Australia Starts Making Changes after Losing 2025 WTC Final Marnus Labuschagne out step Smith will also also not play play west indies 1st test

Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith Will Not Play 1st Test Against West Indies: After the crushing defeat in the final of the World Test Championship, a change has started in Australia. Marnas Labushen, who once considered the strongest link of the Kangaroo team, has been dropped from the team due to poor performance. At the same time, Steve Smith will not play the first Test against the West Indies due to injury.

Cricket Australia confirmed on Friday that Marnas Labushen has been dropped from the team for the first Test match against the West Indies in Barbados from 25 June. Steve Smith for Australia will also not be available in the first Test against the West Indies, as he was recently hurt in Lord’s during the World Test Championship final. In place of these two, Sam Contas and Josh Englandis have been included in the team.

Marnas Labushen was struggling with poor form. His average in 2023 was just 34.91 and in 2024 it fell to 30.93. This year, Labushen has an average of around 16 in four Tests so far. He also failed twice as an opener in the WTC final. He scored 17 and 22 runs in the title match.

Let us know that Australia has to play three Test matches and five T20 Internationals on the West Indies tour. Australia’s West Indies tour will start from 25 June. The first Test match will be played in Barbados from 25 to 29 June. Then the second Test match between July 3 and July 7 will be played in Granada. The third and final Test matches will be played in Jamaica between July 12 and July 16.

At present, Australia has not announced its playing XI for the first Test against the West Indies. However, it has become clear that Sam Contas and Usman Khwaja will start the innings in the first Test against the West Indies. At the same time, Josh English will bat in place of Steve Smith.