 Yeah, opening the spell of the sportsman's own with cricket. West Indies showed a bit of fight on the opening day of the first test, but hosts Australia maintained the upper hand at Stumps at the Adelaide Oval. Jamaican Kurt McKenzie with bat and debutant Shamar Joseph with both bat and ball were the impressive performance for the Cambrian side on day one. Gerard Marsili has the recap. The 20,000 fans packed into the Adelaide Oval as Australia made a surprising decision to send the Caribbean side to bat. Captain Craig Brathwit and Tejnari Shandepo, the first to face up to a superb Aussie line-up. Neither batsman survived apart from his workover, though Shandepo, the first to go, well caught by Cameron Green for six before Brathwit's defense was breached by the Aussie captain to leave the Windys at 2 foot 27. Dominique and Alec Athene survived a few close calls while leaving alone, but totally misjudged this one, giving Josh Hazelwood a milestone scalp. Oh, that's a shame, he's been playing well, and he's just misjudged it a little bit. Jamaican Kurt McKenzie in only a second test was the dominant force in a 4-6 run fourth wicket stand with Kavelam Hodge. Having taken the Windys to launch at 3-4-64, McKenzie struck the ball sweetly for seven boundaries to bring up a made-in-house entry after him. Hope sprung eternal, but Josh Hazelwood ripped through the Windys' middle order to finish with 4-4-44. While Skipper back come his ended pick of the bowlers with 4-4-41 as the Wendys slumped to 1-33-9, including losing six for 35. Jamar Joseph made a noteworthy entry to the test cricket though. The 24-year-old guy in use survived a hit to the helmet and counter-attacked with some vicious shots of his own. Alongside veteran Kemar Roach, they added 55 for the final wicket, the highest partnership of the day. Joseph, who struck 3-4s and a 6 in his 36 of 41 balls, was eventually last man out, leaving Roach unbeaten on 17 as the Windys were dismissed for 188. All eyes turned to Steve Smith in his made-in innings as an opener as the right-hander walked out alongside Usman Kuwaja. The left-handed Kuwaja had the first scare, but wicketkeeper Joshua De Silva let him off the hook. Jamar Joseph had to wait 8 overs before captain Craig Brathwick threw him the ball, but he only needed one delivery to make a mark and it was a significant one. Amazing, amazing, first delivery in test cricket to Craig Steve Smith, edges straight to second slip. Well that will go on the record books for that young man and what a start to his career. And a one wicket would bring two for the speedster, removing the dangerous minus lad Shane 4-10. I just went and built my mind you know to get the first ball right just on top of some and that went good for me there you know and getting Steve Smith wicket is just amazing for me. Australia ended the day on 2 for 59 trailing by 129 runs. Alright let's have a look at the full scorecard for the West Indies on the opening day of this test match done and a number of batsmen actually getting starts in the encounter and then being unable to push on in this one. Brathwick 13, Chandapult 6, Mackenzie batting at 3 getting a half century, Athene's got 13 from 31 deliveries, Hodg got 12 from 36, Grez didn't hang around for too long, 5 from 9, the silver face 22 deliveries for his 6, Alzar Joseph 21 deliveries for his 14 and the Aussies led by his wood and Cummings they use the 6 bowlers in dismissing the West Indies for 188 in 62.1 overs and they gave away 15 extras, the extras getting into double figures as well like a number of the Windy's batsmen. Let's now get the thoughts of our captain Fazir Muhammad as you see there the Australians finishing on 2 for 59 Fazir Muhammad welcome to the Sportsmax zone it's great to have you once again. I guess we have to start with Shamar Joseph and his impressive debut performance taking on the Australian bowlers after he was smacked on the helmet and then delivering with bowlers well to give the West Indies a little bit of impetus at the end of day number one your assessment of his effort. Well really forgive the cliche but this is what dreams are made of if you really think about it not only do you feature in a 55 run stance or 36 belting sixes and fours but then the icing on the cake is to get the wicket with your first bowl and not just any old wicket but the wicket of the premier batsman in the Australia team one of the premier batsman in the world in the modern generation and you follow that up we're getting the next most prolific batsman in the Australian side with a short ball top edge to fine leg so really he's probably floating still even with an hour and a bit to go to the start of day two but he's got like the rest of his team is down their feet planted firmly on the ground at the start of day two to ensure that the West Indies can really carry on from this very encouraging effort but no question about it Shamar Joseph by a long long way the start of day one. Yeah your assessment of his bowling effort and the areas he was able to hit consistently that made him a wicket taking threat where we might not have seen that necessarily well not on a consistent basis even though the bowling attack was disciplined generally but we might not have seen that consistent threat from the others. And I think he pointed that out at the end of the day just hitting that off-stump line it gets pretty tedious making these statements and I'm sure many would hear it from the commentators as well the right areas the right areas and so on but really it stands the test of