Welcome to news.com.au’s protection of the second Test between Australia and the West Indies on the Adelaide Oval.
Australia claimed a dominant 164-run within the first match in Perth and are crimson scorching favourites to assert a 2-0 collection win with a victory within the day-night Test.
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Pat Cummins hasn’t recovered from a quad damage and can miss the second Test, with Steve Smith to face in as captain.
Australia has received the toss and elected to bat.
(All instances AEDT)
8:50pm – Cummins speaks on Warner saga
Australian captain Pat Cummins says the taking part in group totally helps David Warner amid the latter’s newest saga with Cricket Australia.
Cummins, who’s sitting out this Test with an damage, did a spell within the FOX commentary field and was probed on the difficulty by Adam Gilchrist.
“I haven’t heard the comments today, but I chatted to Davey today and he’s great,” Cummins mentioned, saying Warner has been a “leader” inside the group regardless of not holding an official title.
On the sector, Marnus Labuschagne is slowly approaching his fourth hundred in a row, poking the ball round whereas Travis Head takes the assault on.
The Windies are discovering snippets of swing underneath the lights, however Australia’s batsmen look set to bunker down till stumps after a commanding day in Adelaide.
7:40pm – 50 partnership up
Travis Head opened up his innings in typical vogue coming in at quantity 5, throttling the opposition’s spinners via the off facet. Marnus Labuschagne introduced up his fifty in 109 balls, making it 4 innings in a row he has reached a milestone.
Commentator Ian Smith congratulated the Aussie pair as soon as they introduced up their 50 partnership, however admitted the guests’ bowling assault was “poor” on day one.
The groups are actually off for the tea break.
6:49pm – Smith gone for a duck
Steve Smith has been dismissed for a duck by Jason Holder, who tempted the stand-in skipper with a pitched-up supply and prompted a mistimed drive immediately again into his arms.
No. 5 Travis Head has changed him on the crease following a 99 in Perth.
6:20pm – Khawaja out LBW
Part timer Devon Thomas snagged Usman Khawaja halfway via the second session, catching the left-hander off guard with a supply skidding into his pads.
The umpire’s finger went up, however Marnus Labuschagne on the non-striker’s finish urged Khawaja to overview. DRS cameras had the ball hitting the leg stump — sending the opener to the sheds with 62.
It was Thomas’ first wicket in Tests.
The in-form Steve Smith has now joined Labuschagne on the crease.
6:20pm – Khawaja in management
The West Indies look to be already out of solutions within the second session at Adelaide.
Usman Khawaja began to free his arms towards the part-timers after the dinner break, as Marnus Labuschagne wore down the bowlers from the opposite finish.
A couple of scorching moments within the subject have saved Australia from utterly dominating the run fee, nevertheless it seems just like the guests want one thing particular to make an announcement on day one.
5pm – Windies blunted on day one
It’s not been an ideal begin for the vacationers in Adelaide. The Windies had been capable of snag David Warner cheaply, however from there it’s been all downhill.
With debut paceman Marquino Mindley going off early with a suspected hamstring damage, skipper Kraigg Brathwaite was compelled to deliver on the half time spinners, simply begging the in-form Aussie prime order to get their eye in.
“That’s rubbish,” former Test batsman Mark Waugh mentioned on Fox Cricket as Roston Chase despatched a half-tracker for Usman Khawaja to belt away.
“That’s not good enough. He should not be bowling now.”
Aside from just a few early quick balls from Alzarri Joseph, the tempo assault has regarded unthreatening, with veteran Jason Holder hardly ever placing a ball above 130km/h.
4:45pm – Khawaja continues mammoth 12 months
Usman Khawaja has caressed his well past 1,000 runs for the 12 months with a clean innings to kick off the second Test. He is barely the third man behind England’s Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow on the world run leaders record for 2022, hitting 4 centuries at 91 in 9 Tests.
The West Indies’ assault have toyed with the surface edge however have been principally subdued all through the primary session.
3:35pm – Warner out for 21
David Warner was out caught behind within the ninth over after making an attempt to free his arms towards Alzarri Joseph and edging one behind.
The left-hander was trying strong on the crease, poking the ball round for a cautious 21 alongside Usman Khawaja — who started to search out his toes regardless of a nasty quick ball to the gloves from Joseph earlier in his spell.
Marnus Labuschagne has now arrived on the crease — hours after retaking the highest the ICC’s Test batting rankings following a mammoth outing in Perth final week.
Hazlewood out at eleventh hour
Australia’s bowling assault might be considerably weakened after Josh Hazlewood was additionally dominated out simply an hour earlier than the primary ball was attributable to bowled.
Perennial twelfth man Michael Neser will substitute Hazlewood within the line-up in his second Test for Australia after he made his debut in the identical day evening match final summer time.
Cricket Australia mentioned Hazlewood is affected by “general soreness”.
Ashes hero Scott Boland, who famously took 6/7 on the MCG within the Boxing Day Test, returns to Australia’s XI instead of Cummins.
The second Test is scheduled to get underway at 3pm AEDT.
Warner livid over management ban course of
The lead-up to the Test has been overshadowed by David Warner’s livid letter wherein he declared he won’t be interesting his management ban as a result of he doesn’t wish to drag his household via one other media circus.
The Australian opening batsman has commonly come underneath hearth even after serving a one-year ban over the sandpaper saga that introduced the Baggy Green into disrepute in 2018.
His place as vice-captain was scrapped, compelled to serve the ban alongside former skipper Steve Smith. However, Smith has been given the chance to steer his nation once more regardless of his involvement within the Newlands ball tampering saga.
The identical privilege was not prolonged to Warner, who won’t ever maintain a management place in Australian cricket ever once more.
The opening batsman’s spouse Candice doubled down on Thursday, talking concerning the painful overview course of husband David was anticipated to endure in an effort to return to management positions inside cricket.
Originally revealed as Australia vs West Indies 2nd Test Day 1 stay: Steve Smith caught and bowled for a duck
