2nd Test West Indies vs Australia @ Port of Spain

[brod]

West Indies v Australia
2nd test
Port of Spain, Trindad

STUMPS DAY THREE

Australia 311 (135 overs, 2.3 RPO)
MEK Hussey 73
SR watson 56
MJ Clarke 45
KAJ Roach 5/105 (3.88 RPO...only player to conceed more than 2 RPO)
S Shillingford 3/92 (49 overs, 17 maidens)
West Indies 9/252 (104 overs, 2.42 RPO)
S Chanderpaul 94
N Deonarine 55
NM lyon 5/68

[brod]

Twenty minutes of play was lost in bright sunshine on the second morning of the Trinidad Test because officials wanted to make sure no commercial contracts would be breached if the match continued without television coverage due to a power failure.

In a Test that had already lost two hours to rain and lost more time on the second afternoon, the sight of the West Indies and Australia players marching back off the ground after assembling for the scheduled 9.30am start drew groans from the Tuesday crowd in Port-of-Spain. Play did not get underway until 9.50.

What a ******* joke

[brod]

That didnt last long..4 balls

Baugh lbw b Beer

WI ALLOUT 257

[brod]

Only 2 WI players have scored more than 700 test runs
9918 Chanderpaul
1276 Bravo

and only 3 WI players have scores test centuries
25 Chanderpaul
3 Bravo
1 Barath

[brod]

Six Aussie batsmen have FC batting averages above 40, only Shiv does for the West Indies

[brod]

Cowan dropped at First Slip by Sammy....straight forward catch, yet to score

[jackpot jim]

Cowan dropped at First Slip by Sammy....straight forward catch, yet to score

Dont come any easier that at 1st slip.
Sammy's having a shocker, why wasn't Bravo at 1st slip?

[brod]

Cowan dropped at First Slip by Sammy....straight forward catch, yet to score

Dont come any easier that at 1st slip.
Sammy's having a shocker, why wasn't Bravo at 1st slip?

He is now

[jackpot jim]

Cowan dropped at First Slip by Sammy....straight forward catch, yet to score

Dont come any easier that at 1st slip.
Sammy's having a shocker, why wasn't Bravo at 1st slip?

Bravo NOW at 1st slip after the horse has bolted.
Sammy is a DUD.

[RustyCage]

Warner gone for 17, c Bravo b Roach

[JK]

Watto lasts 3 balls

[RustyCage]

Watto gone for a duck, trying to drive but leaving a huge gap between bat and pad. Roach has another

[Jim05]

3/73 before the weather called a halt to play.
No further play for day.
Appears headed for a draw as the weather report isnt good for day 5

[stampy]

******* weather, spoiled a good contest

[mal]

Happy 62nd Birthday to Jeff 'bomber' Hammond today
Made his Test debut against the WI in 1973
I reckon shortly after that he hurt his back and was the main reason he only played 5 Tests
Was a very good quick bowler
And Bomber is famous, being the last coach to have won the Sheffield Shield for South Australia

[RustyCage]

Another injured bowler......

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/australian-fast-bowler-may-miss-rest-of-west-indies-tour-with-back-injury/story-e6frectl-1226333401062


Australian fast bowler may miss rest of West Indies tour with back injury

THERE are fears exciting fast bowler James Pattinson will miss the remainder of the West Indies tour with a back injury.

Pattinson is unlikely to bowl on the final day of the second Test in Trinidad or play the last Test in Dominica, beginning on Monday.

His loss would leave Australia with just one front-line fast bowler, Ben Hilfenhaus, to push for an unlikely victory in the rain-marred second Test.

[Jim05]

Another injured bowler......

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/australian-fast-bowler-may-miss-rest-of-west-indies-tour-with-back-injury/story-e6frectl-1226333401062


Australian fast bowler may miss rest of West Indies tour with back injury

THERE are fears exciting fast bowler James Pattinson will miss the remainder of the West Indies tour with a back injury.

Pattinson is unlikely to bowl on the final day of the second Test in Trinidad or play the last Test in Dominica, beginning on Monday.

His loss would leave Australia with just one front-line fast bowler, Ben Hilfenhaus, to push for an unlikely victory in the rain-marred second Test.

Not good, the incident didnt look too bad at the time.
Twisted his back in a regulation fielding effort.
Cummins is fit and just finished playing u19's in Townsville, get him over there

[stampy]

funny that cos i didnt like the look on his face when he went off, hope he isnt going to be injury prone

[The Sleeping Giant]

Are Australian fast bowlers the most fragile in the history of the game?

[dedja]

More fragile than Reginald Dwight's date on his wedding night?