“On the assumption that we do play a day-night test next summer or two, we will progress that further and it will be more of a fixture in our calendar”, he told reporters at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
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Carlos Brathwaite (35 not out) and Denesh Ramdin (23 not out) shared an unbeaten stand of 48 runs for the seventh wicket to lift the West Indies past 200 after winning the toss and electing to bat.
Kraigg Brathwaite had brought up his eighth test half-century just before lunch by clipping all-rounder Mitchell Marsh past long leg for two runs off the 78th ball he faced.
“We have been accustomed to a lot of spin in the Caribbean, so hopefully our batsmen can get into that a lot better than we have during this series”, Holder said Saturday.
Only three balls were bowled in the first two hours of scheduled play and another 21 before lunch after the action resumed briefly at noon (local time).
The chances of a result at the SCG continue to diminish, with play abandoned on day four of the third test between Australia and West Windies.
The West Indies stuttered to 115-3 at tea in a rain-affected first day of the third test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Bravo twice drove pacer James Pattinson for exquisite off-side boundaries in the 11th over before aggressively pulling the same bowler through mid-on for another four, in the right-armer’s next over.
Marlon Samuels was run out in a mid-pitch mix-up in the afternoon session.
Brathwaite and Bravo then countered with dominant stroke-play as West Indies enjoyed one of their finest sessions of the series. There was an element of revenge in it for Pattinson, who had been struck for a pair of sixes in his previous over by Brathwaite, who finished on 69 from 71 deliveries.
The hosts had rolled the dice on the twin spin attack at the SCG for the first time in a decade and got their reward when Lyon and O’Keefe got plenty of turn off a straw-coloured wicket. “One of the primary mantras in cricket is that when issues are going good you maximize”, Brathwaite stated.
Australia team: David Warner, Joe Burns, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (capt), Adam Voges, Mitch Marsh, Peter Nevill, Steve O’Keefe, James Pattinson, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon.
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Carlos Brathwaite shone briefly for West Indies however the rain was the one actual victor on Monday as moist climate washed away all however eleven.