time look at the bowling of Hazelwood it's not particularly spectacular but he's there there about on off-stump every single time and Shamar Joseph followed suit that delivery where he got Steve Smith you could probably argue well okay it was wider off he didn't have to play but that's not how the game is played in the flow of things it's almost natural for a batter to follow the ball of the this movement good edge he's not extreme express pace he's not a Michael holding or a Fidel Edwards for example but he's in the high 80s which is good enough and then to use the short ball sparingly you don't want to indulge too much you don't want to make it seem that you're telegraphing a short ball every other delivery or twice in an over and he used that short ball to love a shame perfectly positioned he went for the hook shot the top edge to find a good catch taken by Moti so it's already you're seeing quite a few tools already in the young man's armory but again at the risk of sounding I wouldn't say pessimistic but cautious he will have to recognize that that was just day one this is test much cricket it's not a t20 it's not a one international there's a day two and maybe a day three and four to come where if he's required as I'm sure he will be at the start of day two to really hit his trapped from ball one like everyone else yeah and I want to get your thoughts quickly as well on Kurt McKenzie who top scored for the West Indies we had suggested that maybe he was the one who would have been left out of the 11 as it turned out he played and he produced a good knock there was a little disappointment for me first because I felt there was a hint of relaxation when he got to the half century and then nicked one and I would have loved to see him carry on but truth be told it was a good half century I'm glad you brought that up because yes I did drop him for this 11 and he responded with the half century I also said that Australia without dunk would back first on winning the toss and they didn't which is a rarity at Adelaide over the last 30 years so yes now we need to point out when we get it wrong but again McKenzie showed the two the same way when he got 32 in his debut names at Queen's Park Oval against India last July clearly he is someone with something that you want to see him build on and you're right in the same way I spoke about Alec Athene's not so long ago seeming to relax mentally when he got into the 40s or got past 50 I would like these young men if we're talking Test cricket to go back to the early days of West Indies in Test cricket and see a certain name a fellow Jamaican when we're talking about Mackenzie George Hedley he didn't settle for 50s he got hundreds he got big hundreds even though the West Indies were losing he was the atlas of West Indies batting and therefore I would like to see these young players try to emulate that and get greedy become selfish if you have to be because that is what is necessary for their own growth and to be able to pull the team along with them yeah and speaking about pulling the team along with them Farz yesterday on the show we spoke very long about the importance of Craig Brasswate and T.H. Narayan Chanderpoul the openers for this Wendy's setup of course you know they were only able to bat for 10 overs and they were dismissed your thoughts on how they went about their business I thought they did the best that they could but last thing I thought for 40 minutes again because Australia felt the conditions were so bold or friendly that they were going totally against the grain in choosing to bowl first and yes there would be some elements of luck playing and missing along the way but in the end and again this is important to note it's about setting the standard for the day look at what happened when the first attacking shot was played T.H. Narayan Chanderpoul slicing high to a wide third slip and Cameron Green pulls down an excellent catch compare that with the start of the Australian innings when Joshua De Silva missed a chance diving to his left yes but one that he should have held comfortably and this is what sets the standard this is why fielding is so important in the game of cricket in any format because you lift your team almost immediately when you see a catch taken like that and indeed the Aussies were brilliant in the field throughout the course of the West Indies innings so yes an opening stand encouraging bits and pieces but from the moment he played an attacking shot he was snaffled up and again that sets the tone and it's so important for the West Indies to ensure they set the tone themselves at the start of day two right you spoke about that Joshua De Silva dropped catch of course you know a lot of analysts saying that that was a catch that you know they felt as if it was so easy and they expected him to get did you notice any other areas fast that you know there were miss fielding that needs to be rectified if we are to put up a fight whatsoever moving forward not much in terms of errors in the fielding but I just want and I'm sure this is the message that I'm recording will be sending to the West Indies team on the rest of the support staff Brian Lara who's a commentator but also a mentor to this West Indies team reminding them that in test match cricket it's not good enough to have one good session or one good day it's because it's test match cricket you have to be locked in and switched on all the time because you may not win a test match in one session but you could definitely lose a test match because you could pull so far