AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES, SECOND TEST, DAY THREE
SCORE: West Indies 4-38 and 214, Australia 7d-511 and 6d-199. West Indies want 459 runs to win.
SUMMARY: Australia are closing in on a 2-0 sequence whitewash after one other dominant efficiency on day three. The hosts rolled West Indies for 214 earlier than including a speedy 199 runs to their lead after which capitalising on some Scott Boland magic to go away the vacationers on life assist.
MAN OF THE MOMENT: Boland got here into the ultimate innings of the Test with out a wicket to his identify however made up for it with three in his first over. He despatched captain Kraigg Brathwaite packing on his first ball of the night and completed with figures of 3-9 to convey again recollections of his Test debut towards England on the MCG final summer time.
KEY MOMENT: If West Indies have been any hope of mounting a problem, they wanted Tagenarine Chanderpaul (47) to fireside with the bat. But West Indies misplaced him within the first over of the day after he tapped to mad level and tried to sneak a single in. Mitchell Starc collected the ball and hit the stumps straight as Chanderpaul tried to scramble again to his crease.
STAT OF THE DAY: With his 292nd Test scalp, Starc surpassed Craig McDermott to turn into the outright seventh-highest wicket-taker in Australian historical past. Now on 294, the towering left-armer might conceivably overtake Brett Lee (310) and Mitchell Johnson (313) by the tip of the summer time too.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You get paid to catch those at first-class level, let alone Test level … it’s a poor sign”. Fox’s Kerry O’Keeffe blasted Alzarri Joseph for dropping Steve Smith after the Australian belted the ball excessive within the air simply after tea. It was not the one West Indies fielding mishap, nevertheless it was probably the most egregious.
