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Important SN update for SouthlandThe one expected Aussie change for second West Indies Test
Andrew Slevison • July 2nd, 2025 11:51 am
Australia will likely make just one change for the second Test against the West Indies in Grenada.
National selectors made a pair of changes after the World Test Championship Final loss to South Africa, bringing in Sam Konstas and Josh Inglis to replace the injured Steve Smith and omitted Marnus Labuschagne.
Smith suffered a compound dislocation of his right pinky finger at Lord’s and was forced to sit out the opening Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy series in Barbados.
But the vice-captain has since recovered from surgery and has linked up with his teammates for a lengthy training session ahead of Thursday night’s second Test kick-off.
SEN Cricket’s Adam White is expecting that Smith will replace Inglis - who made scores of 5 and 12 at Bridgetown - at no.4 in the batting lineup, and that should be the only change.
“I went down and watched Steve Smith train today in a three-hour session. It was the first time he’s trained with his teammates since arriving in the Caribbean with that finger injury,” White said on SEN Breakfast.
“He was fine. He was a bit hesitant early. He certainly can’t catch properly and he won’t be in the (slips) cordon, but he did enough to suggest that he will definitely play on Thursday.
“They’ve got another training session tomorrow so he’ll probably have to go through his paces again but I think he will play.
“He’ll take Josh Inglis’ spot and go straight to no.4. I can’t see any other changes.”
White says the Australians were planning on using a second spinner for the Grenada Test but that appears highly unlikely now they’ve seen the pitch.
“The pitch is actually a lot livelier, a lot more green grass on it than what they were expecting,” he added.
“There’s a chance they were going to play two spinners here when they were planning their tour. But looking at the pitch I think they’ll play with the same three fast bowlers (Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitch Starc) and Nathan Lyon.
“So there’ll be the one change with Smith in and Inglis out.”
The second Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy series starts at midnight Thursday AEST with Australia holding a 1-0 lead after their 159-run victory in Barbados.
You can hear all the action LIVE on SEN Cricket across the SEN network.
Image from Associated Press.
