* Second Test: The Gabba, Brisbane, from January 25
* Overall record: 118 Tests. Australia 60 wins, 32 losses, 25 draws, 1 tie
* In Australia: 68 Tests. Australia 39 wins 18 losses 10 draws 1 tie
* West Indies haven't won a Test match in Australia since February 1997
* Australia have won 14 and drawn two of their past 16 home Tests against West Indies
* In the series opener, West Indies will field seven cricketers with less than 10 Test matches, including three Test debutants - Kavem Hodge, Justin Greaves and Shamar Joseph. Australia's least-experienced is Cameron Green (24 Tests)
* Leading run-scorers in Australia-West Indies Tests: Brian Lara (2815 runs, average 52.12, 9 centuries); Viv Richards (2266 at 44.43, 5 centuries), Desmond Haynes (2233 at 42.13, 5 centuries), Clive Lloyd (2211 at 50.25, 6 centuries), Steve Waugh (2192 at 49.81, 7 centuries)
* Leading wicket-takers in Australia-West Indies Tests: Courtney Walsh (135 wickets, average 28.68), Curtley Ambrose (128 at 21.23), Glenn McGrath (110 at 19.38), Lance Gibbs (103 at 19.38), Joel Garner (89 at 20.89)
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