Pat Cummins surpasses Jason Gillespie in Australia's Test wicket charts
Jan 17, 2024
Adelaide [Australia], January 17 : Australia skipper Pat Cummins has surpassed former Australia speedster Jason Gillespie as he snapped four wickets in the first Test of the two-match series against West Indies on Wednesday.
In the first innings, Cummins took 4/41 in 17 overs, getting wickets of Kraig Braithwaite, Tagernarine Chandrapaul, Joshua Da Silva and Alzari Joseph.
The 30-year-old currently has a total of 262 wickets in the 59 matches he has played in the longest format of the game so far at an average of 21.95 and has leaked runs at an economy of 2.86.
The experienced pacer has a total of 15 four-fers and 12 five-fers each in his career. His best bowling figures of an inning (6/23) came against Sri Lanka in Brisbane, Australia.
The highest wicket-taker for Australia in Tests is the late spin great Shane Warne (708 wickets).
Talking about the match, Australia stands at 59/2 and trails by 129 runs at stumps on day one with Usman Khawaja (30*) and Cameron Green (6*) on the crease. Smith had a disappointing start to a new chapter of his career as a Test opener as he could manage only 12 runs.
Earlier, West Indies batted first and got bundled out at 188 runs. Kirk McKenzie was the highest scorer of the side as he scored 50 runs off 94 balls with seven fours.
In the end, Joseph also contributed important 36 runs which included three fours and a six in his innings. With this score, he became the highest scorer of the West Indies while batting at No. 11.
For Australia, the highest wicket-takers were Josh Hazelwood and Pat Cummins who grabbed four wickets each in their respective spells. One wicket each was taken by Mitchell Starc, and Nathan Lyon in their respective spells.
