West Indies tour of Australia (2022)

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David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Starc return to the Australian men's squad for the Dettol T20 Series against the West Indies.

Australia plays two T20 matches against the West Indies on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane as preparations for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup continue.

Warner (managed preparation), Marsh (ankle), Stoinis (side) and Starc (knee) return having missed the short Qantas T20 tour of India.

Cameron Green has been retained for the series as part of a 16-player squad. Kane Richardson and Ashton Agar are being managed ahead of the World Cup.

National Selection Panel (NSP) Chair George Bailey said: “We have and are taking a cautious approach with the World Cup on the near horizon.

“To have four key players return gives us the ability to take a conservative path with any minor issues and resolve those well in time for the World Cup.

“As such we anticipate Kane and Ashton will return for the following series against England.”

The West Indies series is followed by three more Dettol T20 matches against England in Perth and Canberra before Australia assembles for the World Cup in Brisbane.

A World Cup practice match is scheduled for the Gabba on October 17.

Australia:

Aaron Finch (VIC/Geelong Cricket Club) (c)
Sean Abbott (NSW/Parramatta District Cricket Club)
Pat Cummins (NSW/Penrith Cricket Club)
Tim David (WA/Claremont-Nedlands Cricket Club)
Cameron Green (WA/Subiaco-Floreat Cricket Club)
Josh Hazlewood (NSW/St George Cricket Club)
Josh Inglis (WA/Joondalup Cricket Club)
Mitchell Marsh (WA/Fremantle Cricket Club)
Glenn Maxwell (VIC/Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club)
Daniel Sams (NSW/ Randwick Petersham Cricket Club)
Steve Smith (NSW/Sutherland Cricket Club)
Mitchell Starc (NSW/Manly Warringah Cricket Club)
Marcus Stoinis (WA/Subiaco Floreat Cricket Club)
Matthew Wade (TAS/Clarence Cricket Club)
David Warner (NSW/Randwick Petersham Cricket Club)
Adam Zampa (NSW/Sutherland Cricket Club)

Dettol T20 Series:

October 5: Australia v West Indies, Metricon Stadium
October 7: Australia v West Indies, The Gabba

 

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Chance for West Indies to make the world take notice but somehow, don't think its happening!

 

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Australia have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:
West Indies (Playing XI): Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Raymon Reifer, Yannic Cariah, Alzarri Joseph, Sheldon Cottrell

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Cameron Green, Mitchell Marsh, Aaron Finch(c), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

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WI 14/0 (1) CRR: 14

 

[alone1213]

I don't understand west indies fascination with that hack Johnson Charles.
He is very mediocre his stats show that as well.
He averages 21 with strike rate of 121.

 

[Mobashir]

West Indies vs Australia in LOI's has often been very good interesting matches.

Interesting that Green is playing alongside Warner and Finch. Who will open?

 

[Mobashir]

I don't understand west indies fascination with that hack Johnson Charles.
He is very mediocre his stats show that as well.
He averages 21 with strike rate of 121.

Probably the lack of options and also that he performed quite well in the CPL.

I would have prefered to see King open and see Hetmyer in the midle order. Unfortunately this Hetmyer guy is closer to Umar Akmal than Brian Lara.

 

[alone1213]

Probably the lack of options and also that he performed quite well in the CPL.

I would have prefered to see King open and see Hetmyer in the midle order. Unfortunately this Hetmyer guy is closer to Umar Akmal than Brian Lara.

Yeah it might be due to lack of options. I checked his stats he has done decent against australia India and England but he has struggled a lot against Pakistan he averages 4.50 against Pakistan in 5 innings.

Even in PSL he used to be very average i hope he is not selected in PSL anymore.

 

[alone1213]

Very disappointing performance by West Indies as expected. Same will happen to Pakistan as well.

 

[alone1213]

Odean Smith can hit some monster sixes.
108 m that Six.only if he can improve his bowling. He has got so much potential with the bat.

 

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Odean Smith can hit some monster sixes.
108 m that Six.only if he can improve his bowling. He has got so much potential with the bat.

Please check your PM

 

[hasanali]

For those who are watching the match, can you tell us about the conditions i.e. how the pitch is playing, whether there is swing, whether there's been any grass left on the wicket etc etc.

Worth keeping an eye on with the WC starting in a couple of weeks.

 

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[Markhor]

Wow Australia are 58-5. Tim David gone.

 

[SamNJ]

Bit of a worry for Aussies.
Marsh, Starc, Warner, Maxwell all looking rusty.
Tim and Cameron can't deliver every game for power hitting.

 

[Markhor]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That is HUUUUUUUUGGGEEE! <br><br>Kyle Mayers sends one into space!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WIvAUS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WIvAUS</a> <a href="https://t.co/z8aEOixdX6">pic.twitter.com/z8aEOixdX6</a></p>— Cricket on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/btsportcricket/status/1577604387144359937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Crazy shot. [MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION] you'll enjoy that one as a connoisseur of big T20 hitting.

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That is HUUUUUUUUGGGEEE! <br><br>Kyle Mayers sends one into space!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WIvAUS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WIvAUS</a> <a href="https://t.co/z8aEOixdX6">pic.twitter.com/z8aEOixdX6</a></p>— Cricket on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/btsportcricket/status/1577604387144359937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Crazy shot. [MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION] you'll enjoy that one as a connoisseur of big T20 hitting.

He is a high quality player

Kyle Mayers is a superstar

 

[Rana]

Am I seeing this correctly?

Aaron Finch, last year’s T20i winning ing captain demoting himself to let the young up-comer Cam Green continue to open after showing true potential?

This is why Aussies are elite class champions!

Rameez the man wants the Australian psychology but look at the captain he has employed in his regime!

 

[atreus]

Windies somehow besting Australia in Test would be so Legendary

 

[Markhor]

Australia have stabilised things. Should win from here.

 

[atreus]

imagine if west indies wins the tests

 

[fight_club]

For those who are watching the match, can you tell us about the conditions i.e. how the pitch is playing, whether there is swing, whether there's been any grass left on the wicket etc etc.

Worth keeping an eye on with the WC starting in a couple of weeks.

This vwnue is not going to be used but few things worth noting.

1. Something for all bowlers pacers bit of early swing and spinners also being effective

2. Ground dimension are large and blind slooging wouldnt work

3. 160 score is a fighting total

4. Pp must be taken advantage with field restrictions on. Once field is spread becomes difficult to clear it

5. Batsmen need good techniqe ability to play pace and bounce shot selection is also crucial you need to target gaps

 

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WI 145/9 (20)

AUS 146/7 (19.5)

Australia won by 3 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Aaron Finch

 

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WI 145/9 (20)

AUS 146/7 (19.5)

Australia won by 3 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Aaron Finch

Aaron Finch dropped to four in the batting order and found some confidence-boosting form Wednesday, hitting 58 to steer Australia to a three-wicket win over the West Indies in the opening T20I at the Carrara Oval in Queensland. The hosts were in trouble when they slumped to 58-5 in the eighth over, but skipper Finch, who usually opens, and Matthew Wade (39 not out) steadied the ship, putting on 69 runs. Finch fell in the 18th over and the game went to the wire, with Mitchell Starc hitting the winning runs with a ball to spare.

Australia won the toss and sent the West Indies in at Metricon Stadium, with Josh Hazlewood grabbing 3-35 as the visitors made 145-9.

