Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2008

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Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2008
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  West Indies Australia
Dates 16 May 2008 – 6 July 2008
Captains Ramnaresh Sarwan Ricky Ponting
Test series
Result Australia won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Shivnarine Chanderpaul (442) Ricky Ponting (323)
Most wickets Fidel Edwards (15) Brett Lee (18)
Player of the series Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
One Day International series
Results Australia won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs Chris Gayle (180) Shane Watson (206)
Most wickets Fidel Edwards (6) Nathan Bracken (8)
Mitchell Johnson (8)
Player of the series Shane Watson (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Results West Indies won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Xavier Marshall (36) Luke Ronchi (36)
Most wickets Kemar Roach (2) Shane Watson (1)
Player of the series Xavier Marshall (WI)

The Australian cricket team toured the West Indies between 16 May and 6 July 2008, outside the normal West Indies cricket season. Australia won two of three Test matches played (one being a draw) and all five One-day Internationals. The West Indies won the single Twenty20 International game.

Contents

Squads

AustraliaWest Indies
NameDomesticBatting styleBowling styleNotesNameDomesticBatting styleBowling styleNotes
BatsmenBatsmen
Matthew Hayden Flag of Queensland.svg Left Handed Opening Batsmen Right-arm Medium Test & ODI Returned To Australia Injured Devon Smith Left Handed Opening Batsmen Right-arm Offbreak Test Only
Phil Jaques Flag of New South Wales.svg Left Handed Opening Batsman Left-arm Medium Test Only Ramnaresh Sarwan (c) Flag of Guyana.svg Right Handed Middle Order Part-time Right-arm Offbreak Test & ODI
Ricky Ponting (c) Flag of Tasmania.svg Right-handed Top Order Right-arm Medium Test & ODI Shivnarine Chanderpaul Flag of Guyana.svg Left Handed Middle Order Right-arm Legbreak Test & ODI
Michael Hussey Flag of Western Australia.svg Left Handed Middle Order/Opener Right-arm Medium Test & ODI Runako Morton Right Handed Middle Order Right-arm Offbreak Test Only
Simon Katich Flag of New South Wales.svg Left Handed Opening Batsman/Middle Order Slow left-arm wrist-spin Replaced Hayden as Test Opener Brenton Parchment Flag of Jamaica.svg Right Handed Opening Batsman Right-arm Offbreak Test Only
Brad Hodge Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Right Handed Middle Order Right-arm Offbreak Test Only Xavier Marshall Flag of Jamaica.svg Right Handed Opening Batsman Right-arm Offbreak Replaced Parchment as an opener; Test, Twenty & ODI
David Hussey Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Right Handed Middle Order Right-arm Offbreak ODI Only Sewnarine Chattergoon Flag of Guyana.svg Left Handed Opening Batsman Legbreak Test Only; Injured and unable to play ODIs
Shaun Marsh Flag of Western Australia.svg Left Handed Opening Batsman Slow Left Arm ODI Only Chris Gayle Flag of Jamaica.svg Left Handed Opening Batsman Right-arm Offbreak Test & ODI
William Perkins Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Right Handed Opening Batsman Twenty20 Only
Andre Fletcher Right Handed Middle Order Batsman Right-arm Medium-Fast Twenty20 & ODI
Shawn Findlay Flag of Jamaica.svg Left Handed Middle Order Batsman Right-arm Medium ODI Only
Wicket-keeperWicket-keeper
Brad Haddin Flag of New South Wales.svg Right Handed Lower Order Test & ODI Returned to Australia injured after 1st ODI Denesh Ramdin Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Right Handed Lower Order Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Luke Ronchi Flag of Western Australia.svg Right Handed Opening Batsman/Lower Order Test & ODI Backup Wicketkeeper Patrick Browne Flag of Barbados.svg Right Handed Lower Order ODI Backup Wicketkeeper
All-roundersAll-rounders
Michael Clarke (vc) Flag of New South Wales.svg Right Handed Middle Order Slow Left Arm Test & ODI Dwayne Bravo (vc) Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Right Handed Middle Order Right-arm Medium-Fast Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Andrew Symonds Flag of Queensland.svg Right Handed Middle Order Right-arm Medium/Right-arm Offbreak Test & ODI Darren Sammy Right Handed Middle Order Right-arm Medium Fast Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Beau Casson Flag of New South Wales.svg Right Handed Lower Order Slow left-arm wrist-spin Test Only Ryan Hinds Flag of Barbados.svg Left Handed Lower Order Slow Left Arm Test Only
James Hopes Flag of Queensland.svg Right Handed Middle Order Right-arm Medium ODI Only Kieron Pollard Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Right Handed Middle Order Batsman Right-arm Medium-Fast Twenty20 & ODI
Cameron White Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Right Handed Lower Order Right-arm Legbreak ODI Only
Shane Watson Flag of Queensland.svg Right Handed Middle Order/Opener Right-arm Fast-Medium ODI Only, Replaced Mathew Hayden
BowlersBowlers
Brett Lee Flag of New South Wales.svg Right Handed Lower Order Right-arm Fast Test & ODI Fidel Edwards Flag of Barbados.svg Right Handed Tail Ender Right-arm Fast Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Stuart Clark Flag of New South Wales.svg Right Handed Tail Ender Right-arm Fast-Medium Test & ODI Daren Powell Flag of Jamaica.svg Right Handed Tail Ender Right-arm Fast Medium Test & ODI
Stuart MacGill Flag of Western Australia.svg Right Handed Tail Ender Right-arm Legbreak Test Only, Retired Second Test Jerome Taylor Flag of Jamaica.svg Right Handed Tail Ender Right-arm Fast Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Mitchell Johnson Flag of Queensland.svg Left Handed Tail Ender Left-arm Fast-Medium Test & ODI Sulieman Benn Flag of Barbados.svg Left Handed Lower Order Slow Left Arm Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Ashley Noffke Flag of Queensland.svg Right Handed Tail Ender Right-arm Fast-Medium First Choice Test Backup Amit Jaggernauth Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Right Handed Tail Ender Right-arm Offbreak Test Only
Doug Bollinger Flag of New South Wales.svg Left Handed Tail Ender Left-arm Fast Likely Test Backup Kemar Roach Flag of Barbados.svg Right Handed Tail Ender Right-arm Fast Medium Twenty20 Only
Nathan Bracken Flag of New South Wales.svg Right Handed Tail Ender Left-arm Medium-Fast ODI Only Nikita Miller Flag of Jamaica.svg Right Handed Tail Ender Slow Left Arm ODI Only

