West Indies vs Australia Prediction: Green to continue fine form

Wednesday's T20I fixture sees Australia continue their tour of the West Indies with the second match of five taking place at Sabina Park, Jamaica (01:00 BST, TNT Sports 2).

Australia followed up their Test series victory by taking the first of the five-match T20I series, winning by three wickets with seven balls in hand.

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After a dream debut for Mitchell Owen, smashing a match-winning 50, the 23-year-old will no doubt continue in the Australia side, while Matthew Short has departed the squad before getting the chance to make his first appearance, due to injury.

With several regulars, such as Travis Head and Alex Carey, rested for the series, the Aussies are expected to name an unchanged XI following their victory on Monday.

The West Indies are likely to stick with the same XI despite defeat, with veteran all-rounder Andre Russell making his final international appearance following a 14-year career for the Men in Maroon.

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Australia have dominated this fixture in the T20 format, winning the past two series by a combined score of 4-1 and are 4/6 to claim another win, with the home side 6/5 to level the series up.

Glenn Maxwell has scored at least 20 runs in four of his last five T20I innings for Australia and the big hitter is 5/6 to make over 18.5 on Wednesday.

Cameron Green to be Australia top batter @ 7/2

Due to injury, Aussie all-rounder Cameron Green is playing as a specialist batter and as a result is batting higher up the order at 4. With Sabina Park rewarding quality fast bowling, Green arrived at the crease in the 7th over last time out, giving him plenty of time to hit a big innings.

The 26-year-old can expect to have plenty of overs once more with the match being played at the same location, and the big-hitter is more than capable of smashing another high score.

Green smashed 51 off just 26 balls last time out, showing that even if the top order performs in this match, he is still more than talented enough to get a big score in a limited time. His innings included five sixes and two fours, more boundaries than any of his teammates.

Sabina Park’s short leg-side boundary suits Green’s game down to the ground and given his chance higher up the order, Green will be keen to take full advantage.

Australia to hit over 10.5 sixes @ 5/6

The tourists struck a whopping 24 boundaries in just 18.5 overs last time out and 17 of those were sixes. The short leg-side boundary played into their hands and, with power hitters such as Green and Glenn Maxwell in the middle-order, there is no reason to expect them to falter on this occasion.

New man Owen also showed his talent on debut, smashing 50 of 27 balls, including six maximums. Owen did not hit a single four in his innings, with the all-rounder preferring to go over the boundary on the full.

Backing the Australians to hit 11 or more sixes looks a solid bet at Sabina Park.

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