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Cricket-Australia v West Indies, second test

MELBOURNE, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Factbox on the second test between Australia and West Indies, which starts in Melbourne on Saturday: - - - Dec. 26-30 (10:30 AM local, 2330 GMT start) Melbourne Cricket Ground (capacity 100,000) Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Ian Gould (England) Third umpire: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) Match referee: Chris Broad (England) - - AUSTRALIA Test ranking: 3 Captain: Steve Smith Coach: Darren Lehmann Highest ranked batsman: Steve Smith (4) Highest ranked bowler: Josh Hazlewood (6) Team (likely): Steve Smith, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Peter Nevill, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon - - WEST INDIES Test ranking: 8 Captain: Jason Holder Coach: Phil Simmons Highest ranked batsman in squad: Darren Bravo (25) Highest ranked bowler: Kemar Roach (19) Team (likely): Kraigg Brathwaite, Rajenda Chandrika, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Jermaine Blackwood, Denesh Ramdin, Jason Holder, Jomel Warrican, Devendra Bishoo, Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor - - HEAD-TO-HEAD Test matches played: 114 Australia wins: 57 West Indies wins: 32 Draws: 24 Tied: 1 - - PREVIOUS THREE TESTS AT MELBOURNE 2000 Australia won by 352 runs 1996 West Indies won by six wickets 1992 Australia won by 139 runs - - PREVIOUS RESULT IN SERIES Australia won first test in Hobart by an innings and 212 runs - - SERIES Jan. 3-7 Third test Sydney Cricket Ground - - - (Compiled by Ian Ransom; Editing by John O'Brien)