Delhi: The Australian cricket team will start their campaign in the fourth edition of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 from the West Indies tour. As part of this tour, the Kangaroo team will play a three -match Test series against hosts West Indies in June and July, which will start from 25 June, while the last Test match will be played from July 12.
The most special aspect of this tour is that the Australian team can play a day-night Test match outside the house for the first time. The last Test of the series is likely to be played at Sabina Park in Jamaica with Pink Ball, which the West Indies Cricket Board (CWI) has started finalizing its preparations.
Australia will play day-night test abroad for the first time
All the pink ball tests that the Australian team has played so far has been on the home ground. In such a situation, this will be the first time when the Kangaroo team will play day-night test abroad. According to the report of ESPN Cricinfo, Cricket Australia (CA) has agreed to the proposal, but before that the flood lights of Sabina Park Stadium will be examined. In this regard, Cricket Australia officials will go to Jamaica in April and take stock of the system.
Only one day-night test in West Indies so far
The West Indies have so far hosted the pink ball test match only once. The match was played against Sri Lanka in Brijtown in 2018, in which the hosts lost by 4 wickets. At the same time, the Australian team will visit the Caribbean after about 10 years. The Kangaroo team visited the West Indies last time in 2015 under the captaincy of Michael Clarke. Now the thing to be seen will be how the performance of both teams in day and night Test match.
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