Australia’s captain Pat Cummins has actually avoided history with his uncommon choice to bowl after winning a toss in a Test match at Adelaide Oval. Cummins is simply the 10th skipper to select to bowl initially in the 82 Tests dipped into the popular South Australian place. MATCH CENTRE: Ball-by-commentary, ratings and all the statistics from Australia v West Indies Watch, Stream & Catch Up with Australia’s Home of Cricket on 7plus >> Only one of those previous 9 bowling calls led to a triumph– for West Indies’ Clive Lloyd in 1982– with 7 losing the Test and one draw. Cummins sent out West Indies in to bat on Wednesday’s opening day of the very first Test. Cummins chose to bowl. Credit: Getty ImagesIt’s the very first time Australia have actually won an Adelaide toss and bowled considering that 1980, when the hosts lost to West Indies by 408 runs. Cummins’ choice shocked experts including his previous coach and ex-opening batsman Justin Langer. “You utilized to constantly reach Adelaide Oval as an opening bat or leading order batsman; if you win the toss it was a dream become a reality because there was no much better location on the planet to bat,” Langer stated in commentary on Channel 7. “Then it weakened in time and ended up being a lot more difficult to bat on (as the match went on). “Pat Cummins has actually clearly seen the turf today and overhead conditions and chose (to bowl), which is most uncommon. “He keeps stunning us, Pat Cummins … to be reasonable to Pat Cummins he has had the Midas touch. “He did it (bowled initially) worldwide Cup last and we were all shocked by that. “Then he did it at the start of the summertime, batted initially in Perth on a wicket we were particular he would bowl initially on.” The relocation paid early dividends with Cummins getting rid of both openers inside the very first 15 overs. ADELAIDE OVAL TESTS WHEN CAPTAIN WON TOSS AND BOWLED: * January 1959, England (lost to Australia by 10 wickets) * January 1975, England (lost to Australia by 163 runs) * January 1979, Australia (lost to England by 205 runs) * January 1980, Australia (lost to West Indies by 408 runs) * January 1981, India (drew with Australia) * January 1982, West Indies (beat Australia by 408 runs) * December 1982, England (lost to Australia by 8 wickets) * January 1992, India (lost to Australia by 38 runs) * December 2017, England (lost to Australia by 120 runs) * January 2024, Australia versus West Indies.
Australian cricket terrific Justin Langer calls out Pat Cummins for ‘uncommon’ transfer to bowl initially versus West Indies
