The first taste of the set of changes that are likely to set in for that greatly successful Australian team will be felt in the three-match series in the West Indies.

Travis Head said Monday Australia were experienced enough to cope as they prepare for their first Test without Steve Smith or Marnus Labuschagne since 2018. Not since the Boxing Day Test against India in 2018 –- when Smith was serving a year-long ban for ball-tampering -- have Australia fielded a Test team without either him or Labuschagne.

Australia will begin its 2027 World Test Championship campaign with a new batting unit as Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne miss out on the first Test against the West Indies. Smith has been ruled out due to a finger injury sustained during the recent World Test Championship Final at Lord’s,