West Indies vs Australia 1st Test Highlights: Pat Cummins wins toss, opts to bat

Jayden Seales to Josh Inglis, Hard length, outside off, smacked, but straight to cover-point.

Jayden Seales to Josh Inglis, Just like he ended his previous over, a JAFFA! This is bowled on a length, just full of a good length and in the channel around off. This one pitches and nips away, only a bit but sharply and with some extra bounce. Inglis looks to block but the ball whizzes past the outside edge.

Justin Greaves to Cameron Green, FOUR! A rare loose delivery and the over ends on a high for Australia. Full toss, down the leg side, Cameron Green flicks it uppishly towards the square leg fence. Given the breeze, which is blowing from right to left at this end, probably Greaves was trying the glory ball, aiming to land the ball around middle and get it to move away from there.

Justin Greaves to Cameron Green, Action replay of the previous delivery.

Justin Greaves to Cameron Green, On a good length, outside off, nibbling away, left alone.

Justin Greaves to Cameron Green, Is that caught behind? No, just the bat hitting the ground and the ball swinging away late, giving the impression of an outside edge. This is served full and wide, in the blockhole, Cameron Green tries to squeeze it out but is late and the ball shapes away. Shai Hope pouches it nicely by diving to his right.

Justin Greaves to Cameron Green, Bowled on a hard length and outside off, tapped away towards cover by Green.

Justin Greaves to Josh Inglis, Greaves tries the leg cutter now and bowls it on the pads. Josh Inglis clips it away, a bit uppishly but firmly and finds the space in front of mid-wicket. The ball does eventually get chased down but Inglis does pick up three runs. 50 UP FOR AUSTRALIA, they lead by 41.

Jayden Seales to Cameron Green, A fabulous delivery to end the over. Back of a length, just outside off, Cameron Green looks to fend it away, rising with the bounce, but the ball pitches and nibbles away off the seam, to beat the outside edge.

Jayden Seales to Cameron Green, On a good length wide outside off, left alone.

Jayden Seales to Josh Inglis, That moves in a long way! On a good length, outside off, Josh Inglis shoulders arms. The ball lands, seams in viciously and goes over the stumps, further swinging down the leg side. The swing is so much that even keeper Shai Hope cannot get to the ball completely despite a dive to his left, making a half stop. The ball rolls behind and by the time first slip can get to it, the batters take a bye.

Jayden Seales to Josh Inglis, Probably sliding down leg. Seales goes wider on the crease, creating an angle that allows him to dart the ball into the batter. This one pitches on middle, stays a shade low and nips in. Josh Inglis is caught on the crease and the ball beats the inside edge to hit the pads. There is a loud appeal from the bowler, but no one else is that interested.

Jayden Seales to Josh Inglis, Hits the hard length now, bowling it in the channel and gets the ball to jump up off the deck. Inglis shoulders arms.

Jayden Seales to Josh Inglis, Pitched-up delivery, around the fifth stump line and going straight on with the arm. Inglis makes a leave.

Which ball to be used in Test cricket? We have got 3 options - Dukes, Kookaburra and the SG. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Let's start with Dukes first, which is primarily used in England and is used in this series as well. It usually serves better in cold conditions, with the ball starting to swing after 8-10 overs. Then, after the 30th over or so, it stops moving and suddenly, post the 50th over, reverse swing comes into play. But the disadvantage of the Dukes ball is its durability, as it loses shape pretty quickly. Come to the Kookaburra. More durable than the Dukes, but definitely having a lot less swing. It moves specifically when it is new and after 15-odd overs, it is just a run fest for batters. Now, the SG. Not much swing with the new ball and even if there is any, it stops after 10 overs. But definitely assists the spinners and post the 60-over mark, reverses many a mile. So, out of all the three types, the Dukes is preferred just because there is more contest between bat and ball. But what about durability? Good for the manufacturers though.

Justin Greaves to Cameron Green, Around off, pushed towards mid off again.

Justin Greaves to Cameron Green, Full, outside off, away shape, Cameron Green walks into the shot a touch and drives it firmly to mid off. There is a big breeze which is blowing the ball from right to left, when the bowler is bowling from this end. Hence, the outswing is aided easily.

Justin Greaves to Cameron Green, On a length, outside off, left alone.

Justin Greaves to Cameron Green, Back of a length and outside off, nipping away, Green leaves it alone.

Justin Greaves to Josh Inglis, Shorter again, offering some width outside off as well, Inglis cuts it away through cover-point and turns the strike over with a single.

Justin Greaves to Josh Inglis, Oh, very nearly a wicket off his first delivery! Short of a good length and around off, seaming away, Josh Inglis tries to go after it with an expansive shot through the off side but gets a big inside edge back onto the pads.

