“Tough to bowl to”: Josh Hazlewood troubled by Tagenarine Chanderpaul in Perth Test Day 2

Dixit Bhargav | 01/12/2022
"Tough to bowl to": Josh Hazlewood troubled by Tagenarine Chanderpaul in Perth Test Day 2

Although a minor one, West Indies opening batters won the first battle on the second day of the first Test match against Australia in Perth today. Chasing the hosts’ mammoth first innings total of 598, captain Kraigg Brathwaite (18*) and debutant batter Tagenarine Chanderpaul (47*) put together 74 runs in the 25 overs they batted in the evening session.

Chanderpaul, in particular, looked in total control in his first-ever innings in international cricket hitting six fours and a six across the 73 balls the he faced on his first batting day in Test cricket.

Son of former West Indies batter Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tagenarine batted with immense fluency especially after getting his eye in. Even though the 26-year old player’s first ball at the highest level witnessed him hitting an unconvincing boundary off Australia speedster Mitchell Starc, his subsequent boundaries saw him batting with utter conviction.

The left-handed batter was seen playing a punch, on-drive, slash and a pull for a six off Australia captain Pat Cummins to be in touching distance of a maiden Test half-century. Set to resume batting on Day 3, Chanderpaul would be eyeing to convert his impressive start into a memorable knock.

Josh Hazlewood troubled by Tagenarine Chanderpaul in Perth Test

Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood, who bowled the most overs among his teammates in the final session on Thursday, was also the most expensive bowler among them. Clearly impressed by Chanderpaul, Hazlewood laid emphasis on planning in a better way against him on Day 3.

“Interesting start from [Tagenarine] Chanderpaul. He went for shots once he got set and was tough to bowl to. We’ll have to hit our lengths against him [tomorrow],” Hazlewood told Fox Cricket after Stumps, Day 2.

He might not have played as many shots as his opening partner but Brathwaite has it in him to prove a bigger threat than Chanderpaul for Australia on Friday. While it is a classic case of being too early to predict anything, fans would want for both Brathwaite and Chanderpaul to fight it out in the middle in a bid to avoid a one-sided affair.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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