West Indies vs Australia 2nd Test: Pat Cummins never holds himself back in putting his all when on the field playing for Australia, especially in the longest format of the game. The Aussie skipper provided a magical moment when he took an incredible catch during the second Test against the West Indies at Grenada on Friday.

Cummins took two wickets as Australia bowled the West Indies out for 253 runs in their first innings, taking a 33-run lead. On the other hand, Nathan Lyon picked up three wickets while Josh Hazlewood found a couple of scalps as well.

A jaw-dropping moment took place early on the second day of the match and during the ninth over of West Indies' innings when Cummins bowled a length delivery to Keacy Carty who came out to bat at no.3. Aiming to defend it straight away, Carty came a bit forward but the ball took an inside edge and brushed off his pad before going in the air. Having just completed his follow-through after delivering the ball, Cummins came up with remarkable reflexes and produced a full-length dive to first reach and then took an unbelievable catch.

While Cummins took the catch well above the ground despite covering the distance in no time, his effort was received with massive applause from his teammates, and the Aussie captain himself looked in immense joy. The video of his catch went viral on social media. Carty was dismissed for just 6 runs, and the visitors got the second wicket of the day.

Later, Australia came out to bat in their second innings and were reduced to 12/2 at stumps with Jayden Seales taking both the wickets. He dismissed Sam Konstas (0) and Usman Khawaja (2) cheaply. Australia still have a lead of 45 runs under their belt. In their first innings, the Cummins-led side scored 286 runs before getting bowled out with Beau Webster (60) and Alex Carey (63) hitting fifties.

For the West Indies, Alzarri Joseph was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets to his name, whereas Seales found a couple of scalps as well. Shamar Joseph, Anderson Phillip and Justin Greaves also got a wicket each.

Australia are already 1-0 up in the three-match series and headed into the second fixture on the back of a massive win of 159 runs in the first match at Barbados.

 

WI vs AUS Playing XIs, 2nd Test:

West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite, John Campbell, Keacy Carty, Brandon King, Shai Hope (wk), Roston Chase (c), Justin Greaves, Anderson Phillip, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Jayden Seales

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Cameron Green, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood