Test Cricket Tours - Australia to West Indies 2007-08

Test Cricket Tours - Australia to West Indies 2007-08

Tour of West Indies 2007-08           Captain: Ricky Ponting

Eightieth Test tour

Tenth Test-playing tour of West Indies by Australia

(May - July 2008)

Australia won the Test series 2-0. Despite West Indies fighting hard to regain the Frank Worrell Trophy, this was the sixth consecutive series since 1995 in which the Australians, admittedly advantaged by a string of umpiring errors, had prevailed. The tourists also made a clean sweep of the one-day internationals, winning all five matches.
Simon Katich was back in the Test side for the first time since 2005 and, opening in place of the injured Hayden, scored two vital centuries. Backed by Brett Lee, bowling as fast and as well as ever, Australia won at Kingston and Bridgetown, where they set a target of 475 to win and the West Indians reached a creditable 387.
Stuart MacGill retired from international cricket in the middle of the series as he felt he had lost form with his bowling and fielding, and keeping another player out of the side.

Other Australian Tours

Previous tour
Pakistan 2007-08 cancelled
Bangladesh 2005-06

Next tour
India 2008-09

Next tour of West Indies
2011-12

Members of the Test tour party (15 + 1)

Opening batsmen: Matthew Hayden (in the endreplaced by Brad Hodge), Phil Jaques, Simon Katich.
Middle-order batsmen:Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey.
Wicket-keeper: Brad Haddin
Spin bowlers: Beau Casson, Stuart MacGill.
Fast bowlers: Stuart Clark, Doug Bollinger, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Ashley Noffke.

⋄ contracted players

D E Bollinger added
NSW ⋄
26
LFM
-

B Casson
WA   ⋄
25
SLA unorthodox

S R Clark
NSW ⋄
24
RFM
ODI

M J Clarke
NSW ⋄
27
RHB     (SLA)     vice-captain
ODI

B J Haddin
NSW ⋄
30
WK
ODI

M L Hayden
Qld ⋄
36
LHB opener
ODI   w/d

B W Hilfenhaus   w/d
Tas ⋄
25
RFM
-

M E K Hussey
WA   ⋄
32
LHB
ODI

P A Jaques
NSW ⋄
29
LHB opener
-

M G Johnson
Qld   ⋄
26
LF
ODI

S M Katich
NSW ⋄
32
LHB opener
-

B Lee
NSW ⋄
31
RF
ODI

S C G MacGill
NSW ⋄
37
LBG
-

A A Noffke
Qld   ⋄
31
RFM
-

R T Ponting
Tas ⋄
33
RHB            captain
ODI

A Symonds
Qld   ⋄
32
RHB      RM/OB
ODI

Selected for limited overs squad only
N W Bracken (NSW ⋄)
ODI

J R Hopes (Qld ⋄)
ODI

D J Hussey (Vic ⋄)
ODI

S E Marsh (WA ⋄)
ODI

L Ronchi (WA)
ODI

S R Watson (Qld ⋄)
ODI

C L White (Vic ⋄)
ODI



State representation
Pura Cup teams

NSW   New South Wales (7)
Qld Queensland (4)
SA   South Australia (0)
Tas   Tasmania (2)
Vic   Victoria (0)
WA Western Australia (2)

Average age of team at time of first Test match
(22 May 2008) :
30 yrs 4 months

⋄ contracted players

ODI

Test Appearances made before the tour

Ponting 116, Hayden 94, Lee 55, MacGill 42, Clarke 33, Katich 23, Hussey 22, Symonds 19, Clark 15, Jaques 8, Johnson 6, Hodge 5, Casson 0, Haddin 0, Hilfenhaus 0, Noffke 0.

Tour Officials

Steve Bernard
Tour manager
Tim Nielsen
Coach
Terry G Oliver
Assistant coach
Justin Steer
Physiotherapist
Richard McInnes
Performance Analyst / assistant coach

Physical performance manager

Masseur

Justin Steer, physio with Victoria, was in the post only for one year before being succeeded by ...

Selectors

Andrew Hilditch (chairman), David Boon, Merv Hughes and Jamie Cox.

Selection

Unavailable:   Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hogg and Jason Gillespie (all recently retired); Shaun Tait. (not participating at cricket at present)
Tour Party Announced 1 April 2008.
Withdrawals:   Ben Hilfenhaus (stress fracture in lower back) was replaced by Doug Bollinger on 15 April.
Not selected: Chris Rogers, Adam Voges.

Time between selection and departure from Australia
39 days
(1 April - 10 May)

Travel
Sydney Q  London Q Kingston

The squad assembled in Brisbane for a training camp beginning on Monday 5 May.
Left Sydney on Saturday 10 May 2008, via Dubai and London, en route to the Caribbean.
The team arrived in Kingston, Jamaica, on Monday 12 May.

