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The 2-match Test series between Australia and West Indies has started from 17 January. In the first Test match being played at the Adelaide Oval, the West Indies team’s first innings was limited to a score of just 188 runs. After this, the Australian team, which came to bat, had also lost 2 wickets till the score of 59 at the end of the first day’s play. This also includes the wicket of Steve Smith, who played as an opening batsman in Test cricket for the first time.
Smith became the victim of a debutant after scoring only 12 runs.
After David Warner’s retirement from the Test format, Steve Smith was given the responsibility of opening the innings with Usman Khawaja for Australia in this match. This was the first challenge for Smith in Test cricket, after which he faced 26 balls and scored 12 runs and during this, 2 fours were also seen from his bat. Whereas Smith lost his wicket on the very first ball of fast bowler Shamar Joseph, who was playing his debut Test match for West Indies. Smith was completely dodged by this ball of Joseph and Justin Greaves, standing at third slip, made no mistake in taking the catch.
A partnership of 25 runs was seen between Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja for the first wicket. After this, on the score of 45, the Australian team got the second blow in the form of Marnus Labuschagne, who became the victim of Joseph after scoring 10 runs. At the end of the day’s play, Usman Khawaja was unbeaten on 30 and Cameron Green was unbeaten on 6 runs. At the same time, the Australian team is still 129 runs behind the first innings score of West Indies.
Windies batsmen kneel before Hazlewood and Cummins
Talking about the first innings of the West Indies team, only Kirk McKenzie managed to score 50 runs, after this the second highest score for the team was seen from Shamar Joseph who came to bat at number 11, who scored 36 runs. On behalf of the Australian team, among the bowlers, Josh Hazlewood and captain Pat Cummins took 4-4 wickets. Apart from this, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon also managed to take 1 wicket each.
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