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00:00we come to a historic moment in sabina park here in kingston jamaica it's 56 test match and it is
00:17a historic pink ball day night test encounter between the west indies and australia the third
00:23of this series australia won the toss they decided that they wanted to have a first go with the bat a
00:31few changes for the west indies mikhail louis comes in along with kevlon anderson and the spinner jomel
00:38warwick and vice captain named before the start of the series australia also alongside with me
00:45brad hadden brad what do you make of this team personally good friend it's good to be back
00:51it's good to see it's great to be back in the caribbean but australia made one change scotty
00:55bolan's come in for nathan lion and i think that's all that's to do is with the pink ball
01:01i expect this wicket to to play some tricks with the pink ball to new dukes ball so
01:07nathan lines having a rest this test match
01:13yeah there's been a wonderful battle particularly with the first the fast bowling units of both
01:21these teams jordan seals has been phenomenal and he will get the new ball as we've seen before there
01:27is a win factor here at sabina park which he will look to utilize uzman kawaja very experienced 84 test
01:37matches under his belt 16 centuries the best of 232 hasn't had the best series though it's been a struggle
01:46for him not only him i struggle for his partner sam constance who gets another go to see what he can
01:57produce so the microscope once again on the australian top order a wonderful view from overhead just look at
02:08that patterns along the ground it's been amazing to see the transformation first ball first day
02:19and it's an interesting toss this one both teams decided that they wanted to bat first but
02:37i think with this pink ball you do see different behaviors off the wicket we had a great cover of grass
02:47and i think we will see not only swing but i think we'll see a bit of movement off the surface early
02:55yeah there's a a nice even covering of grass it really is a good looking surface when you you look at
03:02it and you feel it it's firm and the evenness is something that i suppose all of the players welcome
03:13there is some swing there for jaden seals i suppose brad that when you see a surface like this you can
03:21trust the bongs it has been a couple of difficult surfaces for the batters this one though looks slightly
03:29better than what we've seen before almost very close to that outside edge there was some very late swing
03:49and that's the length that sam constance has struggled with during this
03:58series but the ball it's been the one that's come back in
04:07yeah that was almost a massive error there there's been a little bit of confusion with the running
04:17between the wickets another one here direct it was needed he would have been gone for all money
04:28he's looking to get off the strike john campbell perhaps had more time than he thought yep
04:39an opportunity there
04:40it continues the catching in that cordon or the luck thereof it's the debutant this time
04:56it really is infectious 10th the drop catch the for westernese in the series seals understandably
05:06frustrated and the key to that one was the the ball was pitched up that was that five
05:11meter length got sam ford on his front foot looked like it was going straight to second slip but a dive
05:17in third slip just got big on him and hit the top of his hand but that's a big miss
05:24it was very well bowled that's exactly the length the westernese are after
05:28much better that's the one that's the delivery seven without loss that's the length that you're
05:38looking for isn't it yeah it is length and we've seen that throughout the series when he's got his
05:45length full up it's just challenged uzman's wide his technique around the wicket on that front foot
05:52shot of authority first boundary goes to constance
06:09well he's been waiting for anything loose sam constance got it first ball from alzari joseph a
06:15loosener short into the rib cage and all the constants had to do was pivot
06:22and australia get their first boundary
06:30whether joseph saw him just advance down the track and pulled his length back
06:37well he was always going to serve up a short ball only he will know and only kawaja will feel it
06:46well he was late on it uzman kawaja decided to wear that one
06:50didn't bring his back into play which was probably a good thing excellent balling now from samar joseph
06:56i've been challenging for these two openers they're trying to soak up pressure
07:12sweating on some scoring opportunities 13 runs after 10 and a half overs that's a good delivery can you
07:20can you repeat again can you repeat and drift a little closer in length
07:31alton menon
07:34very experienced decides maybe it's missing leg in his view
07:38western is looking to refuse to send it upstairs maybe doing just a little bit too much let's have
07:53a look
07:56jaw start one fish
07:58big outside edge and won't get to the boundary
08:12yeah good lane good lane flicking from jayden seals bit of a miss field from roston cheers at gully
08:29he threw his hands at that one and we'll get a boundary just
08:38just
08:41just the second boundary of the day so far 28 for no loss
08:50that speaks the whole discipline westonies have been
