Australia vs West Indies Highlights, U19 World Cup 2026: Australia beat West Indies by 22 runs

Vitel Lawes to Oliver Peake, Tossed up, around middle and leg, Oliver Peake flicks this through mid-wicket for a run.

Micah McKenzie to Oliver Peake, Fuller, wide of off, Oliver Peake drives this grounded to extra cover for a single. 

Micah McKenzie to Oliver Peake, Full and on off, Oliver Peake blocks this out.

Micah McKenzie to Nitesh Samuel, Drag down from Micah​. Nitesh Samuel rocks back and punts this past mid-wicket for a run. 

Micah McKenzie to Oliver Peake, Tossed up, around off, Oliver Peake guides this to short third for a strike rotation.

Micah McKenzie to Oliver Peake, Flighted around off, Oliver Peake drills this back to the bowler. 

Micah McKenzie to Oliver Peake, Full and on off, Oliver Peake pushes this to short extra cover for no run.

Spin from both ends now. Micah McKenzie replaces Jakeem Pollard ​​​​​​in the attack.

Vitel Lawes to Oliver Peake, Short and wide of off, Oliver Peake goes deep inside the crease and punches this to sweeper cover for a single. 

Vitel Lawes to Oliver Peake, Quicker one, around off, Oliver Peake blocks this off his back foot.

Vitel Lawes to Nitesh Samuel, Short and on off, turning it back into the batter. Nitesh Samuel flicks this to the right of mid-wicket for a strike rotation. 

Vitel Lawes to Oliver Peake, Pushed through on off, Oliver Peake punches this down to long off for a run.

Vitel Lawes to Oliver Peake, Slider from Lawes, around off. Oliver Peake rocks back and cuts this to point for no run.

Vitel Lawes to Nitesh Samuel, Juicy full toss, around off, Nitesh Samuel drives this to the right of point for a single. 

Will we see the return of spin now? Yes, is the answer as Vitel Lawes is brought into the attack. 

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, Hard length on off, Oliver Peake blocks this out.

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, Short and wide of off, Oliver Peake smashes this on the bounce to sweeper cover and the batters scamper back for two. 

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, NO BALL! R’jai Gittens has overstepped and a dot turns to a no-ball with a free hit to follow.

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, FOUR! Peake breaks the shackles. Good length, wide outside off, Oliver Peake gets onto his front foot and has a go at it. gets it edged and the ball flies over backward point for a boundary towards the deep third region. 

R’jai Gittens to Nitesh Samuel, Back of a length around off, Nitesh Samuel plays this with an angled bat and runs this down to third man region for one.

R’jai Gittens to Nitesh Samuel, Full and wide of off, Nitesh Samuel drives this to the covers for another dot.

R’jai Gittens to Nitesh Samuel, Hard length, around off, Nitesh Samuel blocks this off his back foot.

Jakeem Pollard to Oliver Peake, Full and on off, Oliver Peake looks to punch this down the ground but gets it away from the inside of his bat and to silly mid on for no run.

Jakeem Pollard to Oliver Peake, On a length around off, Oliver Peake guides this to backward point for no run.

Jakeem Pollard to Oliver Peake, Around that nagging length from Jakeem Pollard, on top of off. Oliver Peake presses in front and pushes this back to the bowler.

Jakeem Pollard to Oliver Peake, Good length around off, Oliver Peake leaves it all alone.

Jakeem Pollard to Nitesh Samuel, Short and on off. Nitesh Samuel hops back inside the crease and dabs this to short third for a run.

Jakeem Pollard to Nitesh Samuel, Good length around off, Nitesh Samuel punches this to mid off.

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, In the channel, around off, Oliver Peake strides out in front and bails out from a poke at the end. 

R’jai Gittens to Nitesh Samuel, Short and into the batter, Nitesh Samuel fends this through the right of mid-wicket for a single. 

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, Hard length, slanting down the leg. Oliver Peake flicks this through mid-wicket for a strike rotation. 

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, WIDE! Good length down the leg, Oliver Peake leaves it. Wided.

R’jai Gittens to Nitesh Samuel, Hard length, on off, Nitesh Samuel presses in frotn and punches this through the right of point for a single.

R’jai Gittens to Nitesh Samuel, Back of a length, angling into the batter. Nitesh Samuel looks to dab this around point but gets beaten on the inside. 

R’jai Gittens to Nitesh Samuel, Pitched up, around off, Nitesh Samuel rolls this down to mid off for no run.

Jakeem Pollard to Oliver Peake, That's an excellent leave from Oliver Peake​​​​​​. On a length around off, shaping a long way back into the batter. Oliver Peake strides out in front, covers his off-stump and leaves it. This wsn't far from hitting the stumps but Oliver was sure off his off-pole and he made the right decision by leaving this at the end. 

Jakeem Pollard to Oliver Peake, Hard length wide of off, Oliver Peake cuts this crisply but on the bounce to point.

Jakeem Pollard to Nitesh Samuel, Short and on off, Nitesh Samuel hops back inside his crease and guides this to deep third for one.

Jakeem Pollard to Nitesh Samuel, WIDE! Good length, down the leg. Wided. 

Jakeem Pollard to Nitesh Samuel, FOUR! Width on offer and Samuel's make Pollard pay. Short and wide outside off, Nitesh Samuel hops up on his toes and slashes at it with hard hands. Cuts this through the right of the fielder at point for four runs. 

Jakeem Pollard to Nitesh Samuel, Good length, on top of off. Nitesh Samuel presses in front and blocks this out.

Jakeem Pollard to Nitesh Samuel, Good length, going across the batter, around his off-stump. Nitesh Samuel covers his stumps and leaves it.

DRINKS! It has been some start to this contest. The Aussies started right on the front foot, with R’jai Gittens struggling to find his footing with a 12-ball over. The skipper of West Indies Under-19, Joshua Dorne, entrusted his pacer and did not take him off, but gave him another go at the Aussie opening pair, and he has not looked back since. Gittens dismissed Will Malajczuk first, and then Steven Hogan, helping his side make a comeback in this contest. 

R’jai Gittens to Nitesh Samuel, On a length, in the line of the stumps, Nitesh Samuel gently pushes this to the right of mid on and sets off for a quick single. Five singles and a wide off this Gittens over.

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, Good length, around off, Oliver Peake prods onto his front foot and guides this through gully for another strike rotation. 

R’jai Gittens to Nitesh Samuel, Back of a length, slanting down the leg. Nitesh comes across and milks this to the right of fine leg for a run.

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, Yorker, around off, Oliver Peake opens his bat face and slices this to deep third for one.

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, Hard length, around off. Oliver Peake defends this off his front foot.

R’jai Gittens to Oliver Peake, WIDE! Full and wide outside the off-stump, flirting with the tramline. Oliver Peake looks to chase this and flashes at it but misses. Wide given by the umpire.

R’jai Gittens to Nitesh Samuel, Back of a length, going down the leg. Nitesh Samuel steps inside the line and flicks this to fine leg for a single.