**Official** Australia in West Indies

[Laurrz]

oh my god

casson

 

[stumpski]

Nice moment for the debutant - should help to settle his nerves for when he comes on to bowl.

 

[Nate]

All for Casson in the Test Side tbh. Always have been.

 

[James90]

Would love to see Chanderpaul in there by lunch. I really hope rain doesn't steal the result of this match because it looks like a cracker at this early stage.

 

[Nate]

Nice moment for the debutant - should help to settle his nerves for when he comes on to bowl.

Will rub his hands on the deck more than he'll bowl deliveries tbh.

 

[Nate]

Disappointed with Gooner's shot btw. Such a gun batsman.

 

[James90]

Everyone seems a bit quick to jump on the Goon Train. Hold your horses people.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Well, average first innings score here is around 320 so definitely not a good score first up, but the Windies will need at least 350 to make a game of this. Australia won't bat this bad twice in a row.

Not that I disagree with any of that, but I don't really trust "average first innings score" as a meaningful stat. The same test wicket can vary a fair bit from one year to another.

Really like this wicket though, and the way this game is shaping up. So much better than the dismal crap from the last game.

Great catch from Casson too.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I LOVE this pitch!

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Noffke would've taken that as well.

 

[Laurrz]

geez runs keep flowing

Windies definitely not afraid of counter attacking

lots of singles too

 

[James90]

Noffke would've taken that as well.

MacGill wouldn't have though.

EDIT: Btw, how short is the square boundary? Never seen so many cuts go for six in a test match.

 

[Prince EWS]

All for Casson in the Test Side tbh. Always have been.

 

[Nate]

No-ball four by Johnson first up. Woke up my flatmates with all my laughter.

 

[roseboy64]

Unfortunately for further laughs it's true.

 

[four_or_six]

9.5 Clark to Marshall, FOUR, sucks him onto the front foot, defending with hard hands, and the edge flies down to where third slip just was and it runs to third man, taking Marshall into double figures
9.4 Clark to Marshall, no run, on middle and leg, sliding down, defended to Jaques
Ponting yanks out third slip and moves him across the other side
9.3 Clark to Sarwan, 1 run, drives a fuller one straight back and Clark kicks it to his right, against a diving Jaques from silly mid-on, but ends up parrying to midwicket for a single


Nice attacking field for your opening bowler then.

 

[stumpski]

Another great catch! Hussey this time. That looked 4 all the way.

 

[Nate]

Hussey!

 

[James90]

Think I'm experiencing Schadenfreude. Was really excited about Johnson as a test prospect and was right behind him a year ago. Now after a few failures I'm enjoying seeing him flop.

Sarwan gone as I type. Chanderpaul to ton up.

 

[Nate]

0/24 off 2.2. Bring back Stuey.