooran, who departs after scoring just 2 runs. Starc serves it full, on middle and leg. It straightens a bit. Pooran looks to dig it out but gets rapped on his pads first. There is a huge appeal but the umpire shows no interest. Aaron Finch takes the review and Australia do get their man eventually.
Nicholas Pooran is the new batter in.
BOWLED!
Cummins picks his first wicket of the match as he sends set-batter Kyle Mayers back to the pavilion. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot, Mayers went for a slog but missed as the ball pegs out off-stump. West Indies are in trouble now.
West Indies 66/2 after 9 overs
The departure of Brandon King has surely put Mayers on the backfoot as he is now finding it hard to score boundaries, which is clearly visible in the visitors’ dropped run rate. Credits to Aussie bowlers for bouncing back in no time after leaking runs in the starting overs.
Raymon Reifer is the new batter in.
PLUMB!
Hazlewood strikes again and this time his victim is Brandon King, who missed a flick to get struck on the knee roll in front of middle-stump. West Indies are 2 down now.
West Indies 47/1 after 5 overs
Kyle Mayers is batting smartly as he is keeping the scoreboard ticking despite an early setback. Mayers is punishing the bad deliveries and also rotating the strike to keep the hosts under pressure, Also, the new batter in – Brandon King, is playing sensibly to deny Australia gain upper hand.
BOWLED!
Josh Hazlewood comes into the attack and strikes instantly as he removes Johnson Charles, who walks back to the dugout after scoring just three runs. It was a length delivery pitched outside off and Charles wanted to ride the bounce as he tried to heave it across the line. But the Windies opener missed the ball completely as it went through to rattle the stumps.
West Indies 14/0 after 1 over
Kyle Mayers smashes two boundaries in the opening over of the match, bowled by Mitchell Starc, to help the Windies get off to a superb start.
AUS vs WI 1st T20I underway
Kyle Mayers and Johnson Charles come out to open for West Indies as Aussie pacer Mitchell Starc bowls first over of the match.