West Indies vs Australia 1st Test Highlights: Pat Cummins wins toss, opts to bat

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Full and sliding down leg, Green looks to tickle it fine and misses.

Shamar Joseph to Josh Inglis, Full and swinging into the right hander, Inglis flicks it towards the square leg region and picks up two runs. The man from the deep runs to his left and cuts it off. 

Shamar Joseph to Josh Inglis, On a length, on middle, Inglis solidly defends it off the front foot.

Shamar Joseph to Josh Inglis, Now goes the other way! Shamar Joseph is bowling with some serious gas here! Back of a length delivery, seaming away, outside off. Inglis leaves it alone. 

Shamar Joseph to Josh Inglis, On a length, seaming into the right-hander, the line is outside off, Inglis watches it carefully as he leaves it alone.

DRINKS BREAK. Things are heating up at the Kensington Oval and everyone needs a water break. Wow. Despite being so unlucky, he still keeps on picking up wickets. The move to give him an extended spell has worked great dividends for Roston Chase, but in terms of a long-term perspective, he does need to think about Shamar Joseph steaming in for so many overs at a stretch. You don't want to see what happened to Jofra Archer post the 2019 Ashes or Jasprit Bumrah recently. Shamar will definitely be pumped up but his workload management has to be of top priority. For now, have to give it to the 25-year old though. He has got a heart of gold, as he just keeps running in, without bothering about the result. Once again, Australia's openers have failed them, despite looking a lot more comfortable as compared to the first innings. They are already 2 down and with another 90 minutes left in the day, this West Indian bowling attack would be licking its lips to run through that middle order. Josh Inglis walks in next, at number 4, replacing Sam Konstas.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, OUT! BOWLED! Shamar Joseph has his man, finally! Both the openers are back in the hut! Shamar is screaming his heart out as he goes on a marathon run. Coming to the delivery, it's a back of a length ball that seams in off the deck, Konstas looks to block it off the back foot. The ball takes the inside edge of his bat and ricochets onto the stumps. A frustrated Konstas swishes his bat at thin air, visibly frustrated. Clearly, his efforts in the nets are not bearing any fruit. Too many voices in his head? Or just too young to be thrown into the fire? He departs for just 5 after facing 38 balls and Australia are 34/2, leading by 24!

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Full around off, Sam Konstas guides it to gully.

Talking about youngsters, have to give it to Shamar Joseph. He is just 25 but what composure does he have at this tender age. A fast bowler is usually menacing, doing all the hard work to generate a mistake and get a wicket, but when your own mates drop catches off your bowling, it is pretty normal to have tea pots boiling. But despite so much bad luck in terms of catching off his bowling, very rarely do we see Shamar lose his temper. Terrific attitude.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Full this time, the line is again in the channel outside off, moving in. Green again shoulders his arms to it.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Good length in the channel outside off, some inward seam movement again, Green leaves it alone.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, On a length, seaming in, outside off, Green judges the line well and lets it go.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Short ball on middle, Green somehow manages to duck under it.

Alzarri Joseph to Sam Konstas, IN THE AIR... SAFE. Back of a length, angling in on leg, Konstas looks to play it on the leg side but the ball bounces a touch extra and hits his glove. Lobs in the air towards square leg but there is no fielder present. A single taken.

Alzarri Joseph to Sam Konstas, Back of a length ball on middle leg, Konstas hops on the back foot and blocks it . Oh, Alzarri Joseph has overstepped. NO BALL!

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Back of length ball on off pole, straightens a bit, Green defends it to point

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, On a length and in the corridor of uncertainty, Konstas initially looks to poke at it and makes a late call to withdraw from the shot as the ball goes past his outside edge.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Back of a length on off, Konstas punces it to short cover.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Full, outside off, swinging in, Sam Konstas shoulders arms.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Hard-length delivery, around the top of off and just straightening off the deck. Konstas stays put and plays it late with soft hands, edging it down well in front of the man at second slip.

Shamar Joseph to Cameron Green, Probably the most confident stroke Cameron Green has played since the start of the WTC Final. Quite full and just outside off, Green lays into the cover drive and forces it through extra cover. The outfield is still lush and the ball slows down, allowing the fielder in pursuit to get to it but Green does race back for the third run.

Shamar Joseph to Cameron Green, This is served on a hard length, but well outside off, Cameron Green just watches it go past him and through to the keeper.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Full on off, Cameron Green defends it to the right of diving short cover and calls for one.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Back of a length on middle, Cameron Green defends it into the ground.

Cameron Green walks in next at number 3, replacing Usman Khawaja. Faced a torrid time for 20 balls in the first innings, getting dropped on 0 as well, before eventually being dismissed on the 21st delivery.

