West Indies v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 - 1st Test - 4th Day - Live Cricket Scores and Update
West Indies 449/9d & 71/5 (38.0 ov) v Australia 406/9d - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 lead by 114 runs with 5 wickets remaining
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados: Hosts West Indies lead by 114 runs with five wickets remaining in the first Test against Australia, where they scored 71 runs, but lost five wickets in the span of 38 overs that they played after the Aussies declared their first innings on 406 runs for the loss of nine wickets.
Given a second chance to bat, West Indies failed to get off to an impressive start as Australia left them bleeding by dismissing three of their main batsmen with only four runs on the board as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kirk-Anton-Edwards-c71510 (1) all went cheaply, leaving their side under tremendous pressure.
The weight of the world had now fallen on the shoulders of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 and the duo needed to steer their side towards a comfortable position before the end of the day’s play.
However, with 17 runs on the board, Chanderpaul was dismissed after making a contribution of 12 runs in the total tally.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/N-Deonarine-c2051 then dawned on the crease, while Bravo tried to launch a belligerent batting onslaught in which he eventually failed as he lost his wicket after clobbering 32 runs off 78 deliveries, leaving his side on a tally of 67.
With five batsmen back in the pavilion West Indies had had a terrible start to their second innings and Australia were right on top as they were dictating the sequence of events.
The hosts ended the day with Deonarine standing on 20 and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CS-Baugh-c1293 unbeaten on two runs.
Earlier, Australia resumed their first innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PM-Siddle-c2197 perished without scoring, which was followed by the wicket of Wade, who departed on the penultimate delivery of the 109th over after scoring 28 runs.
Later the unbeaten knocks of 68 and 40 runs from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Michael-Lyon-c78822 helped Australia post 406 runs before declaring the innings.
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