West Indies v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 – 2nd Test – Final Day – Lunch Break - Live Score and Update
Australia 311 – 123/5 v West Indies 257
Trinidad: At lunch on the final day of the second Test between hosts West Indies and tourists Australia, the latter have posted 123 runs for the loss of five wickets with Michael Hussey standing unbeaten on 11 and MS Wade on 15, at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain on April 19.
The Aussies now have a comfortable superiority over the hosts and should be aiming to declare their innings after posting a few more runs in order to give their bowlers a chance to bowl-out West Indies to grab an unlikely win.
A win here would hand Australia the three-Test series as they have already won the first Test, while West Indies would be aiming to prevent such an outcome in order to go into the third Test with high spirits to level the series.
Nonetheless, with Hussey in the middle there is no telling how many runs Australia will go on to bolster before inviting West Indies to bat again.
Earlier, the Aussies after facing a rain ravaged fourth day, resumed their second innings on the final day from 73 runs for the loss of three wickets with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 on three.
Both batsmen were expected to give West Indies bowlers a run for their money, however, Ponting became the first wicket of the day when he fell after scoring an impressive innings of 41 runs. At the time of his demise, the side had mustered 93 runs.
Two runs later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 from getting carried away.
Nonetheless, Australia knew that they had achieved enough lead to give West Indies batsmen a tough time later in the innings.
Hussey and Wade then forged a potent partnership as they played some of the finest shots in order to subdue the West Indies and hold their own till lunch.
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