West Indies vs Australia – 5th T20I Betting Tips

West Indies and Australia will face off in the fifth and final T20I of the series in Darren Sammy Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St. Lucia on Friday.

The home team managed to register victories in the first three matches of the T20I series. The visitors managed to break their losing streak with a close win over West Indies in the fourth T20I played on Wednesday. The home side might bring in new players for this dead rubber.

On the other hand, Mitchell Marsh’s all-round heroics saw Australia eke out a narrow win over West Indies in the fourth T20I. The visitors will be looking to continue their decent form in the fifth and final game of the T20I series.

Currently West Indies currently lead the five-match T20I series by 3-1 with one game to go.

West Indies Form and Team news: 

Host West Indies will rue the fact that they should have won the previous game against Australia

The splendid performances of experienced players like Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis and Andre Russell saw West Indies nearly pull off an incredible chase against Australia.

Despite losing their previous fixture, the side will not make any changes to their playing XI for this series finale.

In the batting department, the hosts will be relying on the likes of openers Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, veteran batsman Chris Gayle, and all-rounder Andre Russell to score the bulk of the runs.

On the bowling front, the onus will be on the likes of Hayden Walsh, Fabian Allen, Oshane Thomas and Akeal Hossain to produce timely breakthroughs.

Australia Form and Team News:

The visitors will be pleased with their performance in the previous game against West Indies.

Despite pulling off a close win, the team management will be concerned over the poor performance of the middle-order in the previous match. Alex Carey, Moises Henriques and Ashton Turner perished for low scores.

On the batting front, the visiting team will be relying on the likes of Captain Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade and Mitchell Marsh to score the bulk of the runs.

In the previous game, Mitchell Marsh continued his rich vein of form against West Indies. The 29-year old played exceedingly well and finished the innings with the top-score of 75 runs off 44 balls with the help of four fours and six sixes. He was well supported by Captain Aaron Finch, who notched up first half-century of the T20I series.

All-rounder Daniel Christian played a brisk innings of 22 runs at the back end of the innings to help Australia post a competitive score of 189 runs in their allotted 20 overs.

On the bowling front, the onus will be once again on the trio of Mitchell Marsh, Adam Zampa and Mitchell Starc produce timely breakthroughs.

In the previous game, Mitchell Marsh had a fantastic outing with the ball in hand and claimed 3 for 27 in his four overs. Besides Marsh, Leg-spinner Adam Zampa put in an excellent performance and finished with figures of 2 for 20 in his four overs.

Odds by Casumo

According to the Casumo sportsbook, Host West Indies will be favorites to win the fifth and final game of the T20I series to be played at Gros Islet in St Lucia. For the series decider, West Indies are placed at 1.82 odds, while Australia at 1.92 odds.

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Our Tipster’s Angle

Despite West Indies winning the T20I series, the dead rubber is expected to be close contest between the two teams. For hosts, they might give opportunities to players that have to play an active part in the T20I series.

For Australia, winning this game is important as they would want to take some confidence into the ODI series that starts from Tuesday.

Therefore, the prediction is for West Indies to win the fifth and final game of the T20I series.

Tip 1: Adam Zampa to shine with the ball in the series finale.

By his standards, Leg-spinner Adam Zampa has struggled to make an impact in the T20I series against West Indies. In the previous game, Zampa looked in perfect rhythm and claimed two wickets in his four over spell. So we are backing Adam Zampa to take one wicket or [email protected]

Tip 2: Lendl Simmons to continue his decent form for Australia       

Opener Lendl Simmons finally managed to deliver a notable score against Australia in the T20I series.. With 144 runs at a strike rate of 130.90, Simmons is leading the batting charts for the side in this five-match series.

The team management will be hoping that Simmons can maintain his excellent form in this series finale. So we expect Lendl Simmons to score 30 runs or more in this series [email protected].

 

Conclusion

Expect West Indies to beat Australia in this series finale at St Lucia.

1. Adam Zampa to take one wicket or more- Australia @2.50
2. Lendl Simmons to score 30 runs or more in this series decider- West [email protected]

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