… Third Test to be played at Providence Stadium
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Arnos Vale in St Vincent will host its first international match in two years when it stages the first three One-Day Internationals on Australia’s tour of the Caribbean next year. The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday announced the itinerary for the tour that bowls off March 16 and comprises five ODIs, two Twenty20 Internationals and three Tests.
Arnos Vale, which last hosted Zimbabwe in an ODI last year March, will stage the Australia ODIs on March 16, 18 and 20 before the tour moves on to St Lucia for a double-header.
The ground, redeveloped to host warm-up matches during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, has not hosted a Test, however, since the troubled Bangladesh tour back in 2009.
Australia will play a two-match T20 series, the first match at the Beausejour Cricket Ground on March 27 and the second at Kensington Oval in Barbados three days later.
The first Test will then bowl off in Barbados from April 7 to 11, with the second Test set for Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad from April 15 to 19.
Guyana’s National Stadium will play host to the final game from April 23 to 27.
Itinerary of Australia’s tour of the Caribbean released by the West Indies Cricket Board:

Digicel ODI Series
1st Digicel ODI, March 16 – Arnos Vale Cricket Ground
2nd Digicel ODI, March 18 – Arnos Vale Cricket Ground
3rd Digicel ODI, March 20 – Arnos Vale Cricket Ground
4th Digicel ODI, March 23 – Beausejour Cricket Ground
5th Digicel ODI, March 25 – Beausejour Cricket Ground
Digicel Twenty20 Series
1st Digicel ODI, March 27 – Beausejour Cricket Ground
2nd Digicel ODI, March 30 – Kensington Oval
Three-day warm-up, April 2-4 – (venue & opposition TBC)
Digicel Test Series
1st Digicel Test, April 7-11 – Kensington Oval
2nd Digicel Test, April 15-19 – Queen’s Park Oval
3rd Digicel Test, April 23-27 – Guyana National Stadium.