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Test Cricket Tours - West Indies to Australia 2009-10

 

 

Tour of Australia 2009-10                   Captain:  Chris Gayle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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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

-

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 



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