Australia vs West Indies Highlights today. 2nd Test (D/N), Adelaide Oval, Thursday 8-12-2022, West Indies tour of Australia 2022.
Toss: Australia, elected to bat first.
Kraigg Brathwaite: “I would have batted first but we’ve got to bowl well and make use of the new ball. Roach, Seales, and Mayers are out through injury. Marquino Mindley and Devon Thomas make their debuts. Anderson Phillip comes in.”
Steven Smith: “We’re going to have a bat. Traditionally that’s what we like to do here. If you bat really well. You can set the game up. Pitch looks the same as every other year. I’ve had a bit more time to get around the captaincy this year. I look forward to the opportunity this week. Unfortunately, Hazlewood was pulled out last night. I’m not entirely sure of his availability for South Africa. But Neser bowled really well last year so we’re thrilled to have him back.”
Australia team: 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith (capt), 5 Travis Head, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Michael Neser, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Scott Boland.
West Indies team: 1 Kraigg Brathwaite (capt), 2 Tagenarine Chanderpaul, 3 Shamarh Brooks, 4 Jermaine Blackwood, 5 Devon Thomas, 6 Jason Holder, 7 Joshua Da Silva (wk), 8 Roston Chase, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Anderson Phillip, 11 Marquino Mindley.
Head to Head In Test’s: 117
Australia Won: 59
West Indies Won: 32
Australia Test Rankings: 1st
West Indies Test Rankings: 8th
Form guide
(Last five completed matches, most recent first)
Australia WLWWD
West Indies LWWWD
Match Timings: 4:00 AM GMT | 2:30 PM Local
Umpires – Kumar Dharmasena, Rod Tucker
TV Umpire – Richard Illingworth
Match Referee – Chris Broad
Reserve Umpire – Phillip Gillespie
Match number – Test no. 2479
