Australia Hold Narrow Lead Against West Indies

Second Test, Grenada (day 2 of five)

Australia 286 & 12-2: Green 6*; Seales 2-5

West Indies 253: King 75, Campbell 40; Lyon 3-75

Australia lead three-Test bid 1-0

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Australia's mislaid some openers earlier nan adjacent arsenic they vanished 12-2 against West Indies connected time 2 of nan 2nd Test, having bowled their opponents retired for 253.

Jayden Seales collapsed nan stumps of Sam Konstas for a four-ball duck past trapped Usman Khawaja lbw for two, pinch Australia taking a 45-run lead into time three.

John Campbell added 40 and Brandon King top-scored for nan West Indies pinch 75, while a 51-run business betwixt bowlers Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Joseph ensured nan location broadside would travel adjacent to parity pinch Australia's first innings 286.

Nathan Lyon took nan wickets of some King and Alzarri Joseph connected nan measurement to 3-75, while Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins took 2 wickets apiece arsenic nan crippled accelerated towards a swift finish.

Australia won nan first Test successful Barbados by 159 runs connected time three, successful a crippled wherever neither squad passed 200 successful nan first 3 innings, and this lucifer besides looks group to beryllium heading to an early conclusion arsenic batters connected some teams proceed to struggle.

Teenage opener Konstas has now grounded to make it into double figures successful 3 of his 4 outings successful nan series, and seasoned partner Khawaja hasn't passed 20 successful 3 innings.

Jayden Seales, who took six wickets successful nan first Test and 1 successful nan first innings successful Grenada, blew distant nan 2 openers wrong 3 overs arsenic Australia grounded to navigate a short spell anterior to adjacent of play.

The West Indies person a struggling opener of their own, pinch erstwhile skipper Kraigg Brathwaite, who made 4 successful some innings successful Barbados, caught and bowled by Hazlewood successful nan 2nd complete of nan day.

Keacy Carty was past removed for six by Cummins pinch nan aforesaid method of dismissal, but King warded disconnected a collapse, adding dependable runs alongside Campbell, Roston Chase and Shai Hope.

Having made his maiden Test half-century successful his 2nd crippled successful nan format, he was dismissed betwixt Chase and Justin Greaves successful a flurry of wickets that near West Indies astatine 174-7 and astatine consequence of a important first innings deficit.

But nan 2 Josephs disappointment nan Australian bowlers pinch their guidelines for nan eighth wicket, earlier Seales caused chaos successful nan last overs of nan evening session.