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Nikhil_cric said:
Jewel is too young and unproven at this level but is very gifted no doubt.

Kevlon has 44 FC average so yeah they should get him in ASAP.

Also, not sure why they dropped Sinclair.
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Kevlon Anderson deserves a go but as you can see on the WI Cricket website below they've broken down his performances in each competition, and he's basically had one standout season this year.

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West Indies Championship 22/23 - 21
23/24 - 33
24/25 - 71

The average is also bumped up because of the 22/23 Headley-Weekes tri-series (basically a poor man's Duleep Trophy) and bashing Ireland A in 23/24. He struggled against South Africa A recently and the question always against Guyanese batsmen brought up on low bounce wickets is whether they can handle pacier and bouncier surfaces.

However the cupboard is totally bare and he certainly can replace the washed up Brathwaite with King moving up to open. I don't know why WI are lumbering Hope with the gloves when Imlach is there and can replace either Philip or Greaves.
 
Markhor said:
Kevlon Anderson deserves a go but as you can see on the WI Cricket website below they've broken down his performances in each competition, and he's basically had one standout season this year.

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West Indies Championship 22/23 - 21
23/24 - 33
24/25 - 71

The average is also bumped up because of the 22/23 Headley-Weekes tri-series (basically a poor man's Duleep Trophy) and bashing Ireland A in 23/24. He struggled against South Africa A recently and the question always against Guyanese batsmen brought up on low bounce wickets is whether they can handle pacier and bouncier surfaces.

However the cupboard is totally bare and he certainly can replace the washed up Brathwaite with King moving up to open. I don't know why WI are lumbering Hope with the gloves when Imlach is there and can replace either Philip or Greaves.
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Thanks. That was illuminating. I think Kevin Wickham was pretty good last year in the Championship but has fallen off this year.

There are a couple of guys with some potential , including Mikyle Louis, but they all seem to fail to make that transition to Test cricket.
 
Got to somehow convince Jason Holder to play he's easily a top 5 batsmen for Windies and he's brilliant with the ball
 
Australia secured a commanding series victory against the West Indies with a convincing 133-run win in the second Test at Grenada, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead.

Defending a target of 277 on a challenging surface, the Australian bowlers tore through the West Indies batting lineup in just 34.3 overs. The tourists had earlier wrapped up the first Test in Barbados inside three days with a 159-run win and now head into the final match in Jamaica aiming for a clean sweep.

Day four began with Shamar Joseph (4-66) and Alzarri Joseph (2-52) swiftly cleaning up the Australian tail in under 45 minutes. However, chasing 277 was always going to be a tall order for the hosts on a pitch offering plenty to the bowlers.

The collapse started early, with John Campbell trapped lbw for a duck by Josh Hazlewood (2-33) in the second over. Mitchell Starc struck next, removing Keacy Carty for 10, followed by Kraigg Brathwaite, who was caught for seven off Beau Webster, leaving the hosts reeling at 29-3.

By lunch, West Indies were four down as Pat Cummins dismissed Brandon King for 14. In the afternoon, Shai Hope (34) and captain Roston Chase (17) offered some resistance, but both fell to Hazlewood and Starc respectively.

Starc then dismissed Justin Greaves for 2 before a brief counterattack from Shamar Joseph (24) and Alzarri Joseph (13), who struck five sixes between them. Their fightback was halted by Nathan Lyon, who cleaned up the tail, finishing with 3-42.

Lyon’s effort brought his Test tally to 562 wickets—just one behind Glenn McGrath (563) on Australia’s all-time list. Shane Warne remains well ahead with 708 Test wickets.

Australia will now look to complete a 3-0 sweep when the series concludes in Jamaica next week.
 
Good to get the series wrapped up. Would like to see us do some player rotation for the final test.
 
3rd Test is no ordinary dead rubber by the way - it's Jamaica's first ever Day Night Test.

These two batting lineups with the pink Dukes under the lights may end up with Australia bowled out for 100 and WI bowled out for 50.
 
It sucks the Windies dont even have single half decent batsman who can back their high quality seam bowling attack.
 
Markhor said:
3rd Test is no ordinary dead rubber by the way - it's Jamaica's first ever Day Night Test.

