AUS vs WI 1st Test: The Adelaide Test played between Australia and West Indies could not last even for two and a half days. The result of this match came in the first session of the third day itself. Actually, by the end of the second day’s play, West Indies was on the verge of defeat. But the work that was left incomplete was finished by the Australian bowlers in the first few overs of the third day.
In the first innings of this match, West Indies team was bundled out for 188 runs. Australia scored 283 runs here and took a lead of 95 runs on the basis of first innings. Later, West Indies’ second innings was limited to 120 runs only. Here Australia got the target of 26 runs which it achieved without losing any wicket.
Shamar Joseph took 5 wickets in debut test
On the first day of the match, the Australian captain won the toss and decided to bowl first. Thanks to 4-4 wickets of Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, West Indies were reduced to only 188. On the same day, Australia also lost two wickets for 59 runs at stumps. When the second day’s play started, West Indies made a good comeback. Thanks to Shamar Joseph’s 5 wickets, the Australian team also could not take a huge lead and was all out at 283. Travis Head scored a wonderful century (119) for Australia.
hazelwood havoc
Till now the match was a good contest but in the second innings the batting order of West Indies fell apart like a house of cards. By the end of the day’s play, the West Indies team had lost 6 wickets for just 73 runs. The remaining four wickets fell at the beginning of the third day itself. Apart from Kirk McKenzie (26) and Justin Greaves (24), no other batsman could cross the 20 mark in the second innings of the Windies. The visiting team could score only 120 runs in this innings. Here Josh Hazlewood took 5 wickets.
Australia got a target of 26 runs to win, which was easily achieved. However, during this time Usman Khawaja got badly injured and had to retire hurt. In this way, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series.
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