Fast bowler Cummins added to Windies squad

Nevertheless, he hasn’t played in the whites since 2014 with the Bangladesh series in September being his last appearance for West Indies in the Tests.

Bravo has not played an ODI since, while he retired from Test cricket in January due to frustration over a lack of communication with selectors – he had not pulled on the whites for his country since 2010.

Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has broken into the top ten ranks of the International Cricket Council Test player rankings after a superb performance in the first Test against West Indies in Hobart. The chances of improvement in the remaining matches also look bleak in view of a fragile and inexperienced line-up.

The 36-yr previous has a popularity as a cricketer who values profitable Twenty20 contracts than Test caps, however he says he needs to play Test Cricket in 2016.

Australia will be aiming for a series whitewash after cruising to victory within three days in Tasmania.

“It’s painful to see this is the stage our cricket has reached, [given] at one point in time we were the best team in the world”, Bravo said. I have never played Test cricket and I have in the past criticised players.

“I haven’t batted for such a long time. The rest of the world will go on and we’ll always be backwards”.

He said he hoped the West Indies could replicate what happened on their preceding Test tour of Australia in 2009-10, when they recovered from being beaten by an innings and 65 runs in the series opener in Brisbane.

A statement on the team’s website said: “Cricket Australia has been working with Thunder medical staff on Usman’s return-to-play criteria following his hamstring injury”.

“It’s a young team, so we have to definitely give it time rather than be so harsh on West Indies cricket all the time. I scored 92 in a game and the next day felt like I’d been hit by a bus”, he said.

“So you would think the West Indies would be a little bit too strong for them”.

Australians love a victor but the apparent lopsidedness of this contest might be enough to even turn them away from their traditional visit to the MCG on the day after Christmas.