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Australia have won the toss and have opted to bat

In reply to Narper

Rain will affect dis match

In reply to Chrissy

In reply to Chrissy

1.1
Shamar Joseph to Sam Konstas, FOUR, short and punished! Picks the length early, rocks back in the crease and pulls this away towards deep square leg. One bounce and over the fence

Day 1: 1st Session

AUS 14/0 (5.3) CRR: 2.55

In reply to Narper

The first over goes to Oz!

Good breakthrough!

Khawaja gone for 16.

Aus 47-1

10.3
Alzarri Joseph to Khawaja, out Lbw!! Alzarri Joseph draws first blood! Back of a length delivery from round the wicket with some extra bounce and the batsman gets beaten due to the movement. Struck on the pads and the replays confirm there was no bat involved. Impact's in line and it's clipping the top of middle and leg. The onfield decision stays and Khawaja will have to walk back to the pavilion. Australia will retain the review though as it was umpire's call.

Khawaja lbw b Alzarri Joseph 16(29) [4s-2]

AUS 47/1 (10.3) CRR:

In reply to Narper

2 down.

Need to get to a screen to see these dismissals

11.1
Anderson Phillip to Sam Konstas, out Caught by Shai Hope!! Edged and taken! This was always on the cards. He survived several times before, but this one had his name written on it. Anderson Phillip goes full outside off and the ball nips away sharply. Sam Konstas goes for a drive away from his body and the outside edge has been taken by the keeper. Both the openers have been dismissed in back-to-back overs. \

Sam Konstas c Shai Hope b Anderson Phillip 25(37) [4s-4]

AUS 47/2 (11.1) CRR: 4.21

In reply to Narper

Smith goes!!
Caught on the boundary!

3 down!

Big wicket! Yeaayyyyy

In reply to powen001

Drowned in the swank?

In reply to culpepperboy

LoL..Philips is bowling well according to the comms.

I am listening on 94.7

In reply to powen001

Alsugary was de bowler.

12.5
Alzarri Joseph to Smith, out Caught by Anderson Phillip!! Did that distraction break his concentration? Smith has holed out to long leg and Australia have lost three on the bounce - banged in short and at the stumps, Smith shuffled across and was looking to use Joseph's pace on the pull, he doesn't get on top of the bounce, a masive top-edge is found and Phillip has plenty of time to settle under it - he keeps calm and completes a fine catch.

Smith c Anderson Phillip b Alzarri Joseph 3(6)

Good job, little man. Unsettled Steve Smith with your each way movement......above the sight screen

In reply to culpepperboy

Thanks for the clarity.. lol

Allsugary cackle…

I’m sure he prefers Screwface …

But that’s what…2 wickets to him so far?

In reply to Chrissy

Alzharri's accuracy...steups

Day 1: 1st Session
AUS 65/3 (1 CRR: 3.61

Travis Head 7(21)
Cameron Green 8(17)

Alzarri Joseph
5-0-20-2
Anderson Phillip
5-1-11-1

It would seem now that WI pacers are hunting as a pack.

In reply to powen001
Nice,y done
84/3 - one more before lunch

22.2
Jayden Seales to Green, no run, chance and Campbell has dropped it, they missed 7 chances in the first Test, the count starts here - full and wide of off, lured Green into the drive and he couldn't keep it down, went at a good height to the right of cover, Campbell got both hands and it burst out

Can't bat, cant catch...what purpose is Campbell serving?

22.6
Jayden Seales to Green, out Caught by Roston Chase!! West Indies go to lunch on a high - that missed chance hasn't cost them more than a single, another loose drive to a wide awayswinger, another edge and Chase has taken a good catch, right across at gully. Green was very tenattive to that line and length and it has caused his downfall. His feet hardly moved as he went chasing with hard hands

Green c Roston Chase b Jayden Seales 26(37) [4s-4]

Nice Jayden
and Green departs fi 26
Well done AlJo and Anderson
93/4

Seales!!! Green gone.

Day 1: Lunch Break

AUS 93/4 (23) CRR: 4.04

CTravis Head 17(31

Jayden Seales 6 1 20 1
Shamar Joseph 6 1 30 0
Alzarri Joseph 6 0 28 2
Anderson Phillip 5 1 11 1

The weather forecast is for rain after midday hopefully it will stay away

In reply to velo

Trying to make the Test last past 3 days.

Head gawn
Ct Hope b Shamar

That was tight. Did we get one back?

Seems like ball bounced into the glove....