These two batting lineups with the pink Dukes under the lights may end up with Australia bowled out for 100 and WI bowled out for 50.
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The lights haven't even been approved yet, as far as I know.
 
Aussies to make late call on XI amid pink-ball catch-up

Tourists yet to settle on their team for the third Test after only getting their hands on the pink Dukes balls two days ago

Australia will leave it until the last minute to settle on a team for their first day-night Test abroad as they continue to familiarise themselves with the pink Dukes ball.

Pat Cummins left the door open for a four-man pace attack on the eve of the third Test against West Indies, which will be played with the English-branded Dukes ball rather than the Kookaburra version used for day-night Test matches in Australia.

Scott Boland appears the likely inclusion should selectors choose to go this way, which would result in a fully fit Nathan Lyon missing out for the first time since 2013.

"Everything's an option, we haven't settled on it," Cummins told reporters at Jamaica's Sabina Park on Friday.

"Mainly the pink ball, (we're) trying to still get our heads around exactly what it's going to do.

"We've had two sessions here … with the pink ball, (there's) a few more unknowns so we just want to have another look at the wicket, give it a bit of time and work out a team later on today."

The last Test Lyon missed through selection rather than injury was in 2013 when he was dropped firstly for Xavier Doherty (against India) and then Ashton Agar in the Ashes a few months later.

It's been an even rarer sight for the 37-year-old to miss a Test in favour of four quicks, which last occurred at the WACA Ground in 2012 against India, though Australia did opt for two pace-bowling allrounders, Mitch Marsh and Cameron Green, in Manchester during the 2023 Ashes when the off-spinner had a calf injury and Todd Murphy was the bowler to miss out.

However, Lyon bowled just one over in his last pink-ball Test against India in Adelaide last summer, and there's a sense the Dukes version will stay harder than the Kookaburra and therefore provide more assistance to the quicks on a Sabina Park surface that has been the only one this series to feature live green grass prior to day one.

West Indies' middle and lower order has also made an effort to attack Lyon in the first two Tests in Barbados and Grenada with his economy rate of 5.08 the highest it has ever been in a bilateral series.

Lyon has only conceded four or more runs per over in three of the 45 Test series he's played, going at exactly four an over in his two Tests against England's 'Bazballers' during the 2023 Ashes and 4.40 an over during the 2013 tour of India, in which Australia were swept 4-0.

He's also been hit for 14 sixes by West Indies batters in the first two Tests, the fourth most of any series he's played, while his percentage of runs conceded via boundaries (75.2) is the highest of his career.

Despite his high economy rate, Lyon has still been effective with nine wickets at 18.33 this series, including three in each innings of the second Test to draw within one of Glenn McGrath (563 wickets) in second place on Australia's all-time Test wicket-takers list.

The Aussie squad didn't get their hands on the pink Dukes ball until their first training session in Kingston, with the past three days as much about discovery as it has been about batting and bowling.

"(We'll look at) exactly what we think we're going to need here; nighttime as well, it seems to get darker here a bit early, so that last session might be a little bit longer than Adelaide," Cummins said.

"The practice wickets look like a pretty good replica of the side (training) wickets, so we have another session today just to get the feel.

"The pink balls met us here in Jamaica, but they seem pretty good, a little bit different to the 'Kookas'.

"In some ways, (the Dukes version) feels a bit closer to a red ball than a white ball; sometimes the pink (Kookaburra) balls can feel a bit more like a one-day ball … this one feels more like a hard leather."

West Indies captain Roston Chase will also leave it until Saturday's coin toss to name his XI as the hosts weigh up leaving out 100-game veteran Kraigg Brathwaite in their search for more runs at the top of the order.

The opener has only managed one double-figure score in his last six Test innings, with knocks of 4, 4, 0 and 7 against Australia following scores of 9 and 52 in the second Test against Pakistan in January.

"The top order is a bit of a concern, (they're) not getting those good starts that we've been looking for," Chase said on the eve West Indies hosting just their second day-night Test.

One spot that is assured however is Mitchell Starc's for his 100th Test appearance, with the most prolific bowler in day-night Test cricket out to add to his tally of 74 wickets with the pink ball as he becomes just the second Australian fast bowler after McGrath to reach the milestone.

