West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2022–23

International cricket tour

West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2022–23

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|  Australia|  West Indies
Dates|  5 October – 12 December 2022
Captains|  Pat Cummins[n 1] (Tests)
Aaron Finch (T20Is)|  Kraigg Brathwaite (Tests)
Nicholas Pooran (T20Is)
Test series
Result|  Australia won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs|  Marnus Labuschagne (502)|  Kraigg Brathwaite (196)
Most wickets|  Nathan Lyon (12)|  Alzarri Joseph (5)
Player of the series|  Marnus Labuschagne (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Results|  Australia won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs|  David Warner (89)|  Kyle Mayers (45)
Most wickets|  Mitchell Starc (6)|  Alzarri Joseph (5)
Player of the series|  David Warner (Aus)

The West Indian cricket team toured Australia from October to December 2022 to play two Test matches and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[1] The T20Is formed part of both teams' preparations for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup,[2] while the Test matches formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.[3][4] In May 2022, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[5]

Australia won the T20I series 2–0,[6] and the Test series 2–0, retaining the Frank Worrell Trophy in the process.[7]

Marnus Labuschagne scored 502 runs in the Test series, the most by any Australian in a two-Test series, surpassing Matthew Hayden's 501 against Zimbabwe in 2003–04.[8]

## Background

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The wicket of Jermaine Blackwood, bowled by Mitchell Starc, during the first innings of the first test at Perth Stadium, 2 December 2022

Originally, the tour was scheduled to take place in October 2020,[9] however, on 28 May 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the series.[10][11] Originally, the matches would have been used as warm-up fixtures for the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. However, in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) postponed the T20 World Cup until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] In August 2020, the three T20I matches were also postponed due to the pandemic,[13] and a fixture clash with the revised schedule for the 2020 Indian Premier League.[14]

## Squads

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Tests  | T20Is

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Australia[15] |  West Indies[16] |  Australia[17] |  West Indies[18]

* Pat Cummins (c)
* Steve Smith (vc)
* Scott Boland
* Alex Carey (wk)
* Cameron Green
* Marcus Harris
* Josh Hazlewood
* Travis Head
* Usman Khawaja
* Marnus Labuschagne
* Nathan Lyon
* Lance Morris
* Michael Neser
* Mitchell Starc
* David Warner

* Kraigg Brathwaite (c)
* Jermaine Blackwood (vc)
* Nkrumah Bonner
* Shamarh Brooks
* Tagenarine Chanderpaul
* Roston Chase
* Joshua Da Silva (wk)
* Jason Holder
* Alzarri Joseph
* Kyle Mayers
* Marquino Mindley
* Anderson Phillip
* ~~Raymon Reifer~~
* Kemar Roach
* Jayden Seales
* Devon Thomas (wk)

* Aaron Finch (c)
* Sean Abbott
* Pat Cummins
* Tim David
* Cameron Green
* Josh Hazlewood
* Josh Inglis (wk)
* Mitchell Marsh
* Glenn Maxwell
* Daniel Sams
* Steve Smith
* Mitchell Starc
* ~~Marcus Stoinis~~
* Matthew Wade (wk)
* David Warner
* Adam Zampa

* Nicholas Pooran (c, wk)
* Rovman Powell (vc)
* Shamarh Brooks
* Yannic Cariah
* Johnson Charles (wk)
* Sheldon Cottrell
* ~~Shimron Hetmyer~~
* Jason Holder
* Akeal Hosein
* Alzarri Joseph
* Brandon King
* Evin Lewis
* Kyle Mayers
* Obed McCoy
* Raymon Reifer
* Odean Smith

Shimron Hetmyer was ruled out after missing his flight to Australia and was replaced by Shamarh Brooks.[19] Marcus Stoinis was ruled out due to an injury.[20] On 6 October 2022, Cricket Australia announced that Mitchell Marsh would miss the second T20I due to a concern over his ankle injury.[21] Before the start of the first Test, Raymon Reifer was ruled out of West Indies' Test squad due to a groin injury.[22] Ahead of the second Test, Lance Morris and Michael Neser were added to Australia's test squad,[23] whereas Marquino Mindley was added to the West Indies' test squad.[24]

Australia's Pat Cummins was ruled out of second test after not recovering from the quad strain he picked up in the first test,[25] with Steve Smith was named captain for the match.[26]

## Warm-up matches

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17–19 November 2022
Scorecard

West Indies

Combined NSW and ACT XI

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9/424d (120 overs)
Devon Thomas 77* (79)
Riley Ayre 3/132 (37 overs)

