***Official*** West Indies tour of Australia, Jan–Feb 2024

[Starfighter]

It's different when they're coming hip height and slightly outside off, rather than at his head/shoulder with men out behind square tbf

Also this attack is not as testing bowling simple line and length as India will be. Depending on who's fit they should be able to test that squaring up.

 

[Spark]

Hahahahaha wow

 

[Starfighter]

And another Smith dismissal due to getting squared up

 

[Burgey]

What a great start for the kid!

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Shamar ****ing Joseph!!!!

 

[Qlder]

Shamar now has a batting average of 36.00 and bowling average of 0.00

 

[morgieb]

Some first ball.

Is Joseph the new Marshall? /media hack mode

 

[Nintendo]

Shamar now has a batting average of 36.00 and bowling average of 0.00

Imran khan who?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I’m proud to be a Berbician, my fellow Berbician making history

 

[Alex0paul]

Just utterly ridiculous he’s even opening

 

[Chubb]

The Smith experiment has failed.

 

[Starfighter]

135.1
141.1

 

[Qlder]

Smith said he didn't like waiting to bat so opening was perfect for him....didnt think it through as now he has a super long wait until his next bat

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

That was one of the best first overs I've ever seen by a debutant, every ball he bowled was on the money , Glenn McGrath would have been proud of that over

 

[Starfighter]

Regardless of where he's batting (and I don't think Bancroft would have played that any better, from what I've seen of him recently) the thing at the moment is that Smith has a bad flaw in his game and either hasn't acknowledged it (or been informed of it by the coach), and/or hasn't been able to correct it, which is what he used to be able to do in a rather freakish manner.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

These ****ers saying that the cricket ground in Berbice, which is my home club, is deep in the jungle.

This is absolutely ridiculous and FALSE. The ground is just a mile away from the Atlantic…on the low coastal plain. Lol

 

[Spikey]

what the ****. strip the test from these guys and give it to canberra

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1747487141419180488

 

[GotSpin]

If you’re going to start a test on a Wednesday at least give them a day nighter so people can get on the piss properly

 

[OverratedSanity]

That was a very nice start from joseph even ignoring the wicket.

 

[morgieb]

Not a lot there for him and it's still only a few games but wow has Lyon been ineffective since Perth.

Yeah he hasn't looked right since his calf injury. Given it was his first serious injury ever I can see why it would hurt his rhythm. I think it'll sort itself out soon enough.