"He's been very consistent the 15 years I've known him," Cummins said. "Whether it's niggles, injuries, pain, flat wickets (or) non-selection, he's just super resilient, just wakes up the next day and cracks on with it."

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White-ball support called in as Hazlewood exit confirmed

Australia have called up big-hitting top-order bat Jake Fraser-McGurk and paceman Xavier Bartlett for the five-match T20I leg of their current Caribbean tour.

The pair will replace quicks Josh Hazlewood, who is heading home after playing four Tests in quick succession, and Spencer Johnson, who hasn't played since the Indian Premier League and continues to recover from a back issue.

After exploding in the 2024 edition of the IPL, Fraser-McGurk rocketed into the national T20I set-up last September, playing seven matches for a top score of 50.

He has also played seven ODIs without reaching fifty, and it was a lack of runs that put the brakes on the right-hander's meteoric rise.

Bartlett meanwhile has barely put a foot wrong in his nine internationals to date, collecting 22 wickets and impressing with his outswing and excellent control.

The Queensland right-armer was playing alongside Fraser-McGurk for San Francisco in the recently-concluded Major League Cricket tournament in the US, and both players will likely see this upcoming series against West Indies as their opportunity to return consistently to national colours, having not played international cricket since last November.

Hazlewood, who has missed Tests through injury in three of the past four home summers, will return to Sydney and ready himself for next month's white-ball series against South Africa.

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BouncerGuy said:
White-ball support called in as Hazlewood exit confirmed

Australia have called up big-hitting top-order bat Jake Fraser-McGurk and paceman Xavier Bartlett for the five-match T20I leg of their current Caribbean tour.

The pair will replace quicks Josh Hazlewood, who is heading home after playing four Tests in quick succession, and Spencer Johnson, who hasn't played since the Indian Premier League and continues to recover from a back issue.

After exploding in the 2024 edition of the IPL, Fraser-McGurk rocketed into the national T20I set-up last September, playing seven matches for a top score of 50.

He has also played seven ODIs without reaching fifty, and it was a lack of runs that put the brakes on the right-hander's meteoric rise.

Bartlett meanwhile has barely put a foot wrong in his nine internationals to date, collecting 22 wickets and impressing with his outswing and excellent control.

The Queensland right-armer was playing alongside Fraser-McGurk for San Francisco in the recently-concluded Major League Cricket tournament in the US, and both players will likely see this upcoming series against West Indies as their opportunity to return consistently to national colours, having not played international cricket since last November.

Hazlewood, who has missed Tests through injury in three of the past four home summers, will return to Sydney and ready himself for next month's white-ball series against South Africa.

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Fraser will eventually kick off
 
Brathwaite dropped after a horrible run of form. Louis and Anderson come in. Warrican replaces Phillip so WI have two spinners despite the grassy pitch.

That decision is rather odd when Australia have included Boland for Lyon.

Grass cover looks fairly even so hopefully won't produce as much uneven bounce as Barbados and Grenada.

May be some rain in Kingston but given how brittle both batting lineups are it's unlikely we'd need all 5 days for a result.
 
Markhor said:
Brathwaite dropped after a horrible run of form. Louis and Anderson come in. Warrican replaces Phillip so WI have two spinners despite the grassy pitch.

That decision is rather odd when Australia have included Boland for Lyon.

Grass cover looks fairly even so hopefully won't produce as much uneven bounce as Barbados and Grenada.

May be some rain in Kingston but given how brittle both batting lineups are it's unlikely we'd need all 5 days for a result.
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Mikyle louis is as much if not more terrible than kraigg.
 
Markhor said:
Brathwaite dropped after a horrible run of form. Louis and Anderson come in. Warrican replaces Phillip so WI have two spinners despite the grassy pitch.

That decision is rather odd when Australia have included Boland for Lyon.

Grass cover looks fairly even so hopefully won't produce as much uneven bounce as Barbados and Grenada.

May be some rain in Kingston but given how brittle both batting lineups are it's unlikely we'd need all 5 days for a result.
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Brathwaite has played 100 Tests. He has been their main Test opener for over a decade.

Is this the end of Brathwaite's Test career?
 
Aqib_mustafa said:
Bro how do you see west indies future in test cricket looks really poor with their batting and what's with australia winning tosses and batting first all the time?
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Wi is done and dusted.