26.3
Shamar Joseph to Head, out Caught by Shai Hope!! Shamar Joseph gets the big fish. Head is gone as it's a clean catch by Shai Hope. Was a shortish delivery outside off and Head tried to fend it away. Got somewhat surprised due to the steep bounce and ended up getting an outside edge. Hope extends his left arm out and plucks out a well-judged low catch, just inches above the ground. Enough fingers underneath the ball and the third umpire reckons it's a clean catch. Australia have lost half their side with plenty of overs remaining in the opening day of this Test. But they can't afford to be complacent as the Australian lower-middle order batters made the difference in the previous Test. Can't afford to take them lightly by any means

Head c Shai Hope b Shamar Joseph 29(43) [4s-3]

To much bad deliveries after lunch

In reply to velo

Partnership: 45(57)

Day 1: 2nd Session

AUS 180/5 (42) CRR: 4.29

Alex Carey 33(51)
Beau Webster 33(51

Partnership: 74(95)

Dropped

45.6
Anderson Phillip to Carey, no run, dropped! That's a regulation catch which Shai Hope has put down. West Indies continue to be poor in the field. Short ball banged into the surface, Carey stands tall and plays the ramp, does not get the elevation to clear Hope who jumps up and gets his hands all messed up. The ball hits his fingertips and drops wide of the slip fielder. How costly will that be?

In reply to velo

What is it about these negative captains, never know when to really press home an advantage.
We have 5 seamers yet he puts himself on and then takes away almost the entire slip cordon .
Straight out of the JH book of failed captaincy.

Run out chance goes abeggibg

Can somebody tell chase this is a test match, managing the bowling attack and the field as if it was a limited overs game.

49.4
Justin Greaves to Carey, SIX, hammered, too short from Greaves, he doesn't have the pace to trouble Carey and the ball simply sat up to be smacked - Carey picks the length early, swivels across and then dismisses it over square leg for a maximum

Day 1: 3rd Session

AUS 221/5 (50.1) CRR: 4.41

Beau Webster44(74)
Alex Carey62(77)

Justin Greaves
3-0-18-0
Shamar Joseph
11-2-52-1
Anderson Phillip
12-1-46-1
Roston Chase
4-1-19-0
Jayden Seales
10-2-33-1
Alzarri Joseph
10-1-40-2

51.2
Justin Greaves to Carey, out Caught by Brathwaite!! That's a sitter and Greaves has broken through for the West Indies - short of a good length and angling across the left-hander, Carey stayed on the front-foot as he shaped for the pull, doesn't get anywhere near the middle of the bat and spoons a simple catch to Brathwaite at mid-wicket. The shoulders were beginning to droop, a big wicket in the contest of restricting Australia to a reasonable score.

Carey c Brathwaite b Justin Greaves 63(81) [4s-10 6s-1]

Carey gawn

Clataaax Cummins gawn
Nice AlJo
247/7

56.4
Alzarri Joseph to Cummins, out Bowled!! Chopped on! Alzarri has been impressive today and he's got his third wicket, but Cummins will feel mighty unlucky to be at the recieving end of an absolute grubber, was banged into the pitch and had Cummins hopping up in defence, but this one shoots from a length and Cummins has no chance of getting his bat down in time, ricocheted off the pad and it then crashed into the middle-stump.

Cummins b Alzarri Joseph 17(20) [4s-3]

AUS 247/7 (56.4) CRR: 4.36

253/6
Clean up di tail

Starc gawn b Seales ct Hope 6
256/8
Clean dem up

59.1
Jayden Seales to Mitchell Starc, out Caught by Shai Hope!! Edged and caught! West Indies keep striking, pitched up and holding its line outside off, drags Starc forward into the drive and he does so with minimal foot movement - a loud audible sound is heard as the ball goes through to the keeper. Starc simply turns around and walks away - can West Indies keep Australia under 300?

Mitchell Starc c Shai Hope b Jayden Seales 6( [4s-1

Day 1: Rain stops play

AUS 257/8 (59.4) CRR: 4.31

Can the WI save the follow on from here?