Kyle Mayers top scored with 39, while Odean Smith chipped in 27 crucial late runs after they started strongly but faltered mid-match in the face of quality bowling.

"We were a bit sloppy in the field and with the bat. Lucky to get across the line. We just kept losing wickets. But Wadey the cool head in the end," said skipper Finch.

"We had to suck up a bit of pressure towards that back end and it would have been nice for me to get the side home, but not to worry we got over the line."

Australia got off to rousing start with David Warner, returning after missing their recent India tour, crunching 14 off five balls.

But he didn't last, thick edging off Sheldon Cottrell to Brandon King in the slips and it got worse when Mitchell Marsh, also back after missing the India series, was out in the same over.

Cameron Green, who is not in Australia's World Cup squad but had a stellar series in India, opened with Warner instead of Finch, who dropped to four for the first time in a T20 international.

Green made 14 before being bowled by Alzarri Joseph then Glenn Maxwell departed without scoring going for a big hit, as did Tim David soon after to leave Australia in trouble on 58-5.

Messed up
At the other end, Finch settled into his new role with Wade for company. He brought up his 18th half-century off 45 balls before he miscued a Joseph ball and Jason Holder took the catch.

Pat Cummins followed him to the pavilion, leaving Australia needing 11 off the final over.

Wade hit a boundary off Cottrell's first ball, then was dropped on the next before Starc brought them home.

"Defending 146, we had our chances but we messed it up," said West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran. "Having Australia 54-5, but we didn't capitalise on key moments. Finchy and Wade played well."

Earlier, the West Indies pummelled 14 off the opening Starc as Mayers powered them to 47-1 off the first five overs.

But Hazlewood removed his partner King lbw for 12 to snap what was shaping up as a dangerous partnership.

The spin of Adam Zampa and Maxwell successfully put the brakes on before Pat Cummins bowled dangerman Mayers for 39 off 36 balls as he swung wildly in a bid to keep the runs flowing.

Starc and Hazlewood kept the pressure on ahead of Smith's late flurry.

NDTV

 

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More pressure on Maxwell now. Finch scored a 50 batting at 4.

 

[atomberg]

Am I seeing this correctly?

Aaron Finch, last year’s T20i winning ing captain demoting himself to let the young up-comer Cam Green continue to open after showing true potential?

This is why Aussies are elite class champions!

Rameez the man wants the Australian psychology but look at the captain he has employed in his regime!

Australian commentators on air : "In form and main batsmen should face more ball" Finch knew about his form and demoted himself. Maybe Rameez is right in this case. ����

 

[sweep_shot]

Australia should win all games.

WI did good in the first T20 though (despite the loss).

 

[sam_ahm]

Some crucial catches dropped in that last over, else the result could well have been different. WI have given a very good fight though. Watch out for this guy Jannic Cariah, I've seen him a couple of times and he looks impressive.

One thing I'm thinking about is that this WC will have 150-160 as the par score, I'm not seeing very high scoring games on these big grounds of Australia.

 

[SamNJ]

Some crucial catches dropped in that last over, else the result could well have been different. WI have given a very good fight though. Watch out for this guy Jannic Cariah, I've seen him a couple of times and he looks impressive.

One thing I'm thinking about is that this WC will have 150-160 as the par score, I'm not seeing very high scoring games on these big grounds of Australia.

Yes. It depends on the pitches but generally 170 should be a safe winning total. Fielding and running between the wicket might play a huge role.

 

[wrongun]

Yes. It depends on the pitches but generally 170 should be a safe winning total. Fielding and running between the wicket might play a huge role.

Yep. Better running (5-10 runs), better fielding (5-10 runs) could easily make 15 runs difference between two sides.

There will be a 200 somewhere along the line but I think you guys are on track with par scores.

A team should absolutely set out to reach 180+ if they bat first though and only adjust down if say the pitch is playing 2 speeds or taking spin.

 

[ChTab]

So apparently W.I are as bad as Pakistan in the field or probably even worse than Pakistan. That last over was pathetic, they could've won the match.

 

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Teams:
West Indies (Playing XI): Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Akeal Hosein, Yannic Cariah, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Cameron Green, Matthew Wade(w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

West Indies have won the toss and have opted to field

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AUS 100/3 (12.2) CRR: 8.11

 

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AUS 178/7 (20)
WI 81/4 (11.2) CRR: 7.15 REQ: 11.31
West Indies need 98 runs in 52 balls

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WI sliding down at the moment - chances of a win look remote to me

 

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[sweep_shot]

Thumping win for the Aussies.

 

[fight_club]

Charles johnson looked worse then khushdil. Surprised they didnt play lewis
Also brook should get in for one of the all rounder batting look very ordinary

 

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Reigning World Cup player-of-the-tournament David Warner fired a warning shot to Australia’s rivals, easing his side to a 2-0 Dettol T20I series win over West Indies in Brisbane.

Warner maintained his love affair with the Gabba with a crisp 75 from only 41 balls, while newcomer Tim David reinforced his World Cup credentials with a brutal late cameo that fired the hosts to 7-178.

The Windies were never in the hunt as Mitchell Starc (4-20) claimed career-best figures to ensure the Aussies clinched a comfortable 31-run victory in front of a small, but enthusiastic crowd of 8,164.

Starc returned his first ever four-wicket haul in T20 Internationals, eclipsing his previous best of 3-11, and capped a dominant performance by conceding just three runs in the final over when the Windies needed an unlikely 36 to win.

It was a vintage Warner performance, flaying the fast bowlers through the off-side in the powerplay before a pair of gorgeous straight sixes when the fielding restrictions were relaxed.

A swept six over fine leg off Jason Holder into a pack of fans wearing bald caps and blue shirts with pictures of rugby league icon Alfie Langer was a shot few in world cricket could have managed.

It was a one-man show for half the innings; all but 21 of Australia's first 96 runs were scored by Warner, though he admitted he was "filthy" at the timing of his dismissal not long after Aaron Finch had exited.

In his last 14 innings across all international formats at the Gabba, Warner averages 75.83 with three hundreds and four fifties.

David meanwhile mixed brute power with solid judgement belying his lack of international experience; a pair of cut shots for four underlining he is not merely a slogger.

Not that he can't slog with the best of them; he blasted 20 runs off four Obed McCoy deliveries before the left-armer got revenge by having him lbw on review.

After troubling the Aussies with sheer pace on the Gold Coast two days earlier, Alzarri Joseph (3-21) once again proved a handful in dismissing three of Australia's top four, including Warner, and shapes as the Windies' key bowler for the World Cup.

His side’s chase was never on track, however, as Starc snared wickets in each of his first three overs, the first an athletic caught-and-bowled.

Two expensive Cameron Green overs before Adam Zampa put down Johnson Charles on three (off the bowling of Pat Cummins) did give the visitors a small glimmer of hope.

Green fought back with the scalp of Charles with the opener having struggled to keep his side up with the required rate, while Zampa too made amends with the scalp of Brandon King as the visitors' innings petered out.

Australia's pace brigade fired on all cylinders as Starc, Cummins (2-32) and Josh Hazlewood (0-19) all proved tough to get away.

After his team was inserted by his counterpart Nicholas Pooran, captain Aaron Finch's struggles with the bat continued.

In at No.3 as Green once again opened instead of him, Finch shared in an 85-run stand with Warner but contributed just 10 and even switched to batting left handed at one stage, having also earlier survived an lbw review.

