| Series Name: | Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2021 |
| Team1 Image: | WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg |
| Team1 Name: | West Indies |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Australia.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Australia |
| From Date: | 9 |
| To Date: | 26 July 2021 |
| Team1 Captain: | Nicholas Pooran (T20Is)[1] Kieron Pollard (ODIs) |
| Team2 Captain: | Aaron Finch (T20Is) Alex Carey (ODIs) |
| No Of Odis: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Kieron Pollard (69) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Alex Carey (112) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Hayden Walsh Jr. (7) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Mitchell Starc (11) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Mitchell Starc (Aus) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 5 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 4 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Lendl Simmons (165) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Mitchell Marsh (219) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Hayden Walsh Jr. (12) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Mitchell Marsh (8) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Hayden Walsh Jr. (WI) |
The Australia cricket team toured the West Indies in June and July 2021 to play three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[2] [3] [4] The ODI matches formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[5] [6] The fixtures for the tour were confirmed by Cricket West Indies (CWI) in May 2021.[7] [8] The Australian cricket team arrived in the West Indies on 28 May 2021,[9] after the majority players had been vaccinated for COVID-19.[10]
The West Indies won the first three T20I matches to win the series.[11] Australia won the fourth T20I by four runs,[12] and the West Indies won the fifth T20I by 16 runs, to win the series 4–1.[13] In the third T20I, Chris Gayle became the first batsman to score 14,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket.[14]
Australia won the first ODI by 133 runs to take a 1–0 lead in the series.[15] The second ODI was suspended after the toss took place, following a positive test for COVID-19.[16] CWI later confirmed that the match had been suspended after a non-playing member of their staff had provided the positive test.[17] On 23 July 2021, CWI announced the rescheduled fixtures for the second and third ODIs.[18] The second ODI match eventually took place on 24 July 2021, with the West Indies winning by four wickets to level the series.[19] Australia won the third ODI by six wickets to win the series 2–1.[20]
On 17 May 2021, Australia named a 23-man preliminary squad for the tour with Aaron Finch being named as their captain.[24] On 8 June 2021, six more players were added to Australia's preliminary squad.[25] Australia did not name individual squads for the ODI and T20I matches, opting instead to name a combined squad of 18 players for the tour.[26] Tanveer Sangha and Nathan Ellis were named as reserve players.[27] Ahead of the first ODI, Alex Carey was named captain of Australia.[28] On 25 July 2021, Australia's captain Aaron Finch was ruled out of the ODI series due to an injury.[29]
On 18 May 2021, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named a 18-man provisional squad for the T20I matches, with Kieron Pollard captaining the team.[30] On 7 July 2021, CWI named a 15-member squad for the ODI matches.[31] Ahead of the third T20I, Oshane Thomas was added to the West Indies' squad.[32] For the fourth and fifth T20Is, CWI added Akeal Hosein and Kevin Sinclair to their squad.[33] They replaced Shimron Hetmyer and Obed McCoy who both had minor injuries.[34] For the last T20I, CWI added Darren Bravo to their squad.[35] Roston Chase was ruled out of the ODI series, with Hayden Walsh Jr. replacing him in the West Indies' ODI squad.[36]
Ahead of the T20I matches, the Australian team played two intra-squad games at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Saint Lucia.[37] [38] [39]
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