West Indies vs Australia LIVE: Lyon dropped for Boland as Cummins wins toss and bats in Jamaica

Big story brewing from Tom Decent in Kingston.

Nathan Lyon has been dropped from Australia’s XI.

Selectors have gone for a five-pronged pace attack of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc (100th Test), Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland, as well as all-rounder Beau Webster.

Cummins flagged the move on Friday, saying “all options” were on the table.

It’s a bold call but shows Australia feel their best chance of a quick result is to blast the Windies off the park.

“[There are] a few more unknowns, so we just want to have another look at the wicket and give it a bit of time and work out a team later on today,” Cummins told reporters in the build-up to the clash.

“I think mainly pink ball [is a consideration] and trying to get our heads around exactly what it’s going to do.

“That last session [under lights] might be a little bit longer than Adelaide.”

Australian cricket tours of the West Indies are steeped in nostalgia – long viewed as the dream trip for players and spectators alike.

But heading into this third Test in Jamaica, the venue of Australia’s famous series win in 1995, a sobering question hangs in the air: could this be Australia’s last visit to the Caribbean for a Test series?

Australia fans during the first Test between the West Indies and Australia at Kensington Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados.Credit: AP

That might sound alarmist, but it reflects genuine concern amid confidential discussions between global cricket’s powerbrokers about the future of the longest format.

The International Cricket Council’s Future Tours Program – the blueprint that maps out bilateral series – is still being finalised.

But according to well-placed sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the talks, there are currently no Tests locked in between Australia and the West Indies in the Caribbean from 2027 onwards.

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Hello, and good morning (well, it’s a very early good morning from Australia anyway).

I’m Daniel Brettig and I’ll be taking you through day one of the pink-ball, day-night Test in Jamaica between the West Indies and an Australian side looking to clinch a clean sweep of the Frank Worrell Trophy.

Sabina Park has been the scene of many indelible moments in the history of Test cricket, not least Steve Waugh’s 200 in 1995, which formed the backbone of the victory that helped Mark Taylor’s team become the first to beat the West Indies in a Test series for 15 years. In doing so, they claimed global supremacy for Australia, and began the start of 30 years of sad, protracted decline for the Caribbean side.

Steve Waugh during his 200 in Jamaica in 1995.Credit: Getty Images

That said, the following series in 1999 was one of the greatest ever played, as Bria Lara’s own Sabina Park double century was the catalyst for the West Indies to rebound from being bowled out for 51 in the opening game in Trinidad and set up a breathless 2-2 drawn series. That was the last time Australia lost on his ground.

Play is set to begin at 4.30am AEST.