Tour of West Indies
For more details on this topic, see Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2008.Australia's tour of the West Indies commenced on 16 May with a tour match against a Jamaica Select XI in Trelawny and will conclude on 6 July with a One Day International in Basseterre.
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