08:54so far at the start of this test fortuitous but he'll be happy with a boundary sam constance
09:00oh that's close that is close given
09:09graves straight into the attack and could have the initial breakthrough they've gone upstairs the
09:17australians
09:20tv umpire to director player review for lbw original decision is out
09:26bongers feet check just a fair delivery front on spin vision please
09:42okay what's close to the back can we just confirm with ultra edge when available please
09:47thank you roll it through roll it through
09:49roll it through clear gap between bat and ball no bat involved ball tracking when ready please
09:56ball tracking coming now pitching outside off impacting line wickets hitting
10:06mitten you can save your original decision of out your on-screen signal now
10:11justin gris into the attack and immediately he makes an impact
10:17constance another failure for the youngster was back for 17 28 for one
10:26cameron green
10:30playing his 32nd test match
10:36that's a nice shot
10:40great shot there from cameron green getting one down the leg side just went with it
10:45clipped it away for a boundary
10:46yeah certainly coming off the back of some runs cameron green
10:58good balance good conviction in the stroke
11:06and a good way to get going as well
11:07just out of his reach that was an exceptional effort
11:16and goes away for four mikhail louis in the man's station just forward of square
11:22kawaja very quick onto anything short scoring opportunity presented
11:31a little bit of extra bounce didn't quite keep it down and not very far away from a diving and
11:37despairing mikhail louis it hasn't been a bad start from justin graves a little bit slower than the other
11:45three seamers but he's been hitting very good lengths
11:52he watches that one through the end of the 21st over australia now 41 for one
11:57huge so that's close that's very close in fact it's given jordan seals gets one on target
12:09and he gets the decision the own field decision so important cam green will have a discussion with
12:15kawaja and they're thinking about that review timer is running out now he makes it in the nick of time
12:22we'll have no referral
12:27tv empire to director we have a player review for lbw original decision is out
12:33bowlers feet checked it's a fair delivery spin vision when ready please
12:45okay looks like there's a gap between bat and ball there can we just confirm with ultra edge please
12:59yeah keep it rolling through please keep it rolling right through
13:03right through thank you clear gap between bat and ball no no batty involved we'll go to ball tracking
13:08when ready please
13:24all tracking coming now
13:30pitching outside off impacting line wickets is missing adrian i'm going to get you to overturn your
13:35original decision to not out stand by you on screen signal now
13:43it's been good it's been really good from justin graves though at his speed just in that
13:47mid 120s range but he's just getting enough off the surface isn't he jimmy he's asking the right
13:54questions he's his ball a really good length encouraging the batters to play and apart from
14:02one that was just short of a link to kawaja that kawaja helped around for four he's been honorable about
14:10ostom
14:21australia get 250 in the 23rd over
14:25oh my goodness what a start what a delivery even to someone like kawaja jimmy who's faced 60 odd deliveries
14:36this is the strength of shamar joseph when he's bowling well a slightly fuller length
14:42great angle coming into kawaja and just straightening enough kawaja had to play couldn't leave it alone
14:48he was just saying that he was looking to see off this over to go to lunch on skath and that
14:57was played rather t yeah that muscle memory forgive me so it's t on day one here at sabina park
15:06confirmation then the one wicket to fall that of sam constance another low score for him
15:14uh 50 for one with lots of batting to come
15:21bowling for the west indies there's pressure from the fastballers seals and the two josephs but it
15:26was greaves four overs four good overs getting the one wicket of sam constance and just a solitary over
15:34of spin from warring so my joseph to resume from the northern end
15:45well that helps uh leg stump half volley didn't quite get it so two runs
15:50oh another good one from shamar joseph
16:02again forcing kawaja to play
16:04yeah just on that point jimmy i i mean obviously the absolute champions of the game find that sweet spot
16:22more than others and quicker
16:23well that's a nice shot a very nice shot from cam green
16:33i wouldn't be too discouraged if i was azari joseph there's a little bit of swing there but on that
16:38occasion i thought cam green was up to the challenge nice shot good balance beautifully played in the
16:44context of the game where he hasn't had literally anything to this point to have kept his shape as
16:50he did through this shot i'm sure cameron green will be very pleased not just with
16:55the boundary but the execution as well he kept his shape very very well
17:04that's what fast bowlers love getting driven down the ground and then a good sniff
17:08to follow it up
17:11i don't know if i'm going to say well played cameron green i think he would be thinking good outcome it
17:16didn't go up in the air but he didn't know much about that delivery from alzari joseph bending his
