'Worrying' Warner problem that won't go away

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Australia has gone one-nil up successful the Test bid against the West Indies after a ascendant victory successful the archetypal Test successful Perth.

Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith were superb, portion lone 1 Australian failed to grounds a walk mark.

Here's however Wide World of Sports rated each of the Australians successful the archetypal Test.

DAVID WARNER - 4 - The opener missed retired successful the archetypal innings, bowled playing a changeable that could champion beryllium described arsenic ordinary, the footwork successful peculiar intelligibly lacking. Made 48 successful the 2nd innings, but by past the lucifer was arsenic bully arsenic won. The lucifer continued a worrying station COVID-19 inclination for Warner, successful that play helium averages conscionable 28.45 successful Test matches, with 4 fractional centuries from 23 innings.

USMAN KHAWAJA - 6 - A coagulated 65 successful the archetypal innings laid the level for a large archetypal innings score. Couldn't currency successful in the 2nd innings, hardly a immense occupation with a archetypal innings pb of 315.

MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE - 10 - Certainly enjoyed a grade of luck successful this match, but successful making 204 and 104 not retired helium joined Doug Walters (1969) and Greg Chappell (1974) arsenic the lone Australians to marque a treble period and a period successful the aforesaid Test. Hard to springiness thing different than a cleanable score.

STEVE SMITH - 10 - 220 runs for the lucifer without being dismissed, and you fishy he'd inactive beryllium batting connected time 7 if the lucifer went that long, due to the fact that helium hardly looked troubled by the West Indian bowling. His drawback to disregard Jason Holder disconnected Travis Head's bowling was apical class.

TRAVIS HEAD - 9 - A spot of a nightmare for the left-hander, dismissed connected 99 successful his lone innings for the match. But arsenic helium conceded, 99 is amended than 0. Came up with 2 useful 2nd innings wickets.

CAMERON GREEN - 5 - Not often you triumph a Test lucifer without your fig six getting a bat, but that was Cameron Green's destiny successful Perth. Bowled good erstwhile the accidental presented itself.

ALEX CAREY - 5 - A comparatively quiescent game, similar Green helium wasn't required with the bat and was neat with the gloves down the stumps.

PAT CUMMINS - 6 - Bowled good successful the archetypal innings but a quad occupation prevented him taking the shot successful the 2nd innings. Captained the broadside well, you could reason helium should person enforced the follow-on with a pb of 315, but being a bowler abbreviated and facing back-to-back Tests, that was ne'er a realistic option.

MITCHELL STARC - 7 - Four wickets for the match, though fixed the West Indies added 78 and 116 for the archetypal wicket it's wide the new-ball bowling wasn't rather astatine its champion successful this match.

JOSH HAZLEWOOD - 6 - Just the 2 wickets, but bowled without luck, particularly successful the 2nd innings.

NATHAN LYON - 8 - Came into his ain successful the 4th innings, claiming a six wicket haul to vessel Australia to triumph connected the last day.

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