Australia v WI, slow starters fight to stay afloat

Thu, Mar 27, '14

Match facts

March 28, 2014, Mirpur Start time 1530 (0930GMT)

Big Picture

It's the defending champions versus the pre-tournament favourites and neither team has so far set the World T20 alight. West Indies began with a defeat at the hands of India, followed by an easy win over Bangladesh, but in a challenging group it is teams like Australia and Pakistan they will need to beat to progress. Australia started with a loss to Pakistan in a frenetic match that highlighted their problems with spin - both facing it and bowling it. That was always going to be their weakness in these conditions and West Indies will certainly have noted that Glenn Maxwell was the only batsman who really found an effective method against Pakistan's slow bowlers.