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The one-day series has been one-sided but Twenty20 tends to close the gap between teams and Australia are yet to beat West Indies in the format. The prospect of Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, David Warner and Shane Watson striking, and Shaun Tait and Kemar Roach blitzing them at 150kph-plus does hold some appeal.

For West Indies, the aim is to finish the tour with some positives ahead of their home series against Zimbabwe and Gayle believes the format gives them their best chance of success. “We’ve got a lot of allrounders in our team so the shorter form of the game definitely can suit us,” he said. “We can be a bit more dangerous in the T20 games.”

For Australia, the plan is to see some new players in action ahead of the ICC World Twenty20. Steven Smith, Travis Birt and Daniel Christian should feature either in Hobart or in the second game in Sydney, and there will be Caribbean trips up for grabs if they perform well. They are also aiming to move one step closer to an unbeaten home summer across all three formats.

Australia squad
MJ Clarke*, CL White, TR Birt, DT Christian, BJ Haddin†, RJ Harris, DJ Hussey, MG Johnson, SE Marsh, DP Nannes, SPD Smith, SW Tait, DA Warner, SR Watson
West Indies squad
CH Gayle*, N Deonarine, TM Dowlin, WW Hinds, NO Miller, RS Morton, BP Nash, KA Pollard, D Ramdin†, R Rampaul, KAJ Roach, DJG Sammy, LMP Simmons, DR Smith, GC Tonge

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