South Africa will be led by Rassie van der Dussen on the tour. He has been named captain in the absence of Aiden Markram and other senior players including David Miller and Kagiso Rabada among others.
West Indies are the two-time ICC Men's T20 World Cup winners. The series against South Africa will play an important role in helping them gear up for the marquee tournament to be played in the Caribbean and the USA.
The West Indies recently went down 2-1 in a hard-fought three-match T20I series against Australia down under. However, they have managed to put up a balanced squad in the lead-up to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
Australia trumped the West Indies in two consecutive high-scoring contests. The first T20I of the series was played at the Blundstone Arena in Hobart whereas the second T20I was organised at the Adelaide Oval.
West Indies had a domination in T20Is and are still the only team to win the T20 World Cup two times. They failed to progress into the Super 12 in the 2022 edition of the tournament and will be looking to do better in 2024. However, one of their two-time winner has hinted at retirement.
AUS vs WI T20Is: Australia and West Indies recently took on each other in a two-match Test and a three-match ODI series. With the T20 World Cup fast approaching, they are set to face each other in three T20Is.
Australia registered their biggest ODI win by balls remaining as they thrashed West Indies in the third ODI. The Aussies have also registered a whitewash over the Windies and have now made a stride in a huge record list.
Australia defeated West Indies by eight wickets in the first ODI. Wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis (65), Cameron Green (77*) and skipper Steve Smith (79*) scored half-centuries each.
Australia are at the top of the World Test Championship 2023-25 Points Table. They have won six out of nine games in the ongoing cycle and have a PCT (Points Percentage System) of 61.11.
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Cameron Green and Australia's head coach Andrew McDonald were diagnosed with COVID-19 ahead of Australia vs West Indies 2nd Test at the Gabba in Brisbane. He took the field after being named in the Playing XI but was seen maintaining a distance from his teammates.
Considered a fortress, The Gabba in Brisbane is not a go-to Test venue for a touring party in Australia. The Kangaroos have only lost a solitary Test on the ground since the turn of the century.
The return of David Warner clearly indicates that the southpaw is a part of Australia's plan for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 to be played in the USA and the West Indies. He recently retired from ODI and Test cricket.
Usman Khawaja was struck on the helmet by a short delivery from debutant Shamar Joseph when the Australian team needed just one run to seal the first game of the series.
Brisbane Heat played some outstanding brand of cricket during the course of the league stage. They won seven out of their 10 games, bagged 16 points and conceded just one. Sydney Sixers finished second on the points table.
Josh Hazlewood dazzled brightly with his spectacular performance with the ball. He bagged 4/44 in the first innings and backed it up with a match-winning fifer (5/35) in the second to leave West Indies dazed. Travis Head won the Player of the Match award for his gutsy 119 in the first innings.
West Indies have not won a Test match in Australia since their famous victory in Perth in February 1997. Since then, the Windies have visited Australian shores five times and have had to walk away empty-handed.
Having registered a clean sweep against Pakistan, Australia are on a three-match winning streak in the longest format of the sport. They also occupy the top position on the World Test Championship 2023-25 points table.
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Australia are at the top of the World Test Championship 2023-25 points table with 56.25% PCT (Points Percentage System). They have won five of their eight games in the ongoing WTC cycle, lost two and drawn a Test match.
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