Australian national cricket team in the West Indies in the 2011-12 season

The Australian national cricket team's tour of the West Indies in the 2011/12 season took place from March 16 to April 27, 2012. The international cricket tour was part of the 2011/12 international cricket season and included three tests , five ODIs and two Twenty20s . Australia won the Test Series 2–0, while the ODI Series 2–2 and the Twenty20 Series 1–1 ended in a draw.

prehistory

The West Indies previously played a tour in India , Australia a three-nation tournament . The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in the 2009/10 season in Australia . Due to political influence by the government of Guyana, the planned third test in Georgetown was awarded after Roseau .

Stages

Bridgetown St. George's Roseau Kingstown Gros Islet Port of Spain

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on November 16, 2011.

city	country	Stadion	capacity	Games
Bridgetown	Barbados	Kensington oval	31,000	1st test; 2. T20
Gros Islet	Saint Lucia	Beausejour Stadium	20,000	4th - 5th ODI; 1. T20
Kingstown	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Arnos Vale Stadium	18,000	1st - 3rd ODI
Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	Queen's Park Oval	25,000	2nd test
Roseau	Dominica	Windsor Park (Dominica)	12,000	3rd test
St. George's	Grenada	Grenada National Stadium	20,000

Squad lists

West Indies named their ODI roster on March 6, the Twenty20 roster on March 24, and the Test roster on April 4, 2012.

test		ODI		Twenty20
West Indies	Australia	West Indies	Australia	West Indies	Australia
Darren Sammy ( K ) Dwayne Bravo ( UK ) Adrian Barath Carlton Baugh ( wk ) Tino Best Devendra Bishoo Darren Bravo Johnson Charles Sunil Narine Kieron Pollard Kieran Powell Dinesh Ramdin Kemar Roach Andre Russell Marlon Samuels	Shane Watson ( K ) George Bailey Daniel Christian Michael Clarke Xavier Doherty Peter Forrest Brad Haddin Ben Hilfenhaus David Hussey Michael Hussey Brett Lee Nathan Lyon Clint McKay Peter Nevill ( wk ) James Pattinson Matthew Wade ( wk ) David Warner	Darren Sammy ( K ) Dwayne Bravo ( UK ) Carlton Baugh ( wk ) Nkruma Bonner Darren Bravo Danza Hyatt Johnson Charles Fidel Edwards Garey Mathurin Sunil Narine Kieron Pollard Andre Russell Marlon Samuels Krishmar Santokie Dwayne Smith	George Bailey ( K ) Shane Watson ( UK ) Daniel Christian Xavier Doherty Peter Forrest David Hussey Michael Hussey Brett Lee Nathan Lyon Clint McKay Peter Nevill ( wk ) James Pattinson Matthew Wade ( wk ) David Warner	Darren Sammy ( K ) Adrian Barath Carlton Baugh ( wk ) Devendra Bishoo Kraigg Brathwaite Darren Bravo Shivnarine Chanderpaul Narsingh Deonarine Fidel Edwards Kirk Edwards Assad Fudadin Ravi Rampaul Kemar Roach Kieran Powell Shane Shillingford	Michael Clarke ( K ) Shane Watson ( UK ) Michael Beer Ed Cowan Peter Forrest Brad Haddin Ryan Harris Ben Hilfenhaus Michael Hussey Nathan Lyon Peter Nevill ( wk ) James Pattinson Ricky Ponting Peter Siddle Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade ( wk ) David Warner

Tour match

April 2-4 scorecard	Bridgetown	WICB President's XI 201 (68.2) & 98 (33)	-	Australians 214-9d (64) & 87-2 (22.5)
		Australians win with 8 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Kingstown

March 16 scorecard	Kingstown	Australia 204-8 (50)	-	West Indies 140 (32.2)
		Australia wins with 64 runs

Second ODI in Kingstown

March 18 scorecard	Kingstown	Australia 154-9 (40/40)	-	West Indies 163-5 (38.2 / 40)
		West Indies wins with 5 wickets ( D / L method )

Third ODI in Kingstown

March 20 scorecard	Kingstown	Australia 220 (49.5)	-	West Indies 220 (49.4)
		draw

Fourth ODI in Gros Islet

March 23 scorecard	Gros Islet	West Indies 294-7 (50)	-	Australia 252 (46.3)
		West Indies wins with 42 runs

Fifth ODI in Gros Islet

March 25 scorecard	Gros Islet	Australia 281-9 (50)	-	West Indies 251 (47.2)
		Australia wins with 30 runs

West Indian player Kemar Roach was fined for intentional physical contact with Australian Brett Lee .