17:21back a little bit hitting high on the handle a little bit of extra pace a little bit more aggression
17:27after being driven for four good outcome for australia
17:32half volley and driven down the ground so cameron green a couple of nice drives
17:44scoreboard just starting to tick over 63 for one
17:51there's that delivery that has trouble
17:54usman kawaja from around the wicket he's going to struggle here
17:58and a stronger throw might have had him in trouble
18:13just talking it behind square i think if kevlon anderson had slid
18:17and managed to come out of a slide with a throw it might have had kawaja in a little bit more
18:21trouble than it was in the end
18:27what a catch absolutely brilliant from sheer hope
18:34that is an absolute beauty
18:41yeah shamar joseph deserves this wicket he's been so threatening to uzman kawaja in particular
18:48good life again stuck on the crease just hanging his hands up but what a take from sheer hope
18:55whole length dive yeah he's pumped right up he continues to dominate against this australian side
19:03shimmar joseph who's michael kawaja goes back for fighting 23 68 for two
19:14steve smith legendary steve smith look at that average makes his way out to the middle
19:1936 centuries to his name and a remarkable average of over 100 against the westernese
19:31this could be all trouble at the striker's end
19:34steve smith wanted the single wanted to get off the mark sent back
19:45was well that ends well i suppose
19:49and just to add to that it was a no ball so almost to run out
19:54all for no ball a confirmation of that let's look at steve smith he wants the single sent back
20:06needed to do much better than that mikhail louis
20:10a terrible throw really it's stuck in his hand is what he's saying there
20:14yeah this will go for four or will it just slows up gets there i think
20:28but we'll have to have another look working with the trees so we'll have a boundary check
20:34yeah from where i'm which i think it touched first yes it did so confirmation of that being for another
20:46boundary to calm green 73 for two
20:54now that's crunched steve smith continues on his merry way against the westernese
21:04he had crunched well in front of square his first boundary
21:24very early he's able to walk back and get the hands through immediately calling for assistance
21:34now steve smith really misses out on opportunities to score short and wide
21:42another boundary for him
21:46yeah mr on one that was full and wide in justin gray's previous over he's very disappointed
21:52on that occasion this time though he's able to capitalize on one a lot shorter
21:58back to back boundaries offside over compensation from justin graves he's punished again
22:16yeah very noticeable is the conviction and the strokes from stephen smith
22:32make that a half trick of fours before steve smith really getting his groove on
22:38loves this venue i'll come back to that
22:47everyone else has struggled to get coin
22:50today he's striking above 100 steve smith
22:55that single brings up the 100 but the drive from cam green looking more and more fluent
23:11the drive from jamelle warrican who bowls a slower pace than some of his colleagues
23:37enjoy that
23:41one oh three for two
23:48found the gap nicely
23:51and going from strength to strength cam green
23:55and this is well played here by chem green
23:58what he's done really well he's used the depth of crease got right back hit the ball late
24:05but the key to this is the depth of the crease
24:11not for the first time green has punched warrican through there for a couple more
24:20so there is some grip very early in the test match there's grass but the surface is dry
24:27once it seemed to turn it the ones that they bowled slower
24:30but they've operated the whole time with cameron green with the mid-off back with enough in the surface
24:39i'd be encouraging green to try to hit over the top
24:44gotcha and that's a nice shot from steven smith 50 partnership for the australians with smith and green
24:52steve smith quality again up and over cover this time against the turn
25:09i think steven smith is showing his class once again 28 off 38
25:25another one squeezed through the offside it's not going to get to the boundary
25:38he looks slightly disappointed i reckon with that cameron green who does
25:45take great pride in his technique but that was a genuine half volley just sliced it in the end
25:50i just wondered if it could be a better effort in the field you have a look now
26:00being a bit harsh
26:12that's a great length and they do get their break through the west indies
26:17he's fought hard cameron green they've got a beauty
26:24this is a peach of a delivery
26:27the first one beating the edge
26:30building the stamps and this one blowing off stamp over
26:35that man jayden seals again cam green go for 46 australia 129 for three
26:41travis head walks out to bat
26:52oh no no no no
26:56that's not what needed the powerful shot and you ran on the shot steve smith and just a little peek up
27:15that's just enough to turn one into four
27:18hit uppishly but it's in the gap and travis heads away
27:27successfully defended on that occasion from travis head so that takes us to the dinner break so two
27:38sessions gone now on day one of the third test match here at sabina park
27:44started to get this game moving forward it was tough work for kawaja and constance who really tried to just
