Australia declared their first innings at 511/7 on day two at Adelaide Oval.
Former Australian cricketers and commentators Mark Waugh and Michael Clarke slammed the West Indies for their dismal bowling display as the Australian team declared their first innings at 511/7 on day two of the ongoing second and final Test at the Adelaide Oval.
Waugh said that the West Indies’ bowling was not even close to that of club cricket while slamming the tourists’ strategy to use spinners Kraigg Brathwaite and Roston Chase before lunch on the opening day.
Notably, Australia were at 131/3 at one stage, but the West Indies failed to make the most of the good start, and Marnus Labuschagne (163) and Travis Head (175) stitched over a 200-run partnership to put the hosts in a strong position in the ongoing second Test.
Mark Waugh said on RSN Breakfast Club: “Tactically, I couldn’t understand bringing a part-time spinner on in the first hour of the Test match. They hung in there pretty well halfway through the day when they had Australia 3-131 but after that Marnus and Travis Head just took the game away from them.”
He continued, “The last session, that was club cricket, not even club cricket, I’m being a bit disrespectful to club players. The bowling was very, very ordinary, they had hands in pockets and long-sleeve jumpers on, it just didn’t look like they wanted to be there.”
Meanwhile, former Australian captain Michael Clarke took a dig at the West Indies for playing really uncompetitive cricket in Adelaide Oval, saying the clubbies were at their best.
Clarke said on Sky Sports’ ‘The Big Sports Breakfast’: “Take nothing away from those two batsmen but clubbies at best, the West Indies. Their bowlers, again they brought a debutant out from West Indies who landed a handful of days ago, always going to be a risk and it’s such a long way to travel.”
The Aussie signed off by saying, “They bowled two part-time spinners in the first session of a Test match. It’s an average attack. Their tactics were just horrible. They are in deep trouble.”