A couple of hours earlier than England scripted a historic and memorable win over India in Hyderabad, 9443 kms away the Gabba in Brisbane grew to become witnessed to yet one more thriller. Australia misplaced the pink-ball Test for the primary time in 12 matches and extra importantly, West Indies registered their first win down underneath since 1997 in the format. Also, this was the primary time they beat Australia in Tests since 2003.
Chasing 216 runs, the hosts had been skittled for 207 because the West Indies gained the sport by eight runs regardless of opener Steve Smith attempting his finest to take his facet over the road. For the primary time in 4 innings, he discovered his ft as an opener solely to stay stranded on 91 as Australia misplaced the Test match. Interestingly, precisely 12 years in the past, in December 2011, David Warner was the final Australian opener to hold his bat in a losing cause for his nation in red-ball cricket, towards New Zealand.
The match was performed on the Bellerive Oval in Hobart and whereas chasing 241 runs, the house facet had misplaced by seven runs and it turned out to be New Zealand’s first win in Australia in the format in 26 years. In the second innings, chasing a rating, Warner had remained unbeaten on 123 runs whereas all his teammates obtained out from the opposite finish.
Fastr ahead to January 2024, Steve Smith discovered himself the same place, the opposition was West Indies and the venue, the Gabba in Brisbane. But arguably Australia’s finest Test batsman could not change the narrative as his facet went down in a Test by lower than 10 runs, an opener carried the bat remaining unbeaten until the top. Moreover, the win additionally was the primary for the Carribean facet in Australia in 26 years.
Moreover, the Test match vs New Zealand in 2011 was additionally the second for Warner as opener very like Smith towards the West Indies in the Gabba Test. Unfortunately each Smith and Warner could not win a Test for Australia regardless of enjoying a knock defying the percentages.
