12.30pm: Windies’ hopes in tatters after twin wickets
Australia might style victory within the second Test towards the West Indies and declare a sequence sweep as early as at the moment, with a pair of wickets within the first session touchdown the guests in deep trouble.
A promising stand from inexperienced opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul ended after simply 4 deliveries on day three and skilled all-rounder Jason Holder was lured right into a tentative drive and caught behind simply minutes later.
It leaves the injury-ravaged West Indies’ hopes of pushing Australia’s monstrous first innings whole 7-511 in tatters at 6-122.
Australia’s tendency to not implement the follow-on means Steve Smith’s males will possible bat once more this afternoon in a bid to grind the West Indies into the grime and push their lead properly past something attainable.
But the fragility of the guests’ prime order means the goal possible gained’t matter.
Chanderpaul was nearing a second half-century in Test cricket from as many matches when he was run out by Mitch Starc, and the towering left-armer was did the injury once more when he discovered the skin fringe of Holder.
In promising news, Pat Cummins frolicked bowling earlier than play as he recovers from the quad soreness that meant he sat out the match.
