Marnus Labuschagne led Australia’s dominance over the West Indies with an unbeaten 154 at stumps on the primary day of the primary Test on the Perth Stadium on Wednesday, taking his facet to 293-2 at stumps.
Electing to bat first, the hosts began cautiously after three frantic months of white-ball cricket, however saved the momentum going all through the day in entrance of a modest crowd of 10,929. Steve Smith was enjoying with Labushen by scoring an unbeaten 59 runs.
Labuschagne mentioned, “Whenever you finish a day close to 300, losing only two wickets, (it means) the batsmen have got it.”
“If you’re patient and you have a good process, you can make big runs.”
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David Warner waited until the fourth over to play an offended shot, pulling quick bowler Jaden Searles (1-63) in the direction of the fence. The opener lower the subsequent ball onto his stumps to go away it for 5.
After this the vacationers needed to work exhausting as Labuschagne slowly settled down with Usman Khawaja. The pair labored the ball comfortably across the defensive zone, taking few dangers to achieve 72–1 at lunch.
When each the Queenslanders handed fifty, visiting captain Kraigg Brathwaite was left searching for solutions as he tried six totally different bowlers. It was all-rounder Kyle Mayer (1-24) who acquired the Islanders a much-needed breakthrough earlier than tea, ending a century partnership when he edged Khawaja (65) previous wicketkeeper Joshua da Silva.
In an indication that he was in for a superb day, Labuschagne thrice within the second session dodged fielders with streaking pictures that would have simply been his downfall, however as a substitute rolled over the boundary.
Super shot after tremendous shot!
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The mixture of sluggish fielding and a flat pitch allowed the 28-year-old to bat extra fluently because the day went on.
In the 67th over he lower out Seals for 4 and celebrated his eighth Test ton by cradling the bat to mark the latest start of his daughter.
In the ultimate over of the day, a pointy diving probability by Tegener Chanderpaul within the deep and an unsuccessful LBW assessment off Kemar Roach saved Smith and Labuschagne’s 142-run stand intact.
The two-Test sequence, beginning December 8 in Adelaide, features a pink-ball match.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
