We bowled well but luck didn't go our way' - Phil Simmons

West Indies mentor Phil Simmons has safeguarded his bowlers and accepted

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That karma didn't turn out well for them on a verdant Optus

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Arena surface after an undeniably worn-out assault guaranteed only two Australian

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Wickets on the first day of the season of the principal Test.

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"We bowled well, particularly in the initial two meetings

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However, the karma didn't turn out well for us," Simmons said.

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"It was a bizarre sort of day. "We bowled well in sprays."

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