Australia was set to drive an early finish to the primary cricket take a look at towards West Indies after taking 5 second-innings wickets late on the second day on the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.
The Caribbean aspect was 73-6 in its second innings and nonetheless trails Australia by 22 runs going into Day 3 on the Adelaide Oval.
Travis Head earlier scored 119 from 134 balls to assist put Australia in a powerful place with 283 runs and a first-innings lead of 95 runs.
Shamar Joseph took his third wicket on his debut for West Indies and Australia went to lunch Thursday at 144-5 and trailing the Caribbean aspect by 44 runs.
The 24-year-old Joseph took the prized wicket of recent Australian opener Steve Smith along with his first ball in take a look at cricket on the opening day Wednesday on the Adelaide Oval.
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Joseph added the wicket of Marnus Labuschagne earlier than stumps Wednesday, when Australia was 59-2. On Thursday, Joseph had new No. 4 batter Cameron Green out for 14.
Pace bowler Joseph, who made 36 batting at No. 11 — the second-highest rating within the customer’s innings — had figures of 3-52 on the lunch break.
Australia captain Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood took 4 wickets every as Australia restricted West Indies to 188 all out and made good use of the Adelaide Oval pitch after successful the toss and bowling first.
West Indies, which hasn’t received a take a look at match Down Under since February 1997, has introduced solely 5 gamers who appeared within the two assessments towards Australia in 2022-23 and added seven uncapped gamers to the touring squad.
The second and ultimate take a look at within the sequence, a day-night match on the Gabba in Brisbane, begins January 25.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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