West Indies vs Australia 1st Test: West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph made history against Australia with his brilliant bowling and batting in the first Test match in Barbados against Australia. Joseph took 5 wickets for 87 runs in 25.5 overs in the second innings, he made Sam Contas, Travis Head, Bew Bewster, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood their victims.
Joseph has taken five wickets in the innings for the fourth time in his nine -Test career, in which he has done this feat against Australia for the third time. Joseph has become the first and the fifth player in the world, who has taken five wickets in the innings in the first three Tests against Australia.
Earlier, England’s Tom Richardson and Frank Foster, South Africa’s Charlie Levelin and Pakistan’s Fazal Mahmood took five wickets in the first three Tests against Australia in three innings.
Let us know that Joseph took 4 wickets in the first innings of this match. Was the most successful bowler in the West Indies with 9 wickets in this match.
Batting also rocked
Joseph, who came out to bat at number 10 in the second innings, scored 44 runs in 22 balls, in which four fours and four sixes hit. He reached number one in terms of scoring the highest century in a Test innings, batting at number 10 against Australia. Earlier, Mohammed Shami, Trent Bolt, Tim Southee, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan hit 3-3 sixes.
West Indies got a big defeat
In this match, West Indies lost by 159 runs and with this the West Indies have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The West Indies came out for 141 runs in the second innings, chasing a huge target of 310 runs. Batting first in this match, scored 180 runs and in response, West Indies defeated 190 runs to take a lead of ten runs.
