Glenn Maxwell Flops Again But Mitch Owen's Debut Fifty Earns Australia Win Over West Indies
Australian fast bowler Ben Dwarshuis returned a career-best 4-36, taking three wickets in four deliveries — Jason Holder blocked a hat-trick ball but was out next delivery — in the next-to-last over of the West Indies innings.
The top four West Indies batters all got starts, with Roston Chase plundering 60 from 32 deliveries before he was caught in the deep off Dwarshuis' bowling to end a 91-run second-wicket partnership with Shai Hope (55) in the 13th over.
Another win has given Australia, coming off a 3-0 test series sweep, an early lead in the five-game T20 series.
Owen, a Tasmanian allrounder who opened the batting with success for the Hobart Hurricanes in the domestic T20 league last season, joined David Warner and Ricky Ponting as Australians who've scored a half-century on debut in the format.
'Firstly happy we got the win — it was nice to contribute,' he said. 'Just nice to be mentioned with those class players.'
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Indians to score Test 100 at The Oval PLAYER SCORE YEAR INDIA CAPTAIN Vijay Merchant 128 1946 Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi Sunil Gavaskar 221 1979 Srinivas Venkataraghavan Ravi Shastri 187 1990 Mohammad Azharuddin Kapil Dev 110 1990 Mohammad Azharuddin Rahul Dravid 217 2002 Sourav Ganguly Anil Kumble 110* 2007 Rahul Dravid Rahul Dravid 146* 2011 MS Dhoni KL Rahul 149 2018 Virat Kohli Rishabh Pant 114 2018 Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma 127 2021 Virat Kohli At least one century in the Oval Test will also help Gill become the first captain in the world to score five centuries in a Test series. As of now, he is tied level with Bradman and Gavaskar, who scored four centuries each in a Test series as captain. 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Most runs in a Test series (top-5) top videos View all PLAYER TEAM MATCHES RUNS OPPOSITION YEAR VENUE Don Bradman Australia 5 974 England 1930 England Wally Hammond England 5 905 Australia 1928-29 Australia Mark Taylor Australia 6 839 England 1989 England Neil Harvey Australia 5 834 South Africa 1952-53 Australia Viv Richards West Indies 4 829 England 1976 England If Gill scores at least 178 runs in the fifth Test, then he will become the third batter after Australia's Bradman and Wally Hammond of England to score 900 runs in a Test series. Bradman scored 974 runs in the 1930 Ashes, and Hammond amassed a total of 905 runs in the 1928-29 Ashes. Get latest Cricket news, live score and match results on News18. Download the News18 App to stay updated! tags : don bradman England England cricket team Graham Gooch India India cricket team India vs England India vs England 2025 Shubman Gill sunil gavaskar test cricket view comments Location : London, United Kingdom (UK) First Published: July 29, 2025, 18:06 IST News cricket 13 Batting Records Shubman Gill Can Break During 5th India-England Test Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
