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West Indies vs Australia Scorecard, 2nd Test, Australia vs West Indies 2024
Result · Jan 25 2024, Thu - 09:30 AM (IST)
WEST INDIES311, 193
AUSTRALIA289/9 decl, 207
West Indies won by 8 runs
CRR:4.07
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Match Info
| Series: | West Indies in Australia 2024 |
| Date: | Jan 25 2024, Thu - 09:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Brisbane |
| Venue: | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| Toss: | West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Australia Playing XI: | Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood |
| West Indies Playing XI: | Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Justin Greaves, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Kevin Sinclair, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Shamar Joseph |
- Australia have lost only one of their last 30 men’s Tests against West Indies (W25 D4) – a three-wicket loss in May 2003; they are undefeated in their 20 meetings since then (W16 D4).
- Australia have won each of their last four men’s Tests; the last time they recorded a longer winning run in the format was a six-match span from November 2019 to December 2020.
- West Indies have won only one of their last nine men’s Tests (D2 L6) and are winless in their last five in that span (D1 L4); the last time they recorded a longer winless run in the format was a 13-match span from June 2015 to October 2016 (D3 L10).
- Australia have lost only one of their last 34 men’s Tests at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (W26 D7) – a three-wicket loss against India in January 2021.
- Batters have played a false shot on 25.3% of Australia’s balls bowled in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2023, the second-best rate of any team in that time (South Africa – 25.4%).
- West Indies have hit a boundary once every 17.4 balls faced in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2023, the second least frequent of any team in that time (Zimbabwe – once every 18.4 balls faced).
- Steven Smith (32) is one away from surpassing Steve Waugh (32) for the outright second most hundreds for Australia in men’s Tests; although, Smith has scored 50+ only once in his last six Test innings at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (55 v India in January 2021).
- Mitchell Marsh (47) is three away from reaching 50 wickets for Australia in men’s Tests; his Test bowling average against West Indies (29.2) is his best against any team.
- Joshua Da Silva (906) is 94 away from scoring 1,000 runs for West Indies in men’s Tests; although, his Test batting average in Australia (12.3) is his lowest in any country.
- Australia duo Nathan Lyon (1,971) and Pat Cummins (1,541) have bowled more dot balls than any other players in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2023.