Day 1: 3rd Session
AUS 258/8 (63) CRR: 4.1

Beau Webster 56(111)
Nathan Lyon 1(9

Webster Run out fi 60 - nice Carty
257/9

64.1
Alzarri Joseph to Webster, out Webster Run Out!! 1 run completed. How many times have we seen this? A run-out when a recognised batter is batting with a no.10 or 11. It happened recently with Kusal Mendis and now it is Webster. There was never a second. On a length and outside off,

Webster run out (Keacy Carty/Shai Hope) 60(115) [4s-6 6s-1]

6.5
Alzarri Joseph to Lyon, out Caught by Shai Hope!!

Lyon c Shai Hope b Alzarri Joseph 11(17) [4s-1]

AlJo 4/61
Well done my bowlers.
Better fielding today
286/10

Day 1: Early stumps due to bad light.

AUS all out 286 (66.5) CRR: 4.28

Fall of Wickets
47-1 (Usman Khawaja, 10.3), 47-2 (Sam Konstas, 11.1), 50-3 (Steven Smith, 12.5), 93-4 (Cameron Green, 22.6), 110-5 (Travis Head, 26.3), 222-6 (Alex Carey, 51.2), 247-7 (Pat Cummins, 56.4), 256-8 (Mitchell Starc, 59.1), 267-9 (Beau Webster, 64.1), 286-10 (Nathan Lyon, 66.5)

Jayden Seales 14 3 45 2
Shamar Joseph 15 2 63 1
Alzarri Joseph 15.5 3 61 4
Anderson Phillip 12 1 46 1
Justin Greaves 6 0 35 1
Roston Chase 4 1 19 0

Leh we go West Indies

Stoopid shot! Braffit gone

WI 7/1

In reply to Mowgli

Hopefully this is his last test match and we are no longer subjected to the pain of watching paint dry. You think I’m too harsh?

In reply to JamMack

Hope so too.

That was a soft dismissal and not a common one for him he is not a driver of the ball

In reply to JamMack

Harsh? Every ball is anxious to watch!

Six!

I like Campbell's approach today. At least he's making runs!

WI 26/1

Gwan JC
37/1

KC!

39/2

Carty gawn
Good catch Cummins

Carty average 17 now at 3

In reply to velo

57/2

Break

Drinks
57/2
Campbell 33*
King 11*

Good going allyuh

SMH

JC gives it away
Gawn fi 40
64/3

64/3

Campbell feeds an easy catch to Starc! Lovely cricket!

Typical Campbell. A man who finds a way to throw away his wicket. Fortunately for us, this time, he had 40 runs against his name.

Campbell is a total waste they need to get rid of these players

just when I said Campbell will make a good score today, he reverted to his style, do something brainless

Why is Chase batting ahead of Hope?
This is madness

In reply to JoeGrine
Yep

Over heard some aussies the other day one said that even their kids under 15 team is better than this wi batting lne up
I Cant even argue with that

Captain Chase is putting up a good challenge to the Morton record. Now half way there.

My gosh, Craig retired out

Lunch
Decent session110/3
Brandon 39*
Chase 16*

That Chase wicket will be crucial. Power shifted to Aussies.

In reply to WIForever

We still have Hope.

The tieams.are similar but Aus have ability to stay ahead of the game.

In reply to Wasp

Similar in only their white apparel.

In reply to Ridge

Tek yuh guard and continue Brandon. Mad dem fi me

150 up
Brandon 58*
Shai 19*

194 dots in 40 overs, fix Dat and WI with its bowling to compliment will pressure and beat teams. Pick off 1's n 2's while preserving wkts

50 partnership

Bat on allyuh

Into di 70s. 75*

Oh bwoy! Shai's stumps rattled

169/5

The Ozzies wrapping up pretty quickly!

169/6

careless that wicket

In reply to velo

He tried to evade the ball. Bad luck.

Brandon gawn fi 75

In reply to velo

In reply to Drapsey

Facting yardie make more than the wutliss Bajans

Greaves gawn now
174/7

Im done talking about greaves i said it you need to be playing a specialist bataman not its and pieces cricketers all you doing is lengthening the tail

In reply to velo

Greaves is gravy to the opposition. Brings nothing to the team.

Tea 185/7

205/7

AJ & SJ should open the batting also

Haha - gwan Josephs
218/7
Trail by 68

Partnership 51
225/7

AlJo departs
225/8

In reply to Chrissy

243/9

Lead 39

Not out

250/9
Big up mi bowlers

Bay on boys. Bat on

Is Anderson Phillip Wirth his pick so far in this match?

In reply to positiveg

No declare at this point and give them half hour or more to bat.
They have tired legs from a long day in the field. I would but I aint the cappo

That ball hit the ground

That ball grounded. Damn these 3rd umpire

That was not out. Very obvious it was not a clean catch.

