*Official* Australia vs West Indies - Frank Worrell Trophy 2022

[Beamer]

I really hope that West Indies go for the lower order formula that worked against England .

6.Mayers
7.Holder
8.Da Silva (WK)


I feel this batting order really made the Windies greater than the sum of their parts against quality seamers

It has certainly been a feature of our test side that the lower order sticks around for the most part. We have Alzarri at 9 as well who is surprisingly good with the bat and Roach at 10 who is very solid. It does seem a criminal waste of Joshua Da Silva's talents to have him at 8 though.

 

[Gob]

So are the likely sides...

Warner, Khawaja, Labuschagne, Smith, Head, Green, Carey (wk), Cummins, Hazelwood, Starc, Lyon

vs

Braithwaite, Chanderpaul, Bonner, Mayers, Blackwood, Holder, Da Silva (wk), Chase, Joseph, Roach, Seales

Lord have mercy, I will be watching us bat from behind the sofa. Note the fact Chase is there is an absolute travesty but now he is they will definitely play him.

This is probably the first time since I cant recall when (probably since the summer of 07/08) that Australia are starting a summer with the team that I think the best they've got. I can't tell if this was the best Aust team since that time but there were always odd individual I didn't want there (looking at you Hogg, Siddle, North, Bailey, Harris etc)

I meant Marcus obvs not Ryan

 

[Ashes81]

As an England supporter I always want the Aussies to lose but it's doubly so as they're playing the W Indies.

As someone who grew up watching the great W Indian sides of the 1980's, their demise as a force in test cricket is really sad.

Test cricket needs a strong W Indies side and hopefully they can compete in this series.

If they could also injure a few Aussie batsmen ahead of next years Ashes, that would be an added bonus

 

[GotSpin]

The biggest problem is that for the Windies, apart from the obvious batting issues, is that they’re just pretty average with the kookaburra

 

[TheJediBrah]

2 Tests what are we NZ now

He and Cameron Green are the only real weak links (at least potentially) I see though tbh. Everyone else is decent to brilliant. It's going to be a long old tour for us even though it's so short

Imagine having a team where Cameron Green is the weak link, sign me up

 

[Gob]

Handscomb would actually be the ideal bloke to bat at five in India

Now that I think about it

 

[Daemon]

As long as he uses his hands to smother the spin and not to comb

 

[TheJediBrah]

Aus will be a lot better off if Peter uses his Hands to bat and Travis uses his Head to calculate cordial dilutions

 

[Gob]

Aus will be a lot better off if Peter uses his Hands to bat and Travis uses his Head to calculate cordial dilutions

How about De Kock?

 

[Nintendo]

How about De Kock?

He's retired from tests and therefore not a real cricketer.

 

[Slifer]

I'm not even going to kid myself, anything less than 2 nil win with each test finishing in 3 days should be considered a failure by Australia.

I do hope that at least one of the bowlers can average under 30 and the batsmen over 40. Yeah I'm settling for crumbs at this point.

 

[Daemon]

It's weird how this series feels like it's played too often when in reality it was last played in 2015/16 and it only feels fresh in the memory because of the intensity of the pummelling WI received.

3 batsmen from Australia averaged over 100. The best bowler from WI was Warrican who took 5 wickets at 76 apiece.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Honestly I think how this series goes for the West Indies depends a lot on now the pitches are. Typically flat Australian Test decks and I expect a real struggle, can't see the WI bowling doing that much while the batting does slightly better than expected but still lot great, however if there are more lively pitch conditions like last summer I fully expect Roach to roll the Aus batting lineup in at least one innings, however the batting will likely look even more dire

 

[TheJediBrah]

however if there are more lively pitch conditions like last summer

Would be great to help Scotty B maintain that average!

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Would be great to help Scotty B maintain that average!

Honestly, against this WI batting lineup, that is very much plausible


While if the regular bowing attack are all fit I wouldn't have Boland in my first test starting XI, he has shown that he will not let Australia down if called upon. Well and truly usurped Michael Neser as the reliable and experienced Shield stalwart within this Australian Test setup

 

[Starfighter]

it only feels fresh in the memory

Really? Feels like an aeon ago to me.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Honestly, against this WI batting lineup, that is very much plausible


While if the regular bowing attack are all fit I wouldn't have Boland in my first test starting XI, he has shown that he will not let Australia down if called upon. Well and truly usurped Michael Neser as the reliable and experienced Shield stalwart within this Australian Test setup

Depends on conditions for me. If it's looking flat I would go with Starc, but if there's life in the deck or it's looking like a bit of seam movement you have to go with Boland

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Depends on conditions for me. If it's looking flat I would go with Starc, but if there's life in the deck or it's looking like a bit of seam movement you have to go with Boland

As much as you rate Starc a fair bit lower than he perhaps should be rated imo, I honestly don't mind that idea at all

 

[TheJediBrah]

Starc bad

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Starc bad

Boland Victorian