Boxing Day Test: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne

Day 2

AUS 551/3
WI    58/3

What a stupid review by Chandrika !!!  Wasted review.  Moral .... never ask Bravo's opinion.  Jason Holder should've told him so 

Marlon was unlucky ... didn't bother to review but then he has looked as if he'd rather be elsewhere  :-[

Lixx and more lixx for WI ............

Stumps Day 2

WI 91/6 (43 overs).................. MCG Massacre !!!

Call de ambulance !!!!

Two stats to keep an eye on as the series progresses:

The lowest team batting average in a three-games series post World War 2 is 16.61 set by India against New Zealand in 1969. Remarkably, that series finished in a 1-1 draw. West Indies average in this series to date is 19.25, which is actually better than the 17.45 managed against Australia in the home series earlier in the year.

The highest bowling average in a three-game series post World War 2 is 98.56 set by New Zealand against South Africa in 1999. West Indies current bowling average in this series is a staggering 162.00 so far.

Australia's batting average of 162 in this series is the highest by ANY team in ANY series. Ever

Rasta YT WASH just about complete  :'(...nothin' but bare, bleached bones layin on de pitch!  ::dead:: ::dead:: ::dead::

It is clear that the "brains" in the WI dressing room did not do their home work on the weather report or drop in pitches. Every Aussie said they would have bat first because the weather report said it will clear up and SUN for the next 4 days. Will some one please tell the WI bowlers that they are not quick enough to be bowling that short to good batsmen because you will be put to the sword everytime.
I still believe in ......"on winning the toss , 95 percent of the time we bat , the other 5 percent ,we discuss it then we bat".

173 - 7

Bravo 35*    Partnership: 90 runs, 31.1 overs, RR: 2.88 (Bravo 26, CR Brathwaite 59)

LUNCH

71.3
Lyon to CR Brathwaite, got him, right on the brink of lunch !  floats it across towards off stump,

and that's an unusually uncertain shot from Brathwaite...

Carlos c & b Lyon 59

175 - 7

Roach 1*