Kevin Sinclair, a Guyanan, played his first Test match for the West Indies against Australia at the Gabba in the second Test. After Gudakesh Motie was dropped from the playing XI for the day-night match, the 24-year-old received the Test cap from former cricket player Carl Hooper.
Prior to his Test debut, Kevin Sinclair represented the West Indies in seven One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and six Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).
He has a reputation for bowling off-spin and can score runs quickly in the lower order. The goal of Sinclair’s selection in the playing XI was to provide the West Indies greater batting depth after they had trouble with the bat in the second innings of the first Test in Adelaide.
Notably, Kevin Sinclair had to wait a long for his red-ball call-up despite making his debut for the West Indies in T20I and ODI in 2021 and 2022, respectively. In terms of his stats for the West Indies, the cricket player has been dismissed 15 times in international cricket and has shown himself to be frugal in one-day international play. He was called up for the first time for a Test match in 2023 during the second Test matchup with India, taking Raymon Reifer’s position in the starting lineup. The off-spinner was brought into the picture even though he didn’t have a significant role.
In the meanwhile, West Indies faced Australia in a pink ball Test where they won the toss and elected to bat first. They got off to a bad start in the game, with captain Kriagg Brathwaite once again falling short of his ability. He was defeated by Josh Hazlewood, who dismissed the 31-year-old for four runs. Since the West Indies haven’t played enough Test cricket under lights, batting against pink ball could prove to be challenging for the other hitters.
Since it can cause problems for them at dusk and even later in the day, the objective would be to score most of the runs during that time. However, Australia has picked an unchanged starting eleven since Cameron Green is included in the playing eleven despite having tested positive for COVID-19.
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