Australia vs West Indies: Australia and West Indies will face each other in a two-match Test series and the first match will be played at the Optus Stadium in Perth on November 30th. Both are meeting after almost 7 years in Test cricket and a full-fledged team is ready for both.
Match: Australia vs West Indies, Test 1 of 2
Date: 30th November 2022
Time: 07:50 AM IST
Venue: Optus Stadium.
Pitch Condition: The first Test match will be played at Optus Stadium. The pitch here has been helpful to pacers. The pacers may benefit from the pitch’s little green tint on the first day. The batters may attempt to hit the straight short boundaries, even though it won’t be simple to play shots.
Australia vs West Indies – The Squad
Australia: Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Marcus Harris.
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Nkrumah Bonner, Devon Thomas, Kyle Mayers, Joshua Da Silva(w), Roston Chase, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales, Raymon Reifer, Jason Holder, Jermaine Blackwood, Shamarh Brooks, Anderson Phillip.
Australia vs West Indies – Team Performance in the Past Matches
With the heartbreak of losing out on the T20 World Cup in their homeland, Australia will be hoping to put on a dominant display in the two-match Test series against West Indies. Aussies is coming to the series after defeating England in the recently concluded ODI series. They had a clean sweep to win the series 3-0. Andrew McDonald and co. will hope the same continues in the West Indies series.
For West Indies, they had a mixed bag of results in the recent international outings. They lost the last match against Ireland by 9 wickets.
The sides are meeting for the first time in nearly 7 years in Test cricket with both sides having a great history. That history has been one-sided for a long time. West Indies’ last Test victory against Australia was in 2003 when the record chase of 418 happened in Antigua. They last met in 2016 in Sydney.
Both teams have some power-packed hitters on their side. But the real question is whether they can survive in the longer format or not.
Australia vs West Indies – Face to Face
Australia and West Indies faced each other in 116 Test matches. Out of these 116 games, Australia has won 58 whereas West Indies has come out victorious on 32 times. 25 matches ended with a draw. 1 match ended with a tie.
Here our experts at FCL are giving a prediction for the coming match. Hope you could find it helpful by any means.
Wicket-Keeper: Joshua Da Silva.
Batsmen: Kraigg Brathwaite, Marnus Labuschagne, Nkrumah Bonner, Steve Smith, Tagenarine Chanderpaul.
All-Rounders: Cameron Green, Kyle Mayers.
Bowlers: Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Alzarri Joseph.
Captain: Kraigg Brathwaite.
Vice-Captain: Joshua Da Silva.
Wicket-Keeper: Joshua Da Silva.
Batsmen: Steven Smith, David Warner, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Marnus Labuschagne.
All-Rounders: Cameron Green, Kyle Mayers.
Bowlers: Mitchel Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Alzarri Joseph.
Captain: Steven Smith.
Vice-Captain: Tagenarine Chanderpaul.
