Australian legendary team for West Indies tour. (Photo-Matthewis-Bicc/ICC Via Getty Images)
The Australian team is seeing major changes after losing to South Africa in the title match of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25. A veteran player has been dropped from the Australia team for the first match of the three -match Test series against the West Indies. This cricketer has been the team’s number-one player for a long time, but after performing disappointing performance in the final of WTC, this player has been shown the way out of the team. These players were completely flopped in both innings of the title match. Apart from this, he has not been able to score a single century since the year 2023.
Marcus Labushen out of first Test
Australian veteran batsman Marcus Labushen has not been included in the team for the first Test match against the West Indies starting on 25 June. Apart from this, Steve Smith will also not play the first Test match due to injury. Labushen has been struggling to score runs for the last two years. He was completely flopped in the WTC final. He was dismissed by scoring 17 runs in the first innings and only 22 runs in the second innings. In both innings, Marco Janson took his wicket.
Regarding ICC’s number-1 Test batsman Labushen, Selection Committee Chairman George Belly said that Labushen is struggling to score runs at the moment, but we are with him. We hope that he will return soon. On Smith’s injury, he said that Smith has a chance to play in the second Test starting in St. George from July 3. Steve needs more time to heal, so we will give them another week rest. Bailey said that 19 -year -old opener Sam Kontas can start the innings with Usman Khwaja on a West Indies tour.
Kontas’s team returns
Opener Sam Kontas has returned to the team for the three -Test series against the West Indies. He can start the innings with Usman Khajawa. In the WTC title match, Labushen was sent to start the innings with Khwaja to feed Cameron Green on number-3, but the stakes of Australia were completely upside down.
Therefore, Australia will now field against the West Indies with a regular opener. Apart from this, Josh English can also join the playing XI. The first Test match against the West Indies will begin in Bridgetown from 25 June. The second Test match will be played from July 3 at St. George and the third and last Test match will be played at Kensington Oval from July 13. This match will be day-night.
