West Indies v Australia, 1st Twenty20

Australia coast to victory. 

Australia 153 for 2 (Watson 69, M Hussey 59*) beat West Indies 150 for 7 (Pollard 54*, Christian 3-27) by 8 wickets.

Hussy And Watson Rocks :)

Australia defeated West Indies by 8 wickets with 11 balls to spare in the First T20I at the Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia. Batting first after winning the toss, West Indies were restricted to 150 for 7 with Brett Lee taking 2 for 30 and Daniel Christian chipping in with 3 for 27. Kieron Pollard smashed 54 from just 26 balls with 2 fours and 5 sixes to help his side to some sort of respectability.

Australia lost David Warner in the first over itself for a duck to left arm quick Krishmar Santokie. But a 108-run stand for the 2^nd wicket between Shane Watson (69 from 43 balls with 5 fours and 6 sixes) and Michael Hussey (59* from 45 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes) laid the foundation for an easy win. Skipper George Bailey remained unbeaten on 21 (from 17 balls with 2 fours) as Australia wrapped up victory in 18.1 over.

Australia prevailed by 30 runs in the final one-day international to level the five-match series at 2-2.

Christian came into the Twenty20 team alongside James Pattinson, with George Bailey taking over the captaincy for the shortest format from Watson.

The West Indies were without Andre Russell, who was ruled out after battling a hamstring injury during the one-day series.

It is the first time the West Indies have played a T20 international for five months and for both sides the main concern is to get in some crucial practice ahead of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September.

The second Twenty20 match is in Bridgetown on Friday.