| Tour of Australia 2009-10 Captain: Chris Gayle | |
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| 62nd official Test tour Fourteenth Test-playing tour of Australia by West Indies (November - December
2009) | To the
relief of Cricket Australia,
the contractual dispute between the striking players and the West Indies
Cricket Board was brought to an end so that all the senior players - Gayle,
Sarwan, Chanderpaul and Bravo - would be appearing in this Test series.
However, the Australian press soon heaped scorn on the West Indians after
suffering an innings defeat in the first Test at Brisbane. Whereas in previous years this might
have dispirited the team, on this occasion they became more competitive with
the result that the next Test was drawn with Australia holding out for a draw
following standout bowling performances from Benn and Bravo. The third Test was lost by a narrow margin
as West Indies chased a record target after dismissing Australia for
150, showing there was very little between the sides. The
series saw the introduction of ICC's new umpire review system which was
generally received well in spite of delaying the match every time it was used. | Other West Indies tours Previous
tour England 2009 Next
tour Sri Lanka 2010-11 Next
tour of Australia None yet scheduled | |
| Members of the Test tour party (15) Opening batsmen: Adrian
Barath, Chris Gayle Middle-order batsmen: Shiv
Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Narsingh Deonarine, Travis
Dowlin, Brendon Nash Wicket-keeper: Denesh Ramdin, Slow bowler: Sulieman
Benn Fast bowlers: Gavin
Tonge, Kemar Roach, Ravi Rampaul,
Darren Sammy, Jerome Taylor | A
Barath | T | 19 | RHB | | | S J
Benn | B | 28 | SLA | | | D J
Bravo | T | 26 | RHB
RFM | | | S Chanderpaul | G | 35 | LHB | | | N Deonarine | G | 26 | LHB
OB | | | T M
Dowlin | G | 32 | RHB | | | C H
Gayle | Ja | 30 | LHB
captain | | | B P
Nash | Ja | 31 | LHB | | | D
Ramdin | T | 24 | WK
vice-captain | | | R
Rampaul | T | 25 | RFM | | | K A J
Roach | B | 21 | RF | | | D J G
Sammy | W | 25 | RHB
RFM | | | R R
Sarwan | G | 29 | RHB | | | J E Taylor | Ja | 25 | RF | | | G C
Tonge | L | 26 | RFM | | |
| Regional representation B
- Barbados
(2) G - Guyana (4) Ja - Jamaica (3) L - Leeward
Islands (1) T - Trinidad & Tobago
(4) W -
Windward Islands (1) Average
age of team at time of first Test
match (at
26 November 2009) 27
yrs 1 month | |
| Test Appearances made before the tour | Chanderpaul 121, Gayle 82,
Sarwan 81, Ramdin 36, Bravo 31, Taylor 28, Benn 9, Nash 9, Sammy 7, Deonarine
4, Dowlin 2, Roach 2, Barath 0, Rampaul 0, Tonge 0. | | |
| Team Officials | Joel
Garner | Manager | David
Williams | Coach | Hendy
Springer | Assistant coach | C J Clark | Physiotherapist | Hector
Martinez
Charles | Strength & Conditioning | Richard
Berridge | Video & statistical analyst | Philip
Spooner | Media Officer | Virgil
Brown | Massage Therapist | Robert
Haynes | Selector |
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| Selectors | Clyde Butts (chairman), Robert Haynes and Raphick Jumadeen met in Guyana. | | |
| Selection | West Indies Cricket Board met in Barbados on 31 October to approve
the selectors' choice of Chris Gayle as captain. The incoming chief executive had raised
doubts over whether Chris Gayle was the man to lead but the selectors felt
Ganga had not proved himself as a Test batsman. Chairman of selectors Clyde Butts said that
Gayle was the unanimous choice to captain the side despite being part of the
long-drawn contractual dispute. Also considered were Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo (both
former captains) and vice-captain Denesh Ramdin. Unavailable: Fidel Edwards had a knee injury and was not considered
for selection. Availability for the domestic
one-dayers was a condition the West Indies Cricket Board imposed on the
striking players for selection. Tour Party Announced 2 November 2009 Not selected Devon Smith and Lendl Simmons. | Time between selection and departure from West
Indies 8 days (2 November - 10 November) | |
| Travel BridgetownQ London Q Brisbane | Departure was on 10
November from Barbados. The team flew from the Caribbean to London where they
remained for most of a day due to flight delays. They finally arrived in Brisbane on Friday
afternoon 13 November. Former Queensland batsman Nash was met at Brisbane Airport
by his mother Andrea. Chris Gayle returned to Jamaica
briefly on 18 November to be with his sick mother in hospital in Kingston, touching down at Brisbane Airport
on the Wednesday morning before the Test match | Time spent in Australia 38 days (13 November - 21
December) | |
| On-tour selection | Robert Haynes (selector), David Williams (coach) | | |
| Reinforcements | Jerome Taylor was ruled out of the tour by
a back and left hip injury. Ramnaresh
Sarwan (back), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (finger) and Adrian Barath (strained
hamstring) were each forced to miss one Test match by injury but the
selectors felt there was no time for any reinforcement players to join the
squad. | ) | |
| Fixtures/Results | † Brisbane | Queensland | Drawn | BRISBANE | WEST INDIES First Test | LOST
inns 65 r | ADELAIDE | WEST INDIES Second Test | DRAWN | PERTH | WEST INDIES Third Test | LOST
35 r | | | |
| † not first-class § one-day
international ⊕ Twenty20
international | |
| Test appearances on tour | 3
- Gayle, Bravo, Nash, Ramdin, Benn, Roach, Rampaul 2
- Barath, Chanderpaul, Dowlin, Sarwan 1
- Deonarine, Sammy,
Taylor, Tonge. | Time spent in Australia
before First Test: 13
days (13 November - 26 November | |
| Highlights | • Adrain
Barath overtook George Headley to become the youngest West Indian to score a
century on debut (104 at Brisbane) He was 19 years 228 days. • Kemar
Roach's pace (155 kph) revived memories of past West Indian fast bowling
strength • Chris Gayle
carried his bat through West Indies 2nd innings at Adelaide with 165*. • Gayle's
century at Perth
(102 in 72 balls) was one of the most spectacular innings ever seen. | | |
| Tour Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | Other first-class matches | 0 | - | - | - | - | ϯ Minor matches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | § One-day internationals | 0 | - | - | - | - | All matches | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - |
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| Return to West Indies PerthQ ?Q | Jerome Taylor returned home early on Tuesday 1
December. The team left Perth
Airport on Monday 21 December 2009
and reached West Indies the next day. | Time away from West Indies 42
days (10 November - 22 December) | |
| Finances | | | |