{"id":15790,"date":"2024-01-24T17:21:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15790"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:21:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:21:49","slug":"west-indies-suffer-10-wicket-defeat-against-australia-in-first-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/west-indies-suffer-10-wicket-defeat-against-australia-in-first-test\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Suffer 10-Wicket Defeat Against Australia in First Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In the first test match against Australia in Adelaide, the West Indies faced a ten-wicket defeat as their batsmen struggled, managing a combined 308 runs in two innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Batting for the second time, the West Indies were dismissed for 120, setting Australia a target of 26 runs for victory, which they achieved in 6.4 overs on the third day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Hazlewood played a crucial role for Australia, taking five wickets to restrict the West Indies, who had resumed at 73 for 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc supported Hazlewood with two wickets each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirk Mackenzie (26) and Justin Greaves (25) were the only notable contributors for the West Indies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aussie openers Steve Smith (11) and Marcus Labuschagne (1) safely guided Australia to victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, opener Usman Khawaja retired hurt after a bouncer hit him on the chin by Shamar Joseph, who made history as the second West Indian bowler to take a wicket with his first ball and the tenth West Indian to take a five-wicket haul on debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies were dismissed for 188 in their first innings, while Australia responded with 283, with Travis Head scoring 119 and earning the Man of the Match title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second test is scheduled for Brisbane, starting on January 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first test match against Australia in Adelaide, the West Indies faced a ten-wicket defeat as their batsmen struggled, managing a combined 308 runs in two innings. Batting for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15790","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\/15790","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=15790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15791,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15790\/revisions\/15791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}