FIRST TEST AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES. Nov 30-Dec 4, PERTH STADIUM.

[baggygreen man]

Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.

Scott Boland will carry the drinks.

 

[baggygreen man]

West Indies squad: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Shamarh Brooks, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Roston Chase, Joshua Da Silva, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kyle Mayers, Anderson Phillip, Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales, Devon Thomas

Expect to see Tagenarine Chanderpaul make his debut.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Sorry, I'm all for not being stale but @TheParraboy Usually starts game day threads. Is no tradition sacred anymore?

 

[TheParraboy]

Fears crowd for Australia v West Indies Perth Test “could be a record-low”

“I’m hearing that ticket pre-sales ... are in the hundreds, not the thousands.”

www.sen.com.au

 

[TheParraboy]

Sorry, I'm all for not being stale but @TheParraboy Usually starts game day threads. Is no tradition sacred anymore?

All good mate. Had a hangover (big night) Socceroos winning, otherwise the boring tradition would have continued last night ….

 

[AlwaysGreen]

All good mate. Had a hangover (big night) Socceroos winning, otherwise the boring tradition would have continued last night ….

All good, Baggers is passionate about his cricket, just like teasing him.

 

[Twizzle]

Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.

Scott Boland will carry the drinks.

West Indies squad: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Shamarh Brooks, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Roston Chase, Joshua Da Silva, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kyle Mayers, Anderson Phillip, Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales, Devon Thomas

Expect to see Taqenarine Chanderpaul make his debut.

If they are official, they need to be sourced, or they get removed, you really should be aware of this by now

 

[baggygreen man]

All good mate.

No intention to steal your thunder @TheParraboy

 

[baggygreen man]

Fears crowd for Australia v West Indies Perth Test “could be a record-low”

“I’m hearing that ticket pre-sales ... are in the hundreds, not the thousands.”

www.sen.com.au

Not good. Certain to be counter productive for West Aussie cricket. Need to have a rethink if they want Test cricket to remain at arguably the nation's best cricket ground.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Test rankings:
Australia is 1, West Indies 8.
I'm not surprised tickets aren't selling like hot cakes.

 

[Front-Rower]

Channel 7 and Fox desperately hoping Australia win the toss and bat

 

[hineyrulz]

This Windies side is barely club standard.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

This Windies side is barely club standard.

 

[simmo1]

They should be using this series to give some experience to the fringe players. We won't, of course. Instead we will look to pad our stats this summer only for the usual suspects to come crashing back to Earth in the India and England tours next year.

 

[King hit]

I’m not extremely confident about beating South Africa and this series isn’t the ideal preparation for it.

 

[hineyrulz]

I’m not extremely confident about beating South Africa and this series isn’t the ideal preparation for it.

The Saffa’s batting is weaker than ours and the bowling line up should cancel each other out.

 

[baggygreen man]

Wins in all five homes Tests this summer would all but wrap up a top-two World Test Championship finish for us so we wont be underestimating either the Windies or Saffers.

 

[baggygreen man]

Some say the Windies are equivalent to our grade level. Be careful we dont under estimate them as they are a young side, enthusiastic with natural talent and flair. And bare in mind fellow keyboard warriors, they have already beaten England at home this year. While we have an ageing attack they are still toddlers by comparison.

 

[baggygreen man]

The Saffers will be itching to have another battle with us since the last in 2018. Tho they have lost de Villiers, Amla, de Kock and du Plessis since that controversial tour, they will be no pushover, specially their young attack. Who has forgotten that the Saffers have won the last two series, one on our soil back in '16/17.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

We can't play India every year, thank God. Since the days when Ramesses II opened the batting for Egypt against Mesopotamia there have been strong teams and not so strong teams. All you want from the not so strong is a fight.