Opener Kraigg Brathwaite stroked an enterprising half-century but West Indies’ batting wobbled to give Australia the advantage on the opening day of the final cricket Test here yesterday.
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Only three balls were bowled before rain sent the players from the field following a delayed start.
Carlos Brathwaite shone briefly for the West Indies, but the rain was the only real victor on Monday as wet weather washed away all but 11.2 overs of play on the second day of the third Test against Australia.
The West Indies players like Chris Gayle, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy, Samuel Badree, and Andre Russell are all campaigning in the Big Bash League while in an inexperienced Caribbean side have been locked in a three-Test series with Australia.
Brathwaite smashed Pattinson over cover for his first powerful blow before flicking another off his pads for six over backward square leg.
Rain is expected to impact play in Sydney again on day three. One of the main mantras in cricket is that when things are going good, you maximise.
He, along with the wicket-keeper batsman Denesh Ramdin saw off the day thereafter with the score being 207/6 off 75 overs.
Prior to the day’s play, co-founder of The Richies Michael Hennessy said they were looking for fans to get behind their already 501-man-strong group.
Brathwaite struck 10 fours in his 174-ball stay before he became one of two wickets for off-spinner Nathan Lyon when he edged to Steve Smith at slip.
Marlon Samuels’ awful Australian tour then continued, involved in a horror run-out for four after a mix-up with Brathwaite.
West Indies were 246 for seven at that stage but two balls later the skies opened up once more and the rain got progressively heavier leading to stumps on day two.
Play then resumed for only eight minutes, with the West Indies scoring nine runs off 21 balls, before light showers forced a stoppage through to the lunch break.
“It’s a long way off but I know that the chairman (Colin Graves) and chief executive of the European Central Bank are very progressive in their thinking about the game”, he added.
There is a lot there to work with, we have seen their enthusiasm in the past few days and I am very happy there is plenty to work with.
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O’Keefe (1 for 42), playing his first test since his debut against Pakistan in 2014, had Jason Holder (1) caught smartly by Joe Burns at short leg for his first test wicket in Australia.
