Australia defeated West Indies by 10 wickets in the first Test match played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide.
Australia defeated West Indies by 10 wickets in the first Test match played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide. In this match, all the players of Australia performed very well and played an important role in the victory of their team. The West Indies team may not have performed well in the first test, but the young players left their mark in this match.
During the match, Australia’s experienced batsman Steve Smith was seen tying the shoe laces of West Indies’ young player Shamar Joseph and its video is going viral on social media. There are very few senior players who have been seen doing this and Steve Smith is one of them.
This video is going viral on social media in which it can be seen that the young West Indies player asked Steve Smith to tie his shoe laces and the young player tied it sitting on his knee without any problem. After this both were also seen joking.
Here’s the video:
Thanks mate! Steve Smith gives Shamar Joseph a hand with his laces 🤝#SpiritOfCricket #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/HQEzKi6Fl8
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 19, 2024
Talking about the first test, West Indies batted first in this match and scored 188 runs after losing all the wickets in their first innings. On behalf of the team, young player Kirk McKenzie scored 50 runs in the first innings with the help of 7 fours in 94 balls while Alzarri Joseph contributed 14 runs in 21 balls with the help of two fours. Shamar Joseph scored 36 runs in 41 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Kemar Roach contributed 17* runs.
In the first innings for Australia, captain Pat Cummins took four wickets for 41 runs in 17 overs while Josh Hazlewood took four wickets for 44 runs in 15 overs.
In reply, Australia scored 283 runs losing all the wickets in its first innings. On behalf of the team, Travis Head played a valuable inning of 119 runs in 134 balls with the help of 12 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from Head, opener Usman Khawaja scored 45 runs. Let us tell you, from West Indies, young bowler Shamar Joseph took five wickets in his debut match. He completely destroyed Australia’s batting lineup.
After this, West Indies failed to bat well in the second innings also and the team was all out for 120 runs. Australia achieved the target set by West Indies without losing any wicket.
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