Pat Cummins of Australia takes his 200th wicket on Day 3 of the Perth Test, while the West Indies continue to crumble

Pat Cummins got his 200th wicket on Friday as Australia took control of the first Test match in Perth. Australia knocked out a determined West Indies side, and then they piled on additional runs to extend their lead to a commanding 344.

After the hosts had declared their first innings at 598-4 after Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith both scored double century, the visitors were all out for 283 in the closing session of day three. This came after the hosts had declared their first innings.

David Warner, who was on 17, and Labuschagne, who was on three, then drove home Australia’s lead when they decided against batting again after the follow on, with Usman Khawaja being the sole victim, as he was out for five as the reached 29-1.

The West Indies opened the game on 74-0 and made it to lunch with the loss of just Tagenarine Chanderpaul for 51 and Nkrumah Bonner withdrawing hurt after taking a punch to the head from a Cameron Green ball. It has been 25 years since the West Indies had won a test match on Australian soil.

However, just after the interval, Cummins bowled fellow skipper and potential threat Kraigg Brathwaite for 64. This was Cummins’ 200th Test wicket, and the result was a swing in momentum back toward Australia’s favour.

The second session saw a total of three wickets fall before Mitchell Starc took the new ball and made himself nearly unplayable by claiming the wickets of Kyle Mayers and Joshua Da Silva in his first four deliveries.

Bonner’s concussion substitution, Shamarh Brooks, was accounted for by Green when he was thrown into the cauldron for his second period. However, this did not prevent the team from suffering a 6-38 loss.

Pat Cummins had three wickets for 34 runs, while Starc had five for 51, but Australia also bowled 38 extras and an astounding 27 leg byes.

Before stumps on Thursday, Brathwaite and Chanderpaul, who was making his first-ever appearance but is the son of the legendary West Indian cricketer Shivnarine, had successfully navigated 25 difficult overs.

Starc, Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood all bowled too short, according to Starc, and they made adjustments to their delivery on Friday.

It was immediately profitable, as Hazlewood was able to remove a nick from Chanderpaul’s bat in the first over, and David Warner was able to grab it without much difficulty at slip.

Chanderpaul was dismissed for 51 just one ball after he struck a half-century for the first time in a Test match. This is in addition to the century he scored in a warm-up game the previous week to demonstrate his enormous potential.

Brathwaite, who restarted his innings on 18, showed plenty of grit and battle to bring up his 28th Test half-century. Pat Cummins was a persistent threat, routinely hitting the bat, but Brathwaite showed enough of determination to bring up his half-century.

But he did not have an answer for Cummins when he bowled a superb pitch that crashed into his off stump in the fourth over after lunch. This ended his innings, which had lasted 166 balls.

Bonner received a blow to the head on the number eight, but he continued playing with a new helmet after receiving treatment for the next six overs, scoring an additional eight runs before eventually leaving the field.

Myers, batting left-handed, replaced Brathwaite but was never able to find his rhythm and was bowled by Starc, which resulted in the West Indies losing two wickets and seven runs.

The veteran Jason Holder scored a brave 27 before nudging a ball to David Warner at slip off of the spinner Nathan Lyon. This helped to steady the ship.

After tea, Starc bowled a maiden with the new ball before a big, straight delivery that hit Jermaine Blackwood on the pads and got him out lbw for a valiant 36.

After that, the huge left-armer finished out Joshua Da Silva before handing the reins over to Green as the West Indies fell apart.