‘Everybody is a gangster until the monsters arrive baby.. ‘ – X reacts hilariously as Australia win 1st Test against West Indies by 10 wickets
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Australia wrapped up a 10-wicket victory before lunch on the third day in Adelaide as Josh Hazlewood claimed career-best match figures, but there was late drama when Shamar Joseph drew blood from Usman Khawaja with a bouncer when the scores were level, forcing him to retire hurt.
Australia secured a thumping win against West Indies to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Australia dismissed the West Indies for 120 in the 13th over of the day on Friday, leaving the home side needing just 26 runs to win.
Josh Hazlewood claimed his 11th five-wicket total in Test matches
Australia completed a 10-wicket win over West Indies on Friday before lunch on the third day of the first Test. Steve Smith (11) and Usman Khawaja (9) easily completed that total for Australia, although Khawaja retired hurt after being hit by a bouncer with Australia needing one run to win. Marnus Labuschagne hit the winning run two balls later.
“It’s nice to have the weekend off now. It’s nice as a group to play on that wicket. It felt like there was enough there the whole game,” Hazlewood said. “I felt I bowled just as well in the first half of the summer with no result. The wickets have been really good and playing with this team, it feels relentless and the pressure just builds all the time.”
Australia captain Pat Cummin’s take on this was, “It was a wicket where you always felt like there might be a ball that nips and you were in the game even when someone was scoring a few runs.”
“The big fella (Hazlewood) turned it on for us this week. We had a decent lead but not a huge lead and he took the game away from them in one spell.”
The big question at the start of the day was whether the West Indies would be able to make Australia bat again. It began to look unlikely when Mitchell Starc dismissed Joshua da Silva (18) and Alzarri Joseph (16) and Hazlewood bowled Gudakesh Motie (3) to leave the West Indies 94-9, still needing one run to avoid an innings defeat.
Shamar Joseph and Kemar Roche again produced a small rearguard action, adding 26 for the last wicket after putting on 55 for the last wicket in the first innings. Joseph already was a star of the match for his 36 in the first innings and his 5-94 on debut.
The second Test begins in Brisbane on January 25 and will be a day-night encounter.
Look how Fans reacted on X-
A 10-wicket win to start the series! Wrapped up before lunch on day three #AUSvWI
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 19, 2024
A nasty moment as Usman Khawaja is hit on the chin by a Shamar Joseph short ball #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/nF5nFqxgJJ
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 19, 2024
3 wickets
0 runsJosh Hazlewood 🔥 #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/yZWcw6iYfv
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 18, 2024
A dominant performance sets the tone for the series! A 10-wicket win for the team in #AUSvWI, finishing before lunch on day three. What a way to kick off the cricket action!
— محمد سمیع (@ucancallmesamee) January 19, 2024
A 10-wicket win to start the series! Wrapped up before lunch on day three #AUSvWI
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 19, 2024
