Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell and Sherfane Rutherford warmed up for the ICC Men’s World T20 with some scintillating hitting on Thursday evening as West Indies defeated Australia in a high-scoring warm-up game.
The trio combined for 16 sixes as West Indies posted 257-4 and then restricted the Aussies to 222-7 at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad.
Pooran smashed eight sixes and five fours in a belligerent 75 off 25, Powell blasted 52 off 25 with four sixes and similar number of fours, and Rutherford raced to 47 not out off 18 with four sixes and four fours.
All told, the match produced a total of 479 runs with 31 sixes and 46 fours.
WEST INDIES 257-4 from 20 overs
Nicholas Pooran 75 off 25 (5x4s, 8x6s)
Rovman Powell 52 off 25 (4x4s, 4x6s)
Sherfane Rutherford 47* off 18 (4x4s, 4x6s)
Johnson Charles 40 off 31 (6x4s)
Shimron Hetmyer 18* off 13 (1×4, 1×6)
Shai Hope 14 off 8 (2x4s, 1×6)
Adam Zampa 2-62 (4)
Ashton Agar 1-58 (4)
AUSTRALIA 222-7 from 20 overs
Josh Inglis 55 off 30 (5x4s, 4x6s)
Nathan Ellis 39 off 22 (4x4s, 2x6s)
Ashton Agar 28 off 13 (4x4s, 2x6s)
Tim David 25 off 12 (3x4s, 2x6s)
Matthew Wade 25 off 14 (3x4s, 1×6)
Adam Zampa 21* off 16 (2x4s, 1×6)
Gudakesh Motie 2-31 (4)
Alzarri Joseph 2-44 (4)
West Indies open their World T20 campaign on June 2 in Guyana, against Papua New Guinea from 10:30h, while Australia play Oman in their first game on June 5 in Barbados from 20:30h.
