West Indies will be hoping to kick start a revival with a test series victory over the mighty Australian test cricket team when the three match test series starting on the 22nd of May. The West Indies have not won a test series for over four years now and will be hard pressed to pick out any mileage at all from the best test team in World Cricket when the Baggie green make the trip to Caribbean.

West Indies come into this series on the back of a disappointing 2-1 series loss to South Africa. After winning the first test match comfortably, the Windies slipped up in the remaining two to suffer yet another test loss. Victories have come few and far in between for the Caribbean outfit since the turn of the century and they desperately need to turn things around for a brighter cricket future. The Windies will be further rocked by the news that Marlon Samuels, the promising right-hander who can make such an impact on his day will not be available for this frank Worrel cricket series. The talented stroke maker has been banned for two years following his relation with match fixers and things look to be going downhill for the Windies even before a single ball is bowled. However, one can never write off the Caribbean kings and with a squad filled with enigmatic players such as Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo and Ramnaresh Sarwan there is no shortage of talent in their ranks and they will be itching to prove themselves in this crucial series. The bowling department is also filled with young talents as the likes of Ravi Rampaul and Fidel Edwards can make use of the hard bouncy pitches in the Caribbean to good effect against the mighty Australians.

The Australian cricket team will be out to rectify the misadventures at home against India when they come up against the West Indies. Australia have been mighty successful against the West Indies and have not lost a series against since for over thirteen years now. Ricky Pointing is yet to lose a test series since the Ashes reverse three years back and he would love to maintain it that way. Australia come into this series on the back of a dodgy 2-1 series victory against the Indian cricket team back in December. Australia were fought tooth to tooth but an impressive Indian side and the likes of Matthew Hayden and Mike Hussey can brace themselves for a challenge against the pace battery of the West Indies. While their batting is still the best around in world cricket, their bowling has weakened after the departures of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath last year. While the Australians continue to win matches with grace, they do not posses the same invincibility without these players and the likes of Brett Lee and Stuart Clarke will have to step up to the challenge. With Brad Hogg retiring from World cricket, Stuart McGill gets a call back to the international side and he will be hoping to make a strong impact in the Caribbean this summer.

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