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*Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

centurymaker

centurymaker

Cricketer Of The Year
Steve Smith-
"Their batters are going to be challenged a little bit differently to the wickets they have had over in England for a while, which have looked pretty flat and good for batting," Smith told BBC Sport."The wickets in Australia in the last three or four years have been very tricky for top order batters. It is going to be a good challenge for them.
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Bazball won't be getting any flat pitches in Australia thats for sure! Overall, the pitches in Australia have been good for bowlers since about 2021 (around about the last Ashes series there). That's exactly the time when Pat Cummins, a bowling captain, took over Test Captaincy.
"But it's going to be a wonderful series. I have been watching the India and England series and there has been some great cricket played there, so I think the Ashes this year is going to be an absolute belter."
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centurymaker

centurymaker

Cricketer Of The Year
Smith to feature in this year's Hundred-
He says playing in the Hundred was on his "bucket list" as he focuses on playing more franchise cricket around the world in order to regain his place in Australia's T20 side and to play in the Olympics. "I decided to stop playing one-day cricket so I can play more franchises, with the aim to make the Olympic team," Smith said.
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Based on what he has repeatedly said recently, I expect him to continue playing test cricket till at least 2027/28. Almost no chance he retires before Ashes 2027. His final goal is to feature in the LA Olympics in July 2028, so he will want to continue playing international cricket as close to that as possible. Hope he makes the squad for LA (he will be 39)
 
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SillyCowCorner1

SillyCowCorner1

Moooo
Only 40 runs away from breaking Chris Gayle and Devon Smith's record for the most runs for the 1st wicket (West Indies).

That was when Gayle made the first T20I century in history. We lost that game. Gibbs and Kemp ****ed up badly.
 
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