West Indies v Australia Second Test, Day One Report Card

Featuring pretending to be England and closing partnerships

Pretending To Be England
Grade: D

With the second West Indies v Australia Test mostly coinciding with the second England v India Test, that opened up the possibility for about eleven hours of Test cricket watching.

At least, in theory. In practice, this Test was again starting at midnight, and so, when Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat, I decided…