West Indies v Australia - 2nd Test - Lunch - Live Score and Update
Australia 311 & 40/2 v West Indies 257
Wednesday, April 18: On day-four, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 hammered 40 runs for the loss of two wickets at lunch against West Indies at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Lunch was called early because of consistent rain which prevented Australia from hammering a few more runs early in the day as they had to take lunch with EJM Cowan on 14 and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 on eight.
If the rain continues there is no telling if there will be anymore play in the remaining day, making it extremely difficult for both sides to avoid a draw.
Earlier, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CS-Baugh-c1293 on 17 and FH Edwards on nil.
Both batsmen aimed to stay on the wicket till the end of the first session in order to post a few more runs in the total in response to Australia’s first innings tally of 311 runs.
However, unlike the third day, when the Aussies failed to make early inroads and had to bear the brunt of the West Indies batsmen all day long, they managed to put an end to the Windies innings on 257 runs by dismissing Edwards, without allowing him to score a run.
From the Aussies, right-arm spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Michael-Lyon-c78822, was the most successful bowler with five wickets to his name in 29 overs.
Failing to overcome the total posted by Australia, West Indies now had to rely on their bowlers to come through and prevent the tourists from gaining an unbeatable lead against them in order to create some sort of a winning chance in the remaining match.
Australia, came out with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 to begin their second round of batting, but soon suffered the loss of their first wicket with only 26 runs on the board as Warner perished after scoring 17 runs.
His wicket was taken by West Indies pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558’s stumps, forcing the batsman to walk back to the pavilion without scoring a run.
West Indies now need to maintain the same pace of getting wickets in order to humble the Australians on a low total once they come back on the field after lunch.
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