As for Australia I dont know
 
sweep_shot said:
Will Windies move on from him and select other openers? That is quite possible.
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They could possibly return to Tage Chanderpaul.

Unfortunately WI's batting options are limited in every position not just openers.
 
Markhor said:
They could possibly return to Tage Chanderpaul.

Unfortunately WI's batting options are limited in every position not just openers.
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True.

I feel like they shouldn't have dropped Tagenarine. Should have given him a lengthy run. It is not like they have other great openers.
 
WI catching has been diabolical in this series.

The sad thing is even if Anderson left that for 2nd slip, there's no guarantee Greaves would've clung on :cry:
 
Markhor said:
WI catching has been diabolical in this series.

The sad thing is even if Anderson left that for 2nd slip, there's no guarantee Greaves would've clung on :cry:
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Bro when are we going to see west indies winning in test cricket i mean they got amazing bowlers but batting who is going to their main star i am really disappointed with west indies batting talent.
 
Aqib_mustafa said:
Bro when are we going to see west indies winning in test cricket i mean they got amazing bowlers but batting who is going to their main star i am really disappointed with west indies batting talent.
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The batting standards are depressingly low.

There was an A team series last month between West Indies A and South Africa A. West Indies's team had practically all their Test batsmen, and still struggled even against A team opposition.

If you see the FC averages of many domestic batsmen, most struggle to touch 40. It's a shame given they've a young bowling attack capable of taking 20 wickets who get no support from their batsmen.
 
Pitch here appears to be a much better surface than the ones in previous 2 Tests .
 
Konstas on 17, will score big today.

This is why some indians are stupid. Imagine attacking a 19 year old kid who was on his first overseas tour and faced 2 nightmare pitches that even Steve Smith struggled with?
 
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Konstas on 17, will score big today.

This is why indians are stupid. Imagine attacking a 19 year old kid who was on his first overseas tour and faced 2 nightmare pitches that even Steve Smith struggled with?

Morons all of them.
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Damn, konstas gone on 17, still kid is improving thats all that matters
 
Pakistan have a Test series next year in the Caribbean.

Our batsmen will have their work cut out on these pitches :ROFLMAO:
 
Green is not a no 3. He's a no 6 but Webster has got that covered

Don't know what Aus is thinking. Labu is better then green despite a lapse in form
 
AUS have battled hard in the face of some testing WI bowling.

Looking forward to seeing how the ball behaves once the lights switch on.
 
Lyon missing the Test today
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For the first time since 2013, a fit Nathan Lyon doesn’t make Australia’s Test XI 👀
 
I just want to see Australia lose one test match to West Indies....

Is that too much to ask?
 
DeadlyVenom said:
You spend too much time on this tulla bro
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I think Konstas can be an asset but he is pretty raw currently.

Warner was also a tulla when he first started. He was a T20 specialist. He eventually settled in Test and became one of the Aussie greats.
 
sweep_shot said:
I think Konstas can be an asset but he is pretty raw currently.

Warner was also a tulla when he first started. He was a T20 specialist. He eventually settled in Test and became one of the Aussie greats.
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Lightning doesn't strike twice. This kid just doesn't like a player and the current Aussies don't have the luxury of carrying him until he comes good like the Aussies did at the time of Warner.

Also warner didn't take long to settle. He scored a ton in his second match. This is his record in his first four years. He took to tests like a duck to water.

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Australia always ends up batting first, they never bat second & with those big 3 & Lyon end up putting pressure on the opponents. Probably the reason they have a disastrous record chasing in 4th innings with Smith having 0 centuries in 4th innings.

Anyways this would be same old story for West Indies.

Aus 225
WI 180
Aus 280
WI 140
 
If archer and wood are both fit and firing , England will really fallacy their chances in next ashes.Aussies are looking completely toothless and not yet started transition phase. Eng looking good only on flat pitches, India still in transition and rest of them are abysmal doesn't bode well for the test future for some time.
 
Another wicket fest. TBH, I like this cricket, where batters are struggling for runs. Never liked the idea of falt roads in test cricket..
 
Smith, Green steady Aussies amidst pink-ball havoc

Seam dominated day one in Jamaica with Mitchell Starc's late strike capping an 11-wicket day to open the third Test

Australia's decision to leave out Nathan Lyon for the first time in 12 years appears a sound one after all 11 wickets fell to pace on the opening day of their first day-night Test abroad.

