Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2008

Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2008

Dates	16 May 2008 – 6 July 2008
Captains	RR Sarwan	RT Ponting
Test series
Result	Australia won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	S Chanderpaul (442)	RT Ponting (323)
Most wickets	FH Edwards (15)	B Lee (18)
Player of the series	S Chanderpaul (WI)
One Day International series
Result	Australia won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs	CH Gayle (180)	SR Watson (206)
Most wickets	FH Edwards (6)	NW Bracken (8) MG Johnson (8)
Player of the series	SR Watson (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Result	West Indies won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	XM Marshall (36)	L Ronchi (36)
Most wickets	KAJ Roach (2)	SR Watson (1)
Player of the series	XM 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.

Squads

Australia					West Indies
Name	Domestic	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes	Name	Domestic	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen					Batsmen
Matthew Hayden		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		Left Handed Opening Batsman	Left-arm Medium	Test Only	Ramnaresh Sarwan (c)		Right Handed Middle Order	Part-time Right-arm Offbreak	Test & ODI
Ricky Ponting (c)		Right-handed Top Order	Right-arm Medium	Test & ODI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul		Left Handed Middle Order	Right-arm Legbreak	Test & ODI
Michael Hussey		Left Handed Middle Order/Opener	Right-arm Medium	Test & ODI	Runako Morton		Right Handed Middle Order	Right-arm Offbreak	Test Only
Simon Katich		Left Handed Opening Batsman/Middle Order	Slow Left Chinaman	Replaced Hayden as Test Opener	Brenton Parchment		Right Handed Opening Batsman	Right-arm Offbreak	Test Only
Brad Hodge		Right Handed Middle Order	Right-arm Offbreak	Test Only	Xavier Marshall		Right Handed Opening Batsman	Right-arm Offbreak	Replaced Parchment as an opener; Test, Twenty & ODI
David Hussey		Right Handed Middle Order	Right-arm Offbreak	ODI Only	Sewnarine Chattergoon		Left Handed Opening Batsman	Legbreak	Test Only; Injured and unable to play ODIs
Shaun Marsh		Left Handed Opening Batsman	Slow Left Arm	ODI Only	Chris Gayle		Left Handed Opening Batsman	Right-arm Offbreak	Test & ODI
					William Perkins		Right Handed Opening Batsman		Twenty20 Only
					Andre Fletcher		Right Handed Middle Order Batsman	Right-arm Medium-Fast	Twenty20 & ODI
					Shawn Findlay		Left Handed Middle Order Batsman	Right-arm Medium	ODI Only
Wicket-keeper					Wicket-keeper
Brad Haddin		Right Handed Lower Order		Test & ODI Returned to Australia injured after 1st ODI	Denesh Ramdin		Right Handed Lower Order		Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Luke Ronchi		Right Handed Opening Batsman/Lower Order		Test & ODI Backup Wicketkeeper	Patrick Browne		Right Handed Lower Order		ODI Backup Wicketkeeper
All-rounders					All-rounders
Michael Clarke (vc)		Right Handed Middle Order	Slow Left Arm	Test & ODI	Dwayne Bravo (vc)		Right Handed Middle Order	Right-arm Medium-Fast	Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Andrew Symonds		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		Right Handed Lower Order	Slow Left Chinaman	Test Only	Ryan Hinds		Left Handed Lower Order	Slow Left Arm	Test Only
James Hopes		Right Handed Middle Order	Right-arm Medium	ODI Only	Kieron Pollard		Right Handed Middle Order Batsman	Right-arm Medium-Fast	Twenty20 & ODI
Cameron White		Right Handed Lower Order	Right-arm Legbreak	ODI Only
Shane Watson		Right Handed Middle Order/Opener	Right-arm Fast-Medium	ODI Only, Replaced Mathew Hayden
Bowlers					Bowlers
Brett Lee		Right Handed Lower Order	Right-arm Fast	Test & ODI	Fidel Edwards		Right Handed Tail Ender	Right-arm Fast	Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Stuart Clark		Right Handed Tail Ender	Right-arm Fast-Medium	Test & ODI	Daren Powell		Right Handed Tail Ender	Right-arm Fast Medium	Test & ODI
Stuart MacGill		Right Handed Tail Ender	Right-arm Legbreak	Test Only, Retired Second Test	Jerome Taylor		Right Handed Tail Ender	Right-arm Fast	Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Mitchell Johnson		Left Handed Tail Ender	Left-arm Fast-Medium	Test & ODI	Sulieman Benn		Left Handed Lower Order	Slow Left Arm	Test, Twenty20 & ODI
Ashley Noffke		Right Handed Tail Ender	Right-arm Fast-Medium	First Choice Test Backup	Amit Jaggernauth		Right Handed Tail Ender	Right-arm Offbreak	Test Only
Doug Bollinger		Left Handed Tail Ender	Left-arm Fast	Likely Test Backup	Kemar Roach		Right Handed Tail Ender	Right-arm Fast Medium	Twenty20 Only
Nathan Bracken		Right Handed Tail Ender	Left-arm Medium-Fast	ODI Only	Nikita Miller		Right Handed Tail Ender	Slow Left Arm	ODI Only

Tour matches

Three-day: Jamaica Select XI vs Australia

16-18 May
Scorecard

Jamaica Select XI	v	Australia
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 Australia

21 June
Scorecard

Australia 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)

Australia 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

Australia	v	West Indies
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)

Bad light ended day 3 and 4.

2nd Test

30 May - 2 June
Scorecard

Australia	v	West Indies
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 Jacques 76 (136) Fidel Edwards 2/28 (7.5 overs)		266/5 (93 overs) Ramnaresh Sarwan 128 (241) Brett Lee 3/51 (21 overs)

Match drawn
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)

Australia's innings was interrupted by rain in both innings.

3rd Test

12-16 June
Scorecard

Australia	v	West Indies
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)

Rain ended day 1 early.

T20I series

Only T20I

20 June
Scorecard

Australia 97/3 (11 overs)	v	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

Rain reduced match to 11 overs per side.

ODI series

1st ODI

24 June
Scorecard

Australia 273/8 (50 overs)	v	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

2nd ODI

27 June
Scorecard

Australia 213/5 (50 overs)	v	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

3rd ODI

29 June
Scorecard

West Indies 223 (48 overs)	v	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

4th ODI

4 July
Scorecard

Australia 282/8 (50 overs)	v	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

5th ODI

6 July
Scorecard

Australia 341/8 (50 overs)	v	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

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International cricket in 2008

Preceding season: International cricket in 2007–08

April 2008	Pakistan v Bangladesh Intercontinental Cup

May 2008	England v New Zealand West Indies v Australia WCL Div Five

June 2008	Bangladesh Tri-Series 2008 Asia Cup Canada v Bermuda

July 2008	Associates Tri-Series (in Scotland) England v South Africa Sri Lanka vs India

August 2008	2009 Twenty20 Qualifier (in Ireland) Kenya v Scotland Canada v Ireland Kenya v Netherlands Scotland v England Associates Tri-Series (in Canada) Kenya v Ireland New Zealand v Pakistan Australia v Bangladesh Netherlands v Bermuda

Following season: International cricket in 2008–09