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Australia take on West Indies in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup.
The game is scheduled for 2pm local time (10am BST) on Saturday, November 6, 2021.
The game will be held at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Zayed Stadium: Ground guide
Australia are on course for a place in the last four, with victory here almost certainly enough to see them qualify. Theoretically, a substantial South Africa over England could shift the net run rate between the teams enough to dump the Aussies out but that seems wholly unlikely.
Australia come into this match having easily dispatched Bangladesh in their previous outing. Bangladesh were dismissed for 73 in Dubai before the Aussies romped home with eight wickets to spare.
They have won all bar one of their four World Cup matches so far, the one blip being the hammering at the hands of England.
West Indies, meanwhile, have disappointed at this tournament. Packed with T20 big-hitters, they have not found a tempo as a team and have already been eliminated going into this contest.
The Windies have only won one of their four group matches.
Dafabet have installed Australia as favourites for this match, offering odds of 3/10. If you fancy West Indies, they are available at 12/5.
How West Indies play Adam Zampa will be an intriguing watch. Zampa claimed 5 for 19 against Bangladesh, ripping through the lower order, and with Windies' hitters capable of destroying pace at whim he'll surely play a major part here again.
Dwayne Bravo, meanwhile, will play his final game for West Indies after confirming he is to retire from international cricket at the end of his country's World Cup campaign, and will want to go out with a bang.
Australia have tinkered with their middle order throughout this tournament but given their previous result it is unlikely any changes will take place.
The following umpires and match referees have been named by the ICC to officiate in the T20 World Cup 2021:
Referees: David Boon, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Javagal Srinath
Umpires: Chris Brown, Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Langton Rusere, Rod Tucker, Joel Wilson, Paul Wilson
The following officials have been allocated to this fixture:
On-field umpires: Rusere, Illingworth
TV umpire: Dar
Fourth umpire: TBC
Referee: Srinath
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Temperatures will hover around 29 degrees Celsius.
Follow the Met Office forecast here.
Yes, though Covid protocols including the wearing of face masks will be in place.
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West Indies are not a bad side, and they have it in them to cause Australia problems, expect them to go out of this World Cup swinging.
T20 WORLD CUP TEAM GUIDES
Sky Sports Cricket (Sky 404, Talk Talk 404, BT TV 423, Virgin 504) will broadcast the series in the United Kingdom, with the content available online via its streaming platform Sky Go.
BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra will have live ball-by-ball radio commentary of all tournament matches, accessible through the BBC Sport website, BBC Sounds or DAB radio.
The Star Sports network is showing the tournament in India. Matches can be streamed via Disney+ Hotstar
Other broadcasters by territory:
Australia - Fox Sports, Channel 9, Kayo Sports
New Zealand – Sky Sport New Zealand
Pakistan - PTV Sports, Ten Sports
Bangladesh - Ghazi Tv (GTV)
Sri Lanka – SLRC (Channel Eye)
South Africa – SuperSport
Caribbean – ESPN
Middle East and North Africa – eLife TV, StarzPlay, Switch TV
USA – ESPN+
Singapore - Star Cricket, Star Hub and Singtel
Malaysia - Fox International Channels
Hong Kong - Star Cricket
Australia: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins (vc), Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Adam Zampa
West Indies: Kieron Pollard (c), Nicholas Pooran, Akeal Hosein, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh Jr
Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Nicholas Pooran, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Andre Russell, Kieron Pollard, Jason Holder, Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Ravi Rampaul
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