Australia hit out in the final session under lights in Jamaica as Cameron Green (46) and Steve Smith (48) led them to 225 all out after opting to bat first, before milestone man Mitchell Starc, playing his 100th Test, left West Indies 1-16 at stumps.

Australia got their wish to unleash their four-man pace attack under lights after being bowled out in the 71st over with around 30 minutes to play on day one at Sabina Park.

With openers Mikyle Louis (knee) and John Campbell (external blow) both at hospital getting scans after suffering injuries in the field, debutant Kevlon Anderson and Brandon King were thrown in the deep end as the hosts' reshuffled top-order pair.

Anderson, who was listed to bat at No.3 having earned his Test cap by averaging almost 45 in first-class cricket, copped a barrage of 145kph Starc inswingers as his welcome to international level.

Starc, who earlier became just the second Australian fast bowler after Glenn McGrath to notch 100 Test appearances, got one on the money to send the first-gamer on his way for three with the right-hander castled through the gate by another hooping inswinger.

Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and recalled paceman Scott Boland all had a crack before the end of the day, but King (8no) and skipper Roston Chase (3no) stood firm to guide the Windies safely to stumps.

There was, however, significant turn on offer throughout the day's middle session as recalled left-armer Jomel Warrican and Chase troubled trouble Smith, Green and Travis Head until pace again took over under lights.

Shamar Joseph (4-33) continued his demolition of Aussie batting line-ups as he took three wickets in the night session, while Jayden Seales (3-59) and allrounder Justin Greaves (3-56) provided ample support with Alzarri Joseph off the field with a back complaint.

While they didn't pick up a wicket on day one, Warrican and Chase extracted more than five degrees of spin from the Sabina Park surface on multiple occasions, which will be an interesting subplot should King and his captain survive the new ball burst when the game resumes on day two with Lyon omitted for the first time since 2013.

"It's odd not having him out there," Smith said at stumps of Lyon's omission.

"I think most of us have played pretty much every game with him, but conditions are conditions, and we saw today how much seam was on offer, and Scott Boland is not too bad at that as we've seen on numerous occasions.

"It's a pretty relentless attack (and) pink ball, it's a tricky one.

"Obviously, Nathan's an exceptional bowler, it's certainly nothing to do with his skill, that's for sure.

"In the (first session), the four guys are going to go at it and be relentless and hopefully we can take these wickets quickly."

There was exaggerated seam movement that gave Australia's openers a difficult first hour before the middle order threw caution to the wind under lights as they sought quick runs to in their attempt to navigate the moving ball.

While neither Usman Khawaja (23) nor Sam Konstas (17) were able to kick on after weathering a probing new-ball burst against a pink Dukes an Australian team had never faced before, they set a platform in surviving the first hour of the opening day for the first time this series when scoring has been at its hardest.

Konstas, dropped on one at third slip by the debutant Anderson, departed shortly after the first drinks break with Greaves trapping him leg before with his first ball of the match to end the teenage opener's 53-ball stay.

It took as cracking catch from Shai Hope behind the stumps to dislodge Khawaja after a stoic 92 deliveries, as Shamar Joseph found the edge and the wicketkeeper threw himself in front of first slip to pouch the catch in his right glove.

Having found the innings he was searching for in his last start in his new No.3 role, Green settled in after the 20-minute tea break with a couple of sweetly struck fours down the ground through mid-off.

Once again, Smith looked like he was batting on a different surface to everyone else, crunching Greaves for three consecutive boundaries – two through point and one to backward square leg – as he raced to 21 at better than a run-a-ball.

Seales produced a peach to deny Green his second straight half-century, bowled for 46 just prior to the longer dinner break as the Windies right-armer got a delivery to straighten just enough to beat the West Ausralian's outside edge and clip the top of off.

It was perhaps the reduction in seam movement as the Dukes ball grew older that was Green's undoing, with his dismissal moving noticeably less than those that averaged one degree off the pitch in the first session and as much as three degrees at their peak.

Smith set the tone for Australia's approach under lights as he came out swinging in the final session, edging Seales both through and over the slips to close in on another half-century.

