T20 World Cup 2021, Match 38: Australia vs West Indies, Stats Preview: Player records and approaching milestones

Australia will have everything to play for as they take on West Indies in their last Super 12 game of the T20 World Cup 2021. The encounter will take place at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday (November 6). Having won three of their first four games, the Aussies are second in the Group 1 points table and a win in this clash would bring them close to a place in the knock-out stage.

However, they also need to keep an eye on the margin of the victory as South Africa are also in the hunt to make a place in the final four. As far as West Indies are concerned, this campaign has been nothing but horrendous for them. Despite having several prominent players in the ranks, the Men in Maroon lost three of their first four games, getting officially knocked out of the competition.

Hence, the two-time champions have nothing put pride to play for. All these factors make Australia firm favourites for this fixture. However, as the saying goes, cricket is a game of numerous uncertainties. Moreover, the West Indies line-up is studded with T20 stalwarts. Hence, an exciting contest might be on the cards.

Meanwhile, let’s look at important stats and numbers ahead of the 38th game of the T20 World Cup 2021:

Head to head: West Indies dominate Australia as far as the head-to-head record in T20Is is concerned. In 16 clashes, the Caribbean side has won 10 games while five encounters went in Australia’s favour. These two sides have met five times in T20 World Cup and the head-to-head record is 3-2 in West Indies’ favour.

34 – Aaron Finch needs 34 runs to become the second Australian and fifth player overall to complete 10,000 T20 runs.

7 – Glenn Maxwell needs seven hits over the fence to become the second Australian after Aaron Finch to complete 100 sixes in T20Is.

50 – Chris Gayle needs 50 runs to become the second batter to complete 1000 runs in T20 World Cups.

5 – Kieron Pollard needs five big hits to complete 100 sixes in T20I cricket. He’ll be the third West Indies player to get to the feat after Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis.

24 – Matthew Wade is 24 runs shy of completing 3000 runs in T20 cricket.

31 – Ashton Agar needs 31 runs to complete 1000 runs in T20 cricket.

3 – David Warner needs three grabs for completing 150 catches in T20 cricket.

50 – Andre Fletcher needs 50 runs to complete 1,000 runs in T20Is.

47 – Fletcher is also 47 runs away from completing 5,500 runs in T20 cricket.

4 – Oshane Thomas is four scalps away from completing 50 wickets in international cricket.

4 – Andre Russell has four ducks in T20 World Cups. Only Tillakaratne Dilshan (5) and Shahid Afridi (5) are ahead of him on this list.

11 – Evin Lewis needs 11 runs to complete 5,500 runs in the T20 format.

88 – Andre Russell can complete 6,500 runs in this game. He is 88 runs shy of the milestone.