AAC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 7 Highlights: Australia Champions won the match thanks to the brilliant performance by Chris Lynn

AAC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 7: Man of the Match

Chris Lynn is the man of the match in this match. He performed very well and did not give the West Indies bowlers a chance to come into the game even once. He scored 81 runs in 27 balls in this match at a strike rate of 300. He also hit 6 fours and 8 sixes in his innings. It was his aggressive batting that made a decent total of 143 runs look very small, and Australia won the match within ten overs. Chris Lynn's brilliant batting has made the intentions of the Australian champions very clear about what kind of game they will show in the future in this tournament.

AAC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 7: Top Performers

Lendl Simmons - 29 (28)

The West Indies champions got off to a good start in the first power play but their batsmen failed to make it big and kept losing wickets on multiple occasions. After which Simmons tried to recover the innings a bit and played an important innings of 29 runs in 28 balls in which he hit 2 sixes and 1 four. His strike rate in this inning was 103 and due to his responsible play, the West Indies champions were able to score 142 runs.

Peter Siddle - 3/28

Australia Champions' team never gave the West Indies Champions a chance to make a big partnership and they kept getting wickets regularly. The biggest contribution in this was made by Peter Siddle who took three wickets for 28 runs in the match. Siddle managed to take the wickets of L Simmons, DJ Bravo and Ashley Nurse. He has certainly stopped the West Indies champions from scoring big by bowling well in the death overs.

Chris Lynn - 81(27)

The kind of explosive innings Chris Lynn played in this match will be remembered for a long time by every fan who was there at the County Ground in Northampton. Till the first innings, it did not look at all that Australia Champions would win this match in this way, but an innings of 81 runs in 27  by Lynn did wonders. In this match, he played at a strike rate of 300 runs and hit 8 sixes and 6 fours. Certainly, due to his excellent batting, Australia won this match by 8 wickets.

Ben Dunk - 30*(9)

After Chris Lynn's outstanding innings, Australia did not take much time to win this match, but Ben Stokes finished it quickly and scored 30 runs in 9 balls. He batted at an incredible strike rate of 333.33 in his innings. Which included three sixes and three fours. It was due to his explosive batting that Australia's champions won the match with 63 balls to spare. Ben Dunk was Australia's highest run scorer last season and he has resumed his form this season.

AAC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 7:1st Innings Summary 

Australia Champions won the toss and chose to bowl first in this match. And it looked to be a good start for the West Indies champions in the game, although they lost a wicket in first power play, in the form of W Perkins, who was dismissed for 10 off 8 balls. After this dismissal, Dwayne Smith and Chris Gayle handled the innings of the West Indies Champions for some time, however, captain Gayle could not stay on the pitch for long and got out after scoring 21 runs in 15 balls. Australia champions’ bowlers took advantage of this opportunity and were successful in dismissing Smith as well as Chadwick Walton early. While Dwayne Smith was dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 20 balls, Walton returned to the pavilion after getting out on a golden duck. 

The West Indies champions batsmen were trying but failed to build any big partnerships. Average knocks of 29 and 26 runs respectively, from Simmons and DJ Bravo helped the West Indies champions post a decent total of 142. In this match, no Caribbean player was able to play a big innings, due to which their team was unable to score a  big total on the scoreboard. The way the Australian bowlers bowled in this match is definitely praiseworthy. They not only prevented the Caribbean batsmen from scoring big but also kept wickets falling at crucial moments. Peter Siddle bowled the best for the Aussies and took three big wickets for 28 runs.

AAC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 7: Second innings Summary 

Australia Champions came out to play with a target of 143 runs and displayed a brilliant batting performance as soon as they came. Although they lost Shaun Marsh early in the third over, opening batsman Chris Lynn made the total look small with his devastating batting. Lynn played a brilliant innings of 81 runs in 27 balls in which he hit 8 sixes and 6 fours. He was out in the eighth over with the team's total at 111 runs. But the West Indies champions bowlers did not get any relief even after getting a wicket, D'Arcy Short and Ben Dunk ended the match in just 2 overs after Lynn's dismissal. D Arcy Short scored 18 runs in 12 balls whereas Ben Dunk scored 30 runs in 9 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours. West Indies champions seemed helpless in front of the excellent batting of the Australia champions. The result of which was that Australia easily achieved the target in 9.3 overs.

Key moment of the Match

1. Chris Lynn's brilliant innings of 81 runs in 27 balls was the biggest key moment of this match

2. At a stage, West Indies champions lost three wickets in just four runs which was the key moment for the Australia champions.

3. Lendl Simmons played a responsible innings of 29 runs in 28 games due to which his team managed to score 142 runs. This was an important moment of the match for the West Indies.

4. Ben Dunk finished the match by playing a brilliant innings of 30 runs in 9 balls which was the key moment of the match.

5. Peter Siddle took three wickets giving away 28 runs in his four overs due to which the West Indies team failed to score a big score. This was the key moment of the match.