He then discussed those issues with Australia fast-bowling coach Craig McDermott prior to the Test resuming yesterday, and received the imprimatur to adopt elements of his previous bowling action – albeit one that comes with its inbuilt injury risk – in the West Indies second innings.
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Australia’s James Pattinson appeals successfully for the wicket of South Africa’s Hashim Amla (not in picture) during the fourth day of the third cricket test match at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, March 4, 2014 in this file picture.
The West Indies have now won just four of their last 21 Tests and went into the first Hobart Test on the back of a humbling 10-wicket loss in their only warm-up game to a modest Cricket Australia XI.
The West Indies were routed for 148 and were crushed by an innings and 212 runs in the first Test, raising fears about their competitiveness in the remaining two Tests against Australia in Melbourne and Sydney.
For the second time in the day, an Australian bowler began a new over on a hat-trick – but Brathwaite pushed Pattinson calmly into the off side for a single.
By the time the scoreboard had ticked over to 24 runs, Pattinson, bowling with pace and aggression, had sent the first four West Indies batsmen back to the pavilion.
For the Aussies, attention turns to the start of the Big Bash League, which could prove to be more of a test of their skills than the last three days.
Bravo played with class to be undefeated on 94 as West Indies stumbled to 207 for six after Australia declared their first innings on 583 for four at Bellerive Oval.
Pattinson (4-19) took up where Josh Hazlewood left off in a West Indies first innings dominated by century-maker Darren Bravo (108).
And it was the sixth-highest stand of all-time at Test level.
The West Indies have lost seven of their nine Test matches this year, with a win and a draw against England the only positives for Caribbean cricket in 2015.
Australian captain Steve Smith says he is in no doubt for the Boxing Day Test despite aggravating a long-term knee injury.
“It felt like I was trying extremely hard to do that, whereas the second innings (yesterday) when I came out I was running straight lines and had my wrist behind the ball, it felt pretty easy”.
“So it’s just a case where we need to put together a collective effort for longer periods in the game”.
Captain Jason Holder has been fined 60 per cent of his match fee and his teammates 30 per cent for slow over rates, the ICC confirmed.
But it very quickly went awry for his team-mates as Hazlewood had Kemar Roach caught behind for a hugely creditable 31, ending a seventh-wicket stand of 99, and then bowled Jerome Taylor first ball via an inside edge.
“So I did a little bit of work on it in the morning to get my wrist behind the ball a bit more and get it good for outswing”.
In the modern-day game, more often than not teams don’t enforce the follow on, choosing to bat on instead to ideally build a huge, intimidating lead.
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Australia’s comprehensive win has already been largely overshadowed by the poor showing from the touring West Indians, who were humiliated with bat and ball in Hobart.
