the West Indies defeated Australia last night at the Queens Park Oval, in a warmup match ahead of the T20 World Cup.

Nicholas Pooran was in fine form, striking 8 sixes in his knock of 75 runs off 25 balls, as the Windies raced to 257 for 4.

The Aussies had a good chase, but reached just 222 for 7 in 20 overs, falling short by 36 runs.

Gudakesh Motie and Alzarri Joseph took 2 wickets each.

The World Cup officially starts tomorrow when USA play their north American neighbours Canada from 8pm.

On Sunday at 10:30am, the West Indies play Papa New Guinea.