The Aussie skipper lingered long at the crease after slapping a wide one from McCoy straight to mid-off.

A decision to return him to the opening slot may be easier given Green (one) failed for a second straight innings, while the allrounder remains a non-starter in the World Cup squad anyway.

Warner rued his timing when he went out four balls after Finch, and when Glenn Maxwell ran himself out the following over, Australia had lost 3-5 in 12 balls to put the handbrake on an innings where 200 looked possible.

Despite being permitted only four fielders outside the 30-yard circle for the final two overs due to a slow over-rate, the Windies fought back well to only allow 21 from the final three overs.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...eport-live-scores-video-highlights/2022-10-07

 

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Saturday, 29 October 2022 — ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel today named the Men’s Test squad for the upcoming series in Australia. West Indies will be under the leadership of Kraigg Brathwaite and will face the hosts in two Test matches at the Perth Stadium (30 November to 4 December) and the Adelaide Oval (8 to 12 December).

The Selection Panel named one newcomer in Tagenarine Chanderpaul, the left-handed opening batter and recalled two experienced players in allrounder Roston Chase and middle-order batter Shamarh Brooks.

Lead Selector The Most Hon. Dr Desmond Haynes said: “We have a core group of players who have been part of the Test squad and have performed well. We have played two series this year – against England and Bangladesh – and won both. We have been playing good Test cricket and expect to do well against the Australians on their home turf.”

“We have one newcomer to the team in Tagenarine Chanderpaul. He equipped himself very well in the West Indies Championship four-day matches and also did a very good job at the top of the order against Bangladesh A in Saint Lucia this summer. He has what it takes to do well at the highest level.”

Haynes added: “Roston Chase has returned to the squad as an allrounder and we believe his experience and skill set will be beneficial and Shamarh Brooks has also returned to bolster the middle-order batting.”

The West Indies Test squad is expected to assemble in Australia on 10 November. As part of the preparations for the two-match series the visitors will have a three-day warm-up game against an ACT/NSW XI at the Philip Oval, Canberra on Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 November.

This will be followed by a four-day pink ball match against the Australia Prime Minister’s XI at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Wednesday 23 November to Saturday 26 November. The day/night match will be played under lights and will recognise the anniversary of the inaugural fixture in 1951, also against the West Indies.

The Test series will be contested for the prestigious Frank Worrell Trophy – named in honour of the legendary West Indies captain. It will also form part of the ICC World Test Championship.



FULL SQUAD

Kraigg Brathwaite (Captain)

Jermaine Blackwood (Vice Captain)

Nkrumah Bonner

Shamarh Brooks

Tagenarine Chanderpaul

Roston Chase

Joshua Da Silva

Jason Holder

Alzarri Joseph

Kyle Mayers

Anderson Phillip

Raymon Reifer

Kemar Roach

Jayden Seales

Devon Thomas



MATCH SCHEDULE – West Indies Tour of Australia

17-19 November: v ACT/NSW XI at Philip Oval, Canberra

23-26 November: v Prime Minister’s XI at Manuka Oval, Canberra (day/night)

30 November to 4 December: 1st Test at the Perth Stadium, Perth

8-12 December: 2nd Test at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (day/night)

 

[Saj]

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Cricket Australia’s National Selection Panel (NSP) have named the men’s squad for the Prime Minister’s XI match against the West Indies in Canberra.

Western Australian wicketkeeper Josh Inglis will captain a strong squad which features seven players with international experience.

The Prime Minister and the NSP have rewarded early season form in the 2022-23 Marsh Sheffield Shield by selecting a side which includes the top performers from the first three rounds of the competition.

Victorian pair Peter Handscomb (518) and Marcus Harris (287) are the top two run scorers in the Marsh Sheffield Shield, while Queensland quicks Mark Steketee and Michael Neser have taken a combined 32 wickets.

The squad maintains close ties to ACT cricket through Henry Hunt and assistant coach Jono Dean. Hunt has previously represented Queanbeyan District in premier cricket and played for the ACT/NSW Country Comets in the 2014-15 Futures League.

The playing squad will be supported throughout the match by local ACT premier cricketers who will have the opportunity to train alongside and brush shoulders with the best domestic talent in Australia.

The four-day, day/night fixture against the West Indies begins on Wednesday, 23 November at Manuka Oval.

The Prime Minister’s XI squad to play the West Indies:
Josh Inglis (WA/Joondalup Cricket Club) (C)
Sean Abbott (NSW/Parramatta District Cricket Club)
Ashton Agar (WA/University Cricket Club)
Peter Handscomb (VIC/St Kilda Cricket Club)
Aaron Hardie (WA/Willeton Cricket Club)
Marcus Harris (VIC/St Kilda Cricket Club)
Henry Hunt (SA/Kensington Cricket Club)
Todd Murphy (VIC/St Kilda Cricket Club)
Michael Neser (QLD/Gold Coast District Cricket Club)
Matt Renshaw (QLD/Toombul District Cricket Club
Mark Steketee (QLD/Valley District Cricket Club)

Quotes attributable to Prime Minister Albanese:
“The Prime Minister’s XI has a rich history within Australian Cricket and I am delighted to confirm the squad as we celebrate its 70th year.

“Following an engaging selection meeting with George Bailey and Tony Dodemaide, we have agreed on a squad that mixes the country’s most exciting young cricketers with some highly experienced players.

“I want to thank Josh Inglis for taking on the role of captain and look forward to watching him lead a side which will compete strongly while remaining true to the traditions and values of the Prime Minister’s XI."

Quotes attributable to NSP Chair of Selectors George Bailey:
“It’s a very strong squad for this match consisting of our leading first class performers and, for many of the players, offers further exposure to an international side after touring Sri Lanka earlier this year.

“It’s an exciting game for them to continue the traditions of the Prime Minister’s XI which is a great honour for any cricketer. It will be an historic contest also considering the very first Prime Minister’s XI match was against the West Indies 70 years ago.

“We thank Prime Minister Albanese for his input into the squad which he agrees is in line with the traditions of the match with some of the country’s most exciting young cricketers mixed with some highly experienced players.”

 

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West Indies openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Shamarh Brooks both made half-centuries in a total of 5-297 on day one of their tour match against a combined NSW and ACT XI.

The duo added 133 with captain Brathwaite (75 off 114 balls) and Brooks (56 off 116) getting on top of a young attack at Canberra's EPC Solar Park, which included recent Australian U19 representatives Liam Doddrell and Jack Nisbet.

Left-arm orthodox spinner Riley Ayre (3-70) made inroads to have the tourists 5-207 before allrounder Jason Holder (50no) and Jermaine Blackwood (42no) took their side safely to the close of play.

The West Indies have two tour matches before the NRMA Test series against Australia begins in Perth on November 30 and will be keen to give their batters some valuable time at the crease before before taking on the Aussies’ vaunted pace attack.

Brathwaite, Holder and Blackwood are mainstays of the West Indies side and their early tour success will be a boost to the visitors' confidence.

Cricket ACT CEO Olivia Thornton performing an Acknowledgement of Country prior to play this morning // Brett McKay
Brathwaite is the most experienced of the West Indies batters and is 13th on the all-time Test list for his country with 4893 runs at an average of 34.45.

