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Australia will bid to complete a clean sweep of their one-day series against the West Indies tomorrow (2330 Sun AEST) when they head game five leading 4-0 in St Kitts.
Michael Clarke will again lead the side in the absence of injured skipper Ricky Ponting (wrist), with the 27-year-old enjoying a winning start to his one-day captaincy on Friday when Australia snatched an incredible one-run win at Warner Park.
Paceman Stuart Clark is expected to come into the side for his first game of the series with either Brett Lee or Mitchell Johnson likely to drop out, while the Windies are also expected to give teenage quick Kemar Roach his one-day debut.
Since wrapping up the series with victory in the opening three games, Australia have done little to hide their intention for a 5-0 whitewash, with Clarke saying such a result would mean a lot to the new-look team – playing their first series since the retirements of Adam Gilchrist and Brad Hogg and without the injured Matthew Hayden.
“That has certainly been our goal, when we arrived here with the one-day squad, we wanted to win every game we played on this tour,” Clarke said.
“And that’s about showing the new guys that yes, we’ve won the series, but the tournament is not over for us.
“We want to win every game, and I think (Friday) was a great example of that so come Sunday we’ll all be out there giving our best and we’d love to go home 5-0 winners.”
Despite Friday’s heartbreaking loss, Windies coach John Dyson said his side would take a lot out of their improved performance and would be similarly desperate to avoid a clean sweep.
“We’ve still got one match to play. It would be great to win one match in the series. Michael and Ricky said from the start they want to win 5-0. We don’t want to lose 5-0,” said Dyson.
The only sour note in Clarke’s first one-day game as captain was the 10 per cent fine of his match fee he received for slow over rates.
The rest of the team were also docked five per cent of their fees with match referee Roshan Mahanama ruling ruled Australia was one over short of its target.
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