West Indies v Australia, Brisbane

West Indies 311/10 & 193/9

Australia 289/9 & 207/10

West Indies won by 8 runs

Australia v West Indies 2024 · 2nd Test Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Brisbane 25–28 Jan 2024

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it far tougher than Australia.

West Indies

0.83× -17%

Australia

1.10× +10%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, West Indies led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

KAR Hodge West Indies

100 +190

Steve Smith Australia

97 +181

J Da Silva West Indies

86 +181

K Sinclair West Indies

64 +131

UT Khawaja Australia

85 +127

Best bowling

Top match figures

S Joseph7/68

MA Starc4/82

AS Joseph4/84

JR Hazlewood3/23

Top score

91*

Steve Smith · Australia

Biggest stand

149

6th wkt · West Indies

Worst collapse

3–18

3 wkts for 18 · Australia

Match facts

TossWest Indies, bat

ResultWest Indies won by 8 runs

Length4 days

West Indies

311 /10 (108.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	4	25	0	0	16.00
T Chanderpaul	c Steve Smith b MA Starc	21	48	2	0	43.75
KSA McKenzie	c UT Khawaja b PJ Cummins	21	25	3	1	84.00
A Athanaze	c AT Carey b MA Starc	8	22	1	0	36.36
KAR Hodge	c Steve Smith b MA Starc	71	194	8	1	36.60
JP Greaves	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	6	10	1	0	60.00
J Da Silva	lbw b NM Lyon	79	157	7	0	50.32
K Sinclair	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	50	98	5	1	51.02
AS Joseph	c Steve Smith b JR Hazlewood	32	22	7	0	145.45
KAJ Roach	run out (M Labuschagne)	8	40	1	0	20.00
S Joseph*	not out	3	9	0	0	33.33

Extras 8 (b 4, w 2, nb 2)

Total 311/10 (108.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	24.0	3	82	4	3.42
JR Hazlewood	20.0	6	38	2	1.90
PJ Cummins	23.0	1	76	1	3.30
NM Lyon	28.0	3	81	2	2.89
MR Marsh	2.0	0	3	0	1.50
C Green	7.0	2	12	0	1.71
M Labuschagne	1.0	0	1	0	1.00
TM Head	3.0	0	14	0	4.67

Fall of wickets

1-9 (KC Brathwaite, 7.2)·2-42 (KSA McKenzie, 14.5)·3-54 (T Chanderpaul, 19.2)·4-57 (A Athanaze, 21.4)·5-64 (JP Greaves, 25.2)·6-213 (J Da Silva, 77.1)·7-225 (KAR Hodge, 84.2)·8-266 (AS Joseph, 89.4)·9-297 (KAJ Roach, 104.5)·10-311 (K Sinclair, 107.6)

Australia

289 /9 (53.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Steve Smith	lbw b KAJ Roach	6	6	1	0	100.00
UT Khawaja	c A Athanaze b K Sinclair	75	131	10	0	57.25
M Labuschagne	c K Sinclair b AS Joseph	3	3	0	0	100.00
C Green	c KC Brathwaite b KAJ Roach	8	14	1	0	57.14
TM Head	c J Da Silva b KAJ Roach	0	1	0	0	0.00
MR Marsh	c KAJ Roach b AS Joseph	21	20	3	1	105.00
AT Carey	c T Chanderpaul b S Joseph	65	49	9	1	132.65
MA Starc	c J Da Silva b AS Joseph	2	8	0	0	25.00
PJ Cummins*	not out	64	73	8	1	87.67
NM Lyon	c J Da Silva b AS Joseph	19	19	2	0	100.00

Extras 26 (b 9, lb 9, w 2, nb 6)

Total 289/9 (53.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	11.0	0	47	3	4.27
AS Joseph	14.0	0	84	4	6.00
S Joseph	11.0	1	56	1	5.09
JP Greaves	9.0	3	31	0	3.44
K Sinclair	8.0	1	53	1	6.62

Fall of wickets

1-6 (Steve Smith, 0.6)·2-11 (M Labuschagne, 1.5)·3-24 (C Green, 4.5)·4-24 (TM Head, 4.6)·5-54 (MR Marsh, 11.2)·6-150 (AT Carey, 27.3)·7-161 (MA Starc, 30.1)·8-242 (UT Khawaja, 47.4)·9-289 (NM Lyon, 52.7)

West Indies

193 /9 (72.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c M Labuschagne b C Green	16	54	2	29.63
T Chanderpaul	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	4	26	0	15.38
KSA McKenzie	lbw b NM Lyon	41	50	6	82.00
A Athanaze	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	35	72	3	48.61
KAR Hodge	run out (TM Head)	29	74	4	39.19
JP Greaves	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	33	60	4	55.00
J Da Silva	c C Green b MA Starc	7	8	1	87.50
K Sinclair*	not out	14	59	3	23.73
AS Joseph	c Steve Smith b JR Hazlewood	0	4	0	0.00
KAJ Roach	lbw b NM Lyon	1	17	0	5.88
S Joseph*	not out	3	14	0	21.43

Extras 10 (b 4, lb 3, nb 3)

Total 193/9 (72.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	14.3	3	45	1	3.10
JR Hazlewood	14.0	5	23	3	1.64
PJ Cummins	12.0	1	39	0	3.25
C Green	10.0	2	37	1	3.70
NM Lyon	22.0	6	42	3	1.91

Fall of wickets

1-13 (T Chanderpaul, 7.3)·2-63 (KC Brathwaite, 19.4)·3-86 (KSA McKenzie, 25.2)·4-123 (A Athanaze, 41.2)·5-148 (KAR Hodge, 49.6)·6-157 (J Da Silva, 52.2)·7-184 (JP Greaves, 62.4)·8-184 (AS Joseph, 64.2)·9-185 (KAJ Roach, 69.1)

Australia

207 /10 (50.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Steve Smith*	not out	91	146	9	1	62.33
UT Khawaja	c J Da Silva b AS Joseph	10	17	1	0	58.82
M Labuschagne	c K Sinclair b JP Greaves	5	12	0	0	41.67
C Green	b S Joseph	42	73	4	0	57.53
TM Head	b S Joseph	0	1	0	0	0.00
MR Marsh	c JP Greaves b S Joseph	10	12	2	0	83.33
AT Carey	b S Joseph	2	5	0	0	40.00
MA Starc	c K Sinclair b S Joseph	21	14	4	0	150.00
PJ Cummins	c J Da Silva b S Joseph	2	8	0	0	25.00
NM Lyon	c J Da Silva b AS Joseph	9	20	1	0	45.00
JR Hazlewood	b S Joseph	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 15 (lb 3, w 3, nb 9)

Total 207/10 (50.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	10.0	1	28	0	2.80
AS Joseph	17.0	1	62	2	3.65
JP Greaves	12.0	0	46	1	3.83
S Joseph	11.5	0	68	7	5.75

Fall of wickets

1-24 (UT Khawaja, 5.6)·2-42 (M Labuschagne, 10.2)·3-113 (C Green, 30.6)·4-113 (TM Head, 30.7)·5-132 (MR Marsh, 34.3)·6-136 (AT Carey, 36.2)·7-171 (MA Starc, 40.5)·8-175 (PJ Cummins, 42.3)·9-191 (NM Lyon, 47.6)·10-207 (JR Hazlewood, 50.5)