Time spent in West Indies
   x days
(12 May - 9 ? February)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

B J Hodge
Vic   ⋄
33
RHB

Michael Clarke was given compassionate leave to be with his ailing future father-in-law and allowed to join team after first Test. Brad Hodge was called in temporarily from the Indian Premier League to cover his place. When Matthew Hayden failed to recover sufficiently from an injury to his right achilles tendon, Brad Hodge stayed with the Test squad. Shane Watson took Hayden’s place in the one-day team.

L Ronchi
WA
27
WK
ODI

Western Australia’s ‘keeper, Luke Ronchi, a New Zealander by birth, was flown out before the third Test to shadow Brad Haddin, who broke the ring finger on his right hand but recovered in time for the Test. However, it was decided to fly him back home from Grenada on Friday 27 June so Ronchi kept wicket for the rest of the tour, including the four remaining one-day internationals.
Ricky Ponting left the tour after the third ODI. He injured a tendon in his right wrist during the 3rd ODI and flew home to see a specialist in Melbourne, Michael Clarke taking over for the last two matches. Ponting had minor surgery in Melbourne on Monday 7 July.

Fixtures/Results

a
Trelawny (GS)
Jamaica Select XI
Drawn
b
KINGSTON
WEST INDIES First Test
WON 95 r
c
NORTH SOUND, ANTIGUA
WEST INDIES Second Test
DRAWN
d
BRIDGETOWN
WEST INDIES Third Test
WON 87 r
e
Å Bridgetown
West Indies (T20 - reduced to 11 overs)
Lost 7 w
f
ϯ Bridgetown
UWI Vice-Chancellor’s XI (50 overs)
Won 211 r
g
§ Kingston
West Indies (1st ODI)
Won 84 r
h
§ St George’s, Grenada
West Indies (2nd ODI)
Won 63 r
i
§ St George’s, Grenada
West Indies (3rd ODI)
Won 7 w
j
§ Basseterre, St Kitts
West Indies (4th ODI)
Won 1 r
k
§ Basseterre, St Kitts
West Indies (5th ODI)
Won 169 r

(GS) : Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, on north coast of Jamaica.

ϯ not first-class
Å   T20 international
§ one-day international

Time spent in West Indies before First Test:
10 days
(12 May - 22 May)

Test appearances on tour

3 -   Clark, Haddin, Hussey, Jaques, Johnson, Katich, Lee, Ponting, Symonds
2 -   Clarke, MacGill
1 -   Casson, Hodge.
0 -   Bollinger, Hayden, Noffke.

Match appearances

T Test match
o one-day international
x other match
⊕ T/20 international

W won L lost D drawn   N no result   A abandoned   u unknown result

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
D E Bollinger

B Casson

T

S R Clark
x
T
T
T

x

M J Clarke

T
T
Å

o
o
o
o
o
B J Haddin
x
T
T
T

o

M L Hayden

B J Hodge
x
T

M E K Hussey
X
T
T
T
Å
x
o
o
o
o
o
P A Jaques
x
T
T
T

M G Johnson
x
T
T
T
Å
x
o
o
o
o
o
S M Katich
x
T
T
T

B Lee
x
T
T
T
Å

o
o
o
o
o
S C G MacGill
x
T
T

A A Noffke

R T Ponting
x
T
T
T
Å

o
o
o

A Symonds
x
T
T
T

o
o
o
N W Bracken

x
o
o
o
o
o
J R Hopes

Å
x
o
o
o
o
o
D J Hussey

Å
x

o
o
S E Marsh

Å
x
o
o
o
o
o
L Ronchi

Å
x

o
o
o
o
S R Watson

Å
x
o
o
o
o
o
C L White

Å
x
o
o

   RESULTS
D
W
D
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
W

Highlights

• Ricky Ponting struck 158 in the first Test at Kingston, and was Australia’s top-scorer in the series
• Stuart Clark, 3-59 and 5-32, bowled out West Indies to win the first Test in Kingston
• Simon Katich, who had not played Test cricket for two and a half years, scored a century (113) in the second Test ; and another (157) in the third.
• In that innings he shared a double-century opening stand with Phil Jaques who made 108.
• Michael Clarke, back after a family bereavement, scored 100 in his first innings at Antigua’s North Sound.
• Brett Lee took eight wickets in the Antigua Test (5-59 and 3-51) and 18 wickets in the series
• In the second ODI in Grenada Ricky Ponting made his 300th one-day international appearance.

Tour Summary

  P
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
2
1
0
-
Other first-class matches
1
0
0
1
-
ϯ Minor matches
1
1
0
0
-
§ One-day internationals
5
5
0
0
-
Å T20 international
1
1
0
0
-
All Matches
11
9
1
1
-

Return to Australia
?   Q Sydney

Brad Haddin flew home early with a broken finger, leaving Grenada on 27 June.
Ricky Ponting went home after three one-day internationals with a tendon injury in his right wrist. Michael Clarke took over the one-day captaincy from him.

Time away from Australia
59 days
(10 May - 8 July )

Finances

…..

Postscript

Stuart MacGill made a decision to bow out of Test cricket after the second Test when he decided his bowling and fielding were not up to scratch.