# Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2008

The Australian cricket team toured the West Indies between 16 May and 6 July 2008, outside the normal West Indies cricket season. Australia won two of three Test matches played (one being a draw) and all five One-day Internationals. The West Indies won the single Twenty20 International game.

## Squads

| Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | West Indies | West Indies | West Indies | West Indies | West Indies |
| Name | Domestic | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | Name | Domestic | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen |
| Matthew Hayden | | Left Handed Opening Batsmen | Right-arm Medium | Test & ODI Returned To Australia Injured | Devon Smith | | Left Handed Opening Batsmen | Right-arm Offbreak | Test Only |
| Phil Jaques | | Left Handed Opening Batsman | Left-arm Medium | Test Only | Ramnaresh Sarwan (c) | | Right Handed Middle Order | Part-time Right-arm Offbreak | Test & ODI |
| Ricky Ponting (c) | | Right-handed Top Order | Right-arm Medium | Test & ODI | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | | Left Handed Middle Order | Right-arm Legbreak | Test & ODI |
| Michael Hussey | | Left Handed Middle Order/Opener | Right-arm Medium | Test & ODI | Runako Morton | | Right Handed Middle Order | Right-arm Offbreak | Test Only |
| Simon Katich | | Left Handed Opening Batsman/Middle Order | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | Replaced Hayden as Test Opener | Brenton Parchment | | Right Handed Opening Batsman | Right-arm Offbreak | Test Only |
| Brad Hodge | | Right Handed Middle Order | Right-arm Offbreak | Test Only | Xavier Marshall | | Right Handed Opening Batsman | Right-arm Offbreak | Replaced Parchment as an opener; Test, Twenty & ODI |
| David Hussey | | Right Handed Middle Order | Right-arm Offbreak | ODI Only | Sewnarine Chattergoon | | Left Handed Opening Batsman | Legbreak | Test Only; Injured and unable to play ODIs |
| Shaun Marsh | | Left Handed Opening Batsman | Slow Left Arm | ODI Only | Chris Gayle | | Left Handed Opening Batsman | Right-arm Offbreak | Test & ODI |
| | | | | | William Perkins | | Right Handed Opening Batsman | | Twenty20 Only |
| | | | | | Andre Fletcher | | Right Handed Middle Order Batsman | Right-arm Medium-Fast | Twenty20 & ODI |
| | | | | | Shawn Findlay | | Left Handed Middle Order Batsman | Right-arm Medium | ODI Only |
| Wicket-keeper | Wicket-keeper | Wicket-keeper | Wicket-keeper | Wicket-keeper | Wicket-keeper | Wicket-keeper | Wicket-keeper | Wicket-keeper | Wicket-keeper |
| Brad Haddin | | Right Handed Lower Order | | Test & ODI Returned to Australia injured after 1st ODI | Denesh Ramdin | | Right Handed Lower Order | | Test, Twenty20 & ODI |
| Luke Ronchi | | Right Handed Opening Batsman/Lower Order | | Test & ODI Backup Wicketkeeper | Patrick Browne | | Right Handed Lower Order | | ODI Backup Wicketkeeper |
| All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders |
| Michael Clarke (vc) | | Right Handed Middle Order | Slow Left Arm | Test & ODI | Dwayne Bravo (vc) | | Right Handed Middle Order | Right-arm Medium-Fast | Test, Twenty20 & ODI |
| Andrew Symonds | | Right Handed Middle Order | Right-arm Medium/Right-arm Offbreak | Test & ODI | Darren Sammy | | Right Handed Middle Order | Right-arm Medium Fast | Test, Twenty20 & ODI |
| Beau Casson | | Right Handed Lower Order | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | Test Only | Ryan Hinds | | Left Handed Lower Order | Slow Left Arm | Test Only |
| James Hopes | | Right Handed Middle Order | Right-arm Medium | ODI Only | Kieron Pollard | | Right Handed Middle Order Batsman | Right-arm Medium-Fast | Twenty20 & ODI |
| Cameron White | | Right Handed Lower Order | Right-arm Legbreak | ODI Only | | | | | |
| Shane Watson | | Right Handed Middle Order/Opener | Right-arm Fast-Medium | ODI Only, Replaced Mathew Hayden | | | | | |
| Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers |
| Brett Lee | | Right Handed Lower Order | Right-arm Fast | Test & ODI | Fidel Edwards | | Right Handed Tail Ender | Right-arm Fast | Test, Twenty20 & ODI |
| Stuart Clark | | Right Handed Tail Ender | Right-arm Fast-Medium | Test & ODI | Daren Powell | | Right Handed Tail Ender | Right-arm Fast Medium | Test & ODI |
| Stuart MacGill | | Right Handed Tail Ender | Right-arm Legbreak | Test Only, Retired Second Test | Jerome Taylor | | Right Handed Tail Ender | Right-arm Fast | Test, Twenty20 & ODI |
| Mitchell Johnson | | Left Handed Tail Ender | Left-arm Fast-Medium | Test & ODI | Sulieman Benn | | Left Handed Lower Order | Slow Left Arm | Test, Twenty20 & ODI |
| Ashley Noffke | | Right Handed Tail Ender | Right-arm Fast-Medium | First Choice Test Backup | Amit Jaggernauth | | Right Handed Tail Ender | Right-arm Offbreak | Test Only |
| Doug Bollinger | | Left Handed Tail Ender | Left-arm Fast | Likely Test Backup | Kemar Roach | | Right Handed Tail Ender | Right-arm Fast Medium | Twenty20 Only |
| Nathan Bracken | | Right Handed Tail Ender | Left-arm Medium-Fast | ODI Only | Nikita Miller | | Right Handed Tail Ender | Slow Left Arm | ODI Only |

