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West Indies optimistic over Australia challenge in Dominica
Three years earlier, Clarke snared five for 86 with his left-arm spinners to bowl his team to a 75-run victory and 2-0 series triumph.
Notwithstanding those figures, it is unlikely that either team will venture beyond the lone frontline spinner, leaving the bulk of the work in the match to be borne by their pace attacks.
Australia, then under Mark Taylor, ended the West Indies’ 15-year reign of invincibility in Test series in 1995.
Since then, the visitors’ only hiccup in the Caribbean was in 1999 when Steve Waugh’s side claimed victory in the final Test to square the series 2-2 and retain the Frank Worrell Trophy despite the phenomenal batting exploits of Lara, who compiled contrasting hundreds in the last three Tests.
Probable teams: West Indies – Kraigg Brathwaite, Rajindra Chandrika, Darren Bravo, Shai Hope, Marlon Samuels, Jermaine Blackwood, Denesh Ramdin (captain/wicketkeeper), Jason Holder, Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor, Veerasammy Permaul.
Australia – David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (captain), Steve Smith, Brad Haddin (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon.
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