{"id":15503,"date":"2024-01-15T15:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15503"},"modified":"2024-01-15T15:36:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:36:02","slug":"inexperienced-windies-display-grit-in-tour-match-draw-against-cricket-australia-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/inexperienced-windies-display-grit-in-tour-match-draw-against-cricket-australia-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Inexperienced Windies Display Grit in Tour Match Draw Against Cricket Australia XI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a three-day tour match that concluded on Friday in Adelaide, the West Indies, featuring a young and relatively inexperienced squad, managed to secure a morale-boosting draw against Cricket Australia XI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Caribbean team, facing the formidable Australian side, demonstrated resilience and determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resuming on 137 for 3, the Windies batsmen showcased their skills as they reached 315 for 5 declared. Joshua DaSilva, with an overnight score of 55, played sensibly to add 50 more runs, reaching a personal milestone of 105. His partnership with Kevem Hodge contributed to a crucial 150-run partnership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hodge, adding to his 44, fell just short of a century, dismissed for 99. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justin Greaves contributed 41 not out, and Zachary McCaskie scored 25, presenting a solid performance in Australian conditions ahead of the upcoming first test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia, facing an academic target of 363 on the final day, encountered stiff opposition from Kevin Sinclair, who claimed 3 wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Caribbean bowlers, including Gudakesh Motie and Greaves, reduced the hosts to 149 for 5 at the close of day 3, resulting in a draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the earlier innings, after winning the toss and choosing to bat, the West Indies declared at 251 for 8, with half-centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite, Kevem Hodge, and Justin Greaves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liam Haskett took 3 wickets, while Jack Nisbet and Doug Warren claimed two each for Cricket Australia XI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian team, in their first innings, was dismissed for 174, with Tim Ward scoring 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Indies bowlers Kemar Roach, Alzarri Joseph, and Shamar Joseph each took two wickets in the host&#8217;s first innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match concluded in a stalemate, showcasing the under-strength West Indies squad featuring uncapped players like Zachary McCaskie, Tevin Imlach, Justin Greaves, Kavem Hodge, Kevin Sinclair, Akeem Jordan, and Shamar Joseph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming schedule for the West Indies includes two test matches starting next Tuesday, followed by three T20 and three ODI matches in Australia later next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a three-day tour match that concluded on Friday in Adelaide, the West Indies, featuring a young and relatively inexperienced squad, managed to secure a morale-boosting draw against Cricket Australia&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15505,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15503\/revisions\/15505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}