The star batter Steve Smith has returned to Australia playing 11 for the Grenada Test after missing the first test due to injury.
It is known that Australian batter has recovered from his finger injury, and Pat Cummins confirmed his return while announcing the playing 11, with Josh Inglis making way for the veteran batter.
Smith batted without pain while wearing a splint on Tuesday, and Cummins said there was no reason to leave him behind.
“He’s ready to go, the finger held up well,” Cummins said of Smith.
“He was really happy, particularly batting.
“Fielding we still potentially need to manage it a little bit, so he might not be in the slips too often – maybe for spin he’ll be OK, but (for the) quicks he might need to wait another week.
“So you might see him running around a bit more … probably some variation of mid-off and fine leg, (but) we’ll see if he lasts a few days down at fine leg, I reckon he’ll be itching to get up in the circle pretty quick.”
Aussies secured a dominating 159 victory in the first test of Australia tour of West Indies and will be aiming for a win to seal the series.
On the other hand, West Indies announced their playing 11 during the time of toss.
Roston Chase paid tribute to Brathwaite saying that, “It’s an amazing feat, he’s the third Bajan player to do it so that’s tremendous in itself,” Chase said.
“The last guy to do it (for West Indies) was Chris Gayle in 2014, so it says a lot for Kraigg.
“He’s a modern-day legend and someone I look up to – I’ve played with him from under-11s.
“He stated before starting his career that he wanted to play 100 Tests so that’s an amazing achievement that someone can set a goal from so early and achieve it after so many years.”
Australia Playing 11: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
