Tour of West Indies 2011-12             Captain: Michael Clarke

88th Test tour

Ninth Test-playing tour of West Indies by Australia

(March  -  April  2012)

Digicel Series – West Indies v Australia–

Other Australian Tours

Previous tour

To South Africa 2011-12

Members of the Test tour party  (15  + 1)

Opening batsmen:  David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shane Watson.

Middle-order batsmen Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Peter Forrest

Wicket-keeper  Matthew Wade, Peter Nevill,  Brad Haddin (w/d),

Spin bowlers   Nathan Lyon, Michael Beer

Fast bowlers  Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle, Trent Copeland, James Pattinson.

State representation

  Sheffield Shield teams

N   New South Wales (4)

Q  Queensland (2)

S   South Australia (1)

T   Tasmania (3)

V   Victoria (3)

W  Western Australia (2)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(7 April 2011) :

   28 yrs  4 months

ODI  Member of the squad for T20 and one-day internationals

Test Appearances made before the tour

Ponting 162,  Clarke 80,  Hussey 70,  Watson 32,  Siddle 31,  Hilfenhaus 21,  Harris 10,  Lyon 10,  Warner 6,  Cowan 4,  Pattinson 4,  Starc 3,  Beer 1,  Forrest 0,  Nevill 0,  Wade 0.

Tour Officials

Selectors

John Inverarity (national selector),  Rodney Marsh,

Selection

Unavailable :  Brad Hogg was not considered;  Patrick Cummins (fitness not yet improved)

Limited overs squads announced:  1 March 2012.

The ODI and T20 squads were the same except that Hilfenhaus, Clarke and Haddin were not in the T20 squad.  Mitchell Starc was not selected but Inverarity said he would travel with the squad as a further development opportunity.

Test tour party announced:   14 March 2012

Not selected:   Shaun Marsh,  Usman Khawaja  and  Phillip Hughes

Withdrawal  

Time between selection of one-day squad and departure from Australia   

   x days

(1 March  -  March)

Travel

?   Q  London    Q 

London    Q  St Vincent

The limited-overs players arrived in Kingstown, St Vincent, on Saturday 10 March

Time spent in West Indies

   x days

(10 March - April)

On-tour selection

Reinforcements

Michael Clarke, the Australia captain, had a hamstring injury and missed the ODI matches at the start of the tour, so Shane Watson became captain.

Peter Nevill joined the team when Brad Haddin returned home early

Peter Siddle and James Pattinson returned home early from the West Indies owing to back strains.

Fixtures/Results

† not first-class

⊕ T20 international

§  one-day international

Time spent in West Indies before First Test: 

  28 days

(10 March  - 7 April)

Test appearances on tour

3  -    Clarke,  Cowan,  Hilfenhaus,  Hussey,  Lyon,   Ponting,  Wade,  Warner,  Watson

2  -    Harris

1  -    Beer,  Pattinson,  Siddle,  Starc.

0  -    Forrest,  Nevill.

Highlights

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Tour Summary

Return to Australia

?   Q  London    Q 

Sydney      

Peter Siddle and James Pattinson returned home early.

Time away from Australia  x days  

( March  to 15 May)

Finances

Written accounts of the tour

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