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West Indies vs Australia, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Australia tour of West Indies, 2025 Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Date & Time: Jun 25-Jun 27, 10:00 AM LOCAL

Mitchell Starc 1-44(8 ov)

27.6
Mitchell Starc to Justin Greaves, no run, ends the over with a dot, 15 off the over. Very full, attacking the sticks, Justin Greaves gets the bat down and defends it down into the off-side
27.5
Mitchell Starc to Justin Greaves, no run, on the pads, angled in, clipped down to mid-wicket
27.4
Mitchell Starc to Shamar Joseph, 1 run, lofts the ball away and sends it over mid-on. They get a single. Wasn't timed
27.3
4
Mitchell Starc to Shamar Joseph, FOUR, and heaved away down to deep mid. Mitchell Starc missed the yorker and was fuller. Shamar Joseph played it down to deep mid for a four
27.2
4
Mitchell Starc to Shamar Joseph, FOUR, full toss, angled in, Shamar Joseph backed away and clobbered it down to deep mid for a four. That was flogged away by Shamar Joseph
27.1
6
Mitchell Starc to Shamar Joseph, SIX, fuller length delivery, angled in, Shamar Joseph clips the ball away and over deep mid for a sixer. Was a lovely hit from the southpaw
23.6
Mitchell Starc to Justin Greaves, no run, banged in short, angled in, Justin Greaves sees it short, ducks under it and lets it go
23.5
Mitchell Starc to Warrican, 1 run, angled in, on a length, nudged down to long leg for a single
23.4
Mitchell Starc to Warrican, no run, banged in short, Warrican sees the ball and lets it go to the keeper
23.3
Mitchell Starc to Warrican, no run, pats a length delivery down into the off-side off a length delivery
23.2
Mitchell Starc to Warrican, no run, stabs the ball down out somehow
23.1
W
Mitchell Starc to Justin Greaves, out Alzarri Joseph Run Out!! And another one falls. Windies keep falling like pack of cards. That was pushed away into the off-side and Alzarri Joseph was running to the batter's end. But Marnus had other ideas. He unleashed the throw and found the batter short. The visitors on top. They want to finish it off today itself. Alzarri Joseph run out (Labuschagne) 0(8)
21.6
4
Mitchell Starc to Justin Greaves, FOUR, short of length delivery, outside off, Justin Greaves gets behind the line and punches it down to deep cover for a four
21.5
Mitchell Starc to Justin Greaves, no run, short of length delivery, climbs up, Justin Greaves nudges the ball down to FSL as the ball crept up on the batter a little
21.4
Mitchell Starc to Justin Greaves, no run, angled in, Justin Greaves stabs it down with soft hands
21.3
4
Mitchell Starc to Justin Greaves, FOUR, straight down the ground for a four. That was a length delivery, Justin Greaves punched it back past the bowler for a four
21.2
4
Mitchell Starc to Justin Greaves, FOUR, angled in, on a fuller length, Justin Greaves punches the ball wide of the man at mid-on for a four
21.1
Mitchell Starc to Justin Greaves, no run, gets the bat down and defends it back to the bowler
8.6
4
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Campbell, on a good length and just outside off, draws Campbell into an open-faced defensive push, the edge is found and the ball rolls away through the gap between slips and gully
8.5
4
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, FOUR, streaky and four, full and wide of off - Campbell saw the width and went hard on the drive, gets a thick edge and the ball flies over wide gully for a boundary
8.4
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, short of a good length and well wide of off, left alone
8.3
Mitchell Starc to Keacy Carty, 1 run, Starc shortens the length outside off, pushed into the gap wide of cover-point for a single
8.2
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, leg byes, 1 run, too straight from Starc, pushes it onto Campbell's pads and the ball rolls wide of the keeper for a leg-bye
8.1
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, fuller length delivery on the pads, Campbell shuffled across on the flick and missed
6.6
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Campbell leans across and pushes it to mid-off
6.5
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, banged in short and just outside off - Campbell ducks under and lets it go
6.4
