Australia v West Indies, Adelaide

Australia 511/7 & 199/6

West Indies 214/10 & 77/10

Australia won by 419 runs

Australia v West Indies 2022 · 2nd Test Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 8–11 Dec 2022

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.27× +27%

West Indies

0.87× -13%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Australia's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

TM Head Australia

213 +198

M Labuschagne Australia

194 +174

UT Khawaja Australia

107 +88

T Chanderpaul West Indies

64 +80

A Phillip West Indies

44 +79

Best bowling

Top match figures

SM Boland3/16

MG Neser3/22

MA Starc3/29

AS Joseph3/33

Top score

175

TM Head · Australia

Biggest stand

297

4th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–6

3 wkts for 6 · West Indies

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 419 runs

Length4 days

Australia

511 /7 (137.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
David Warner	c J Da Silva b AS Joseph	21	29	4	72.41
UT Khawaja	lbw b DC Thomas	62	129	9	48.06
M Labuschagne	c J Da Silva b DC Thomas	163	305	14	53.44
Steve Smith	c & b JO Holder	0	8	0	0.00
TM Head	run out (DC Thomas)	175	219	20	79.91
C Green	b AS Joseph	9	42	0	21.43
AT Carey*	not out	41	54	6	75.93
MG Neser	lbw b KC Brathwaite	18	35	2	51.43
MA Starc*	not out	5	7	0	71.43

Extras 17 (b 1, lb 4, w 6, nb 6)

Total 511/7 (137.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AS Joseph	31.0	4	107	2	3.45
JO Holder	26.0	6	68	1	2.62
RL Chase	30.0	1	117	0	3.90
MJ Mindley	2.0	0	11	0	5.50
A Phillip	26.0	2	115	0	4.42
KC Brathwaite	8.0	0	35	1	4.38
DC Thomas	14.0	1	53	2	3.79

Fall of wickets

1-34 (David Warner, 8.6)·2-129 (UT Khawaja, 41.1)·3-131 (Steve Smith, 42.4)·4-428 (M Labuschagne, 110.1)·5-442 (TM Head, 119.4)·6-452 (C Green, 122.1)·7-489 (MG Neser, 133.4)

West Indies

214 /10 (69.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c AT Carey b MG Neser	19	48	2	0	39.58
T Chanderpaul	run out (MA Starc)	47	102	3	1	46.08
SSJ Brooks	c AT Carey b MG Neser	8	20	0	0	40.00
J Blackwood	c & b NM Lyon	3	6	0	0	50.00
DC Thomas	b C Green	19	37	2	0	51.35
A Phillip	run out (UT Khawaja)	43	78	5	1	55.13
JO Holder	c AT Carey b MA Starc	0	4	0	0	0.00
J Da Silva	lbw b NM Lyon	23	38	3	0	60.53
RL Chase	c NM Lyon b MA Starc	34	56	4	1	60.71
AS Joseph	lbw b NM Lyon	0	1	0	0	0.00
MJ Mindley*	not out	11	32	1	1	34.38

Extras 7 (b 1, lb 1, nb 5)

Total 214/10 (69.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	15.3	4	48	2	3.10
SM Boland	16.0	4	29	0	1.81
MG Neser	12.0	3	34	2	2.83
NM Lyon	20.0	4	57	3	2.85
C Green	6.0	0	44	1	7.33

Fall of wickets

1-35 (KC Brathwaite, 13.4)·2-45 (SSJ Brooks, 19.2)·3-50 (J Blackwood, 22.1)·4-90 (DC Thomas, 32.7)·5-102 (T Chanderpaul, 37.4)·6-102 (JO Holder, 39.2)·7-162 (J Da Silva, 52.2)·8-170 (A Phillip, 55.6)·9-171 (AS Joseph, 56.5)·10-214 (RL Chase, 69.3)

Australia

199 /6 (31.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	c J Da Silva b RL Chase	45	50	7	0	90.00
David Warner	b RL Chase	28	36	3	0	77.78
M Labuschagne	c RL Chase b A Phillip	31	23	3	0	134.78
Steve Smith	c DC Thomas b AS Joseph	35	36	2	1	97.22
TM Head*	not out	38	27	2	2	140.74
C Green	c KC Brathwaite b AS Joseph	5	4	1	0	125.00
AT Carey	b AS Joseph	8	11	0	0	72.73

Extras 9 (lb 6, w 2, nb 1)

Total 199/6 (31.0 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
AS Joseph	7.0	33	3	4.71
JO Holder	8.0	46	0	5.75
A Phillip	6.0	44	1	7.33
DC Thomas	2.0	13	0	6.50
KC Brathwaite	4.0	32	0	8.00
RL Chase	4.0	25	2	6.25

Fall of wickets

1-77 (David Warner, 14.1)·2-78 (UT Khawaja, 14.3)·3-136 (M Labuschagne, 22.2)·4-156 (Steve Smith, 26.1)·5-162 (C Green, 26.6)·6-199 (AT Carey, 30.6)

West Indies

77 /10 (40.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c AT Carey b SM Boland	3	13	0	23.08
T Chanderpaul	c AT Carey b MA Starc	17	28	3	60.71
SSJ Brooks	lbw b SM Boland	0	2	0	0.00
J Blackwood	c C Green b SM Boland	0	3	0	0.00
DC Thomas	c AT Carey b MA Starc	12	56	1	21.43
JO Holder	b MA Starc	11	61	1	18.03
J Da Silva	c AT Carey b MG Neser	15	40	3	37.50
RL Chase	c AT Carey b MG Neser	13	29	2	44.83
AS Joseph	b NM Lyon	3	4	0	75.00
MJ Mindley	c AT Carey b MG Neser	0	5	0	0.00
A Phillip*	not out	1	4	0	25.00

Extras 2 (lb 2)

Total 77/10 (40.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	10.0	4	29	3	2.90
MG Neser	10.5	3	22	3	2.03
SM Boland	10.0	5	16	3	1.60
NM Lyon	10.0	7	8	1	0.80

Fall of wickets

1-15 (KC Brathwaite, 5.1)·2-15 (SSJ Brooks, 5.3)·3-15 (J Blackwood, 5.6)·4-21 (T Chanderpaul, 8.3)·5-42 (DC Thomas, 24.6)·6-49 (JO Holder, 28.1)·7-69 (RL Chase, 38.1)·8-76 (J Da Silva, 38.6)·9-76 (AS Joseph, 39.2)·10-77 (MJ Mindley, 40.5)