West Indies vs Australia Live Score Updates 1st Test Day 3 | Cricket News
WI vs AUS Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Alex Carey's quickfire knock has allowed Australia to stretch their lead over West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. Carey, who is batting a slot down, inflicted more damage on West Indies after Travis Head (61) and Beau Webster (63) batted with caution in the morning session. The visitors began their innings trailing the Caribbean outfit by 10 runs from the first innings. West Indies did well to bowl Australia out for 180, but could only take a slender 10-run advantage heading into the second innings. (Live Scorecard)
The second new ball is available and it is taken immediately.
Now fuller one, on middle leg, Lyon defends it off the front foot to the right of short mid-wicket.
Quicker one from Jomel Warrican, shorter in length, on middle, Lyon punches it to short mid-wicket.
Full and sliding down leg, Nathan Lyon sweeps it behind square, to the right of deep backward square leg and picks up two runs.
Full, around off, Josh Hazlewood is in no mood to defend and attempts a wild slog. Actually connects well and nearly holes out to Jayden Seales at deep mid-wicket. But the ball lands just short and the batters take a run.
Around middle, Lyon works this through mid-wicket for a single.
DRAMA! And everyone is surprised. It was a full ball from around the wicket, in line of the stumps, around off and middle, Nathan Lyon got down to sweep but missed. The ball went off something past leg slip and Warrican appealed but the umpire stayed mum. The batters went through for a couple of runs and Chase decided to use the final review for West Indies in this innings. The only concern was whether there was bat or glove. UltraEdge shows neither as the spike is generated when the ball hits the pad, going past the bat. However, just when the Windies start to get excited, Ball Tracking projects the ball to be MISSING LEG STUMP! 'What?' comes as the reaction from one of the players while head coach Daren Sammy is shaking his head. West Indies have now exhausted all their reviews for this innings.
A touch full, off break, turning away a bit, around off, Josh Hazlewood leans forward to defend it, as the ball takes the outer half of the bat and goes into the off side.
Slightly fuller, this time, the line is on off, Josh Hazlewood defends it into the off side.
A touch shorter length off break on middle, Josh Hazlewood blocks it to mid on.
Josh Hazlewood is the last man in, replacing Alex Carey.
OUT! CAUGHT! The tactic of bowling wide works and West Indies get the wicket of Carey! With the game getting stalled after the wicket of Starc, Carey was not quite able to control the game the way he wanted. The West Indies tried to frustrate him, opting to use the tactic which MS Dhoni had used in Nagpur against Australia in the fourth Test in 2008, when he had set them a target of 382 in the fourth innings. The pitch was flat, so MS asked his bowlers to bowl wide outside off and kept a 7-2 off side field. The tactic worked and cross-batted shots resulted in a wicket. More or less the same here. This is thrown wide outside off, Carey tries to reach out and go inside out over cover, but is not quite to the pitch of the ball. Gets it off the toe end of the bat and miscues it high in the air. Jayden Seales comes across to his left from deep cover and takes a decent catch. So Chase strikes on his very third ball but what a knock it has been from Carey - a critical 65 (75). From 247/6, Australia are now 291/9 and lead by 281.
Full, wide outside off, Alex Carey reaches out and sweeps it towards deep mid-wicket. Does not take the single.
Landed outside off, going away with the angle, left alone.
Roston Chase brings himself on for the first time in this innings. Around 5 minutes to go for Tea and 2 overs left for the second new ball. If we get a wicket in this over, Tea will be extended.
Again a flighted delivery, on off, leans on the front foot and defends it.
Delivered from wide off the crease, slower through the air, orthodox ball, just outside off, Lyon nicely defends it off the front foot.
Short and outside off, Carey comfortably punches it off the back foot to long off and takes the single.
Short, around off, Alex goes back and punches it towards sweeper cover. Does not take the single.
Jumps out of his crease but Warrican shortens his length and Carey is forced to adjust and push it to the leg side.
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