West Indies vs Australia, 1st Test

A tad too much variable bounce for a day1 pitch. Could become a
daymare for batting next couple days.

In reply to hubert

SEALES !! WIXKET!!

Gone! Alex Carey.

Sensational catch!!

48.4
Jayden Seales to Carey, out Caught by Roston Chase!! Edged and caught! Chase put down a sitter in the first session, but he's held onto a screamer now. On a good length and well wide of off, Carey's eyes lit up as he saw the width, went with hard hands on the back-foot drive, gets a thick edge and the ball was flying to the right of first slip. He hardly had any reaction time, but Chase threw himself with both hands and clings onto a beauty. That's tea on Day 1 with the hosts pushing themselves ahead of the contest.

Carey c Roston Chase b Jayden Seales 8(15) [4s-1]

Seales strikes again - Carey gawn ct Chase
138/6
Tea

In reply to hubert
Yep - we have to bat here

In reply to powen001

Yes sir. The fellows are settling in now I hope. Nothing like success to boost
confidence.

Day 1: Tea Break

AUS 138/6 (48.4) CRR: 2.84

Travis Head 59*(76

Shamar Joseph
13-2-30-4
Jayden Seales
11.4 1 35 2
Alzarri Joseph
12 3 37 0
Roston Chase
4 0 9 0
Justin Greaves
8 1 26 0

In reply to hubert

Happy for SEALES too. He is a good student of the game.

In reply to powen001

Yes. Seems like a quick learner too. Reminds you of anyone ? MDM ?

In reply to Chrissy

WI got to bat well here. Very well. The batters will have to get stuck in
and value their wickets. This is tough cricket and a pitch that is offering
fair amount of help to the quicks so far

48.6
Jayden Seales to Cummins, FOUR, back of a length on off,

Day 1: 3rd Session
AUS 142/6 (49) CRR: 2.9

Pat Cummins 4(2)
Travis Head 59(76

Can they get Oz out partly under 200?

49.2
Justin Greaves to Head, out Caught by Shai Hope!! Justin Greaves gets the big fish and he is elated! A back of a length ball angling in from outside off, Head tries to cut it hard behind square on the off-side against the angle but only manages to get an outside edge. Shai Hope does the rest. An entertaining knock from Head comes to an end

Head c Shai Hope b Justin Greaves 59(7 [4s-9]

West Indies must not allow Australia's tail to take the game from them.
That happens too frequently now in Test cricket especially Oz and England tail enders. Always wagging.

Head lose im ead
Greaves strikes

Seales strikes now ct Greaves Starc gawn
143/8

Jeez! Wicket!!

Starc gone!!

50.2
Jayden Seales to Mitchell Starc, out Caught by Justin Greaves!! Jayden Seales gets a 3-fer! He has bowled his heart out! Bowling in good channels always trouble batters and he has bowled with pinpoint accuracy today.

Mitchell Starc c Justin Greaves b Jayden Seales 0(5)

Should be easy to wrap up the tail now and take a lead in the 1st innings.

AUS 143/8 (50.2) CRR: 2.84

Nathan Lyon, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Pat Cummins 4(2

In reply to Mowgli

Shamar in the tail tail!

51.5
Shamar Joseph to Cummins, FOUR, to third man
51.4
Shamar Joseph to Cummins, 2 runs, length ball angling in, Cummins works it through mid-wicket and picks up another couple of runs
51.3
Shamar Joseph to Cummins, 2 runs, just out of reach of Brathwaite! A back of a length ball outside off, Cummins throws his bat at it and ends up skewing it off the outer half over covers. Brathwaite backtracks and tries his best but can't quite reach it in time
51.2
Shamar Joseph to Cummins, 2 runs, good length ball outside off, Cummins stands tall and punches it through point. The fielder from backward point gives it a chase and keeps it down to a couple

Leaking a bit