Windies injury crisis worsens in Adelaide

December 08, 2022 06:52 AM EET | By AAPNEWS
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The injury crisis ripping through West Indies has spiralled further out of control with replacement fast bowler Marquino Mindley damaging his hamstring only two overs into his Test debut against Australia at Adelaide Oval.

Scrambling to cover the losses of Kemar Roach (hamstring), Jayden Seales (knee), Kyle Mayers (shoulder) and Nkrumah Bonner (concussion), the tourists flew Mindley out from the Caribbean for the second Test of the two-game series, which began on Thursday.

Mindley took to the pitch only two days after arriving in Australia but when he hobbled off soon after, clutching at his leg, West Indies were forced to put Seales on as a replacement fielder.

The latest injury came only hours after West Indies announced 36-year-old Omar Phillips would come into the squad as an emergency fielder.

Phillips currently plays club cricket in Adelaide and replaced Seales in the field.

Prior to Thursday, Phillips had not featured in a game of first-class cricket since 2017 and last played for West Indies in 2009, when he appeared in two Tests.

The West Indies attack threw little at the Australian batting order early in the first session, with only Alzarri Joseph troubling the locals.

Joseph claimed the significant scalp of David Warner (21), who had looked ominous with three boundaries in the over in which he was dismissed, but fellow quicks Jason Holder and Anderson Phillip were sluggish.


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