Skippers call draw on Windies tour match
THE WEST Indies have completed their preparations for the upcoming Test series against Australia, playing out a draw in their three-day tour match against the Cricket Australia XI today. Both teams shook hands at 4:30pm local time in Adelaide, with a result deemed unreachable late on day three.
Play ended upon the dismissal of CA XI batter Jack Clayton (32), leaving the hosts stranded at 5-149 and 244 runs short of chasing down the set target of 392. The Windies were in a commanding position throughout the match and arguably stood a chance of victory, but had ultimately seen enough.
Today’s morning session began with the tourists 214 runs ahead. The overnight partnership between Joshua Da Silva and Kavem Hodge continued, and the pair went on to post a 163-run stand. While Da Silva did enough to bring up his ton, Hodge was flukily bowled for 99 in a cruel end to his knock.
Opting to bat on and put the lead beyond any reasonable doubt, Justin Greaves (41) and Zachary McCaskie (25) remained unbeaten as the Windies declared on 5-315. Liam Haskett found the most success with the ball, collecting figures of 3-65 as CA XI’s sole multiple wicket taker.
In response to the mammoth task at hand, CA XI openers Tim Ward and Jayden Goodwin made up decent ground in their 14 overs before tea. They put on 68 runs at nearly five an over to cut the deficit to 325 heading into the final session. Any hope of an incredible chase ended there, though.
The hosts collapsed to lose 3-6 in the first seven overs after tea, eventually switching gears back into survival mode to see out the result. Kevin Sinclair ripped through the Aussie top three to finish with 3-38, while Greaves and Gudakesh Motie also got amongst the wickets.
At the forefront of those to impress for the tourists were Da Silva, allrounder Hodge and firebrand quick Shamar Joseph. The latter two are among the seven uncapped players in the West Indies’ 15-man squad set to take on reigning World Test Champions, Australia in a two-match series.
The first match gets underway in Adelaide on January 17, before the teams head to Brisbane on January 25. Expect a fresh-looking and exuberant West Indies side to tackle the greatest challenge in Test cricket, under skipper Kraigg Brathwaite.
SCORECARD
RESULT: CA XI (174 & 5-149) drew w/ West Indies (8d-251 & 5d-315).
TOSS: West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
1ST INNINGS: West Indies 8d-251 (90)
Justin Greaves 65 (135), Kraigg Brathwaite 52 (129), Kavem Hodge 52 (101)
Liam Haskett 3-57 (18), Doug Warren 2-47 (20), Jack Nisbet 2-50 (18)
2ND INNINGS: Cricket Australia XI 10-174 (54.5)
Tim Ward 50 (88), Bradley Hope 24 (33), Jayden Goodwin 18 (39)
Kemar Roach 2-23 (9), Shamar Joseph 2-28 (8), Alzarri Joseph 2-40 (10)
West Indies led by 77 runs.
3RD INNINGS: West Indies 5d-315 (80)
Joshua Da Silva 55* (95), Kaven Hodge 44* (67), Alick Athanaze 15 (30)
Liam Haskett 2-39 (7), Liam Scott 1-10 (6), Doug Warren 0-18 (8)
West Indies led by 392 runs.
4TH INNINGS: Cricket Australia XI 5-149 (39)
Tim Ward 39 (52), Jayden Goodwin 33 (47), Jack Clayton 32 (68)
Kevin Sinclair 3-38 (12), Justin Greaves 1-14 (5), Gudakesh Motie 1-34 (9)
Match drawn.
SQUADS
CA XI: Tim Ward, Jayden Goodwin, Teague Wyllie, Peter Handscomb (c), Jack Clayton, Jake Doran, Liam Scott, Bradley Hope, Doug Warren, Liam Haskett, Harry Conway, Jack Nisbet, Campbell Thompson, Harry Matthias (wk)
WI: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Justin Greaves, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Akeem Jordan, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Kemar Roach, Kevin Sinclair, Tevin Imlach, Zachary McCaskie
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