Australia v West Indies, 1st Test, Day 1 - Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh maul West Indies

Steve Smith won the toss and decided to bat first on a greenish track and in the first session, the performance of the Caribbean bowlers were quite satisfactory. Even though, Shannon Gabriel was the only pace bowler to fetch a wicket. But as soon as Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh started batting together the Caribbean worry knew no bounds.

Both of them accumulated runs pace – 5 runs per over and stitched a partnership of 317, the third-highest of all time against West Indies, for any wicket. At stumps, Voges was not out on 174 and Marsh 139.

The West Indian bowlers have always been promising, but so far, their talent has never transformed into deeds. Neither Roach, Gabriel, Taylor nor Holder pitched it further up and targeted the stumps, but continued to bowl either too short or too straight or on a leg stump line and buffets of half-volleys – you can’t even think about testing the might of the Australian batsmen with such mediocre stuffs.

Thank You
Faisal Caesar