On a day when Pat Cummins could captain but could not bowl, his longtime bowling colleagues came to his aid to work through a West Indies team that remained stubborn to the end.
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon was the major wicket-taker with six for 128 on a pitch that started to take turn, but that did not reflect the consistent quality of Josh Hazlewood’s work across the match, or the persistent threat that Mitchell Starc supplied, as Australia eventually bowled out West Indies for 333 to win the first Test in Perth by 164 runs.
