West Indies for long tour Down Under

MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC): West Indies will spend a lot of time at the end of this year and early next year in Australia.

Cricket Australia (CA) announced their itineraries for separate home Test and one-day international series against West Indies on Wednesday.

A three-Test series with West Indies for the Frank Worrell Trophy begins at the Gabba in Brisbane on November 26.

It will be followed by Tests at the Oval in Adelaide from December 4, and at the WACA in Perth from December 16 before West Indies return home in time for Christmas.

After spending the holidays and the start of the New Year with their families, West Indies return Down Under for the ODI tour, after CA scrapped the traditional three-nation series before the start of last season.

West Indies will face Australia in five ODIs - two of them at Melbourne and the others at Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane.

The Caribbean side will round off their period of rivalry with the Baggy Greens with two Twenty20 Internationals.

The Bellerive Oval - venue for the first of the two matches - is expected to have floodlights in place by the start of the Aussie summer, and has been rewarded with its first international under lights on February 21.

Schedule

November 26-30: 1st Test, Brisbane

December 4-8: 2nd Test, Adelaide

December 16-20: 3rd Test, Perth

February 7: 1st ODI, Melbourne

February 9: 2nd ODI, Adelaide

February 12: 3rd ODI, Sydney

February 14: 4th ODI, Brisbane

February 19: 5th ODI, Melbourne

February 21: 1st Twenty20, Hobart

February 23: 2nd Twenty20, Sydney