Cummins surpasses legend as Aussies surge

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Pat Cummins surpassed an Australian large arsenic the hosts strangled the West Indies connected day 3 of the archetypal Test successful Perth connected Friday.

Cummins took his 200th Test wicket to adjacent the people of Jeff Thomson, earlier moving to 202 scalps arsenic Australia bowled the West Indies retired for 283.

The Australians, who had posted 4-598 declared successful the archetypal innings, past had 11 overs to physique connected their pb earlier stumps connected the 3rd day.

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David Warner (18) and Marnus Labuschagne (three) volition resume connected time 4 arsenic Australia, 1-29, looks to physique connected a pb of 344.

Cummins drew level with Thomson connected Australia's database of wicket-takers erstwhile helium removed West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite, fizzing the shot past the guardant defence of the opener and collecting the apical of off.

Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor gave the speedster a large rap astatine the adjacent of play.

"He was precise bully today. I thought helium was precise tactically bully besides arsenic captain, and obviously picking up the wickets helium did and getting past Thommo is simply a large achievement," Taylor told Wide World of Sports.

"Things are going precise good for Pat and the Australian team.

"I've got to say, I thought Mitchell Starc was astir apt the prime of the bowlers, but I thought helium and Starc were some great."

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It's lone a substance of clip earlier Cummins moves past the Test wicket tallies of erstwhile Australian quicks Merv Hughes (212) and Peter Siddle (221), which helium volition apt bash this summer.

After famously opening his Test vocation with a six-wicket haul against South Africa successful Johannesburg successful November 2011, helium didn't play different Test until March 2017.

"Cricket Australia should beryllium commended for sticking with Pat," Taylor said.

"Obviously they knew the endowment successful him ... arsenic immoderate organisation should, erstwhile you get endowment travel into your squad similar Pat did galore years ago, you look aft them arsenic champion you can. I deliberation Cricket Australia has done a precise bully occupation of doing that, and present they're reaping the benefits from that. They've got a skipper and evidently 1 of the world's finest bowlers."

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Usman Khawaja mislaid his wicket successful the 5th implicit of Australia's excavation erstwhile Kemar Roach drew an borderline and had him caught down by Joshua Da Silva.

Warner indispensable beryllium bare to heap connected the runs erstwhile play resumes connected time four, particularly arsenic helium fell for 5 runs successful the archetypal innings and watched 2 of his teammates pummel treble centuries.

"I deliberation if they get a wriggle connected successful the greeting they could bat until astir lunch, and they should beryllium good successful beforehand of (a pb of) 450," Taylor said.

"That should beryllium plenty, to beryllium wholly honest. Whether they spell aft luncheon oregon not, I'm not sure. But, really, luncheon clip should beryllium astir the clip they should beryllium reasoning astir declaring, due to the fact that that would springiness them capable clip to vessel the West Indies out, which is what you privation to bash aft you've truly controlled the crippled since the archetypal session."

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