27:50tough it out 23 off 92 17 off 53 green just out
27:57played well for 46 off 108 but really the class has shone through steven smith 36 not out
28:04it's the acid test of the lights and how the pitch reacts under the
28:29artificial lights and the darkening overhead and that is going to be fascinating to observe
28:39a deep point in place two slips in the gully
28:46on the mark straight away jayden seals and a couple of words of encouragement to the great steve smith
28:52first ball back another peach he's produced some beauties from that end
29:10takes the outside edge this time and a more
29:16words being an exchange in close proximity from smith and seals
29:20exaggerated movement from smith
29:36travis head doesn't take long to get into his stride generally
29:39glorious
29:45glorious
29:48felt as though he was beaten chavez said such a good head position able to adjust
29:54pick the gap for four
30:07move up a slip cordon so so far since the resumption smith hasn't always played with conviction against seals
30:21this is a good battle on our hands folks jayden seals is up for the fight steve smith won't back down
30:29and he's thrown everything at that one
30:32and he's thrown everything at that one you won't die wandering
30:36it's been a difficult little period
30:38good save hands and shammar joseph has steve smith for the second time in test
30:53and this was brewing this wicket here after the break at night
30:57just reward for persistence and excellence
31:05and a nod to brandon kingon difficult introduction to test cricket in the field and an important catch taken at an important time
31:13big man walks to the crease bo webster
31:30has shown good form
31:36and scored important runs in this series
31:38161 for four
31:53wicket and guess who is that man shammar joseph again
31:58brilliant effort this from the young danies fastballer australia lose another one ball webster
32:08once again
32:10the back foot just got away from himself outside his eye line there simple catch to hope but once again
32:18it was that man joseph
32:20creating the pressure he's enjoying this time of the game with it
32:24ball is just doing enough webster to pass for one score 161 for five
32:32this man alex carey look at that record
32:37and i'll tell you what he has been over the last 18 months for australia he's a man for a crisis
32:43it's one of those players where you go through at different stages in your career
32:54i'll tell you what that is a man at the top of his game alex carey has advanced down
33:04over completed 165 for five
33:08that brings up 2 000 runs in test cricket there for alex carey
33:22and he's definitely come out with a point to prove today to put
33:26the pressure straight back onto the bowlers as i said
33:32a closer look at that one that might be the first six
33:40the day but as a as a fielding team now i'm not disappointed with that yes it's a it's a lovely
33:47shot from alex carey he's higher confidence this is his first six of the match there alex carey
33:54but it does create wicked opportunities with what the ball is doing now
34:13shot from travis head to finish this over lufting it over extra cover that takes him 20 from 50
34:22after 64 overs australia 184 for five
34:30for now though alex carey
34:34is taking advantage of proceedings and playing aggressively shakira
34:41yeah just looking to push the game forward alex carey and why not he's in the form of his life
34:52great efforts great efforts great catch anderson phillip and it had to be a fastballer to do it
35:01great athleticism
35:02and total agreement with you fish we fastballers are proud of that effort from us anderson phillip
35:14yeah the second piece of brilliance in the field from a west indian first it was she
35:18a hole behind the stumps and then this had to run to his right and then look at the time he's faint in the
35:26ear full length dive on the field at the substance too and the suffer that and what an impact he's made
35:33crucial breakthrough from west indies travis head has to walk back for 20 189 for six
35:40very good very good from bob cummings aggressive by nature with the bat in his hand
35:56and the mud with the bat pot cummings he sees some crucial rules as a batter and really good
36:09bit too full forward kind of lows the tall pot cummings to hit through the lane of the ball
36:15just his leg side of it so he can get his hands through it
36:27another edge another one gone justin graves strikes again western knees are certainly enjoying life on
36:35the lights
36:39he hasn't had happy times with the buff this series justin graves
36:45but boy has he had an impact with ball in hand
36:48wickets in every innings for west indies and how crucial is this spell without zari joseph not
36:56available to bowl big big wicket of alice kerry who walks back for 21 198 for seven
37:04an monumental match not just because it's the first day nighter here at sabina park but also because
37:10it's this man's 100th test as a fastballer remarkable just a second australian fastballer to have done it
37:19behind the legendary lane mcgraw
37:26straight on target he does get it straight and another one goes down and seals
37:34it might be a conversation from those in high authority about that discussion with him sending
37:42sparkle
37:47yeah favorite case no loss in this session
37:50westonies have been brilliant on the delights
