Aerie wrote:I can understand the lack of respect/hope for a good series vs West Indies prior to the 1st Test, but I was surprised to see people double down after Adelaide. I went to the 2nd day and it was one of the best days of Test cricket I've been to. Had it not been for Travis Head, West Indies probably take a 1st Innings lead in that match too. So often we've seen Australian teams put the foot down in the final hour, as Hazelwood did on Day 2. The West Indies were very well lead, alert in the field and their bowlers looked dangerous.
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Agree. I went the first two days, and thought the final result didn't fully reflect the contest. Even though Atahnaze and Hodge only scored a dozen each on the first morning they didn't give their wickets away, considering they were playing their 3rd and 1st tests.
However we have seen that many times, a bit of fight to start with and then the rest of the series a whitewash.