When the four-man apocalypse hit Australia

The last time West Indies won a series in Australia was during the famous 1992-93 summer, when Courtney Walsh clinched the one-run victory in Adelaide and Curtly Ambrose bowled a devastating spell in Perth.

At the Jamaica Test during Australia's Caribbean tour this June, the Australian media were rightfully already grumbling about the possibility of replacing West Indies with New Zealand for the Boxing Day and New Year Tests. How did Cricket Australia decide to give West Indies the two most lucrative Tests of its international calendar for the first time in 15 years?

In assessing the upcoming series, renowned cricket historian Gideon Haigh said, "I wouldn't be booking third-day tickets for any of the games - they could be brutishly short." All signs point to this being the most embarrassing West Indies tour to Australia in history, and those running the affairs of West Indies cricket, those who have sent an under-strength squad to face Steven Smith's men, need to take much of the blame.

During the halcyon days of West Indies cricket, a tour to Australia was one that produced great memories. The 1960-61 series between the two sides is arguably the greatest series of the 20th century. The legendary ABC radio commentator Johnnie Moyes labelled it "the most wonderful cricket tour Australia has known".

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