PERTH, Australia (AP) Fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins grabbed three wickets apiece to dismiss West Indies for 283 and put Australia in the box seat in the opening cricket test at the Perth Stadium on Friday.
West Indies suffered a heavy 187-run defeat to Sri Lanka in their opening Test in Galle on Thursday.
The day belonged to Lasith Embuldeniya, who took his fourth career five-wicket haul while fellow spinner Ramesh Mendis added four wickets to
GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) Lasith Embuldeniya took five wickets and fellow spinner Ramesh Mendis four as Sri Lanka dismissed the West Indies for 160 in a crushing 187-run victory in the first cricket test on Thursday.