Michael Clarke will captain Australia for the Test series © Getty Images
West Indies and Australia face off on the first day of the opening Test at Dominica on Wednesday. While Australia will engage themselves for the first time in international cricket since their victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, West Indies head into the series after drawing the three-Test series against England earlier in the months of April-May. Live Blog: West Indies vs Australia, 1st Test Day 1 at Dominica
It has been more than 20 years that West Indies have not defeated Australia in The Frank Worrell Trophy, and their challenge will be no lesser against the side led by Michael Clarke, who will be aiming to get to full throttle as far as Test cricket is concerned, especially with The Ashes 2015 starting in just about a month’s time. Live Scorecard: West Indies vs Australia, 1st Test, Day at Dominica
Australia could not have asked for a better opponent to face in their build-up to The Ashes 2015, as the West Indies will give them a tough competition, and test their opponents throughout.
Squads:
West Indies: Jermaine Blackwood, Denesh Ramdin (c &wk), Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Rajindra Chandrika, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor, Devendra Bishoo, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Veerasammy Permaul.
Australia: Michael Clarke (c), Mitchell Starc, Brad Haddin (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Adam Voges, David Warner, Shane Watson, Steven Smith, Fawad Ahmed, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Peter Nevill (wk), Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle.