West Indies batsmen struggle in tour match

Even Mother Nature could not stop the West Indies from being on the verge of an embarrassing loss to an inexperienced Cricket Australia XI in their four-day tour match in Brisbane.
Rain appeared the Windies' best hope of avoiding blushes against the young CA XI after showers on Friday twice interrupted their second innings. But it seems nothing can help the Windies save face at Allan Border Field after being reduced to 7-125 in their second dig, still trailing the hosts by 76 runs with a day's play left.
It is their sole tour match before starting a three-Test series from Thursday against world No.2 Australia in Hobart. A near full-strength Windies Test team are trying to avoid an innings defeat against the CA XI with six first-class debutants and an average age of 21.
Only rested bowling spearhead Jerome Taylor is missing from the Windies XI in Brisbane.

Full article at cricket.com.au

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