behind that it's difficult to make up that lost ground so yes Joshua De Silva dropped a catch which should have taken you went too far across hit him on the heel of the hand and it fell out he should have taken that but now on day two you try to put that behind you and ensure that the next edge that comes you grab it the next opportunity that comes that you got you set a standard that shows that the West Indies are baby underdogs huge underdogs undermined may lose the test match anyway may lose the series 2-0 but there's more than just a little bit of fight and a bit of character if they can show that determination at the start of day two yeah Farz yesterday on the show I did suggest that although there are so many inexperienced players in the West Indies team one plus factor that you could put into the equation is that because they are new and because they are such huge underdogs they may not put themselves under as much pressure as maybe a player who had been playing for for a longer period and I was intrigued by the post play comments by Shamar Joseph he said he played with no fear and that is what I was trying to get at as a new player you know he could he could relax and play as freely as he could and he did that both with bat and ball absolutely and we saw the positive side of it and therefore you've got to recognize that that element of confidence and no fear can be a double edged sword we saw Justin Graves a poor shot driving to short extra cover we saw the others in the middle order with their relative inexperience showing a bit of promise a few decent shots along the way but then getting up so it's important as you said quite correctly Lance to play with confidence you're in test match cricket you don't as we said a couple days ago play to lose you play anticipating that you're going to take on the Australians and that's why I made that reference to the late great George Headley that you tell yourself that okay no fear is fine when the same with the Shamar Joseph he should be telling himself I got Steve Smith I'm going to get three four five more before this Australia innings is over you need to be hungry you need to be greedy you do to show that that fear is combined with a hunger and a desire and an appetite that can really sustain a test match effort yeah on the other side of the coin though as I would still like to put the fact out there that as a a tailender there wasn't as much pressure on Shamar Joseph to bat responsibly as some of the top order batsmen faced because I say that because there are some people who who said that Shamar Joseph showed the top order men how to bat but to be to be fair to the top order batsmen if they had tried to play some of the shots that Shamar Joseph played and some of the ones he missed I think they'll be taken to task because their responsibility is a little bit different having said that Shamar played splendidly but his his posture as a tailender batsman isn't the same as the men batting in the top five is it there's no comparison and it's fair to make that comparison because again simply put and then you said it correctly some of the shots he played if anyone in the top order had tried that and even got away with it or sliced it over slip people would be asking what is this guy doing in a westerlies testing look at that shot for example of course yes off the middle of the bat but no reputable top order opening batter middle order batter is going to play a shot like that and expect not to be chastised so yes there was that element of freedom and yet again we see Australia a bit vulnerable when it comes to getting that last weekend this is the third time in 12 months that they have had to endure a last weekend partnership of over 50 runs in a test match so that is something they have to work on as well maybe they're too defensive towards the end of an innings and again that is why there's so much that is intriguing about test match cricket yes it might be struggling in many parts of the world included right here in all parts of the world but when you see a day like yesterday and the discussion around it and the history around it it tells you that it's only because people have been reckless and careless and really selfish in many ways that we find ourselves arguing about the survival of test match cricket yeah just one thing before you go fast you did reference earlier on Josh Hazelwood's bowling because he was hardly over 135 k but his accuracy fast his accuracy fast was was was remarkable and and that's the hallmark of his game and it can appear quite boring to do that in Holland if you tell a young player look I just want you to aim to hit the top of of stung for the next 100 balls I don't care what else you want to do next 100 balls hit the top of of stung think of how difficult that is because there's always the temptation to try something different Glenn McGraw was a master at it which is why he saw so much success but yes repetition metronomic is the term often used it may not be exciting but look at the rewards it brings yeah the Aussie bowlers did a formidable job of setting up quite a few of the West Indies batsmen in that first innings thanks very much fans for chatting with us so one of the things fans pointed out only the second captain Pat Comins to since 1992 to insert the opposition butting side at the Adelaide Oval so that speaks to how shocking it was that the Aussies didn't bat first but they are in control of the mat still 129 behind in the first innings let's go to a break more to come on the sportsman zone after this