West Indies v Australia – 1st Test - Australia declare on 406 runs - Live Cricket Scores and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 449/9d v Australia 406/9d - West Indies will now come out for their second innings
The fourth day of the first Test between West Indies and Australia saw the latter struggling to bat their way back in the game after being smashed for a mammoth tally of 449 runs by the Windies in their first innings at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.
However, on Tuesday, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 showed great strength in character and resolve as they steadfast and irritated the hosts by staying in the wicket a bit longer than West Indies would have wanted them to.
Nonetheless, Australia after mustering a tally of 406 runs declared their first innings for the loss of nine wickets, and now they must be aiming to bowl-out West Indies before the end of the first session tomorrow with around 40 overs of play remaining today.
Earlier, after ending the third day of play by posting 248 for the loss of five wickets, Australia resumed their second innings with master middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 unbeaten on the overnight tally of 47 with MS Wade on 19.
These were the last two recognized batsmen who could sail their side out of troubling waters, however, tragedy struck early as after the addition of only a run, the Aussies lost the wicket of Hussey, who departed with 48 runs to his name.
Pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PM-Siddle-c2197, was then tasked to stay on the wicket, but that was just too much for him and he departed without scoring a run. At this point in time, the Australian innings was heading towards an end.
Nonetheless, the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Harris-c2330 changed all that, as he proved crucial for Australia’s survival in the match.
Finally with 285 runs on the board, the partnership came to its eventual end when Wade lost his wicket after crafting an innings of 28 runs.
With Wade sitting back in the pavilion, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Michael-Lyon-c78822 who clobbered 40 runs in Australia's crusade towards a respectable total.
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