37:53there is assistance but you still have to put the ball in the right areas
37:56and it will send off start walks back in this 100th test match before making an impact 199 for eight
38:06scott boland
38:09comes to the crease
38:18guarantee you west indies were back tonight one way or the other
38:27and you go for the review
38:32evie empire to director we have a player review for lbw
38:36original decision is not out bolers feet checked it's a fair delivery now spin vision please
38:48okay it doesn't look like there's any bat involved but can you just confirm that with ultra edge please
38:52yeah keep it rolling through clear gap between bat and ball yeah no bat involved go to ball tracking
38:59when ready please
39:04pitch in line impact in line wickets missing
39:09mitten you can save your original decision of not out standby on screen signal now
39:29all the way for six it's a good shot from pat cummins
39:44yeah lots of wickets have fallen this session it's also been the fastest scoring session of the test so
39:50far
39:54the ball does play off the bat under the lights as well
39:58probably not fully controlled
40:02it goes way beyond the boundary
40:04back to back sixes for australia's captain
40:16and this one much more authority here
40:18titus brilliant from pat cummings
40:23we did see he's very handy with body hand
40:26good left delivery look at the way he keeps his balance such a good shot
40:39should be taken kevlon anderson pockets it
40:44another wicket for jayden seals
40:48eyes on pat cummins as he departs
40:50the attempt to clear the boundary once more falls we're sure on this occasion pot cummings
41:04seals you to lazy his white ball skills after being struck for two
41:08maximals at the beginning of the over
41:11coming schools for 24 to 16 for nine
41:14it's a lovely shot more sight are needed by josh hazlewood 220 for nine
41:29yeah that's gone for four as well so it's been
41:34a flurry of boundaries hemorrhaging actually
41:38it's taken final wicket goes and samara joseph picks up another against australia
41:52he really is the aussie slayer and yet again westernies have dismissed australia taking all 10 wickets
42:00he's a final wicket here of hazel gave himself a little bit of room
42:11it's again easy catch in the outfield to joseph the one thing that has been outstanding
42:16for the west indians has been their quality of feeling we've seen them a constant improvement
42:23but this night cricket is here to stay it's been nothing but entertainment
42:27yeah centennial test for that man warming up there mitchell stark this is the way the innings panned out
42:34no one getting to a half century 46 and 48 those two but lots of starts look at the strike rates as well
42:45really good from that standpoint but dismissed inside day one 70.3 overs getting to 225
42:57have a look at the bowling there from the west indies
43:04two openers are outstanding seal and joseph three and four
43:09breeze chipped in for three
43:14and what it was is a good all-round performance in the field from the west indians
43:17100 test matches for this man 395 test wickets five away from 400 this could be
43:27very special for him the leading wicket taker in day night tests
43:36have a look at brandon king there he's been one shining light throughout this series i know you got
43:41excited about the dancing the music out the back but i think we're going to witness something pretty
43:47special here in the next hour this young man here it's a very impressive first class career
43:56he's made his name for himself about in the three and four he's been thrust into opener
44:01six 50s 500 is the best of 153 first ball 100th test
44:12they're going down the leg side but there's that shape that arc already this is going to be a serious
44:19test for king and the debutant anderson yes straight away there mitchell stark right on the money
44:27hit that perfect length of board just did enough off the seam to take the front pad
44:36just going down leg side one thing there king was very very late on that
44:42off the mark with him under western news
44:58full delivery driven nicely through the offside
45:04this has been a hallmark of brandon king of this series
45:07he's very decisive and he's on the drive it's full-blooded and it's elegant
45:20got him
45:22straight through him playing his hundredth test match mitchell stark
45:26how many times has he done that in swinging full delivery that rattles into the stumps
45:37you could see it coming
45:43and eventually through the gate again this time on target
45:50in a familiar sight
45:53and they shall start kevin anderson goes for three by cindy's 11 for one
45:57and roston chase is batting at number three they've
46:07pushed into the covers so that is the end of mitchell stark
46:13one over to go on day one 14 for one
46:15and well done well played by brandon king roston chase they get through
46:28so australia dismissed god for 225 the west indies go
46:34into the sheds having lost the one wicket with 16 16 runs on the board so it's been a
46:41quite an even day again so australia having won the toss
46:48making 225 their last seven wickets
46:53loss for 68 runs shemar joseph brilliant today four for 33 graves three wickets seals three wickets
47:00again so at the moment after day one west indies trail by 209 runs
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