Cricket Prediction | Australia vs West Indies | 1st Test | Jan 17– Will the visiting Caribbean win the first game of the two-match series against mighty AUS?

AUS vs WI Match Analysis

At Adelaide Oval on Wednesday, Australia and the West Indies will play the opening Test of their three-match series. Although the Test Match in Adelaide appears to be a one-sided affair on paper, there are two extremely interesting sub-plots to the Test Match.

First, Australia’s post-David Warner era in this format began with this Test. With a maximum score of 335 not out and an average of 44.59, the vicious left-handed opener has hung up his baggy green cap after 112 Tests and 205 innings. Despite his recent small decline in performance, he still has huge shoes to fill at the top of the order.

In addition, the West Indies’ 15-man roster for this series includes six uncapped players who have traveled to Australia. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that this implies that, as the visitors attempt to rehabilitate their reputation as a Test-playing nation, we will undoubtedly be witnessing some debutants for the visitors in Adelaide.

AUS vs WI Team Preview & Squads

Australia

The Australia selectors were faced with one task before this series: how to effectively replace an opener who has a 44.59 Test batting average? And they have decided on the solution: insert a player with a Test batting average of 58.01 at the top of the order to take his place!

In Adelaide, Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith, who have dominated Test bowling attacks over the past ten years, will march out to the middle to begin the innings.

Since Australia has no injuries when bowling, most of the bowling will be done by the tried-and-true quartet of captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Nathan Lyon. With all-rounder Cameron Green now able to fill the role of fifth option, Warner’s retirement and Smith’s move up the order have also aided the bowling attack.

Australia Squads

Australia Squads

Pat Cummins (c), Alex Carey (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Hazlewood, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan Lyon, and Cameron Green.

West Indies

At the Adelaide Oval, we anticipate that Kavem Hodge, Justin Greaves, and Shamar Joseph—three of the six players in the West Indies squad lacking Test experience—will make their team debut. While Joseph—who is unrelated to vice-captain Alzarri Joseph—is a fast right-arm bowler, Hodge and Greaves are middle-order batting all-around players.

The captain of the West Indies, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, and Alick Athanaze, who joined the squad last year and has impressed somewhat, will likely account for the majority of the team’s runs at bat.

The bowling attack will be led by Kemar Roach and Alzarri Joseph, and there is a lot of expectation that left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie, who has taken 22 wickets in four Test matches so far, can continue to build on his stellar start.

West Indies Squads

West Indies Squads

Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Joshua De Silva (wk), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Alick Athanaze, Kirk McKenzie, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Justin Greaves, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, and Kavem Hodge.

AUS vs WI outfield report

Adelaide Oval

The opening few days of the Test are probably going to be the greatest for batting, with the pitch turning over in the latter few days. We therefore predict that both teams will be eager to bat first.

The first two days are predicted to have some cloud cover and a temperature that doesn’t rise over 25 degrees. But starting on day three, the sun will be shining brightly, with lots of brightness and temperatures that will probably reach the low thirties.

The Adelaide Oval has hosted several pink ball Tests in the past, thus the locals in South Australia consider a red ball Test to be somewhat of a treat. We anticipate a par score in the first innings of the match to be close to 500. Over the next few days, there will be plenty of runs available.

AUS vs WI Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

In the last five encounters between these two teams, Australia has won four and drawn one game.

Australia vs West Indies Prediction

Winning the toss

• Australia

Player of the Match

• Australia – Usman Khawaja

Most runs

• Australia – Usman Khawaja
• West Indies – Kraigg Brathwaite

Most wickets

• Australia – Pat Cummins
• West Indies – Alzarri Joseph

Most sixes

• Australia – Usman Khawaja
• West Indies – Kraigg Brathwaite

Team Scores Batting First

• Australia – 450+
• West Indies – 400+

According to cricket analysts, Australia has a 68.1% chance of winning.

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