Voges and Marsh run Windies ragged

Moreover, the visitors only managed to bowl 50 overs in two sessions of play and will likely face disciplinary action from Chris Broad, the match referee, at the end of the day.

It was the third Test tons for both Marsh and Voges.

Voges, still in his first year of test cricket after making his debut against West Indies earlier this year at the age of 35, accumulated his career-high score off only 285 balls with 33 fours. “To be able to bat with Shaun for as long as I have and to put on over 300, it’s been excellent”. “Not just to compete but to win and, being the underdogs, sometimes it’s good to be that way”.

After winning the toss, Australia were 257 for three at tea with Voges on 100 and fellow West Australian Shaun Marsh not out 42.

“I worked truly hard over the last number of days on my prep work and I felt really confident entering the video game”, he said.

“I definitely feel comfortable at this level”. “Losing him during the Sri Lanka series was a very big loss especially at that stage as I was practically on my way to the airport when I got the news he was not going to be joining us”.

The pair plundered the 449 runs from just 525 balls at a rate of more than five an over. Coincidentally, Voges got his first ever Test hundred against the West Indies last time they toured Windies.

“I think there’s always going to be speculation when I’m 36 years of age”, he said. “But I also think we didn’t bowl as good as we can”.

Marsh was out just before lunch, caught in the deep by Darren Bravo off the bowling of left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican (3-158).

Starc sustained stress fracture in his right foot in the final test against New Zealand and will not play in any of the three tests against the West Indies.

AN UNBEATEN century by under-pressure batsman Shaun Marsh gave the Australian selectors plenty of food for thought on day one of the first Test against the West Indies in Hobart.

The breakthrough when it finally came was impressive, however, Gabriel summoning up a 147.2 kilometres per hour delivery which removed Burns’s middle stump.

Gabriel left the field with ankle trouble and will be additional evaluated overnight, a team representative said.

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Marsh has been unable to cement a spot in the side, and was expected to make way for Usman Khawaja in the Boxing Day Test, with the Queenslander having recovered from a hamstring complaint.

Warner and Joe Burns hit a combined 12 boundaries in an opening partnership of 75 runs from the first eight overs, but Australia went on to lose three wickets for 51.