This three-part se­ries pro­vides a his­to­ry of the match­es played be­tween West In­dies and Aus­tralia from 1976-2026.

Aus­tralia’s women crick­eters' third tour of the West In­dies, March 19 - April 2, for three Twen­ty20s (T20s) and three One day In­ter­na­tion­al (ODI) match­es start­ing Thurs­day, co­in­cides with the 50th an­niver­sary of the birth of the West In­dies Women's crick­et team in 1976. On that oc­ca­sion, the Aus­tralians, led by Anne Gor­don, played the West In­dies women, led by Trin­bag­on­ian Louise Browne, in two Test match­es. The first Test was played at Mon­tego Bay, May 7-9, and the sec­ond at Sabi­na Park, May 14-16. Both match­es were drawn.

The his­to­ry of T20 match­es be­tween West In­dies Women and Aus­tralia Women is de­fined by the con­trast be­tween con­sis­tent dom­i­nance and ex­plo­sive, his­toric up­sets. While the head-to-head sta­tis­tics paint a pic­ture of an Aus­tralian jug­ger­naut, the rare in­stances of Caribbean de­fi­ance re­main some of the most trans­for­ma­tive mo­ments in the sport’s his­to­ry.

The sta­tis­ti­cal di­vide

As of ear­ly 2026, the two sides have faced off in 16 T20 In­ter­na­tion­als. Aus­tralia holds a com­mand­ing lead, win­ning 14 of those en­coun­ters. This dom­i­nance has been an­chored by a ros­ter of peren­ni­al su­per­stars such as Meg Lan­ning, Alyssa Healy, Ell­yse Per­ry, Megan Schutt and Ash­leigh Gard­ner, to name a few.

In re­sponse, the West In­dies have re­lied heav­i­ly on in­di­vid­ual bril­liance. Hay­ley Matthews stands as the undis­put­ed cen­tre­piece, hold­ing the record for the high­est in­di­vid­ual score by a West In­di­an (132). Along­side her, vet­er­ans Stafanie Tay­lor and De­an­dra Dot­tin re­main a pil­lar of the top or­der, while Afy Fletch­er and Kar­ish­ma Ramharack lead a bowl­ing unit that, on its day, can chal­lenge the world’s best.

Mo­ments of mag­ic: The two his­toric wins

The West In­dies’ two T20 In­ter­na­tion­al (T20I) vic­to­ries over Aus­tralia are leg­endary not for their fre­quen­cy, but for their stag­ger­ing mag­ni­tude.

1. The 2016 World T20 Fi­nal (Kolkata): Aus­tralia en­tered as three-time de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons, but they were stunned at Eden Gar­dens. Chas­ing 149, a then-18-year-old Hay­ley Matthews (66) and Stafanie Tay­lor (59) put on a 120-run open­ing stand, lead­ing the West In­dies to an eight-wick­et win and their first-ever ICC world ti­tle.

2. The record chase at North Syd­ney Oval (2023): In a feat that seemed im­pos­si­ble, the West In­dies chased down a huge 212/6. Matthews pro­duced ar­guably the great­est in­di­vid­ual T20I per­for­mance ever, smash­ing 132 off 64 balls to se­cure a win with one ball to spare, set­ting a new world record for the high­est suc­cess­ful run chase in Women’s T20Is.

Op­pos­ing mo­men­tum: The road to the 2026 World Cup

As they pre­pare for their 2026 en­coun­ters, the two teams find them­selves on vast­ly dif­fer­ent tra­jec­to­ries. The West In­dies are reel­ing from a dis­ap­point­ing 2-0 se­ries loss to Sri Lan­ka on home soil—a re­sult that could have been a 3-0 white­wash. Af­ter be­ing bun­dled out for just 49 in the first T20I, the West In­dies were ef­fec­tive­ly saved by the weath­er. With­out that rain, a to­tal se­ries sweep was a near cer­tain­ty.

This poor run of form means that head coach Shane Di­etz’s tenure will be un­der great scruti­ny go­ing in­to this se­ries and the sub­se­quent World Cup. With fans and of­fi­cials, in­clud­ing no less­er per­son than the pres­i­dent of Crick­et West In­dies (CWI), Dr Kishore Shal­low, de­mand­ing im­prove­ments, his tac­ti­cal ap­proach will be un­der the mi­cro­scope.

In stark con­trast, Aus­tralia ar­rives in the Caribbean on the heels of a com­mand­ing mul­ti-for­mat se­ries vic­to­ry over In­dia. This tour marks the be­gin­ning of a "new era" un­der the lead­er­ship of new­ly ap­point­ed cap­tain So­phie Mo­lineux, who took over all-for­mat du­ties fol­low­ing Alyssa Healy's re­tire­ment.

For the Aus­tralians, this se­ries is a vi­tal lab­o­ra­to­ry. They are prepar­ing for the 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, where they will be seek­ing to make amends for their 2024 semi­fi­nal loss to South Africa—a de­feat that end­ed their bid for a fourth con­sec­u­tive ti­tle.

Ul­ti­mate­ly, this tour rep­re­sents a cross­roads for the West In­dies. To sur­vive against a re­ju­ve­nat­ed Aus­tralian side led by Mo­lineux, the Windies must move past their re­cent strug­gles and prove that their abil­i­ty to top­ple gi­ants is not just a part of their his­to­ry, but a part of their present.