Travis Head was adjudged Player of the Match for her brilliant innings. (Photo-grareth copley/getty images)
Australia started the World Test Championship (WTC) with a win in 2025-27. He trampled the West Indies by 159 runs in the first Test match played in Bridtown, Barbados. The hero of this victory was Australian batsman Travis Head, who took away the victory from the hosts’ jaw by hitting a brilliant half -century in both innings. He scored a total of 120 runs in this match, due to which Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series. West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph took a total of 9 wickets in this match, but he could not save his team from defeat. The second Test match will be played at St. George from July 3.
Travis Head played amazing innings
Australian batsman Travis Head once again proved to be a troubleshooter for the team. He played an important role in giving the team a brilliant victory by hitting a half -century in both innings. In the first innings, he scored an innings of 59 runs, while in the second innings he scored 61 runs.
With this help, Australia defeated West Indies in his house and registered the first win in WTC 2025-27. Apart from the Player of the Match Travis Head, wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carrie played 65 and all -rounder Bu We Webster, playing a brilliant 63 -run innings to take Australia’s second innings score to 300. After this, the West Indies batsmen kneeled.
West Indies batsmen’s poor performance
After stopping Australia for only 180 runs in the first innings, the West Indies batsmen missed the lead in the first innings and could only score 190 runs. Australia started very poorly in the second innings also. His 4 wickets fell for only 65 runs, but after this, Australia hit 310 runs in the second innings with the help of Travis Head, Alex Carrie and Bu Webster’s brilliant half -century innings.
Australia gave the West Indies a target of 301 runs to win, but the second innings of the West Indies was reduced to only 141 runs. Shamar Joseph scored the highest 44 runs in the second innings. For Australia, fast bowler Josh Hazlewood took five wickets. Nathan Lion took two wickets. In this match, West Indies batsmen turned water to Shamar Joseph’s hard work.
Shamar Joseph bowled brilliantly
In the first Test match, West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph bowled brilliantly, but the team’s batsmen turned their hard work. Shamar Joseph took 4 wickets in the first innings, while in the second innings he sent 5 Australian batsmen to the pavilion. Apart from this, in the second innings, the team also scored 44 runs in 22 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 4 fours, but they could not win their team. Shamar took a total of 9 wickets in this Test match.