The 34-year-old Brooks did not make his Test debut until the age of 30 and has been in and out of the team in his short 11-Test career that includes a maiden century against Afghanistan in 2019.

Brooks is yet to open in a Test match for West Indies where he has batted at No.3 or in the middle order.

Men's NRMA Insurance Test Series v West Indies

Nov 17-19: ACT/NSW XI v Windies, Canberra

Nov 23-26: PM's XI v Windies, Canberra (day-night)

Nov 30 – Dec 4: First Test, Perth Stadium, 10:20am

Dec 8-12: Second Test, Adelaide Oval, 2:30pm (day-night)

Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner

West Indies squad: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Shamarh Brooks, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Roston Chase, Joshua Da Silva, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kyle Mayers, Anderson Phillip, Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales, Devon Thomas


https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...es-report-brathwaite-brooks-holder/2022-11-17

 

[shah_1]

Waste of time for everyone

 

[Markhor]

I'm afraid, barring a miracle, this will be a human rights violation.

Sad because AUS-WI produced some of the greatest bilateral Test series of the 1990s.

 

[MenInG]

Match Drawn

West Indies close second innings on 114-4 on the third and final day at Philip Oval in Canberra.

Chase 31* looked in good touch and Thomas top scored again with a polished 35.

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West Indies' batters missed a chance to find their groove on Australian pitches before their tour game against a NSW/ACT XI was declared a draw.

The visitors were 4-114 in their second innings on Saturday at Manuka Oval when play was called off, the hosts having declared earlier in the day on a mammoth 4-426.

Opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul, the son of Windies great Shivnarine Chanderpaul, made just four after not batting in West Indies' first innings effort of 9-424 declared.

Jermaine Blackwood, who retired on 42 in the first innings, made just one.

West Indies were 4-77 before Roston Chase (31no) and Joshua Da Silva (12no) ensured no further damage was done.

Earlier Blake MacDonald finished unbeaten on 177 after No.3 Oliver Davies had smashed 115 off just 106 balls on Friday in a wake-up call for the West Indies attack.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...nberra-day-two-three-scores-report/2022-11-19

 

[MenInG]

Joshua Da Silva keeps going strong! Reached 50: off 101 balls with six fours!

West Indies 277-8 – chasing target of 309

All four results remain possible going into final half hour.

 

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Windies fight out tense draw against PMs XI

Incapacitated Raymon Reifer and gritty Joshua Da Silva have combined to help the West Indies fight out a draw in the pink-ball tour match against the Prime Minister's XI at Manuka Oval.

Chasing 309 for victory after the PM XI's sporting declaration at 4-221 late on day three, the tourists shut up shop at the fall of the eighth wicket with eight overs to go, finishing on 8-277.

Da Silva (52no) started aggressively before putting up the shutters in the last hour, while Reifer remained unbeaten off 26 scoreless balls.

Not expected to bat due to a groin injury, Reifer did not even look to score, declining even the easiest singles hit to the outfield.

All results were possible when the West Indies entered the dinner break at 5-221, requiring a further 88 runs for victory off a minimum of 31 overs.

The last session started horribly for them when Roston Chase (13) succumbed after just three balls, beaten in flight by Ashton Agar (2-41), miscuing and lofting a catch to Joel Paris at mid-off.

The pendulum swung the tourists' way when Da Silva and Alzarri Joseph (31) combined for an enterprising 48-run seventh-wicket union.

Joseph, who swung lustily and impressively, was grassed on 24 by Aaron Hardie in the slips before guiding Mark Steketee (3-56) to Michael Neser at gully four overs later.

When Steketee had Kemar Roach (0) gloving a short ball to Peter Handscomb at slip, the West Indies fell to 8-273 and duly parked the bus.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul, the son of 164-Test legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul, was named player of the match for his fine double innings (119, 56), which should surely earn him a Test debut against Australia at Optus Stadium, starting on November 30.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...ghts-chanderpaul-da-silva-steketee/2022-11-26

 

[Bewal Express]

Maybe someone can explain why the Windies are still playing test cricket. When they play at home they have literally no one watching in the ground and when they play abroad the home fans are not interested. And worse still their players show no interest in playing tests and prefer to take the money.

 

[PakLFC]

Australia B could defeat the West Indies. What a mismatch!

 

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Australia captain Pat Cummins has confirmed the make-up of the XI that will take the field for his side in the first Test against the West Indies in Perth.

There are no major surprises in the final XI for the first home Test of the Australian summer, with Cummins confirming one change to the team that featured in the most recent Test match in Sri Lanka.

Experienced seamer Josh Hazlewood returns to Australia's line-up, with back-up spinner Mitchell Swepson making way following Australia's demoralising loss to Sri Lanka in Galle in July.

Swepson picked up figures of 3/103 in that match, but the 29-year-old was not selected in the squad for the West Indies series as Australia reverted to their standard line-up with three seamers and the solitary spinner.

Veteran openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja retain their places at the top of Australia's batting order, with left-hander Marcus Harris missing out on selection despite winning a recall to the squad for the series.

The series against the West Indies is crucial for Australia's hopes of qualifying for next year's World Test Championship final, with Cummins' side currently sitting on top of the standings ahead of a busy upcoming schedule.

Following the series against the West Indies, Australia host South Africa for three Tests at the end of the year before embarking on a four-Test series in India that may decide their World Test Championship fortunes.

Australia XI to play West Indies: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2919796

 

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Kraigg Brathwaite expects his batters to combat the pacy and bouncy surface at Perth in the first Australia-West Indies Test.

For the first time since 2016, Australia and West Indies are set to clash in a Test match. The Optus Stadium in Perth is set to host the first of the two Test matches in the series and per the curator Isaac McDonald, the track will provide good pace and bounce.

Both sides have a strong pace attack that could use the conditions to their advantage but it could be how the batters of both teams deal with the pace on the pitch that decides the outcome of the Test.

Speaking ahead of the first Test, West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite set his batters a target to deal with the conditions at Perth.

"We want to bat [for] 100 overs, the main focus is to have discipline," Brathwaite said. "We have batsmen that can get on with it, so it's not to stop them. It's for them to do the processes throughout the entire innings. It's not to change anyone's game.

"I think time is always great to have in Test cricket... to believe they can do it. We know Australia is a superior team. We have to play ten days of hard cricket, that's our main focus."

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One of the players Brathwaite has put his trust in is debutant Tagenarine Chanderpaul. After impressing with a hundred and a fifty in the warm-up game, the son of ICC Hall of Famer Shivnarine Chanderpaul is all set to make his Test debut in Perth.

Speaking glowingly of the 26-year-old, Brathwaite said, "He will do extremely well at this higher level."

"He has a lot of patience, and a good defence. He was an example for us in the first game, and we take a leaf out of his book for the series. I think Tag will do a fantastic job, and let's hope he can do even greater things than his father."

West Indies in Tests have undergone a turnaround with series victories over Bangladesh and England and Brathwaite has been at the helm of it as the skipper. The 29-year-old is now keen to keep the momentum going and restore a semblance of greatness that the West Indies of old used to show.

"We know Test cricket is real cricket," Brathwaite said. "As a team, we want to do well for the Caribbean, and want youngsters to play Test cricket for West Indies.

"Obviously we were great in the past, and we use it as motivation to get to that level. If we stick together as a group, we can improve and get to those great levels."

