He urged Holder to bowl first if he won the toss at Hobart on Thursday because the West Indies would find it “impossible” to make enough first innings runs to pressure the hotly favoured home side.
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Voges was still there on 269 not out alongside Mitch Marsh (one not out) as Australia reached the break at 4-583.
Hobart could be on the verge of hosting its last red-ball Test as Cricket Australia responds to the likelihood of dismal crowds at the opening match of the series between Australia and the West Indies. Usman Khawaja is set to return from a hamstring injury and could play for the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
But Burns was bowled in the next over as a Gabriel delivery came back in off the seam to get between bat and pad.
There wasn’t much for the visitors to celebrate.
Earlier, Australia reached lunch at 121 for 3 after Warner and Joe Burns gave the side a breezy start.
Steven Smith and Warner were consumed by Jomel Warrican within four overs of each other to allow West Indies a bit of toe-hold into the contest. Now, Australia host West Indies for three Tests and the interest level from the Australian public has fallen away significantly, not helped by West Indies’ 10-wicket loss to a Cricket Australia XI full of rookies in their only tour match in Brisbane.
Voges’ double century also set the highest score in a Hobart test, overtaking Ricky Ponting’s 209 against Pakistan in 2010.
“I would not say they are vulnerable”.
“It has to start somewhere, we just have to be consistent in whatever we do”.
West Indies are now 50/1 to complete a surprise turnaround and go 1-0 up.
Offspinner Nathan Lyon (3-19) has celebrated his 50th Test with quick wickets to leave the Windies reeling at 4-81 by tea on Friday’s second day.
“Since I joined the team it took me a little while to get them to buy into my concept because they are accustomed to certain things and of course it would not change overnight”, said Ambrose, who took up his consultancy role in February 2014.
When West Indian fast bowling legend Courtney Walsh proclaimed the next superstar would emerge from the current Test squad, experts scratched their heads.
There seemed to be a lack of communication among fielders and an overall languid approach.
Voges slammed the fastest century for Australia in Hobart, his ton coming off 100 balls and eclipsing another West Australian Adam Gilchrist’s hundred off 110 balls against Pakistan in 1999.
The Bellerive wicket had a greenish tinge on the eve of the Test, indicating that the pace bowlers will get some early life out of the pitch. Jomel Worrican is a 23-year-old Barbadian off spinner playing just his second Test. His first Test was in the series against Sri Lanka in October, when he took six wickets in a losing cause.
This is the 6th Number of 300-run stands for Australia’s fourth wicket in Tests including the one between Voges and Shaun Marsh.
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“He was going really well and scoring runs freely and sort of got me going as well”.
