Australia vs West Indies 2nd Test: The second match of the Test series is being played between Australia and West Indies in Adelaide. By the end of the first day’s play, Australia scored 330 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. Marnus Labushen and Travis Head did dangerous batting for the team. There has been a partnership of 199 runs between these two and both have also scored centuries. Alzarri Joseph, Jason Holder and Devon Thomas took one wicket each for the West Indies.
Australian captain Steve Smith won the toss and decided to bat first. During this, David Warner and Usman Khawaja came to open. Warner was dismissed after scoring 21 runs in 29 balls. He hit 4 fours in this innings. Khawaja scored 69 runs in 129 balls. His innings included 9 fours. Captain Smith could not do anything special and he was dismissed without opening the account. Holder made him his victim.
For Australia, Labushen and Travis Head shared a 199-run partnership in 280 balls. This partnership put Australia in a strong position. Head scored an unbeaten 114 facing 139 balls till the end of the first day’s play. His innings included 12 fours. Labushen faced 235 balls and scored an unbeaten 120 runs. He hit 11 fours in this innings.
Alzarri Joseph took one wicket for West Indies. He gave 81 runs in 21 overs and took 2 maiden overs. Jason Holder gave 42 runs in 21 overs and took one wicket. Holder took out 6 maiden overs. Devon Thomas took one wicket for 43 runs in 9 overs.
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