Tour matches

Three-day : Jamaica Select XI vs Australians

16–18 May
Scorecard
Jamaica Select XI
v
Australians
297 (69 overs)
Carlton Baugh 111* (112)
Stuart MacGill 4/79 (21 overs)
396 (113.3 overs)
Simon Katich 97 (193)
Donovan Sinclair 3/14 (6.3 overs)
194 (58.2 overs)
Carlton Baugh 36 (38)
Simon Katich 4/15 (5.2 overs)
65/1 (13.3 overs)
Simon Katich 37 (49)
Andre Russell 1/25 (7 overs)
Match drawn
Trelawny Stadium, Greenfields, Trelawny, Jamaica
Umpires: Vivian Johnson (WI) and Norman Malcolm (WI)
Player of the match: Simon Katich (Aus)

50-over : University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI v Australians

21 June
Scorecard
Australians
337/6 (50 overs)
v
University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI
126 (33.1 overs)
Shane Watson 95 (85)
Kemar Roach 2/47 (8 overs)
Denesh Ramdin 43
Nathan Bracken 3/25 (8 overs)
Australians won by 211 runs
Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Vincent Bullen (WI) and Anthony Farrell (WI)

Test series

1st Test

22–26 May
Scorecard
v
431 (126.5 overs)
Ricky Ponting 158 (224)
Fidel Edwards 5/104 (26.5 overs)
312 (106 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 118 (276)
Stuart Clark 3/59 (19 overs)
167 (55.5 overs)
Andrew Symonds 79 (118)
Dwayne Bravo 4/47 (18.5 overs)
191 (67 overs)
Denesh Ramdin 36 (61)
Stuart Clark 5/32 (20 overs)
Australia won by 95 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Stuart Clark (Aus)

2nd Test

30 May – 2 June
Scorecard
v
479/7d (136 overs)
Simon Katich 113 (248)
Jerome Taylor 3/95 (27 overs)
352 (107 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 107* (236)
Brett Lee 5/59 (21 overs)
244/6d (61.5 overs)
Phil Jaques 76 (136)
Fidel Edwards 2/28 (7.5 overs)
266/5 (93 overs)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 128 (241)
Brett Lee 3/51 (21 overs)

3rd Test

12–16 June
Scorecard
v
251 (67.1 overs)
Andrew Symonds 52 (84)
Jerome Taylor 3/46 (12 overs)
216 (58.5 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 79* (142)
Mitchell Johnson 4/41 (11.5 overs)
439/5d (145 overs)
Simon Katich 157 (332)
Sulieman Benn 3/154 (47 overs)
387 (105.4 overs)
Xavier Marshall 85 (146)
Stuart Clark 3/58 (24 overs)
Australia won by 87 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Mark Benson (Eng)
Player of the match: Simon Katich (Aus)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain ended day 1 early.

T20I series

Only T20I

20 June
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
97/3 (11 overs)
v
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
102/3 (9.1 overs)
Luke Ronchi 36 (22)
Kemar Roach 2/29 (3 overs)
Xavier Marshall 36 (15)
Shane Watson 1/17 (2.1 overs)
West Indies won by 7 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WI) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Player of the match: Xavier Marshall (WI)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain reduced match to 11 overs per side.

ODI series

1st ODI

24 June
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
273/8 (50 overs)
v
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
189 (39.5 overs)
Shaun Marsh 81 (97)
Darren Sammy 2/31 (7 overs)
Darren Sammy 33 (35)
Nathan Bracken 4/31 (5.5 overs)
Australia won by 84 runs
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, Saint Vincent
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Aus)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

27 June
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
213/5 (50 overs)
v
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
140/8 (41 overs)
Michael Hussey 62 (105)
Jerome Taylor 2/47 (10 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 45* (77)
Michael Clarke 3/26 (6 overs)
Australia won by 63 runs (D/L)
National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Norman Malcolm (WI)
Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

29 June
Scorecard
West Indies  WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
223 (48 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
227/3 (40.3 overs)
Chris Gayle 53 (54)
Nathan Bracken 3/26 (9 overs)
Shane Watson 126 (122)
Darren Sammy 1/20 (4 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Norman Malcolm (WI)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shane Watson (Aus) scored his first century in ODIs.

4th ODI

4 July
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
282/8 (50 overs)
v
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
281/6 (50 overs)
Andrew Symonds 87 (78)
Fidel Edwards 2/53 (10 overs)
Chris Gayle 92 (92)
Brett Lee 3/64 (10 overs)
Australia won by 1 run
Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Aus)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

6 July
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
341/8 (50 overs)
v
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
172 (39.5 overs)
Andrew Symonds 66 (80)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 3/57 (9 overs)
Shawn Findlay 59* (74)
Mitchell Johnson 5/29 (7.5 overs)
Australia won by 169 runs
Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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