A video of Australian cricket group stars Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa having a hilarious dialog with a taxi driver is presently going viral on social media. In the video, the taxi driver was heard having a dialog about cricket with the 2 stars however he did not recognise the World Cup winners. “Do you know anything about cricket?” Maxwell requested the taxi driver and he replied that it was his favorite sport. However, he had no clue that two Australian cricketers have been sitting in his cab and when requested about Maxwell, he even mentioned that he was a “good player”. Eventually, he was capable of recognise them. According to some social media posts, this video is a number of years previous.

Meanwhile, Australia head into the two-Test sequence towards the West Indies starting in Adelaide Wednesday as the most popular of favourites, however the guests insist they’re able to shock the reigning world Test champions.

For the Australians, the most important problem has been deciding on a alternative for veteran opener David Warner, who retired after their win over Pakistan on the Sydney Cricket Ground earlier this month.

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They have settled on transferring Steve Smith up the order and bringing again towering all-rounder Cameron Green to bat at quantity 4, the place he slots in for the Western Australia state facet.

The remainder of the group is unchanged from the one which beat Pakistan 3-0 within the just-completed sequence.

Smith mentioned he had lobbied to switch Warner on the prime of the order, including that it allowed the selectors to choose Green at quantity 4 as a substitute of asking him to open.

“They (selectors) were obviously very keen to get Cameron (Green) in the side as well and play our best six batters, and for me it didn’t sit right to have him come in and bat up top,” Smith instructed reporters earlier this week.

“I’ve played for a long time and I’m an experienced player, and I think it’s something I should have done.”

For the West Indies, nevertheless, it’s a fully completely different image, with seven uncapped gamers of their 15-man squad.

They may even be lacking former captain Jason Holder and fellow all-rounder Kyle Mayers, who’ve each chosen to take a seat out the tour to focus on the T20 format.

The as soon as mighty West Indies haven’t received a Test in Australia since 1997 and have been soundly overwhelmed once they toured final summer time.

The solely members of the squad with Test match expertise are captain Kraigg Brathwaite, vice-captain Alzarri Joseph, Alick Athanaze, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Joshua Da Silva, Gudakesh Motie, Kirk McKenzie and Kemar Roach.

Joseph mentioned the West Indies had taken inspiration from how an unheralded Pakistan had pushed the Australians and even had possibilities to win two of the Tests.

“We’re here to win two Test matches, we’re not just here to play,” Joseph mentioned.

(With AFP inputs)