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ABC News
3 days ago
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- ABC News
West Indies-Australia third Test live: Australia in search of quick wickets on day two of pink ball Test
After a batting collapse under lights, Mitchell Starc struck against a wounded West Indies top-order late on day one in Jamaica. Australia begins day two of the pink ball Test hoping to preserve some of its 209-run lead. Follow all the action in our live blog below, keep up with all the stats in our ScoreCentre, and tune in to our live radio call.
France 24
4 days ago
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- France 24
Australia make steady progress to tea in day/night third Test against West Indies
Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green will resume after the interval in the first pink-ball Test to be played in Jamaica and just the second overall hosted in the Caribbean. In pursuit of a clean sweep of the series and opting to bat first after captain Pat Cummins won the toss for the third time in a row, Konstas was fortunate to last as long as he did before being trapped leg-before for 17 off the first ball bowled by all-rounder Justin Greaves. He was just on one when a direct hit from John Campbell at midwicket off the bowling of Jayden Seales would have found him well short of his ground as he took off for a non-existent single and was sent back by Khawaja. Off the very next ball he was let off by debutant Kevlon Anderson who spilled a catch at third slip to extend the West Indies abysmal streak of missed chances in the field in this series. Anderson, who replaced Keacy Carty, is one of three changes to the West Indies team from the second Test in Grenada, which Australia won by 133 runs. That match was Kraigg Brathwaite's 100th in Test cricket and possibly his last, as he was dropped in favour of Mikyle Louis for the series finale while left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican returned to the team at the expense of fast-medium bowler Anderson Phillip. In contrast, Australia dropped their lone specialist spinner, Nathan Lyon, opting for another pacer in Scott Boland. Their attack includes left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who is playing his 100th Test and is five away from the landmark of 400 Test wickets.
News.com.au
06-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Pat Cummins has told teen star Sam Konstas not to get caught up failures after his West Indies flops
Australian captain Pat Cummins has urged Sam Konstas to put failures out of his mind adamant at his best the teen opener is 'good enough' to succeed but also conceding the upcoming challenge of a pink-ball Test in Jamaica looms as difficult for everyone. The tourists wrapped up the series after the Australian bowlers skittled the West Indies for just 143 in the second Test in Grenada to register a 133-run win, on the back of a man-of-the match performance from keeper Alex Carey and 3-24 from fast bowler Mitch Starc in his 99th match, A 3-0 whitewash is on offer in the series decider in Jamaica but Cummins conceded the move to a pink Dukes ball for the series closer created an atmosphere of 'you never quite know what you're going to get'. There are also some lingering issues over the infrastructure at Sabina Park after the installation of new floodlights with concerns one area of the ground is not sufficiently lit under the lights. That could add extra spice to the contest with Konstas in the spotlight after a second-innings duck in Grenada left him with just 33 runs from four innings having been reinstalled as Australia's opener. Cummins said the message to the young star remained clear, however, and he'd been reminded he would fail more often than he would succeed. 'I think for anyone who's starting out their Test career, you are picked for a reason and you know at his best, we know he's good enough,' Cummins said. 'So I think it's just about concentrating on what makes you a really good player. For someone like a batter, it might be, where your scoring areas are, kind of what tempo do you normally operate at your best, and just don't get too caught in, you know, every innings feels like the biggest thing in the world. 'But I think the stat is, even the best batters in the world don't hit their average three out of four times or something like that. You're going to fail more often than you're going to succeed. 'So just, you know, as long as you're a quick learner, as long as you're moving well and giving yourself the best chance, you know, just keep kind of doubling down on that and judge yourself after a series or so, not innings by innings.' Cummins hailed Carey, who is the second leading run-score in the series, and said he'd become the type of players other teams would now fear. 'I mean, he's about four or five years into his test career. I think in the last year or so, it's probably been his most prolific,' Cummins said. 'He looks really settled and any opposition that kind of has a number seven, it's normally a keeper, but walks in and you know they're kind of in good form, they can move the game quickly, they're some of the scariest players and feel really like that we've got Kez in our side that does that. 'He's great, he's keeping really well also but always seems to contribute.'
