Grenada [West Indies]July 5 (Ani): Australia gave a narrow 33-run lead at the end of the first innings after rejecting West Indies for 253, giving them a slight lead in the competition, according to the official website of ICC.
Australia then had to hit six exaggerated late in the day and West -India Quicks made the best of making it by removing openers Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja, leaving the game in balance the next day.
Windies -Schipper Roston Chase was satisfied with the last playing phase and how his bowlers benefit from the difficult evening conditions.
“During this game and the last game it is a trend that you always get wickets for the new ball,” he said in the press conference after the game, as quoted from ICC.
“Something always happens to the new ball. So we were enthusiastic and ready to go outside. And we know that the boys would not want to hit, of course, in an evening session, a few overs to go,” he added.
“It is probably the most challenging thing to hit as an opener. So yes, we just wanted to place the balls in the right area. And hopefully we can get some wickets and we have two,” he noticed.
The new ball sentiment was reflected by the Australian Pacer Josh Hazlewood, who emphasized that early bats will only become more challenging as the test match progresses.
“I think every new ball will work very hard from now on. I think the Wicket probably kept together better than I thought it would be after I watched it before the game,” said Hazlewood.
“But again, the softball does not do too much of it. So I think, yes, it will be interesting to see tomorrow how the wicket actually plays and if it ends a kind of cliff or it just becomes more difficult to hit. But I think it is certainly not easier to batten,” he noticed.
Josh Hazlewood supported his teammate and young opener Sam Konstas to quickly find shape, despite a series of poor performance. The 19-year-old has only managed 33 points in four innings and was rejected for a duck in the current innings.
“You are here for a reason. I think you just trust that. You are in this position because you are a good player,” said Hazlewood to support Konstas.
'Every time I bowed for him in recent months [in the nets]He gets better and better, it feels that way. He was thrown there in a difficult situation, “he added.
“But we saw in the first innings, he played a number of really beautiful shots, put some pressure on the bowlers. I think he is turning in the right direction. But it is tough at 19,” he noticed.
In some respects, the attacking intention of Konstas was better embodied by West -India Batter Brandon King.
Although he had played only four first -class games with an average of 30.25 this domestic season, King was admitted to bringing the attack to the opposition gowners, and he supplied with a brilliant knock of 75 out of 108 balls.
“He is an aggressive Batsman. He likes to play his success,” said Skipper Chase.
“If he was extinguished, he would score. If the ball was up, he would score. So yes, we expect Brandon to be the type of player that it is trying to practice pressure on the bowlers,” he noticed.
“And he did that today. When the ball was in his areas, he mainly turned. And when the bowlers were gone, he let them pay. So, yes, that's the kind of innings we were looking for from Brandon,” he said. (ANI)
