Australia v West Indies in 2022/23 – Almanack report

The West Indies toured Australia in 2022/23 for two Test matches, a series Australia swept 2-0 to retain the Frank Worrell Trophy. Lewis Cameron’s report originally appeared in the 2023 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

Test matches (2): Australia 2 (24pts), West Indies 0 (0pts)

In the end, the most trouble the Australians had getting their hands on the Frank Worrell Trophy came at the pre-series photoshoot. The ground staff in Perth needed bolt cutters to open the padlock on the case it had been enclosed in since it had last been contested, in 2015/16; nobody could remember the combination. The cricket that followed did little to disprove the notion that this was a forgotten rivalry.

Two uncompetitive Tests highlighted the vast disparity between the sides. Steve Smith and Marnus L

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