Double bowling change. Justin Greaves gets the ball. Fourth seamer in this attack, not as quick as the first three, but take him lightly at your own peril. Travis Head can vouch for that. 9-2-26-1 in the first innings. Can get some away shape and has remarkable control.

Jayden Seales to Cameron Green, Much better. The tempter, full and outside off, inviting the drive, but Cameron lets it be.

Jayden Seales to Cameron Green, Similar line and length, easy leave for Green.

Jayden Seales to Cameron Green, On a good length well outside off, moving away, Cameron Green shoulders arms.

Jayden Seales to Josh Inglis, A well-directed short ball this time from Seales. This is bowled well short and at the batter. Inglis fends it away off the back foot and gets it down to fine leg for a single.

Jayden Seales to Josh Inglis, Pitches this one up at the stumps, and Inglis leans forward to defend.

Jayden Seales to Josh Inglis, On the shorter side to begin with, and trying to angle it from leg towards middle. Josh Inglis tucks it away neatly past square leg and picks up a couple of runs.

And with that, Alzarri Joseph is going off the field. Both Josephs off the field then. Jayden Seales is back on. 4-1-13-0 so far.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Beautiful from Alzarri! Full and shaping away a touch late, in the channel outside off. Green is lured into the drive as the ball goes past his outside edge. We are shown the UltraEdge, just to check whether there was any nick but it does not return any spike when the ball is close to the bat.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Length ball angled in on middle, Green gets behind the line of the ball and blocks it back to the bowler.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Length ball, that shapes away a touch, the line is outside off. Green leaves it alone.

This is really bad. We are not even done with 15 overs and already, there is a need for a ball change. Australia had got it changed twice in their bowling innings. Alzarri Joseph just shows the ball towards the umpire who tries to push the ball through the 8-shaped hoop but the ball gets stuck. So that is the signal for the ball needing to be replaced and out comes the fourth umpire with a box of replacement balls.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, On a length, just outside off, Green punches it to the right of cover point and screams out a loud 'NO'.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Length ball on middle, Green is nicely behind the line of the ball as he defends it back to the bowler.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Overpitched on middle and off, Green drives it back to the bowler, who makes a one-handed stop.

Phew. Finally Shamar Joseph goes off the field and takes a well-deserved break, bowling 7 straight overs. Kevlon Anderson has come on as a substitute for Shamar. Meanwhile, the great Ian Bishop has a message for youngsters, especially from West Indies, wanting to contribute towards the game. Bish says that while this fast bowling unit of West Indies has done remarkably well over the two days, the greater challenge lies ahead, when the pitches start to get better and batters start getting comfortable at the crease. That's when, a bowler's patience is tested, as he needs to keep honing the threatening areas consistently for longer periods of time. So while this is good for now, remarks Bishop, he wants to see how will the bowlers adapt on flat tracks.

Shamar Joseph to Josh Inglis, A touch full around off, Inglis opens the bat face at the last moment and guides it between cover point and gully, to pick up two runs. 

Shamar Joseph to Josh Inglis, Good lenght ball, that skids off the surface, on off, Josh Inglis defends it off the crease to short cover.

Shamar Joseph to Josh Inglis, Full and around off, Inglis drives it off the front foot to cover-point.

Shamar Joseph to Josh Inglis, BEATEN! Good length ball, shaping away, outside off, Inglis looks to go hard at it and gets beaten on the outside edge.

Shamar Joseph to Josh Inglis, Length ball wide outside off, Inglis doesn't bother chasing it.

Shamar Joseph to Josh Inglis, Length ball skidding off the surface, Inglis pushes it off the crease, into the leg side.

Great bowling. The graphic on air shows that nearly 60 percent of Shamar Joseph's deliveries have landed in the good length area in this innings, occasionally drifting towards that fuller length here and there. That will please bowling coach Ravi Rampaul a lot but even more so, the West Indian fans. Over the years, we have only been talking about West Indies as a strong batting unit, so it feels really nice when we see bowlers understanding the game from that region. And when it is a fast bowler, we are just reminded of their golden era.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, On a length sliding on the pads, Green flicks it to short mid-wicket.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Full ball outside off, Green pushes it towards cover-point.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Good length angled in on off pole, Green prods and blocks it.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, FOUR! Beautiful from Green! That will give him some confidence! Overpitched on middle, Green shifts his weight on the front foot and drives it down the ground, wide of mid on and picks up a boundary.

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green,  Short ball down leg, Green ducks under it. Alzarri has overstepped. NO BALL!

Alzarri Joseph to Cameron Green, Mix up in the middle and West Indies almost had their third! Full and on middle, Green flicks it to mid on and calls for one, Inglis obliges, but then Green after watching the fielder quickly cutting it off, sends back Inglis. Josh puts his brakes on and then has to dive into his crease, as the fielder misses his shy from mid on, at the bowler's end. Replay shows that Inglis would have made it even if the throw had found its mark.