Australia vs West Indies Live Streaming – T20 World Cup 2012

Its time for the match 8 of T20 World Cup Cricket tournament between Australia and West Indies. The match will be played at Colombo. Australia won their 1st match against Ireland very easily. Shane Watson made a good impact in that game. He bowled well and than batted brilliantly. Australia showed to world that they will be the side to beat this year.

West Indies will be playing their first match of the tournament. All cricketing pundits making them one of the favorites to win this years ICC World T20. They are the good All Round side. Most of their big players are All Rounders. They will definitely give hard time for other teams. They have good openers Gayle and Smith. Bravo and Polard are the good All rounders in the middle order. They also have one of the best spinner in their side Narine.

Australia also looking very reliable side this time. They have some young players like Maxwell and Cumming who are very good players and the future of Australian Cricket. This match will decide the Group winner. Australia only once reached the final of T20 Cricket World Cup.

Recent Results

• Australia (WWL)
• West Indies (WWL)

Australia T20 Squad

George Bailey (Captain), David Warner, Shane Watson, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Hogg, Xavier Doherty, Clint McKay, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Ben Hilfenhaus

West Indies T20 squad

Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne Bravo, Samuel Badree, Darren Bravo, Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Denesh Ramdin (wicketkeeper), Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith.

Players To watch out For

Shane Watson will once again the player to watch out for Australia as he showed in the 1st match. Australia hope to get some early wickets with the new ball so Mitchell Starc will be the main man to perform.

The big man Chris Gayle will be player to watch out not only in this game but in the whole tournament. He is very dangerous in the top order and will help in bowling part time spin in the middle overs.

Pitch and Weather Conditions

The pitch of this ground are new ones. They will be helping the fast bowlers early on but also helps the stroke players like Gayle and Watson. The team that wins the toss will ball at this venue.