AUSL vs WIL 17th Match Prediction

AUSL vs WIL Team Previews

Australia Legends

The Australia Legends side is led by Shane Watson. It has experienced a mixed season this year. They have played a couple of games so far in the Road Safety World Series in 2022. They managed to win one match while losing the other. The victory for the team came against Bangladesh. This is another top team the Aussie legends will face after South Africa. Therefore, this game against the West Indies will be crucial for the fortunes of the Australia Legends in the RSWS, 2022. They will have to win this game to improve their position in the points tally.

One of the Australian Legends batters that have done well for them is Nathan Reardon. In the last 3 games, he has played for Australia Legends he has put together 145 runs with an incredible average of 72.50. He is scoring these runs with an excellent strike rate of 179.01 as well. The Aussie skipper Shane Watson has also done a fair job in the competition by scoring 74 runs in the couple of games he has played. He has also scored the runs at a strike rate of 168.18 which is again a good performance from the Aussie legend.

But it is the bowling department that has let the Australia Legends down. Brad Hodge has done a reasonable job for the Australia Legends by taking a couple of wickets from 3 games. He is bowling with an economy rate of 6.75 and a strike rate of 12.00. Another former Australia fast bowling sensation is Brett Lee who is also participating in the competition. The speedster has picked up a couple of wickets with a strike rate of 18. But he is going for 9.50 runs per over during the competition.

West Indies Legends

The West Indies Legends cricket team has looked pretty good during this season of the Road Safety World Series. They have managed to win 2 games out of the 4 they have played. They did not lose the other two games but they had to be abandoned due to rain. They are competing with India at the moment for a top spot. If they win this game against Australia Legends, it will take them past the Indians in the points tally. The Brain Lara-led Caribbean side will be looking to achieve this feat at this moment to gain an upper hand in the league stages.

One of the key batsmen for West Indies is Dwayne Smith. He has scored 302 runs in the last 6 matches he has played for the Windies. He has been scoring these runs with a solid batting average of 50.33 and an excellent strike rate of 165.02. The mercurial Brian Charles Lara has not done too badly for the Caribbeans either. He has scored 176 runs from 7 games at an average of 44 and a strike rate of 118.12. As far as the West Indies bowling is concerned, Sulieman Benn has been their top performer with 12 wickets from the last eight games.

Another bowler that has fared well for the West Indies legends is Krishmar Santokie. From a couple of games, he has played he has put together 5 scalps with a splendid strike rate of 8 and a decent economy rate of 6.75. In the last couple of matches played in the Road Safety World Series for 2022, Dwayne Smith has scored 124 runs at an average of 62 and with a strike rate of 147.62. William Perkins is the wicket-keeper batsman for West Indies who is also doing a good job with the bat. He has scored 66 runs from his couple of outings with a strike rate of 160.98.