West Indies beat Australia in 2nd T 20 of series,2013

West Indies was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International in Australia in 2013. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 2 and 5. The 2nd T 20 international match was to be played on The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia on 14th Feb 2013. West Indies holds the upper hand as they are more experienced team and playing very well as well.

West Indies won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how West Indies team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd T 20 international match: Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Darren Sammy (c), Kieron Pollard, Kemar Roach, Darren Bravo, J Charles, Devon Thomas (wk),Sunil Narine, Jason Holder

And Australia team and 11 was looking like this in this 2nd T 20 international Match: Michael Clarke (c), A Voges, Shane W, George Bailey, Aaron Finch, S Marsh, B Haddin (wk), Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, James Faulkner

West Indies batted well and was able to post total of 180 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 6 wickets and with top scores of D Sammy who made 40 runs in 40 balls with 5 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls and D Bravo who made 30 runs in 15 balls with 2 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 200 runs in 100 balls.

Australia was needed to score 181 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Australia batted well but was unable to chase the target of 181 runs and was able to make only 170 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 9 wicket and lost the game by 10 runs with top contributions from Shane W who made 30 runs in 15 balls with 2 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 200 runs in 100 balls.

West Indies won the match by 10 runs and series stands at 2-0 in favor of West Indies.

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