Windies bowl Australia out for 180 on chaotic first day

Bridgetown, day one of the fifth test.

Australia 180 (Head 59, Khawaja 47, Seales 5-60, S Joseph 4-46)

West Indies 57-4 (King 23*, Starc 2-35)

West Indies 123 runs ahead of Australia

On a shaky opening day of the first Test in Bridgetown, Australia were defeated by West Indies by a score of just 180 runs. However, they reacted with the ball as 14 wickets fell.

After winning the toss, Australia were dismissed in less than 57 overs with the wickets of Seamers Jayden Seales and Shamar Joseph.

Only two other batters, including captain Pat Cummins (28) and Beau Webster (11), managed to score in double figures, with Travis Head leading the pack with 59 and opener Usman Khawaja hitting 47.

When Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Cummins, their experienced pace trio, 57-4, combined to give the tourists a 57-4 lead at halftime, they were able to reclaim the match.

Sam Konstas and Josh Inglis, who were recalled in their place, scored only three and five respectably as the tourists fell to 22-3.

Khawaja and Head combined for 89 runs for the fourth wicket before he became Joseph’s third or for the day.

In their famous victory in Brisbane 18 months ago, Joseph, the hero of the West Indies, delivered a stunning bowling ball to Webster, who finished with figures of 4-46.

Head’s resistance came to an end when he was caught behind off Justin Greaves’ bowling, before Seales finished with a 5-60 victory.

When Starc removed openers Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell in successive overs, the West Indies made a poor start to their response, seeking their first home Test victory over Australia for 22 years.