# West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2022–23

The West Indian cricket team toured Australia from October to December 2022 to play two Test matches and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). The T20Is formed part of both teams' preparations for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, while the Test matches formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship. In May 2022, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour.
Australia won the T20I series 2–0, and the Test series 2–0, retaining the Frank Worrell Trophy in the process.
Marnus Labuschagne scored 502 runs in the Test series, the most by any Australian in a two-Test series, surpassing Matthew Hayden's 501 against Zimbabwe in 2003–04.

## Background

Originally, the tour was scheduled to take place in October 2020, however, on 28 May 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the series. Originally, the matches would have been used as warm-up fixtures for the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. However, in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) postponed the T20 World Cup until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, the three T20I matches were also postponed due to the pandemic, and a fixture clash with the revised schedule for the 2020 Indian Premier League.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | T20Is | T20Is |
| Australia | West Indies | Australia | West Indies |
| Pat Cummins (c) Steve Smith (vc) Scott Boland Alex Carey (wk) Cameron Green Marcus Harris Josh Hazlewood Travis Head Usman Khawaja Marnus Labuschagne Nathan Lyon Lance Morris Michael Neser Mitchell Starc David Warner | Kraigg Brathwaite (c) Jermaine Blackwood (vc) Nkrumah Bonner Shamarh Brooks Tagenarine Chanderpaul Roston Chase Joshua Da Silva (wk) Jason Holder Alzarri Joseph Kyle Mayers Marquino Mindley Anderson Phillip Raymon Reifer Kemar Roach Jayden Seales Devon Thomas (wk) | Aaron Finch (c) Sean Abbott Pat Cummins Tim David Cameron Green Josh Hazlewood Josh Inglis (wk) Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Daniel Sams Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Marcus Stoinis Matthew Wade (wk) David Warner Adam Zampa | Nicholas Pooran (c, wk) Rovman Powell (vc) Shamarh Brooks Yannic Cariah Johnson Charles (wk) Sheldon Cottrell Shimron Hetmyer Jason Holder Akeal Hosein Alzarri Joseph Brandon King Evin Lewis Kyle Mayers Obed McCoy Raymon Reifer Odean Smith |
Shimron Hetmyer was ruled out after missing his flight to Australia and was replaced by Shamarh Brooks. Marcus Stoinis was ruled out due to an injury. On 6 October 2022, Cricket Australia announced that Mitchell Marsh would miss the second T20I due to a concern over his ankle injury. Before the start of the first Test, Raymon Reifer was ruled out of West Indies' Test squad due to a groin injury. Ahead of the second Test, Lance Morris and Michael Neser were added to Australia's test squad, whereas Marquino Mindley was added to the West Indies' test squad.
Australia's Pat Cummins was ruled out of second test after not recovering from the quad strain he picked up in the first test, with Steve Smith was named captain for the match.

## Warm-up matches

* 17–19 November 2022 Scorecard
* Match drawn Phillip Oval, Canberra Umpires: Stephen Dionysius (Aus) and David Taylor (Aus)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* 23–26 November 2022 (D/N) Scorecard
* Match drawn Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Donovan Koch (Aus) Player of the match: Tagenarine Chanderpaul (WI)
* Prime Minister's XI won the toss and elected to bat.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 5 October 2022 18:10 (N) Scorecard
| West Indies 9/145 (20 overs) | v | Australia 7/146 (19.5 overs) |
| Kyle Mayers 39 (36) Josh Hazlewood 3/35 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 58 (53) Alzarri Joseph 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Australia won by 3 wickets Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast Umpires: Donovan Koch (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus) Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Yannic Cariah and Raymon Reifer (WI) both made their T20I debuts.

### 2nd T20I

* 7 October 2022 18:10 (N) Scorecard
| Australia 7/178 (20 overs) | v | West Indies 8/147 (20 overs) |
| David Warner 75 (41) Alzarri Joseph 3/21 (4 overs) | | Johnson Charles 29 (30) Mitchell Starc 4/20 (4 overs) |
* Australia won by 31 runs The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus) Player of the match: David Warner (Aus)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 30 November–4 December 2022 Scorecard
* Australia won by 164 runs Perth Stadium, Perth Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Marnus Labuschagne (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tagenarine Chanderpaul (WI) made his Test debut.
* Pat Cummins (Aus) took his 200th Test wicket. The Australian XI thus became the first Test cricket team to feature four bowlers who have taken 200 wickets.
* Shamarh Brooks (WI) replaced Nkrumah Bonner as a concussion substitute on day 3.
* Mitchell Starc became the third player to dismiss a father-son duo in Test cricket when he dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul in the second innings.
* World Test Championship Points: Australia 12, West Indies 0.

### 2nd Test

* 8–12 December 2022 (D/N) Scorecard
* Australia won by 419 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Travis Head (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Marquino Mindley and Devon Thomas (WI) both made their Test debuts.
* The final margin of 419 was, in terms of runs, Australia's fourth largest victory, and the West Indies' biggest defeat.
* Alex Carey's six catches in the second innings equalled the Australian record for most dismissals in an innings.
* Marnus Labuschagne completed 3000 Test runs, becoming the equal second fastest to do so.
* World Test Championship Points: Australia 12, West Indies 0.