Australia beat West Indies by 15 runs in the 10th match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at the Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Thursday.
Australia was struggling at 5/79 but, somehow rallied to score 288 before being bowled out.
On the other hand, the West Indies or the Windies appeared destined for the win throughout their innings but Mitchell Starc’s 6th five-wicket haul helped Australia 288 beat West Indies 273/9 by 15 runs in the 10th match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Shai Hope (68), Jason Holder (51).
In a match that ebbed and flowed throughout, the West Indies could muster only 273 from their 50 overs as Australia recorded their 2nd win of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 tournament.
Man of the match
Coulter-Nile was declared as the man of the match for his performance, writing himself into Australian ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 folklore with 92 off 60 balls to get Australia out of a miserable position at 4/38 to help the side to 288.
Australia
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours (4’s) | Sixes (6’s) | Fall of Wicket | |
| David Warner | b Cottrell c | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15/1 Finch | |
| Aaron Finch | b Thomas c Hope | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26/2 Warner | |
| Usman Khawaja | b Russell c Hope | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 36/3 Khawaja | |
| Steve Smith | c Cottrell b Thomas | 73 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 38/4 Maxwell | |
| Glenn Maxwell | b Cottrell c Hope | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79/5 Stoinis | |
| Marcus Stoinis | b Holder c Pooran | 19 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 147/6 Carey | |
| Alex Carey | c Hope b Russell | 45 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 249/7 Smith | |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | c Holder b Brathwaite | 92 | 60 | 8 | 4 | 268/8 Cummins | |
| Pat Cummins | c Cottrell b Brathwaite | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 284/9 Nathan | |
| Mitchell Stark | c Holder b Brathwaite | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 288/10 Stark | |
| Adam Zampa | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 288/10 | 49 | Overs | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |||
| Oshane Thomas | 10 | 0 | 63 | 2 | |||
| Sheldon Cottrell | 9 | 0 | 56 | 2 | |||
| Andre Russell | 8 | 0 | 41 | 2 | |||
| Carlos Brathwaite | 10 | 0 | 67 | 3 | |||
| Jason Holder | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |||
| Ashley Nurse | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
West Indies
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours (4’s) | Sixes (6’s) | Fall of Wicket | |
| Chris Gayle | lbw Starc | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 7/1 Lewis | |
| Evin Lewis | c Smith b Cummins | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31/2 Gayle | |
| Shai Hope (wk) | c Khawaja b Cummins | 68 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 99/3 Pooran | |
| Nicholas Pooran | c Finch b Zampa | 40 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 149/4 Shimron | |
| Shimron Hetmyer | run out (Pat Cummins/Maxwell) | 21 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 190/5 Hope | |
| Jason Holder | c Zampa b Starc | 51 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 216/6 Russell | |
| Andre Russell | c Maxwell b Starc | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 252/7 Carlos | |
| Carlos Brathwaite | c Finch b Starc | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 252/8 Holder | |
| Ashley Nurse | not out | 19 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 256/9 Cottrell | |
| Sheldon Cottrell | b Starc | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oshane Thomas | not out | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 273/9 | 50 | Overs | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |||
| Mitchell Starc | 10 | 0 | 46 | 5 | |||
| Pat Cummins | 10 | 3 | 41 | 2 | |||
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | 10 | 0 | 70 | 0 | |||
| Glenn Maxwell | 6 | 1 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Adam Zampa | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | |||
| Marcus Stoinis | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Australia walked away with a 15-run victory, a tremendous recovery from the struggling position they found themselves in when they were 4 down with just 38 on board.