## Tour matches
### Three-day : Jamaica Select XI vs Australians

* 16–18 May Scorecard
* Match drawn Trelawny Stadium, Greenfields, Trelawny, Jamaica Umpires: Vivian Johnson (WI) and Norman Malcolm (WI) Player of the match: Simon Katich (Aus)

### 50-over : University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI v Australians

* 21 June Scorecard
| Australians 337/6 (50 overs) | v | University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI 126 (33.1 overs) |
| Shane Watson 95 (85) Kemar Roach 2/47 (8 overs) | | Denesh Ramdin 43 Nathan Bracken 3/25 (8 overs) |
* Australians won by 211 runs Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Vincent Bullen (WI) and Anthony Farrell (WI)

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 22–26 May Scorecard
* Australia won by 95 runs Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Stuart Clark (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bad light ended both day 3 and day 4 early.

### 2nd Test

* 30 May – 2 June Scorecard
* Match drawn Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Australia's innings was interrupted by rain in both innings. Stuart MacGill played his last international match

### 3rd Test

* 12–16 June Scorecard
* Australia won by 87 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Mark Benson (Eng) Player of the match: Simon Katich (Aus)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain ended day 1 early.

## T20I series
### Only T20I

* 20 June Scorecard
| Australia 97/3 (11 overs) | v | West Indies 102/3 (9.1 overs) |
| Luke Ronchi 36 (22) Kemar Roach 2/29 (3 overs) | | Xavier Marshall 36 (15) Shane Watson 1/17 (2.1 overs) |
* West Indies won by 7 wickets Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WI) and Billy Doctrove (WI) Player of the match: Xavier Marshall (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain reduced match to 11 overs per side.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 24 June Scorecard
| Australia 273/8 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 189 (39.5 overs) |
| Shaun Marsh 81 (97) Darren Sammy 2/31 (7 overs) | | Darren Sammy 33 (35) Nathan Bracken 4/31 (5.5 overs) |
* Australia won by 84 runs Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, Saint Vincent Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Billy Doctrove (WI) Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Aus)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd ODI

* 27 June Scorecard
| Australia 213/5 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 140/8 (41 overs) |
| Michael Hussey 62 (105) Jerome Taylor 2/47 (10 overs) | | Shivnarine Chanderpaul 45* (77) Michael Clarke 3/26 (6 overs) |
* Australia won by 63 runs (D/L) National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Norman Malcolm (WI) Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 29 June Scorecard
| West Indies 223 (48 overs) | v | Australia 227/3 (40.3 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 53 (54) Nathan Bracken 3/26 (9 overs) | | Shane Watson 126 (122) Darren Sammy 1/20 (4 overs) |
* Australia won by 7 wickets National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Norman Malcolm (WI) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Shane Watson (Aus) scored his first century in ODIs.

### 4th ODI

* 4 July Scorecard
| Australia 282/8 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 281/6 (50 overs) |
| Andrew Symonds 87 (78) Fidel Edwards 2/53 (10 overs) | | Chris Gayle 92 (92) Brett Lee 3/64 (10 overs) |
* Australia won by 1 run Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Aus)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

### 5th ODI

* 6 July Scorecard
| Australia 341/8 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 172 (39.5 overs) |
| Andrew Symonds 66 (80) Ramnaresh Sarwan 3/57 (9 overs) | | Shawn Findlay 59* (74) Mitchell Johnson 5/29 (7.5 overs) |
* Australia won by 169 runs Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.