After their first Test win in Australia for 27 years, the West Indies will hit the first ODI in at the MCG in Melbourne full of confidence.
Despite Australia being the recent World Cup champions, the host nation has picked an experimental squad with several stars rested after a long summer of cricket.
With ODIs in Sydney and Canberra to come, will it be Australia or the Windies that get the first win on the board in Melbourne?
The Sporting News has the key times and details for the first ODI, which begins on Friday in Melbourne.
Australia vs. West Indies: Start time for first ODI in Melbourne
The first ODI between Australia and the West Indies will begin at 2:30pm AEDT on Friday, February 2 at the MCG in Melbourne
| Sydney/Melbourne | Brisbane | Adelaide | Perth |
| 2:30pm | 1:30pm | 2:00pm | 11:30am |
Australia vs. West Indies: How to watch, TV channel, live streaming for Test cricket series
Every match of Australia's summer of cricket - including Tests, ODIs and T20Is - will be broadcast live on Fox Cricket and streamed on Kayo Sports.
Australia ODI team for West Indies series
| Steve Smith (c) | Matt Short |
| Sean Abbott | Cameron Green |
| Xavier Bartlett | Travis Head |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | Marnus Labuschagne |
| Aaron Hardie | Will Sutherland |
| Josh Inglis | Adam Zampa |
| Lance Morris |
West Indies ODI team for Australia series
| Shai Hope (c) | Justin Greaves |
| Alzarri Joseph | Kavem Hodge |
| Alick Athanaze | Tevin Imlach |
| Teddy Bishop | Gudakesh Motie |
| Keacy Carty | Kjorn Ottley |
| Roston Chase | Romario Shepherd |
| Matthew Forde | Oshane Thomas |
| Hayden Walsh Jr, |
Full 2023-24 Australian men's summer of cricket schedule
| Fixture | Format | Date | Venue |
| Australia vs. Pakistan | Test | Dec. 14-18, 2023 | Perth Stadium |
| Australia vs. Pakistan | Test | Dec. 26-30, 2023 | MCG |
| Australia vs. Pakistan | Test | Jan. 3-7, 2024 | SCG |
| Australia vs. West Indies | Test | Jan. 17-21, 2024 | Adelaide Oval |
| Australia vs. West Indies | Test | Jan. 25-29, 2024 | The Gabba |
| Australia vs. West Indies | ODI | Feb. 2, 2024 | MCG |
| Australia vs. West Indies | ODI | Feb. 4, 2024 | SCG |
| Australia vs. West Indies | ODI | Feb. 6, 2024 | Manuka Oval |
| Australia vs. West Indies | T20 | Feb. 9, 2024 | Bellerive Oval |
| Australia vs. West Indies | T20 | Feb. 11, 2024 | Adelaide Oval |
| Australia vs. West Indies | T20 | Feb. 13, 2024 | Perth Stadium |
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