The next match of Tri-series Nation is between the Australia and the West Indies on June 21 at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.
This is all important match for both the teams, whosoever will win this match will be directly shooted to play the final on June 26
Australia will come hard at the host and would like to win this clash in order to play the final of this tri-series tournament. Steven Smith’s led side was very disappointed with the rain washed match against the South Africa and now this came has become like an eliminator game for the World Champions
The major concern for the Australian think tank is the bad weather of Kensington, Oval where there is raining for the last couple of days and it is expected that the weather could play a party spoiler in this match.
Australia has to play this match with their best XI and it suggests that Adam Zampa will make his way back into the Playing XI and will likely replace the Scott Boland.
On the other side, the host has performed brilliantly in this tournament and they manged to remove their underdog title as they have defeated the heavy giants of World cricket Australia and South Africa.
But the major concern for this Caribbean side is their consistency as they looked one day some solid team which is not easy to beat but next day they looked a normal team who can easily be defeated.
This team must work on their consistency if they want to win this tournament. Meanwhile, Holder’s men will look to clinch this match otherwise they have to win their next encounter against South Africa.
It is expected that West Indies team will enter this match with the same possible eleven.
AUSTRALIA POSSIBLE XI
Usman Khawaja, Aaron Finch, Steven Smith(c), George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade(wk), Mitchell Starc, James Faulkner, Josh Hazelwood, Adam Zampa.
WEST INDIES POSSIBLE XI
Andre Fletcher, Johnson Charles, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Kieron Pollard, Jason Holder (c), Craig Brathwaite, Sunil Narine, Shannon Gabriel, Suliemann Benn.
PREDICTION
This match is difficult to predict just because of the inconsistency of West Indies team. Australia is the favourite team on paper but the unpredictable performance of West Indies team is an issue fro them.
While Australia will hope that the sun will shine on June 21 and they could put solid performance to spot a place in the final on June 26.
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