West Indies vs Australia 2021: Complete Schedule, Venues, Distribution Of Points, Complete Squads, And Live Streaming Details

After hosting South Africa for a Test and a T20I series, West Indies are now scheduled to play Australia at home. The sides will first play a five-match T20I series between July 9-16, followed by a three-match ODI series. The T20Is will be played in St Lucia, while the ODIs will be played in Barbados. The ODI series is a part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, which acts as a qualification scenario for the 2022 World Cup. 

Australia and West Indies last played an ODI game in the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England. They last played a T20I in the 2014 T20 World Cup and last played a T20I in the Caribbean way back in 2012. In the Super League standings, Aussies are placed fourth while the Windies seventh ahead of the start of the ODI series. In the ICC T20I rankings, Australia are placed fifth and West Indies moved up to eighth from 10th courtesy of their series win over South Africa.

West Indies vs Australia, 2021: Complete Schedule

Five-match T20I series

July 09, 2021 | 1st T20I, Venue: St Lucia, Time: 05:00 am IST

July 10, 2021 | 2nd T20I Venue: St Lucia, Time: 05:00 am IST

July 12, 2021 | 3rd T20I Venue: St Lucia, Time: 05:00 am IST

July 14, 2021 | 4th T20I Venue: St Lucia, Time: 05:00 am IST

July 16, 2021 | 5th T20I Venue: St Lucia, Time: 05:00 am IST

• All matches will be played in St Lucia

Three-match ODI series

July 20, 2021 | 1st ODI Venue: Kensington Oval, Time: 12:00 am IST

July 22, 2021 | 2nd ODI Venue: Kensington Oval, Time: 12:00 am IST

July 24, 2021 | 3rd ODI, Venue: Kensington Oval, Time: 12:00 am IST

• All matches will be played in Barbados

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Australia have announced an 18 member squad including three reserves for the entire series. Some big names like David Warner, Pat Cummins, Steve Smith have pulled out their names for the series.

Australia squad: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Wes Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Dan Christian, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa. 

Traveling reserves: Nathan Ellis, Tanveer Sangha.

West Indies have named announced an 18-member T20I squad. They mostly have players who played in the recent series against South Africa. There have been a few new faces added in the squad for the series. The ODI squad is yet to be announced. 

West Indies T20 squad: Kieron Pollard (c), Nicholas Pooran (vc), Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Fidel Edwards, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Andre Russell, Lendl Simmons, Kevin Sinclair, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh Jr

West Indies vs Australia 2021 Distribution of Points In Cricket World Cup Super League:

The ODI series is a part of the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League which is a part of the qualification scenario for the 2023 ICC World Cup. There are 10 points for every game won while five points each for a tie, no-result and abandoned game. 

West Indies vs Australia 2021 Live Streaming Details

As per the latest reports, the series will not be televised in India. However, Indian fans can see series via live streaming on the Fan code app.

In Australia, the broadcast rights of this series are not yet known but Cricket Australia’s official website will do the live coverage of the T20I and ODI series.

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