AUS vs WI: The Aussies, who crushed the West Indies in the first Test in Perth, continued their winning streak in the second Test in Adelaide. Australia beat West Indies, who defeated the West Indies in the first Test in Perth, continued their winning streak in the second Test in Adelaide. AUS vs WI 2nd Test match: Aussies win by 419 runs; White wash insults for Caribbean giants. AUS vs WI 2nd Test: Aussies win by 419 runs; White wash insults for Caribbean giants.
After losing the first Test by 164 runs, the Caribbean team suffered a crushing defeat by 419 runs in the Pink Ball Test held in Adelaide. With this win, Australia has completed a clean sweep of the 2-match Test series. Travis Head, who scored 175 runs for Australia in the Adelaide Test, became the hero of this match, while Marnus Labuschagne, who made a string of centuries in the entire series, won the Player of the Series award.
Australia set a mammoth target of 497 runs against the West Indies in the day-night Test at Adelaide. However, the West Indies team, who ventured to climb the mountain of runs, got tired after scoring only 77 runs. Thus the 5-day Test match ended on the fourth day.
AUS vs WI 2nd Test : 6 wickets fall for just 39 runs
West Indies, who continued their innings by 38 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the second innings today, on the fourth day of the Test match, lost the remaining 6 wickets and suffered a crushing defeat of 419 runs before adding only 39 runs.
Australia scored 511 runs in the first innings
Earlier, Australia declared on 511 for 7 in their first innings. In this, Marnus Labushane played a big innings of 163 runs, with Travis Head also contributing 175 runs. In response to this, the West Indies team chasing the target was bowled out for just 214 runs in their first innings. Nathan Lyon took maximum 3 wickets in the first innings for Australia. Australia bowled out West Indies for short runs and took a lead of 297 runs in the first innings.
Congratulations to our Australian Men’s Cricket Team, winning the second test by 419 runs, retaining the Frank Worrell trophy 2 – 0. pic.twitter.com/tyIhIk6lHo
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) December 11, 2022
Also Read: Indian Cricketer Mayank Agarwal welcomes a baby boy; Here is details
Also Read: IPL 2023: Five uncapped players who will get high prices in mini auction
Windies all out for 77 runs
Despite having a huge lead, Australia, who played the second innings instead of following on, scored 199 runs for the loss of 6 wickets and declared the innings. This gave West Indies a target of 497 runs by adding 199 runs in the second innings with the first innings lead. Chasing this, West Indies lost 4 wickets on the third day and scored only 38 runs. After starting the 4th day’s play, the West Indies lost the remaining 6 wickets in the first session of the day’s play and suffered a huge defeat. Mitchell Starc, Michael Nasser and Scott Boland took 3 wickets each for Australia in the second innings.
Comments are closed.