Sports Desk – The 10th match of the ICC World Cup 2019 was played between Australia and West Indies at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. In this match West Indies have won the toss and have opted to field. Australia beat West Indies by 15 runs on Thursday. Coulter-Nile’s fiery 92 off 62 balls and sensible innings by Steven Smith (73) powered Australia to a solid 288/10 despite early jolts against West Indies in their World Cup match at Trent Bridge.
Score- AUS 288-all out (49.0)
WI 273/9 (50.0)
After chasing the target, the West Indies made 273 runs by losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc did the bulk of the damage with five for 46. the first five-wicket haul of this World Cup. as Australia followed up their seven-wicket win over minnows Afghanistan.
Teams:
West Indies (Playing XI): Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope(w), Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Andre Russell, Jason Holder(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas
Australia (Playing XI): Aaron Finch(c), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey(w), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa