All the three touring teams playing test matches in South Asia have won matches in the subcontinent. Bangladesh spinners defeated the West Indies at Khulna in an ODI in a form of game the West Indies are expert in and had broken millions of hearts in Bangladesh during the World Cup in Dhaka.This puts the West Indies victory in perspective and also belies home advantage.There can be advantage to bowlers or batsmen or to statistics on a flat surface but home advantage is not a really big factor.It worked when the top cricketers cried off from touring India or Pakistan.That looks so many years ago as we have international cricketers playing for Barisal Burners and UVa Next.There is essentially good teams, not so good teams and poor teams, of course on the days of the match.After that it is anyone's game as it appears to be in Perth.

India is not playing this weekend and timings at Perth are reasonable and this may be a three day test and Indians can watch the Test live and see if home advantage helps the home team, turning track or green tops.