AUS vs WI, 1st Test, Day 3: West Indies bowled out for 283 after Starc-Cummins duet

Perth Test: Fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins grabbed three wickets apiece to dismiss West Indies for 283 and put Australia in the box seat in the opening cricket Test on Friday.

Published : Dec 02, 2022 16:35 IST , Perth

Mitchell Starc (right) celebrates after dismissing West Indies’ Joshua de Silva.
Mitchell Starc (right) celebrates after dismissing West Indies’ Joshua de Silva. | Photo Credit: AP
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Mitchell Starc (right) celebrates after dismissing West Indies’ Joshua de Silva. | Photo Credit: AP

Fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins grabbed three wickets apiece to dismiss West Indies for 283 and put Australia in the box seat in the opening cricket Test at the Perth Stadium here on Friday.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary

Refusing to enforce the follow-on, Australia was 29 for 1 at stumps on the third day, and in charge of the match with a 344-run lead. David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne will resume on 17 and three, respectively, after Usman Khawaja fell for six. West Indies was on 237 for 4 at tea, and soon after from 245 for 4, before losing the last six wickets for 48 runs to the second new ball to hand Australia a 315-run first innings lead.

West Indies had resumed the day on 74 for 0, and progressed to 150 for 1 at lunch before some outstanding fast bowling by Starc (3 for 51) and Cummins (3 for 34) cut short the innings.

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Off-spinner Nathan Lyon claimed 2 for 61 while fast bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Cameron Green took a wicket apiece. Only skipper Kraigg Brathwaite (64) and debutant Tangenarine Chanderpaul (51) impressed.

Australia’s innings was built on double centuries by Labuschagne (200) and Steve Smith, 200 not out, after the home side won the toss and batted. It took two outstanding deliveries after lunch to dent West Indies’ progress.

Brathwaite’s four-hour resistance ended when his counterpart Cummins got a delivery to swing in late to hit the top of off stump for the Australian skipper’s 200th test scalp in his 44th test. Cummins became the fifth fastest to the milestone behind fellow Australians Clarrie Grimmett (36 Tests), Dennis Lillee (38), Stuart McGill (41) and Shane Warne (42).

Three overs later, Starc bowled Kyle Mayers (1) as the left hander played down the wrong line.

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West Indies suddenly had slumped from 159 for 1 to 166 for 3, swinging the game back Australia’s way.

The visitor could have been 176 for 4 soon after hadn’t Jason Holder (27) successfully reviewed a lbw decision off fast bowler Hazlewood. Television replays appeared to show an inside edge as Holder was beaten for pace by the delivery.

Chipping away

Jermain Blackwood (36) and Holder shared 43 runs for the fourth wicket when off-spinner Nathan Lyon claimed Holder. Lyon, who was hit for six two balls earlier, went round the wicket, and Holder trying to flick was caught by Warner at leg gully. After tea, Starc grabbed 2 for 0 in four balls as he trapped Blackwood and, three balls later, bowled Joshua Da Silva for a duck. Shamarh Brooks scored 33 after replacing Nkrumar Bonner as a concussion substitute.

Bonner was hit on the back of the head by a Green bouncer and was examined on the field but carried on to score 16 runs. After another 30 minutes at the crease, he retired and was soon medically ruled out of the test.

Brathwaite batted for four hours in facing 154 balls hitting a six and five fours. Chanderpaul, who batted impressively in his debut innings, lasted just six balls on Friday before falling to an outstanding delivery from swing bowler Josh Hazlewood.

Chanderpaul edged Hazlewood through slips to bring up his 50, and the very next ball followed an outswinger to first slip David Warner. The son of former West Indies batting great Shivnarine, Chanderpaul hit a six and seven fours in his two-hour innings off 79 balls.

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