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Gros Islet

March 27 scorecard	Gros Islet	West Indies 150-7 (20)	-	Australia 153-2 (18.1)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Bridgetown

March 30th scorecard	Bridgetown	West Indies 160 (19.4)	-	Australia 146-9 (20)
		West Indies wins with 14 runs

Testing

First test in Bridgetown

April 7-11 Scorecard	Bridgetown	West Indies 449-9d (153) & 148 (66.4)	-	Australia 406-9d (145) & 192-7 (47)
		Australia wins with 3 wickets

Second test in Port of Spain

April 15-19 Scorecard	Port of Spain	Australia 311 (135) & 160-8 (61.5)	-	West Indies 257 (104.4) & 53-2 (11)
		draw

West Indian coach Ottis Gibson was fined for criticizing the use of the Decision Review System .

Third test in Roseau

April 23-27 Scorecard	Roseau	Australia 328 (114.5) & 259 (85)	-	West Indies 218 (87.2) & 294 (96.3)
		Australia wins with 75 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	3	5	346	86.50	103 *	1	3
Michael Hussey	Australia	3	6th	219	36.50	73	0	1
Matthew Wade	Australia	3	6th	198	39.60	106	1	0
Shane Watson	Australia	3	6th	193	32.16	56	0	2
Michael Clarke	Australia	3	6th	188	31.33	73	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Kemar Roach	West Indies	3	122	19th	19.73	5/41	2	1
Shane Shillingford	West Indies	2	154.4	14th	26.14	6/119	1	1
Nathan Lyon	Australia	3	133.3	13	25.92	5/68	1	0
Ben Hilfenhaus	Australia	3	101	10	20.80	4/27	0	0
Narsingh Deonarine	West Indies	3	70	9	21.55	4/53	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kieron Pollard	West Indies	5	5	222	55.50	102	1	0
Michael Hussey	Australia	5	5	174	34.80	67	0	1
George Bailey	Australia	5	5	172	34.40	59	0	1
Darren Sammy	West Indies	5	4th	160	53.33	84	0	1
David Warner	Australia	5	5	160	32.00	69	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Sunil Narine	West Indies	5	47.5	11	14.45	4/27	0	0
Kemar Roach	West Indies	5	46.3	11	20.45	3/53	0	0
Xavier Doherty	Australia	5	45.2	11	22.00	4/49	0	0
Shane Watson	Australia	5	41	8th	21.25	3/30	0	0
Brett Lee	Australia	5	43.4	8th	28.50	3/42	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Michael Hussey	Australia	2	2	73	73.00	59 *	0	1
Dwayne Smith	West Indies	2	2	73	36.50	63	0	1
Shane Watson	Australia	2	2	69	34.50	69	0	1
Johnson Charles	West Indies	2	2	61	30.50	37	0	0
David Warner	Australia	2	2	58	29.00	58	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Brett Lee	Australia	2	7.4	5	10.60	3/23	0	0
Daniel Christian	Australia	2	6th	4th	11.75	3/27	0	0
Fidel Edwards	West Indies	1	4th	3	7.66	3/23	0	0
Marlon Samuels	West Indies	1	4th	3	7.66	3/23	0	0
Shane Watson	Australia	2	8th	3	14.00	2/26	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Shivnarine Chanderpaul
ODI	Kieron Pollard
T20	Shane Watson

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	George Bailey
2. ODI	Sunil Narine
3. ODI	Michael Hussey
4. ODI	Kieron Pollard
5. ODI	Darren Sammy
1. T20	Shane Watson
2. T20	Dwayne Smith
1st test	Ryan Harris
2nd test	Kemar Roach
3rd test	Matthew Wade

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Guyana Test match moved to Dominica ( English ) Cricinfo. February 3, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
2. ^ West Indies-Australia Tests to clash with IPL . Cricinfo. November 16, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
3. ↑ Tino Best recalled for Australia ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. March 6, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
4. ↑ Smith returns to Twenty20 squad against Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. March 24, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
5. ↑ West Indies include Deonarine for first test ( English ) Cricinfo. April 4, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
6. ↑ Roach fined for deliberately barging Lee ( English ) Cricinfo. March 26, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
7. ↑ Gibson fined for criticism of DRS use ( English ) Cricinfo. April 20, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Australia in West Indies ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Australia in West Indies ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Australia in West Indies T20I Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / Australia in West Indies T20I Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 13, 2016.