Crucial ICC World Test Championship points will also be up for grabs as the Windies look to improve upon their 50% point percentage.

On the other hand, Australia will want to keep a stranglehold of the top spot (70%) before they welcome second-placed South Africa in December and travel to India for the four-match Border-Gavaskar series next year.

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1st Test:

Australia won the toss and opt to bat


Australia XI

Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh HazlewoodBench:Scott Boland, Marcus Harris

West Indies Squadlaying:Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Nkrumah Bonner, Jermaine Blackwood, Roston Chase, Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales

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AUS 72/1 (29) CRR: 2.48
Day 1: Lunch Break

Australia, opting to bat, will be the happier side despite losing an early wicket. David Warner hit the first boundary of the summer with a cracking pull shot but fell very next ball to Seales by chopping on a full and wide delivery. Post that, the two Queensland batters - Khawaja and Labuschagne - have done a good job to steady the ship. The Windies pacers were disciplined but couldn't create enough chances. Six bowlers employed which included four overs of spin as well but Chase has been expensive with at least one loose delivery every over.

 

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AUS 151/1 (52) CRR: 2.9
Day 1: 2nd Session

 

[wrongun]

I think it's been about 25 years since WI last won a Test in Oz.

I don't see this lot changing things. Attack has a bit of a pop gun look to it these days. You can't bring a bunch of 132k trundlers to Oz (Roach used to be good, but those days are fading). Joseph is sharp. The rest are pure trundle.

Roston Chase has no business in a Test team. I wish they brought out the big fella Rakheem Cornwall, at least he can bowl.

 

[daytrader]

AUS 197/2 (65) CRR: 3.03
Day 1: 3rd Session

 

[Nikhil_cric]

The bowling has been fairly good actually. Australia have simply batted really well.

 

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For all the pre-game talk of fire and fury lurking in the Perth pitch, it was bat that brutally dominated ball as Marnus Labuschagne's century underpinned Australia's imposing 2-293 to start the NRMA Insurance Test Series against West Indies.

Labuschagne resumes on 154no tomorrow, the fourth-highest tally of his remarkable Test match career to date, eyeing his second double-century having peeled off 215 against New Zealand at the SCG three summers ago.

But perhaps even more daunting for a West Indies outfit that appeared flat and frustrated by day's end, Steve Smith was living up to recent claims he's rediscovered his best batting form in reaching 59no from 107 balls faced, despite requiring on-field treatment for a back complaint.

The pair's unbeaten 142-run stand for the third wicket followed a union of the same scope between Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja (65) for the second wicket, with Labuschagne the common factor in both partnerships.

The 28-year-old celebrated his second century at Perth Stadium – which is only hosting its third Test – by raising his bat before his 100th run had been completed, followed immediately by a more elaborate arms-aloft acknowledgement as the ball rolled to the boundary rope.

It was one of 16 boundaries the right-hander posted in his 270-ball stay, as well as a towering six over backward square leg as the tidy bowling efforts the West Indies had managed for much of the first two sessions turned ragged in the final two hours.

Labuschagne offered only one genuine chance (on 132) – an edge that struck keeper Joshua da Silva's thigh from skipper Kraigg Brathwaite's sole over of round-arm spin – although he almost holed out to deep backward point four runs later.

But apart from those lapses, a couple of lbw shouts by Kemar Roach in the opening hour, and a near-miss when Roach returned shortly before tea, Labuschagne was in control on a pitch that is expected to exhibit more of its predicted pace and bounce as play progresses tomorrow.

If that's the case, Australia has a huge opportunity to turn their overnight score into a formidable total with a wealth of batting to come and their unbeaten pair still hungry for runs.

Labuschagne's knock was a study in Test match batting, as he watchfully declined to play a large percentage of balls when the pitch and bowlers were freshest this morning before blossoming into an increasingly exotic range of stroke as conditions flattened and opponents fatigued.

His first 50 came from 112 deliveries and included six boundaries, but it took just 80 more balls to post his eighth Test ton at which point he and Smith upped the tempo even further.

The pair piled on 78 from 16 overs immediately after tea against a tiring West Indian attack that had tried everything earlier in the day – they deployed six bowlers in the opening two-hour session – but was clearly bereft of inspiration as shadows lengthened and the second new ball beckoned.

Their frustration was doubtless compounded by the preceding two sessions when they largely kept the pressure on Australia's batters with tidy if not often threatening bowling, but could only cite two wickets for their worthy efforts.

Labuschagne and Khawaja had provided the initial stumbling block with their 142-run stand for the second wicket, of which Khawaja contributed 65 to continue his extraordinary run of form for a year he started outside of Australia's Test XI.

Khawaja's 2022 tally now stands at 953 runs (from 14 innings) at an average of 95.3.

With a possible seven further Test knocks before new year rolls around, he is odds-on to overtake England pair Jonny Bairstow (1061 at 66.31) and Joe Root (973 at 51.21) at the top of the calendar year runs scorers.

Despite the pitch's decidedly green tinge and pre-game hype around a return to the characteristics of WACA Ground tracks in the fast-bowling heyday, the West Indies would have batted first had the coin landed in Brathwaite's favour.

That would have ensured a fiery baptism for debutant opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul who received his Test cap from former West Indies captain Brian Lara, who noted in his speech he had been part of the team when Chanderpaul's father (Shivnarine) debuted against England at Guyana in 1994.

The previous father-son combination to represent the collective of Caribbean nations was Everton Weekes and David Murray, with Murray's passing earlier this week recognised by the current team who donned black armbands today.

For all the detailed planning and disciplined execution from a majority of the West Indies attack across the opening session and a bit, it was pure batter error that yielded their only success in the first half of day one.

It came in the fourth over when Jayden Seales angled a delivery so wide of David Warner the Australia opener found himself taking a knee for the second time in 20 minutes as he tried to flay a drive through cover.

But in over-reaching to make contact, Warner managed only to somehow drag the ball onto his leg stump which was uprooted leaving the left-hander with head thrown back in disbelief at his misfortune.

It also extended his stretch of Test outings without a century to almost three years, his most recent coming against New Zealand at the SCG in January 2020.

The ensuing struggle against the 'tennis ball' bounce on the well-grassed pitch were exemplified by the pace at which the Khawaja-Labuschagne partnership proceded.

The pair took almost 23 overs to post their 50 stand, and by lunch had advanced Australia's score to a cautious 1-72.

It would have been significantly fewer had Brathwaite not opted for four overs of Roston Chase's off-spin, which cost 23 runs in stark contrast to the scoring rate of less than two per over off the seamers.

Among the most parsimonious of the pace attack was Kyle Mayers whose figures of 0-7 from four overs belied the gentle nature of the medium-pacers he sent down at barely 120kph.

Mayers' ability to find subtle movement off the day one surface also ensured he seemed the most likely to secure a second breakthrough as Australia's second-wicket pair settled in, so it was surprising he did not return to the attack until late in the afternoon session.

By that stage Chase's figures had blown out to 0-42 from nine overs, including an imperious six over long-off that carried Khawaja to his eighth Test score of 50 or more for 2022.


And to further underscore the misjudgement of preferring spin to seam, Mayers struck with the first delivery he sent down which came 28 overs into the second session.

Operating around the wicket to Khawaja, he lured the left-hander forward with a ball angled into him and found a fine edge as it seamed slightly away off the pitch.

