Follow us

Watch, WI vs AUS । Controversial decision costs Shamar Joseph his five-wicket haul

no image

BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

48

Jayden Seales and Shamar Joseph shone with the ball for West Indies against Australia to bundle them at the score of just 180 runs on the first day of the first Test of the three-match series. However, Australia made a comeback by the end of the day, dismissing four Caribbean batters at 57 runs.

‌The visiting skipper, Pat Cummins, won the toss and asked his batters to take the charge first. Batting first, the Aussie batters, except for Usman Khawaja and Travis Head, looked clueless against the pace duo of Jayden Seales and Shamar Joseph. Khawaja and Head played the crucial knocks of 47 and 59 runs, respectively, to help Australia post a 180-run total. Seales claimed a brilliant five-wicket haul, picking 5 wickets at just 60 runs in 15.5 overs. Shamar Joseph also dismissed four Aussie batters, alongside a wicket picked by Justin Greaves.

Interestingly, a controversial moment unfolded on the second ball of the 46th over in the first innings when the star Australian batter Travis Head was facing the star young Caribbean pacer Shamar Joseph. The WI pacer bowled a length delivery outside the off stump. Head threw his bat far away from his body, but the ball ended up getting the inside edge of the bat before heading towards the wicketkeeper, Shai Hope. Initially, at first sight, the ball looked to be carried by Hope, but later, it seemed to get a slight bounce before going into Hope’s gloves. Furthermore, the decision for the third umpire became more complex, and he declared Head not out due to the lack of conclusive evidence for the ball being carried. This controversial decision also kept Joseph away from a stunning five-wicket haul. 

Shamar Joseph displayed an amazing bowling performance on the opening day of the game, scalping 4 wickets at just 46 runs in 16 overs. He ended up as the second leading wicket-taker among both teams on the first day. At the end of the day, the West Indies were also struggling at the score of 57/4 in 20 overs, with debutant Brandon King and skipper Roston Chase there in the middle at the time of stumps.

What is your call on this?

Comments

Leave a comment

0 Comments

read previousAustralia tour of West Indies 2025 | Twitter reacts as match evenly poised after West Indies’ slender first-innings lead
Australia finished day two of the first Test in Barbados at 92/4 after dismissing West Indies for 190 in their first innings, 10 runs more than the visitors’ total. The visitors’ lead stands at 82 with Travis Head and Beau Webster in the middle and the entire top-order back in the hut.
Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka 2025 | Twitter impressed as Sri Lanka dominate proceedings on day tworead next
Sri Lanka ended day two of the second Test with a 43-run lead over Bangladesh in Colombo. After dismissing the visitors for 247, the Lankans moved to 290/2 with Pathum Nissanka remaining unbeaten on 146 and his 194-run association with Dinesh Chandimal putting them in the driver’s seat.

You may also like

View non-AMP page