West Indies cricket team in Australia in the 2015-16 season
The series of games for the West Indies cricket team in Australia in the 2015/16 season took place from December 10, 2015 to January 7, 2016. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015/16 international cricket season and included three test matches . Australia won the series 2-0.
prehistory
The West Indies had previously played a tour in Sri Lanka that season in which the Test series and ODI series lost and a draw in the Twenty20 series. Australia previously played a test series against New Zealand on home soil, which they won 2-0.
Stages
 
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Tour venues |
The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on July 9, 2015.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Bellerive oval | 20,000 | 1st test |
| Melbourne | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 100.024 | 2nd test |
| Sydney | Sydney Cricket Ground | 48,000 | 3rd test |
Squad lists
West Indies named their roster on November 10, 2015. Australia named their roster on December 1, 2015.
| test | |
|---|---|
 Australia
|
 West Indies
|
Tour matches
| December 2-5 scorecard |
Brisbane |
West Indians 243 (90.5) & 210 (58.2) |
- |
Cricket Australia XI 444 (104.2) & 13-0 (2.5) |
| Cricket Australia XI wins with 10 wickets | ||||
| December 19-20 scorecard |
Geelong | Victoria 303-8d (90) |
- |
West Indians 169-3 (58) |
| draw | ||||
Testing
First test in Hobart
| December 10-14 scorecard |
Hobart |
Australia 583-4d (114) |
- |
West Indies 223 (70) & 148 (36.3) (f / o) |
| Australia wins with one innings and 212 runs | ||||
Second test in Melbourne
| December 26th - 30th scorecard |
Melbourne |
Australia 551-3d (135) & 179-3d (32) |
- |
West Indies 271 (100.3) & 282 (88.3) |
| Australia wins with 177 runs | ||||
Third test in Sydney
| January 3-7 Scorecard |
Sydney |
West Indies 330 (112.1) |
- |
Australia 176-2 (38) |
| draw | ||||
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
| Testing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Adam Voges |
Australia
|
3 | 2 | 375 | 269 * | 2 | 0 | |
| Darren Bravo |
West Indies
|
3 | 5 | 247 | 49.40 | 108 | 1 | 1 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite |
West Indies
|
3 | 5 | 229 | 45.80 | 94 | 0 | 2 |
| David Warner |
Australia
|
3 | 4th | 226 | 75.33 | 122 * | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Smith |
Australia
|
3 | 3 | 214 | 214.00 | 134 * | 1 | 1 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| James Pattinson |
Australia
|
3 | 80.3 | 13 | 22.46 | 5/27 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathan Lyon |
Australia
|
3 | 121 | 13 | 25.46 | 4/66 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hazlewood |
Australia
|
3 | 87.3 | 8th | 27.00 | 4/45 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Marsh |
Australia
|
3 | 38.3 | 5 | 28.20 | 4/61 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Siddle |
Australia
|
2 | 49 | 5 | 29.00 | 2/36 | 0 | 0 |
| Jomel Warrican |
West Indies
|
3 | 77 | 5 | 76.00 | 3/158 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
| series | Player of the Series |
|---|---|
| test |
 Adam Voges
|
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
| game | Player of the Match |
|---|---|
| 1st test |
Adam Voges
|
| 2nd test |
Nathan Lyon
|
| 3rd test |
David Warner
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b West Indies name Test squad to tour Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. November 10, 2015. Accessed December 9, 2015.
- ↑ Adelaide to host day-night test, Australia Day T20 ( English ) Cricinfo. July 9, 2015. Accessed December 9, 2015.
- ↑ Coulter-Nile called up for Hobart Test ( English ) Cricinfo. December 1, 2015. Accessed December 9, 2015.
- ↑ Records / The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
- ↑ Records / The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 24, 2016.