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, fuller length delivery on the pads, Campbell picks out square leg with the flick
6.3
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, nicely bowled, pitched up around off and Campbell was caught slightly on the move, jamed an inside edge onto the pad
6.2
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, loud shout for LBW, but umpire Richard Kettleborough shakes his head - Carey wasn't keen, but they've reviewed, is the ball sliding down leg with the angle? With Starc's wrist position, it's hard for it to straighten after pitching - John Campbell did fall over on the flick, but the impact is only in front of leg-stump. No bat, but it's only umpire's call on hitting, clipping the leg-stump and the original call stays
6.1
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, low full-toss on off, Campbell tucks it to square leg
4.6
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, tad fuller and slanting into the pads, Campbell shuffles across on the flick and misses, half-an-appeal for LBW, but that was slidiing down
4.5
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, driven crisply and straight to the fielder at mid-off
4.4
Mitchell Starc to Keacy Carty, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, whipped down to long leg for a single
4.3
Mitchell Starc to Keacy Carty, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - Carty plays late and defends it to the off-side
4.2
Mitchell Starc to Keacy Carty, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Carty waits on the ball and blocks it to the off-side
4.1
Mitchell Starc to Keacy Carty, no run, edged and Green has put it down, he's such a safe fielder, but the catching malaise catches onto the Aussies as well, fuller length delivery and well wide of off - Carty couldn't resist and went with hard hands on the drive, gets a thick edge and the ball flew to the right of gully, came at a slightly awkward height, but Green got both hands, juggled and the ball popped out, tried to grab it on the rebound and failed
2.6
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, 1 run, full and at the stumps, Campbell plays a hard-handed drive and skews a thick edge past mid-wicket
2.5
Mitchell Starc to John Campbell, no run, Starc loses his line and spills one well down leg, left alone
2.4
Mitchell Starc to Keacy Carty, 1 run, fraction fuller and just outside off, pushed into the gap wide of cover for a single
2.3
Mitchell Starc to Keacy Carty, no run, fuller length delivery and shaping away from the right-hander - Carty is lured into the drive and played away from his body, beaten by the movement
2.2
Mitchell Starc to Keacy Carty, no run, back of a length and just outside off - Carty lets the ball come and defends it to the off-side
2.1
Mitchell Starc to Keacy Carty, no run, on a good length and shaping across the left-hander, left alone
0.6
W
Mitchell Starc to Brathwaite, out Caught by Sam Konstas!! Caught at short square leg, Konstas was placed for the uppish flick and Brathwaite's fallen right into the trap - was a full ball that swung back into the right-hander, Brathwaite was instinctively dragged into the flick, he did roll his wrists around, but couldn't keep it down - Konstas dives forward and completes a good two-handed catch. Just the start Australia wanted in the defence of 301. Brathwaite c Sam Konstas b Mitchell Starc 4(6)
0.5
Mitchell Starc to Brathwaite, 2 runs, short and into the body, Brathwaite hops across, gets on top of the bounce and tucks it past square leg for another couple
0.4
Mitchell Starc to Brathwaite, 2 runs, fuller length delivery and shaping back into the right-hander - Brathwaite shuffles across and clips it into the gap wide of mid-wicket, comes back for the second
0.3
Mitchell Starc to Brathwaite, no run, on a good length and shaping away from the right-hander, left alone and it bounces through to the keeper
0.2
Mitchell Starc to Brathwaite, no run, that's very loose from Brathwaite, short of a good length and angled across the right-hander, his feet hardly moved as he looked to chop it onto the on-side, gets an inside edge onto the pad
0.1
Mitchell Starc to Brathwaite, no run, beaten, good start from Starc, on a good length and pushed across the right-hander, Brathwaite was hopping across and is beaten on the outside edge
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