It was a wicket hewn against the run of play, and Brathwaite immediately went on the attack by recalling his spearhead Roach and re-stocking the slips cordon in the hope of snaring another in the half-hour before tea.

The ploy almost worked, as Labuschagne atypically flashed at a ball from Roach that flew past the outstretched fingertips of Jason Holder at second slip, and then twice more in that same over was beaten by textbook leg cutters.

But Labuschagne survived, noting as he left the field for the tea break the pitch was gradually playing quicker and truer.

That was borne out in the final session, as he posted his century and with Smith setting about turning Australia's start of solidity into a position of dominance.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...t-day-one-report-highlights-scores/2022-11-30

 

[wrongun]

The bowling has been fairly good actually. Australia have simply batted really well.

Roach looked ok.

Honesty the rest are pure trundle. Being able to hold a line for 4 balls out of 6 isn't really Test standard. Nor is coming back at 129ks for your 3rd spell.

The wicket isn't super quick this year. But it was green and had grass. Any half decent attack would snare a few wickets on it. It's Perth and a there have been a lot of teams bowled out for 100-200 scores in domestic here this season. I have not been impressed at all with this WI attack.

 

[Mobashir]

Hundred for Smith and double coming for Labu.

Not good signs for west indies.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Roach looked ok.

Honesty the rest are pure trundle. Being able to hold a line for 4 balls out of 6 isn't really Test standard. Nor is coming back at 129ks for your 3rd spell.

The wicket isn't super quick this year. But it was green and had grass. Any half decent attack would snare a few wickets on it. It's Perth and a there have been a lot of teams bowled out for 100-200 scores in domestic here this season. I have not been impressed at all with this WI attack.

This has been a highly impressive batting display regardless. Even if they are not the quickest, the Windies have not bowled anywhere near as bad as Marnus, Smith and Khawaja have made them look. Quite rightly, the #1 Test side in the world.



The only problem for OZ is that both Khawaja and Warner need replacements soon.

 

[Mobashir]

This has been a highly impressive batting display regardless. Even if they are not the quickest, the Windies have not bowled anywhere near as bad as Marnus, Smith and Khawaja have made them look. Quite rightly, the #1 Test side in the world.



The only problem for OZ is that both Khawaja and Warner need replacements soon.

I think Warner is on his last legs, especially in the test format. Matt Renshaw will be a good replacement I guess.

 

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Aus 422/3 (122) crr: 3.46

 

[MP2011]

What a disgraceful cricket pitch this is! No wonder everyone is scoring runs for fun!

 

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Windies survive late exam after Smith’s unbeaten double

Despite boasting a pair of double century makers in the same Test innings for the first time in over a decade, Australia's remorseless dominance of the first NRMA Insurance Test was stymied by a brave West Indies opening stand that announced the arrival of a new batting hope.

In reply to their hosts' daunting first innings of 4(dec)-598 – underpinned by Marnus Labuschagne's 204 and Steve Smith's unbeaten 200 – the West Indies reached 0-74 at stumps on day two with Tagennarine Chanderpaul in sight of a half-century in his maiden Test innings.

Smith and Labuschagne became the first pair of double century makers in the same innings since Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting achieved the rare feat against India at Adelaide Oval in 2011, with Travis Head missing out on his triple-figure milestone by the barest of margins.

But in contrast to the often-abject resignation they showed in the latter half of their bowling innings, the West Indies reply with bat in hand was doggedly defiant.

Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite (18no) and his debutant opening partner Chanderpaul (47no from just 73 balls faced) withstood 21 overs of high octane pace bowling under thick evening cloud during which they both copped multiple blows.

Chanderpaul was especially impressive, wearing an eye-watering hit from Josh Hazlewood that left him prostrate on pitch edge for several minutes as team medicos pumped his legs in a brave bid to quell the pain and mitigate the shock.

The fine-boned left-hander was also struck several times on the upper body as he concertina-ed himself limbo-style beneath a barrage of short balls, but in between those moments he drove and cut without fear to suggest a productive career awaits.

The 26-year-old – whose father, Shivnarine, was inducted to the ICC's Hall of Fame last month – also survived a confident shout for lbw in Mitchell Starc's second over (when on four) that fell narrowly in his favour when adjudged as 'umpire's call'.

Brathwaite also benefited from the DRS process, although the appeal for a catch behind off Pat Cummins when he was on 16 was revealed to be more in hope with the ball passing harmlessly past his outside edge.

But for all the pluck shown by the visitors' first-wicket pair, they still have a sizeable mountain to scale.

At the close of play yesterday, Usman Khawaja told cricket.com.au he expected day two to offer the best batting conditions of the Test.

But even at his most optimistic, he could not have envisaged Australia would subjugate the West Indies bowling as utterly and remorselessly as they did for 62.4 overs today.

During those two-and-a-bit sessions, they plundered 305 runs against some of the most desultory bowling Test cricket in this country has witnessed for the loss of just two wickets – both of which fell to occasional spinner Brathwaite as the result of self-inflicted wounds.

The first of those was Labuschagne, having celebrated his second Test double-century on the cusp of lunch at which point his half-hearted dab at one of Brathwaite's round-arm off-breaks nestled in the gloves of keeper Joshua da Silva.

It's not often a Test batter heads to the sheds with a double-hundred to his name but so demonstrably disconsolate, a clear indication the 28-year-old felt he had left at least another century out there.

It was also a less rueful countenance than that aired by Head, who had motored to 99 at better than a run per ball with his greatest conundrum being how to engage in some mindful eating against a sumptuous buffet of parklands bowling until he outsmarted himself.

With his teammates all waiting boundary side in full playing kit, having been told Australia's declaration would come immediately after both he and Smith posted their respective milestones, Head attempted a similarly meek shot to that which undid Labuschagne.

And instead of netting him the single that would have brought his fifth Test century, it instead yielded an inside edge back on to off stump that meant Head became the 25th Australia batter – and the first since Shaun Marsh against India at the MCG in 2014 – to be dismissed for 99.

It was an ignominious end to an innings of otherwise flawless fluency that shone far brighter than the bowling he faced, but was always going to be an afterthought to Smith's contribution.

With barely a mishit during the seven hours and batted and from the 311 deliveries he faced, Smith not only made good his prediction he was getting back to his batting best but ensured the statement was heavily underscored and appended with an exclamation point.

Although he would have to concede he's faced more searching training sessions against teenage net bowlers than he was subjected to for much of today's knock.

The fact West Indies skipper Brathwaite enlisted barely medium pacers Jason Holder (around 125kph) and Kyle Mayers (120kph) before finally unleashing his fastest bowlers Alzarri Joseph and Jayden Seales until much later in the opening session.

Mayers had indicated prior to play starting he was feeling sore after yesterday's 11-over workload, and Seales must surely have been afflicted by some ailment given he had taken one of the two wickets to fall on day one during which he was his team's most threatening bowler.

But even if the West Indies boasted an attack the calibre of those legendary 1980s outfits, it's doubtful they could have curtailed Smith such was his technical mastery and mental strength.

Upon reaching his 29th Test ton shortly after the day's first drinks break, Smith not only equalled the centuries tally of Don Bradman but did so in his 155th Test innings with only Bradman (79) and India's Sachin Tendulkar (148) having reached the milestone in fewer knocks.