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4/426d (97 overs)
Blake Macdonald 177* (265)
Raymon Reifer 1/22 (4 overs)

4/114 (28 overs)
Devon Thomas 35 (51)
Riley Ayre 1/13 (5 overs)

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Match drawn
Phillip Oval, Canberra
Umpires: Stephen Dionysius (Aus) and David Taylor (Aus)

* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

23–26 November 2022
(D/N)
Scorecard

Prime Minister's XI

West Indies

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322 (91.5 overs)
Matt Renshaw 81 (168)
Alzarri Joseph 4/65 (19.5 overs)

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235 (91.3 overs)
Tagenarine Chanderpaul 119 (293)
Todd Murphy 3/27 (22 overs)

4/221d (70 overs)
Matt Renshaw 101* (218)
Jayden Seales 1/28 (9 overs)

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8/277 (106.5 overs)
Tagenarine Chanderpaul 56 (138)
Mark Steketee 3/56 (15 overs)

Match drawn
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Donovan Koch (Aus)
Player of the match: Tagenarine Chanderpaul (WI)

* Prime Minister's XI won the toss and elected to bat.

## T20I series

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### 1st T20I

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5 October 2022
18:10 (N)
Scorecard

West Indies
9/145 (20 overs)

Australia
7/146 (19.5 overs)

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Kyle Mayers 39 (36)
Josh Hazlewood 3/35 (4 overs)

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Aaron Finch 58 (53)
Alzarri Joseph 2/17 (4 overs)

Australia won by 3 wickets
Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast
Umpires: Donovan Koch (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Aus)

* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Yannic Cariah and Raymon Reifer (WI) both made their T20I debuts.

### 2nd T20I

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7 October 2022
18:10 (N)
Scorecard

Australia
7/178 (20 overs)

West Indies
8/147 (20 overs)

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David Warner 75 (41)
Alzarri Joseph 3/21 (4 overs)

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Johnson Charles 29 (30)
Mitchell Starc 4/20 (4 overs)

Australia won by 31 runs
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: David Warner (Aus)

* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

## Test series

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See also: Frank Worrell Trophy

### 1st Test

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30 November–4 December 2022
Scorecard

Australia

West Indies

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4/598d (152.4 overs)
Marnus Labuschagne 204 (350)
Kraigg Brathwaite 2/65 (12.4 overs)

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283 (98.2 overs)
Kraigg Brathwaite 64 (166)
Pat Cummins 3/34 (20.2 overs)

2/182d (37 overs)
Marnus Labuschagne 104 (110)
Kemar Roach 1/30 (7 overs)

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333 (110.5 overs)
Kraigg Brathwaite 110 (188)
Nathan Lyon 6/128 (42.5 overs)

Australia won by 164 runs
Perth Stadium, Perth
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Marnus Labuschagne (Aus)

* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tagenarine Chanderpaul (WI) made his Test debut.
* Pat Cummins (Aus) took his 200th Test wicket.[27] The Australian XI thus became the first Test cricket team to feature four bowlers who have taken 200 wickets.[28]
* Shamarh Brooks (WI) replaced Nkrumah Bonner as a concussion substitute on day 3.[29]
* Mitchell Starc became the third player to dismiss a father-son duo in Test cricket when he dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul in the second innings.[30]
* World Test Championship Points: Australia 12, West Indies 0.

### 2nd Test

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8–12 December 2022[n 2]
(D/N)
Scorecard

Australia

West Indies

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7/511d (137 overs)
Travis Head 175 (219)
Devon Thomas 2/53 (14 overs)

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214 (69.3 overs)
Tagenarine Chanderpaul 47 (102)
Nathan Lyon 3/57 (20 overs)

6/199d (31 overs)
Usman Khawaja 45 (50)
Alzarri Joseph 3/33 (7 overs)

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77 (40.5 overs)
Tagenarine Chanderpaul 17 (28)
Scott Boland 3/16 (10 overs)

Australia won by 419 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Travis Head (Aus)

* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Marquino Mindley and Devon Thomas (WI) both made their Test debuts.
* The final margin of 419 was, in terms of runs, Australia's fourth largest victory,[31] and the West Indies' biggest defeat.[32]
* Alex Carey's six catches in the second innings equalled the Australian record for most dismissals in an innings.[33]
* Marnus Labuschagne completed 3000 Test runs, becoming the equal second fastest to do so.[34]
* World Test Championship Points: Australia 12, West Indies 0.

## Notes

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1. ^ Steve Smith captained Australia in the second Test.
2. ^ While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the second Test reached a result in four days.

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