Robert craddock

World Test Championship: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has named the top three batters he expects to play in the first Ashes Test and Australia’s first home series of the new World Test Championship cycle. He also offered advice to struggling opener Sam Konstas, whose form has sparked much debate.

Despite winning the Test series 3-0 in the Caribbean, Australia's batters did little to quiet earlier criticism about their weaknesses as they only scored over 300 once in the series, with most of the runs coming from the lower order.

Instead, they relied heavily on their strong bowling attack as Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, and Josh Hazlewood dominated, bowling out the West Indies for just 27 runs in the final innings.