West Indies, the cricket team that was once feared by all teams across the world, today is nowhere near its original glory. In the recent boxing day test math played at MCG, the West Indian bowling was so weak that it can take only 3 Australian wickets in one and half days. In 135 overs the Aussies easily scored 551.
The West Indian bowling looked toothless. Jerome Taylor picket up two wickets, but the other fast bowler Kemar Roach, who is coming back after a soldier injury looked quite ineffective. He was down on pace and the Aussie batters were able to score of him pretty easily.
The only batsmen who missed out on the run feast was David Warner, unfortunately he was in too much hurry. All other batsmen helped themselves to century. If the Australians wanted they could have batted much longer and Steve Smith and Voges, who were unbeaten could have helped themselves to double or even triple centuries. However Steve Smith put his team's interest ahead of his own personal records and declared the innings.
When the West Indians came to ball they started slowly but steadily. Off spinner Nathan Lyon got the first wicket. However after that carnage followed. The old ball started reverse swinging. As I have mentioned in my earlier article, reverse swing is now a major weapon of fast bowlers all around the world. Two beautiful reverse inswinging balls claimed the wickets of Chandrika and Marlon Samuels, on both occasions the bowler was James Pattinson.
Blackwood was batting well. While on the other end Darren Bravo, who scored a century in the previous test match was stuck, he was not even working the balls in the gaps for singles. The pressue increased on Blackwood, when Nathan Lyon came back to bowl, he came down the track and hit the first ball for a six. However in the same over he tried the same again, this time he was not able to reach to the pitch of the ball and ended up giving an easy catch to Lyon.
Peter Siddle came to bowl and he bowled one inswing ball to Ramdin's pads, which he flicked straight to the hands of the square leg fielder Joe Burns. West Indies's misfortune continued, their captain Holder was bowled in the next ball, it was a fast reverse swinging yorker.
In a pitch which is supposed to be a belter West Indies at the end of second day are reeling at 91/6. Although West Indies has talented players, it is just not match to Australia at MCG.
The West Indian bowling looked toothless. Jerome Taylor picket up two wickets, but the other fast bowler Kemar Roach, who is coming back after a soldier injury looked quite ineffective. He was down on pace and the Aussie batters were able to score of him pretty easily.
The only batsmen who missed out on the run feast was David Warner, unfortunately he was in too much hurry. All other batsmen helped themselves to century. If the Australians wanted they could have batted much longer and Steve Smith and Voges, who were unbeaten could have helped themselves to double or even triple centuries. However Steve Smith put his team's interest ahead of his own personal records and declared the innings.
When the West Indians came to ball they started slowly but steadily. Off spinner Nathan Lyon got the first wicket. However after that carnage followed. The old ball started reverse swinging. As I have mentioned in my earlier article, reverse swing is now a major weapon of fast bowlers all around the world. Two beautiful reverse inswinging balls claimed the wickets of Chandrika and Marlon Samuels, on both occasions the bowler was James Pattinson.
Blackwood was batting well. While on the other end Darren Bravo, who scored a century in the previous test match was stuck, he was not even working the balls in the gaps for singles. The pressue increased on Blackwood, when Nathan Lyon came back to bowl, he came down the track and hit the first ball for a six. However in the same over he tried the same again, this time he was not able to reach to the pitch of the ball and ended up giving an easy catch to Lyon.
Peter Siddle came to bowl and he bowled one inswing ball to Ramdin's pads, which he flicked straight to the hands of the square leg fielder Joe Burns. West Indies's misfortune continued, their captain Holder was bowled in the next ball, it was a fast reverse swinging yorker.
In a pitch which is supposed to be a belter West Indies at the end of second day are reeling at 91/6. Although West Indies has talented players, it is just not match to Australia at MCG.
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