In reply to Karma

Them man just ain't treating us right. Cheating us directly live on tv

In reply to Chrissy

GOT HIM!!!

One DOWN!!!!

Clataaaax
Jayden strikes
0/1

In reply to Chrissy

GOT ANOTHER!!!!

2 DOWN!!

In reply to powen001

Told yah.

Gawn plumb lbw. Khawaja 2
Stupid review
Seales again
4/2

In reply to positiveg

Told ya. Good decision for WI...may get four before close

Dem send di Lyon to di den

In reply to Chrissy

What an in-ducker to the lefties! Means he's a master of the outswinger

In reply to Brerzerk

The Bowling has definitely improved.

Lest yall forget...RAVI RAMPAUL is the Bowling coach and I always thought RAVI was up there

Stumps
12/2
Lead 45/
Seales 2/5

Not bad my side

In reply to Chrissy

Good Fighting -

Tomorrow we chase down the other wickets

The Coach will be happy that his side has breathed confidence into the fans.

Sammy said to tell you all he has this lock. The Jewelsl's, will be constant picks for the A Team. Get more exposure before entering the den.

I watched basically the last hour of cricket standing up. Thata how m like to feel. Like we fighting.
To be labeled as consistent. We gonna have to come out tomorrow na dbe as consistent as we were today.
No letting uo, no sorry for no wounded soldier.

To add, seeing the crowd so interactive during the match especially in the closing stages I almost felt like I was in the stands

If West Indies could get 4 solid Test level batsmen, they could be a formidable side. The bowling is world class.

In reply to positiveg

Brilliant, it was terrific to watch

In reply to WIForever

Very good bowling attack. Phillip is obviously a good bowler. I still think Warrican should have been picked

In reply to powen001

Big Ravi fan from U19

like in the first test, whoever wins the first session of the third day wins the match. Two days of fighting cricket from the WI and Oz Board must be saying that they are justified in asking for the 3 test series as it has not been one sided boring cricket despite the massive loss in the first test. My side going forward for the 3rd test:
Imlach
Campbell
Carty
King
Hope
Chase
Warrican
Shamar
Aljo
Phillips
Seales

As Chase now clearly regards himself as a part time bowler only, we need a frontline spinner. Warrican will score at least as many as Greaves and will take at least as many wickets. The only real loss is that Greaves is the only real slipfielder in the side. Somehow I do not think that the Hope experiment will survive this test series so we should see Imlach back as keeper and Anderson to make his debut. I suspect that the (sadly) walking wicket Carty will have to step aside for Anderson. I also suggest that Silva, who still has the highest score against Australia for probably the last 10 years at least, should open in the Super50 to show Sammy his worth as Brathwaite also should not survive this season absent at least one century in these last 3 innings.

In reply to PalsofMine

Rain interruption

Australia 21-2

Rain

Covers coming off

Match underway!

Is there a chance of rain later?

Lyon Gawn AlJo ct Campbell

28/3

Greene gawn and Head gawn now
110/5

In reply to Chrissy

In reply to Drapsey


LOL
Dreaming about the 1st innings

Wickets allyuh

Clataaax Green Gawn fi 52. Shamarrrrr
121/4

Three quick wickets please

50* fi Smith

Smith stands up when it matters; meanwhile, Joe Root flops when England needs him the most.

Match has slipped away..Smih again..He insisted on taking that review against
King yesterday in his role as VC.
Now he is asserting his authority as a top batter .
Keep chins up guys and don't give up.

Smith Gawn lbw

Plumb lbw - what a stupid review
Smith lbw Greaves 61
178/5

Webster gawn ct Chase b Greaves. 2
181/6

Good going allyuh

More rain

Lead 250

Clean up di tail allyuh

Stumps lead by 254
Anybody’s game still
OZ

Someone please tell Campbell....there will be 2 days to achieve the target......his T20 shots r not needed..

Lean up di tail
226/8
Three fi Shamar
Lead 259

Carey gawn lbw Shamar
234/9
Lead 267
Come my side lef we win this match

This is a golden opportunity...hope wi don't mess up playing T20 cricket

We'll need someone to put on a Sarwan-esque performance to pull off this one.

My bet is on Kraigg.

All out - AlJo
243/10
We need 277

WI need 277 to win

I believe

In reply to Chrissy

Tough ask against this Aussie bowling. But not impossible.
A good start is needed. If Carty and Greaves come good
it could be done. Those two,the way they bat seem best to me to cope with
conditions. Hope they do.

