Aussies and West Indies need to start off fresh from this tour and have to prove a lot many things. This will be Australia’s first test after the Ashes defeat in August this year. They are hungry for win from now on and will be definitely looking to give the visitors a tough competition. Aussies lost some of the big series in the recent past, like they lost to South Africa earlier this year. So they need to get their rhythm back with this West Indies tour. They are back to no. 1 spot in the ODI rankings but they are still far behind in the Test Cricket rankings. A lot of things have to be improved from here on for the Aussies.

West Indies are in their worst time of International cricket. They have recently lost the series against the Bangladesh but the good news is strike between the players and board has ended so now their main batsman will return and strengthen the team. In their past 39 Tests they have been victorious on only three occasions, they desperately need some victories to get the team confidence back. Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan returns the squad, both of these can be a big threat to the Aussies. So a good competition coming up, stay tuned to catch all the action.

Teams
Australia (probable): 1 Simon Katich, 2 Shane Watson, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Marcus North, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Peter Siddle, 11 Ben Hilfenhaus.

West Indies (possible): 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Adrian Barath, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Brendan Nash, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Sulieman Benn, 9 Jerome Taylor, 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Kemar Roach.

Match Timings: 10:00 local, 00:00 GMT, 05:30 IST

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