JAMIE PANDARAM, Sydney Morning Herald: “Michael Hussey claimed a wicket, Shane Watson was on a hat-trick. This summer will be defined by the comical, not the competitive, as the once-proud West Indies slumped to abject defeat at the Gabba yesterday. In three days any disillusioned notion of fight in the opposition was strangled to lifelessness, and two more Tests people are supposed to care about remain.”
CHLOE SALTAU, Melbourne Age: “Amid gloomy predictions for the West Indies and Test cricket, Adrian Barath shone as brightly as the silver braces on his teeth. Barath, 19, stood much taller than his 162 centimetres at the Gabba yesterday, becoming the youngest West Indian to strike a Test century while his more experienced teammates capitulated against Australia. His outstanding 104 on debut provided a rare glimmer of hope from a generation obsessed with Twenty20 and a region where Test cricket is gasping for oxygen.”
JIM MORTON, Sunday Telegraph, Sydney: “Trinidad teenager Adrian Barath wears braces, stands just at five foot four and looks like he should still be in school. But the 19-year-old Test debutant stood taller than any of his bigger, more experienced teammates in unleashing a bold 104 as the West Indies went down in a heap at the Gabba.”