West Indies v Australia - 2nd Test - Windies amass 252 runs at stumps on the third day - Live Score and Update
Australia 311 v West Indies 252/9 (104.0 ov) - West Indies trail by 59 runs with 1 wicket remaining in the 1st innings
West Indies at stumps on the third day of the second Test have posted 252 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their first innings in response to Australia’s first innings total of 311 runs, at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Tuesday turned out to be an eventful day for both sides as West Indies avoided to be bowled out and Australia after having an extremely disappointing start to the day, ended up grabbing crucial wickets to land West Indies in trouble by the end of the day.
West Indies now have http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CS-Baugh-c1293 sitting on 17 runs and FH Edwards on nil as the two batsmen will have to bat for as long as possible tomorrow, in order to decrease Australia’s lead as they currently trail by 59 runs.
The Windies began the day with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 on one to subdue the Aussies.
The two batsmen took charge from the first ball as they knew they needed to hamper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in order to prevail.
On the other hand, Australia also were aware of the fact that they needed to bowl-out these two batsmen in order to gain an upper hand by the end of the third day.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 started the day in a staggering manner as Bravo and Chanderpaul rallied against Australia's main strike bowlers, by not throwing away their wicket.
After futile efforts by the main bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 to bowl and Hussey deliveried by gifting his captain the wicket of Bravo, who fell after scoring an innings of 38 runs.
With Bravo off the field, the Aussies sought this as an opportunity to comeback in the match, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/N-Deonarine-c2051 stood defiant as the batsman forged a daunting partnership with Chanderpaul.
They proved too good for the Aussies as the visitors ran out of ideas while bowling against them and were desperately seeking the demise of another wicket.
Finally with 230 runs on the board, the innings of 55 runs by Deonarine came to an end and a run later, Chanderpaul also fell on a tally of 94 runs, triggering a batting collapse, which prevented West Indies from overtaking the score posted by their rivals.
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