By that stage, another of the game's all-time greats – former West Indies skipper Brian Lara – noted in commentary for Fox Cricket that his former team had no chance of claiming all 10 Australia wickets and their best hope was to limit scoring until a declaration salved their pain.

But that modest assignment proved beyond them as Smith joined with Labuschagne to flay 109 from the 28 overs until lunch, and then found even greater freedom in union with Head as they carved 166 from the next 30 overs up to tea.

In reaching his fourth double-hundred moments before Head's dismissal brought the declaration, Smith joined Greg Chappell and Clarke with four scores of 200 or more for Australia.

Only Bradman (12) and Ponting (six) have posted more.

The ease with which Australia's batters scored represents a troublesome trend against a once-feared bowling line-up which is scheduled to return here for a further two Tests next summer.

In their past five first innings against West Indies on home soil (including today's efforts), Australia have piled on 2,428 runs for the loss of 20 wickets at an average of more than 485 per innings and in excess of 120 runs per scalp.

And that includes the first innings of the previous encounter at the SCG seven years ago when rain curtailed the game with Australia 2-176 in their first innings and seemingly on target for another hefty total.

The visitors' plight was best encapsulated by the belated introduction of Joseph into the attack more than an hour into the day, by which time Labuschagne had progressed to 186 without being troubled by the diet of medium-pace he had been fed throughout the morning.

With his third delivery of his second over – having changed ends after his first – Joseph's extra pace induced a tentative steer from Australia's number three that flew barely over the outstretched fingertips of substitute fielder Shamarh Brooks stationed at fine gully.

Joseph's clear irritation at his teammate's less-than-urgent effort was doubtless compounded by the knowledge Brooks was on the field for Holder who – at around 30cm taller and one of world cricket's best close catchers – would likely have plucked the rare offering.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...t-day-two-report-highlights-scores/2022-12-01

 

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AUS 598/4 d
WI 150/1 (51) CRR: 2.94
Day 3: Lunch Break - West Indies trail by 448 runs

 

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WI: 237/4 (77 ov)
Aus: 598/4d
Day 3 - Session 2: West Indies trail by 361 runs.

 

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UPDATE: Shamarh Brooks replaces Nkrumah Bonner as concussion substitute for the match

 

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WI: 283 (98.2 ov)
Aus: 598/4d
Day 3 - Session 3: West Indies trail by 315 runs.

 

[Gilly]

What a disgraceful cricket pitch this is! No wonder everyone is scoring runs for fun!

WI are having fun, someone better tell them.

 

[MenInG]

WI 283
AUS 598/4 d & 29/1 (11) CRR: 2.64
Day 3: Stumps - Australia lead by 344 runs

 

[MenInG]

A milestone moment for skipper Pat Cummins followed by his team's dominant bowling display with the second new ball sees Australia with a virtually unassailable grip on the first NRMA Insurance Test against the West Indies.

The dominance Australia displayed with the bat across the first two days seemed set to be repeated with ball when they struck in the opening over of day three, but for the next two sessions the visitors hung in and held their own while landing the occasional counter-punch.

But Cummins' stepped up to snare his 200th Test wicket at a crucial moment, before Mitchell Starc wrought havoc as the visitors lost 6-39 against the second new ball to be dismissed for 283, still 315 runs adrift of Australia's daunting first innings.

In the lengthening shadows, openers Usman Khawaja and David Warner immediately set about growing the lead after Cummins opted against enforcing the follow-on, doubtless wary of batting last on a pitch already starting to show signs of variable bounce.

Khawaja recorded a rare failure, caught behind for six when looking to chase quick runs, but by stumps Australia (1-29) boasted an advantage off 344 with Warner and first innings double centurion Marnus Labuschagne to resume tomorrow morning.

In 145 years of Test cricket, only one team can claim to have won after surrendering a first innings lead of 315 or more, and that was England at The Oval in 2006 when they trailed by 331 but were awarded the match on forfeit after Pakistan refused to take the field due to a dispute over umpiring.

On the evidence presented at Perth Stadium thus far, it would take similarly sensational events to see the West Indies somehow manufacture a win.

Australia had begun day three precisely as they had hoped, with Josh Hazlewood sliding past opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul's outside edge three times in the opening over before finding it to present David Warner with a straightforward catch at slip.

Amid that repetition, Chanderpaul steered one delivery wide of third slip to reach an impressive half-century in his maiden Test innings from just 78 balls faced.

He added just one more ball to that tally before the visitors' first wicket fell, but showed enough in his maiden outing to suggest he might be a player of substance for some time to come.

There were others who got a start in the West Indies dogged resistance, including Shamarh Brooks who looked perhaps the most fluent of his top-order colleagues after being a last-minute call-up as concussion substitute for number three Nkrumah Bonner this afternoon.

Given they needed to post their highest first innings score in a Test against Australia for more than a decade simply to reach the follow-on target of 399, the West Indies sorely needed someone to play a knock of Labuschagne or Steve Smith proportions.

But only Chanderpaul and his opening partner Kraigg Brathwaite were able to reach 50, and it was the latter's dismissal by Cummins that provided the day's most poignant and pivotal moment.

Cummins became the 19th Australia men's player to snare 200 Test wickets, joining a club that also includes current teammates (and close friends) Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon.

But behind that bald statistic is a far more remarkable story, not least because of the array of injuries Cummins was forced to overcome between his debut at Johannesburg in 2011 and his return at Ranchi more than five years later, during which time Australia played 64 Tests.

At his going rate of around 4.5 wickets per Test, had he played at least 50 of those lost games he'd be on 425 Test scalps.

Or perhaps even beyond the 440 that Lyon now finds himself holding, with his two wickets today taking him past South Africa's Dale Steyn and into ninth place on the all-time Test wicket-takers list, just two behind fellow off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin from India.

As it stands, Cummins is the only Australian bowler to reach the 200-wicket milestone with a bowling average below 22.

He also got there in his 44th Test, with only Clarrie Grimmett (36), Cummins' boyhood hero Dennis Lillee (38), and leg-spin pair Stuart MacGill (41) and Shane Warne (42) reaching 200 in fewer appearances for Australia.

The moment, which arrived shortly after lunch today as the defiant West Indies innings had reached 1-159, was as emblematic as it was historic.

Not only did Cummins remove his rival skipper Brathwaite whose 252-minute stay for 64 was a model of concentration and commitment, he did it in a manner befitting the significance of the occasion.

Rather like he did to England's then captain Joe Root in the defining moment of the 2019 Ashes campaign, Cummins angled the ball into Brathwaite who looked to play late with his forward defensive push only to see the ball seam away sufficiently to beat the bat and tilt back off stump.

For all the pressure Australia's bowlers had built, and as close as they had come to capitalising on the initial breakthrough in the day's first over, Brathwaite's removal effectively came against the run of play.

But it brought about a subtle, then sudden shift in the day's narrative, as the West Indies then lost 3-50 between lunch and tea as well as number three batter Bonner who succumbed to the effects of concussion and was ruled out of the game.

Bonner was the victim of Cameron Green's first meaningful contribution to his maiden home Test, given the all-rounder wasn't required to bat in Australia's first innings of 4(dec)-598 and didn't take the ball until the 34th over of West Indies' reply.

However, with his third delivery he surprised Bonner with a bouncer that reared barely shoulder high only for the right-hander to duck and turn his head, which meant the ball slammed into the base of his protective helmet.

