Despite some help from his fielders, West Indies dropped four catches on the field; otherwise, Shamar Joseph should have finished with a five-wicket haul. However, the milestone was missed due to a controversial decision upheld by third umpire Adrian Holdstock.
Hope did not catch the ball very cleanly, as it immediately threw the umpires into doubt; however, a huge appeal from Shamar Joseph prompted umpire Nithin Menon to refer it to the third umpire.
Watch the controversial dismissal here:
Did Travis Head get lucky? ? Shamar Joseph thought he had him, but was it clean? Fair call or a missed chance? ?#WIvAUS pic.twitter.com/MKeZe2iRTT
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However, no one knew that the West Indies quick would resort to his words in this fashion. He delivered a series of beamers to the 19-year-old before trapping him right in front of the wickets. He was dismissed lbw and marked the downfall of the reshaped Australian top order.
Seales and Joseph dissect through Australian batting lineup
West Indies quicks delivered with continuous success, as they struck wicket after wicket against the visitors. The revamped Australian top order was 3 wickets down for 22, as Konstas, Cameron Green and Josh Inglis were all dismissed too early.
After the partnership was broken with Khawaja's wicket, the Aussies marked a terrible collapse with 7 wickets falling for just 69 runs.
Australian Quicks give it back to the West Indies top-order
After a disastrous performance from the Australian batting side, the Aussie pacers once again brought them back into the game.
Inform Keacy Carty and debutant Brandon Kings added some runs to the West Indies innings, as skipper Pat Cummins returned with the wicket of Carty in his opening spell.
Josh Hazlewood finished the day with nightwatchman Jomel Warrican's wicket. The West Indies are also sinking, with 4 wickets down for 57 runs on the scoreboard.
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