Alzarri Joseph to Usman Khawaja, OUT! LBW! After a bit of loose stuff with the new ball, West Indies finally have their opening wicket. And it is the big one of Khawaja. This is a length ball that pitches outside off and nips back in prety sharply. Usman Khawaja is late to bring his bat down, as he hops on the back foot. He is perhaps undone by the sharp movement off the deck. Alzarri Joseph appeals and after a bit of a thought, umpire Nitin Menon raises his finger. Khawaja though, has no double thoughts. Konstas walks across to have a chat with his partner but Uzzie immediately reviews, as soon as the umpire's finger goes up. To the naked eye, that did look high, as Khawaja was in the air, when the ball hit him, albeit beneath the knee roll. Here's Ball Tracking coming up. Pitching outside off, Impact in line, Wickets hitting on Umpire's call! The on field call stays. Finally, some luck going West Indies' way. That looked to be bouncing over the stumps but umpire Menon has ruled it in their favour. Another failure for Khawaja as he departs for 15, AUSTRALIA ARE 27/1, LEAD BY 17!

Alzarri Joseph to Usman Khawaja, Pulls the length back a couple of inches and brings the line closer to the off stump. Khawaja drives it away to covers.

Alzarri Joseph to Usman Khawaja, Too full and too wide outside the off stump line, Khawaja leaves it alone.

Alzarri Joseph to Usman Khawaja, A bit of movement in the air for Alzarri to begin with. Starts from around the wicket to the left-hander and serves it full around off, and the ball tails back onto the stumps. Uzzie solidly blocks it off.

Excellent observation by Samuel Badree on air. He observes that Sam Konstas, despite being aggressive, is pretty reluctant to move his feet. Yes, every now and then he comes down the track, but while defending, his feet barely move. That makes him pretty much susceptible to the balls coming in, just as Shamar Joseph trapped him LBW in the first innings. At the same time, we also need to understand that Konstas is pretty young in his Test career. But he needs to work on his footwork, especially if he wants to play as an opener in Tests. Alzarri Joseph comes on as the first bowling change. 12-3-37-0 so far.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Back of a length, shaping away, wide outside off, Konstas initially thinks to throw his bat at it, but the ball was well outside off, so he withdraws the thought and leaves it alone.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, On a length around off, Konstas defends it towards gully.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Extra bounce! Length ball shaping away, well outside off, Sam Konstas leaves it alone.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Back of a length and just outside off, Sam Konstas stays back this time and plays it late, dabbing it down to the left of gully. Brandon King makes a good half stop over there.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Hard length around off, patted down towards cover by Konstas.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, FOUR LEG BYES! Shamar Joseph just strays in line once again. Bowls it a bit short and on leg, but the ball keeps angling in. Sam Konstas misses the flick but the ball takes the thigh pad and races away past the keeper and into the fine leg fence.

Jayden Seales to Usman Khawaja, BEAUTY! This ball angles in and seams away. A touch full and just outside off. Usman Khawaja does well to play the line, and gets beaten on the outside edge. Oh, that was actually very close to his outside edge.

Jayden Seales to Usman Khawaja, Again the inswinger, Length ball on leg, Usman Khawaja again plays the flick to the right of deep fine leg and picks up two runs.

Jayden Seales to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Easy pickings! Full and swinging into the left hander, and sliding down on leg, Usman Khawaja nicely clips it square of the wicket into the vacant square leg region for four.

Jayden Seales to Usman Khawaja, Short of a good length, bowled outside off and nipping in after passing the batter. Usman Khawaja shoulders arms.

Jayden Seales to Usman Khawaja, Even fuller and on off stump, Khawaja drives it on the front foot and plays it towards mid off.

Jayden Seales to Usman Khawaja, On a fuller length and in the channel around off, Usman Khawaja leaves it alone.

Good grief. As per a few statisticians. since the start of 2024, 11 catches have gone down off Shamar Joseph's bowling. It is the most against any pacer in this format!

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, A touch full on off, Konstas defends it to short cover.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Good length outside off, Sam Konstas has a poke at it and ends up getting an edge that goes down towards gully.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, FOUR LEG BYES! Full ball down leg, Konstas looks to flick but misses. The ball deflects off his thigh pad and runs down to the fine leg boundary.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Just back of a length and around off, blocked away towards cover by Konstas.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, Pitches this one up on off stump, Sam Konstas comes forward making a high-elbow drive but he finds silly mid off once again.

Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, A wayward delivery from SJ! Hammered in on a hard length and on leg, this one darts down the leg side. A good springing take to his left from Shai Hope.

Jayden Seales to Usman Khawaja, Again fuller and outside off. Khawaja doesn't bother offering a shot to it.