The 33-year-old was clearly stunned by the blow and underwent several minutes of on-field medical treatment before resuming his innings on two not out.

But he appeared to be struggling and was seen several times with head bowed. When drinks were taken half an hour later, he reported symptoms of dizziness and left the field.

Bonner was replaced by Jermaine Blackwood, who exhibited similarly sturdy defiance to his skipper and took over the senior batter's role after Brathwaite fell victim to Cummins' milestone ball.

He lost Kyle Mayers (1) when the usually explosive left-hander was beaten for speed by Starc who slammed a ball into the top of his off-stump, and the Australians felt they had former captain Jason Holder soon after when he was adjudged lbw to Hazlewood.

The change brought an immediate reward, with Holder clipping a low catch to leg slip where Warner snared it smartly to his left.

The breakthrough came shortly after a West Indies team official announced Bonner had not been ruled out of the game with concussion despite the severity of his blow, an update that required further updating within minutes as substitute Brooks strode to the crease after Holder's wicket.

But not even the inclusion of a fresh batter could slow Australia's charge with new ball in hand.

Holder opted to review that decision after some consideration, indicating his belief the ball had hit high on his back leg and might therefore be shown to be clearing the stumps.

The DRS process then revealed a small spike on real-time snicko as ball passed bat and, despite the absence of any activity on hot spot, third umpire Kumar Dharmasena decreed an inside edge and the decision was overturned to the Australians' bemusement.

Holder prospered for a further half hour and landed a rare counter-blow by clubbing Lyon beyond the long-on boundary rope which prompted Australia's premier spin bowler to switch his attack to around the wicket.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...day-three-report-highlights-scores/2022-12-02

 

[wrongun]

What a disgraceful cricket pitch this is! No wonder everyone is scoring runs for fun!

As I said further up the thread on Day 1, nothing wrong with the pitch. It was green, it had grass and provided enough that any decent attack would pick up wickets. As proven when Oz bowled. Chanerpaul and Brathwaite batted really well in that first session or two. Well played.

WI attack is just a poor unit, Roach is good but fading. Joseph is sharp at times but inconsistent and lacked endurance. The rest are 128k pop guns. Any good attack can take wickets at Perth and this has been true of all domestics at the new ground.

 

[jnaveen1980]

What appeared to be a good batting deck is breaking up. Ball is doing tricks. New ball. Those who can be consistent and relentless will get something out of it. Erratic bowlers will have issues.

 

[jnaveen1980]

In Australian conditions, consistency is very very vital. Looking for magic balls and bowling erratically will be fruitless.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Cummins will be missed badly. He is a machine.

 

[MenInG]

AUS 598/4 d & 182/2 d
WI 283 & 9/0 (5.1) CRR: 1.74
Day 4: 2nd Session - West Indies need 489 runs

 

[MenInG]

Australia begin their push for victory in the first NRMA Insurance Test against West Indies minus a key bowler, with captain Pat Cummins sidelined due to soreness in his right quadriceps.

"Pat Cummins is experiencing some mild right sided quadricep soreness," a Cricket Australia statement read.

"He will continue to be monitored by team medical staff and his availability to bowl in the second innings will be assessed on an ongoing basis."

Cummins declared Australia's second innings at lunch, shortly after Marnus Labuschagne reached his second century of the match by adding an unbeaten 104 to the 204 he plundered in the first innings.

He was then absent as Australia took the field holding an insurmountable lead of 497, with Steve Smith leading the team and Scott Boland taking the regular skipper's place as a substitute fielder.

Cummins claimed his 200th Test wicket midway yesterday when he bowled rival skipper Kraigg Brathwaite, becoming the 19th Australia men's player to reach the milestone and the first to do so with an average of less than 22 runs per wicket.

But the 29-year-old also spent some time off the field during the course of day three, with Smith assuming leadership duties in his role as vice-captain.

It is not clear if Cummins is in doubt for the second NRMA Insurance Test against the West Indies that begins at Adelaide Oval on Thursday.

He missed the Adelaide Test against England last year – what would have been the second of his captaincy career – as a result of the COVID-19 protocols that were in place at the time.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/pat...ia-west-indies-first-test-day-four/2022-12-03

 

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AUS 598/4 d & 182/2 d
WI 283 & 84/0 (30) CRR: 2.8
Day 4: Tea Break - West Indies need 414 runs

 

[James]

Good start by WI, showing some fight.

 

[James]

AUS 598/4 d & 182/2 d
WI 283 & 192/3 (62) CRR: 3.1
Day 4: Stumps - West Indies need 306 runs

 

[Markhor]

As I said further up the thread on Day 1, nothing wrong with the pitch. It was green, it had grass and provided enough that any decent attack would pick up wickets. As proven when Oz bowled. Chanerpaul and Brathwaite batted really well in that first session or two. Well played.

WI attack is just a poor unit, Roach is good but fading. Joseph is sharp at times but inconsistent and lacked endurance. The rest are 128k pop guns. Any good attack can take wickets at Perth and this has been true of all domestics at the new ground.

I haven't seen the average speeds but I'm surprised by Jayden Seales' drop in pace. He was fairly sharp in his first few Tests.

Holder has always been poor with the Kookaburra ball. Roach at this stage of his career is reliant on movement off the surface and in the air. Alzarri's started to mature into the bowler we hoped for from U19 cricket, but it's tricky for visiting pacers to find the right lengths in AUS.

It's still a decent pace attack but need some assistance from conditions.

Roston Chase however is barely a FC cricketer and not good enough to even play a holding role as a spinner.

The batsmen have shown fight which is heartening. Brathwaite hasn't let the burden of captaincy affect his runmaking. Tage Chanderpaul looks a good find - John Campbell's drug ban has worked out for them because Chanderpaul is definitely an upgrade as an opener.

 

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Marquino Mindley called up to join West Indies Test squad in Australia

Saturday, 3 December 2022 — ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Marquino Mindley is travelling to Australia as injury cover for the West Indies Men’s squad ahead of the second Test in Adelaide. The right-arm fast bowler is due to arrive in Australia on Tuesday morning.

All-rounder Raymon Reifer has been ruled out of the tour with a groin injury and Kyle Mayers can no longer bowl in the series after suffering a strain to his right teres major. Nkrumah Bonner has been ruled out of further participation in the current first Test Match due to concussion protocols after being struck on the helmet when batting in West Indies first innings. Shamarh Brooks replaced him as the concussion substitute.

Mindley, 27, has so far played 42 first-class matches with 103 wickets at an average of 24.25 runs per wickets. His last first-class assignment was in August for the West Indies “A” Team against Bangladesh “A” in Saint Lucia where he had impressive figures of 5-59 in the first four-day match.

The first Test is being played at the Perth Stadium and enters the fifth and final day on Sunday, 4 December. The second Test will be a day/night contest featuring the pink cricket ball at the Adelaide Oval, from Thursday 8 December to Monday 12 December. The two teams are competing for the Frank Worrell trophy, named in honor of the former West Indies captain and icon.

FULL SQUAD

Kraigg Brathwaite (Captain)

Jermaine Blackwood (Vice Captain)

Nkrumah Bonner

Shamarh Brooks

Tagenarine Chanderpaul

Roston Chase

Joshua Da Silva

Jason Holder

Alzarri Joseph

Kyle Mayers

Marquino. Mindley

Anderson Phillip

Kemar Roach

Jayden Seales

Devon Thomas