But there was no escaping the third time as he aimed a booming cover drive at Joseph, which found the edge of his flashing blade and flew into the hands of Brandon King at first slip.

Joseph also removed Beau Webster (1) caught behind as South Australia duo Travis Head and Alex Carey continued to throw the willow, the wicketkeeper-batter seeing enough after inside edging his first ball faced to skip down the track on his second and slap Joseph away to the fence through the off-side.

Head never found fluency in his 53-ball 20 as he chipped a mistimed drive off Greaves that was caught by horizontal substitute fielder Anderson Phillip as he ran around from mid-off.

Cummins launched three lusty blows into the stands in his 17-ball 24 but he, Carey (21) and Halewood (4) all fell looking to find the boundary.

Having dropped 100-game veteran Kraigg Brathwaite after a run of low scores, West Indies face a nervous wait with both his replacement Louis and Campbell, who took a ball to the body at short leg, nursing injuries after a taxing day in the field.

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Once again the West Indies pacers bowled beautifully. Sadly the West Indies batsmen do not inspire much hope.
 
If there is one thing this series has proven, it's that Sam Konstas should not be playing test cricket.

Could be a good white-ball batsman, but I don't think he is ready for test cricket just yet. It doesn't feel like he has the technique or ability to score runs against good bowling attacks consistently.
 
shariqnoor said:
Pakistan can get whitewashed against WI if WI has the same bowling lineup and the same pitches.
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Yes it's quite likely.

We don't have bowling that can go blow for blow with them on these pitches and our batting will fall apart quickly.
 
San Fraud konstas runs against mighty Westindies.

First Test - 3 & 5
2nd test - 25 & 0
Third test - 17

A reality for the wannabe fans about Fraud konstas :kp
 

Smith backs ‘relentless’ Aussie pace attack in Lyon’s absence​


The Aussie talisman offered rationale behind the absence of the veteran off-spinner for the pink-ball Test against the West Indies.
Australia star Steve Smith believes that while the absence of experienced offie Nathan Lyon from the playing XI for the third Test against West Indies ‘felt odd’, the conditions at Sabina Park demanded so.

Speaking after the end of the opening day’s play, Smith conceded that the decision to add in an extra seamer in Scott Boland for Lyon, who has 9 wickets in the series, was to juice the most out of the pink ball.

“It's odd not having him out there. Most of us have played pretty much every game with him but conditions are conditions,” Smith shared.

“We saw today how much seam was on offer and Scott Boland is not too bad at that as we've seen on numerous occasions.

“It's a pretty relentless attack, pink ball, it's a tricky one. Nathan is an exceptional bowler. It's certainly nothing to do with his skill for sure.

“In the morning, the four guys are going to go at it and be relentless. Hopefully we can take those wickets quickly.”

Having won the toss and electing to bat first, Australia were dismissed for 225 in their first innings on Day 1.

Smith would finish with 48 runs - highest for the visitors. Australia pulled one back as Mitchell Starc - featuring in his 100th Test - removed Kevlon Anderson before stumps.

Elaborating on how difficult the conditions were for the batters, Smith added, “It definitely sped up after the break. Before the break, I think the balls were losing 16 Km off the wicket and after the break they were losing 5 Km.

“Certainly felt like the wicket sped up a bit, it was a bit skiddy, but there was still plenty in it. Still felt like there was seam all day. Quite a slow outfield, so think it's a reasonable total.”

Smith also admitted that while the movement on the ball adds to the intensity of a pink-ball Test - making it more of a challenge for him as a batter.

“The pink ball, in general, is just a completely different game. Yeah, personally I find it quite tricky - picking the ball up at certain times of the day.

“And the way it behaves is completely different to the red one.

“People like the spectacle, but as a player, particularly as a batter, it's very challenging. The games can change so quickly, which you probably don't get so much with the red ball.”

The Windies will resume second day’s play with 16 runs on the board for the loss of a sole wicket.

Australia had gained an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test ICC World Test Championship series, and sit atop the WTC standings in the new cycle.

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It's crazy how boland never played more games. This guy has mcgrath level accuracy. Way better then Hazlewood
 
Windies batsmen blowing it again. Once again they'll be hoping that Shamar and Alzarri can swing the bat and get a couple of quick 30s
 
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