Shane Watson: WI Masters vs AUS Masters: The second match of the International Masters League T20 2025 was played between West Indies and Australia at DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. In this high scoring match, West Indies won by 7 wickets in the last over and opened their account with a win in the tournament.
Shane Watson: Playing first, Australia scored 216/8 in 20 overs, in response, West Indies scored 220/3 in 19.2 overs and won. The condition of the bowlers became bad in this match, as the batsmen from both sides scored heavily.
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Shane Watson scored the first century of IML 2025
Shane Watson: Australia, who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start. Ben Dunk scored 15 runs in 11 balls and was dismissed for 34 in the fourth over. After this, captain Shane Watson took charge and batting in a fiery style, along with Callum Ferguson, took the score beyond 100.
Ferguson could not do anything special and only 13 runs came from his bat in 15 balls. Dan Christian scored runs quickly and played an innings of 32 runs in 15 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes.
Wickets were falling from one end but Watson was firm and he completed his century in a great style. This dashing player played an innings of 107 runs in 52 balls with the help of nine fours and nine sixes. In this way Australia scored 216. Ashley Nurse took the maximum three wickets from West Indies.
Stormy innings of Lendl Simmons and Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Smith along with Chris Gayle gave a fast start to West Indies, who came to chase the target. Both of them added 60 runs for the first wicket. Smith scored 51 runs in 29 balls, which included 10 fours and a six. Gayle disappointed and could only score 11 runs in 12 balls. Captain Brian Lar scored 31 runs.
From here Lendl Simmons (who has played for Mumbai Indians in IPL) and Chadwick Walton batted explosively and took their team to the target in the 20th over. Simmons played an unbeaten innings of 94 runs in 44 balls, which included six fours and eight sixes. Walton scored an unbeaten 23 runs in 11 balls.
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