West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI vs Australians – Tour Match - Day 1 Update
A four-wicket haul for Ryan Harris ensured Australians held edge after the first Day of the practice match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 Cricket Board President’s XI, played at the Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, on April 2, 2012.
The paceman’s impressive display, coupled with a four-for for spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401 top scoring with 62.
The tourists were then given 19 overs to negotiate, which saw them lose openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 despite posting 81 at stumps.
With the Aussies failing to win the limited-overs leg of the tour, questions had been asked over their ability to tackle the Windies on slow, low tracks. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377, their most senior statesman, said that the longer version will offer plenty
of insight on which team has triumphed principally, and so the warm up game held importance for many of the inbound touring players.
It included the likes of skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, returning from an injury lay-off, along with Ponting who was axed from the ODI squad recently. More importantly, was the bowling composition at show with all looking to get into the reckoning for the first
Test which begins from April 7 - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Michael-Lyon-c78822 and Beer shared the spin duties.
After a dull first session, which saw the home side making 58 for the loss of 1 wicket, the Kangaroos roared into action through http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Devon-Cuthbert-Thomas-c53930 in back to back deliveries
of the 34th over of the game.
Siddle cleaned up http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 and Jason Holder’s defiant 103-run stand gave the scorecard some respectability before the left-armer Beer proved his
case for inclusion in the Test side, taking out the lower order to end with 4 for 41.
On a turning track, the Aussie openers were untroubled early on and added 43 for the first wicket. Cowan was the first victim after he was holed out by Holder off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 looked assured in his 42-run knock but fell in the closing stages
to Nelson Pascal but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 and Ponting negotiated the final few overs to remain not out on 11 and 8 respectively.
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