Webster proved to be a valuable foil<\/a>, continuing his promising start to his Test career after topscoring for Australia at Lords, and Carey raised his bat after just 40 balls with a blistering knock.<\/p>\nDespite the inconsistent bounce, and the odd stroke of fortune, Australia\u2019s numbers five, six and seven showed the worth of putting pressure back on the bowlers, and how a batter could reap the rewards of grinding out the tough periods early in their innings.<\/p>\n
Alex Carey of Australia celebrates his half century during the third day of the 1st Test match between West Indies and Australia at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Randy Brooks \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
Their efforts lifted the eventual fourth innings target to 310 and importantly, also kept the bowlers off the field for a few more hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought those three were brilliant,\u201d Cummins said. \u201cThey kept the scoreboard ticking over. I thought they took really good options.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were always looking to score. Really, that was the difference. [You are] turning up today thinking that if we didn\u2019t get a big lead it was 50-50, really. Those guys took the game away from West Indies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Webster also picked up two wickets with his seamers in the first innings, and he has scored three half-centuries in his five Tests to date, all of which have come in bowler friendly conditions.<\/p>\n
Australia’s batsmen Travis Head and Beau Webster, right, scores runs from a delivery of West Indies’ Shamar Joseph on day three of the first cricket Test match at Kensington Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ricardo Mazalan)Source: AP<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old debuted at the SCG in January off the back of several dominant seasons in Shield cricket, and after replacing Mitchell Marsh, he may be placing extra pressure on Green for the long-term all-rounder\u2019s place.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s pretty much the same as what he does for Tasmania,\u201d Cummins said. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe seems to always contribute in some way. He\u2019s kind of knocked down the door with his performances over the years in Shield cricket. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great when you\u2019ve got someone like that coming to the team. They know their craft so well and you saw that today, even on a tricky wicket, he knew where his areas to score were. He\u2019s been a fantastic asset to the team over the last six months.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Smith is poised to return to Australia\u2019s XI for the second Test against the West Indies in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[2740,29621,6025,6207,88612,521,186,22631,88625,88616,8285,36269,88627,88605,17892,26719,88608,1406,88611,393,88619,299,88631,88634,88610,88615,22626,60202,88630,88620,257,88624,56923,88606,4447,300,24993,17670,22617,88629,29003,88617,88622,88613,88614,88618,88623,88609,2196,88632,88628,79,4581,88633,31436,88626,88621,22607,88607,11438,16,15,25002],"class_list":{"0":"post-224535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-agence-france-presse","10":"tag-alex-carey","11":"tag-america","12":"tag-andrew-mcdonald","13":"tag-asia","14":"tag-australia","15":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","16":"tag-australian-batter","17":"tag-australian-squad","18":"tag-barbados","19":"tag-beau-webster","20":"tag-box-seatcricket","21":"tag-bridgetown","22":"tag-cameron-green","23":"tag-caribbean","24":"tag-counter-attack","25":"tag-cricket","26":"tag-dominant-seasons","27":"tag-england","28":"tag-errant-hook-shot","29":"tag-europe","30":"tag-facing-tennis-balls","31":"tag-fantastic-asset","32":"tag-final-loss","33":"tag-george-bailey","34":"tag-getty-images-inc","35":"tag-grenada","36":"tag-indian-attack","37":"tag-josh-inglis","38":"tag-london","39":"tag-match-honours","40":"tag-mike-hewitt","41":"tag-mitchell-marsh","42":"tag-new-york","43":"tag-north-america","44":"tag-northern-america","45":"tag-northern-europe","46":"tag-oceania","47":"tag-odd-stroke","48":"tag-pat-cummins","49":"tag-prep-leading","50":"tag-putting-pressure-back","51":"tag-randy-brooks","52":"tag-real-cricket-ball","53":"tag-sam-konstas","54":"tag-series-opener","55":"tag-shamar-joseph","56":"tag-south-africa","57":"tag-southern-africa","58":"tag-southern-asia","59":"tag-sports","60":"tag-sri-lanka","61":"tag-steven-smith","62":"tag-t20i-series","63":"tag-team-mates","64":"tag-test-match","65":"tag-time-offer","66":"tag-top-order","67":"tag-travis-head","68":"tag-uk","69":"tag-united-kingdom","70":"tag-united-states-of-america"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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