West Indies vs Australia ODI series schedule, squads and records

West Indies will face Australia in a 3 match ODI series which will be a part of ICC ODI Super League. Alex Carey will lead Australia in the first ODI after Aaron Finch has been ruled out due to a knee injury. Carey previously led Adelaide Strikers (BBL), South Australian Redbacks and Australia A teams.

Alex Carey will become the 26th man to lead Australia in ODI Cricket. Carey will be the first South Australian to lead his country in a 50-over match since the late great David Hookes in 1983.

Captain Finch is expected to be ready for the 2nd ODI.

All the 3 ODI matches will be played at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Squads:

Australia:

 Josh Philippe, Matthew Wade, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w/c), Ashton Turner, Daniel Christian, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Jason Behrendorff, Ashton Agar, Adam Zampa, Ben McDermott, Andrew Tye, Mitchell Swepson, Wes Agar, Riley Meredith, Aaron Finch

West Indies:

Evin Lewis, Shai Hope(w), Jason Mohammed, Darren Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, Akeal Hosein, Sheldon Cottrell, Alzarri Joseph, Anderson Phillip, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Shimron Hetmyer

West Indies vs Australia ODI Series – Schedule

1st ODI – July 20, Kensington Oval, Barbados

2nd ODI – July 22, Kensington Oval, Barbados

3rd ODI – July 24, Kensington Oval, Barbados

West Indies vs Australia – Head-to-Head Record

Overall Record:

Matches Played: 140

West Indies won: 60

Australia won: 74

Tied: 3

No Result: 3

In West Indies:

Matches Played: 45

West Indies won: 18

Australia won: 25

Tied: 2

Batting Stats: WI vs AUS ODIs

Most Runs for Australia: Mark Waugh 1708 runs

Highest Individual Score for Australia: Mark Waugh 173 runs

Most Runs for West Indies: Desmond Haynes 2262 runs

Highest Individual Score for West Indies: Sir Vivian Richards 153*

Bowling Stats: WI vs AUS ODIs

Most Wickets for Australia: Craig McDermott 63 wickets

Best Bowling Figures for Australia: Glenn McGrath 5-14

Most Wickets for West Indies: Curtly Ambrose 61 wickets

Best Bowling Figures for West Indies: Winston Davis 7-51

ICC ODI Rankings:

Australia are ranked No.3 with 118 rating points while West Indies are ranked No.8 with 82 rating points.

Australia can scale the No.2 rank if they clean sweep West Indies in the ODI series. Windies will stay at No.8 irrespective of any result in the series. If West Indies manage to win at least one match in the series – Australia will topple down to No.4 in the ICC ODI Team Rankings.

The best batsman for Australia in the ICC ODI Rankings is Aaron Finch with 791 rating points which placed him him at No.5. West Indies wicket keeper batsman Shai Hope is at No.7 with 773 rating points.

In the ICC ODI Bowling rankings – Australia’s top ranked bowler is Josh Hazlewood at No.7 with 660 rating points while West Indies’ top ranked bowler is Alzarri Joseph at Rank 27 with 569 points.