Soup ,however,owes the team a Ton.

Setup fuh Kraig to bring it home on his 100th.

A good start is desperately needed, in reality Carty has had to be an opening batter in every inning so far.

In reply to dayne

Just get off the mark, Paint.

Looks gone...hjitting legstump flush

Campbell could use his bat as firewood from now hopefully.

Campbell lbw - golden duck
0/1

Back to regular programming - Campbell out for nought before WI could pass nought

In reply to dayne
Not to be

Bye JC.

In reply to WIForever

He has not learn.. when set as he was in 1st innings, don't giove your
hand away with stupid shots..next time ,you will probably get a ball that has
your name on it. Happened....

In reply to Acid

Hope they drop his rass permanently. He was never a Test player first and second time. Better suited to odis.

Top 3 are walking wickets

Campbell will never be a test player...

Floyd Reifer...batting coach to this group. Mind boggling he anywhere close to West Indies cricket.

Putting the negative juju...to eat my words later. Lol

We can only hope.

In reply to hubert

11/1

KC edged one through the slips. Some luck, we need lots of that

Carty gawn
15/2

Now VOR will blame Carty's wicket on JC.

That is poor technique for a top order batsman now he averages 16

CricInfo ...

Oh fact!

Braffit gone!!

29/3

Goodbye Brathwaite - that should be your retirement

More firewood fuh the fire. Bun dem bats.

In reply to Mowgli

3 walking wickets at the top

Nice batting lineup Sammy.

Well, I did place my bet on Kraigg repeating those Sarwan(-like) heroics.

Now I'll officially retire from betting.

Okay dis done now!

We still have Hope.

Let me go watch an under 19 match yes..

In reply to WIForever

Missed the other three wickets...took a break to go to home garden and reap some pot-grown calaloo cut up and well prepared for
Sunday breakfast
Got to watch for the lowlights in a while. As Chrissy would..did done ??

Batsmen are technically deficient and mentally weak and therefore don't have what it takes to bat in test cricket.

How Floyd reifer can still have a job when the batsmen still are not performing astounds me his salary must be cheap

In reply to velo

Not very smart from Hope

Easy peasy.....

All Hope is gone now.

In reply to Drapsey

So you disagree with the assessment?

In reply to Narper

In Kings defence, 2 beauty in 4 innings.

In reply to natty_forever

In reply to velo

They attacking rhe messenger. We have seen Mark improvement in the bowling as a unit, shows rhe impact of the bowling coach. Yet flaws after flaws and no improvement.

King should stay, maybe Chase. All the rest should be dropped and replaced with Louis, Hodge, Jangoo, Da Silva, Imlach. Even give Jason Mohammed and Kevlon Anderson a go. They actually play red ball cricket. This idea that white ball champs can make it at Test level is rubbish.

Now less than 200 for the win, with 5 wickets in hand to boot.

Knowing that we have batting down to #10 (or maybe we could say 11), we just might pull this thing off.

Ok, I'll shut up.

In reply to Drapsey
im sure you can can find many alternatives international or regional.

In reply to WIForever

They can, just not us so far. One series is not going to show the results we want. I wondering we were winning with those?

In reply to natty_forever

Win has nothing to do with it. The game is started knowing you have fairly experienced red ball players.

Most of our top 6 plays exclusively white ball. Only Carty and Craig play a decent amount of red ball cricket.

In reply to Mowgli

Done on day 1. Our offense is weak as the CS cricket acumen.

In reply to Mowgli

Both of The Josephs could have lengthened their innings/partnership. Send a message of professionalism to the top order

Ok, I'll say it ...

$$$$$aaaaammmmmyyyyy!

Wonder what the Sabina Park attendance going to like for the next stop.

In reply to Drapsey

Four men and a dog plus Chrissy.

In reply to hubert

Long time I don't visit Sabina.....

Not for this tho, nope

In reply to LBW375

Last time at Bina was 2009 for ODI involving India. Have not been back to that
shore since.
The Pity is that Greenfield CG in Trelawny has not been developed as a Test center.
The Aussie tourists like all others would certainly enjoy being closer to some of the
finest Beaches stretching from Doctors Cave to the St Ann Parish in the country plus Dunns River Falls and rafting on White River and
Rio Bueno in Trelawny. Not to mention all those exotic foods in the many places on the North Coast.
I think they will have a lot of time on their hands as this D/N game should not last
more than two days.
Ah well.