{"id":16024,"date":"2024-01-31T14:38:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16024"},"modified":"2024-01-31T14:38:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:38:11","slug":"west-indies-stumble-but-dasilva-and-hodge-lead-recovery-in-second-test-against-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/west-indies-stumble-but-dasilva-and-hodge-lead-recovery-in-second-test-against-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Stumble but DaSilva and Hodge Lead Recovery in Second Test Against Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>On day one of the second test match against Australia, the West Indies faced a top-order collapse, but resilient performances from Joshua DaSilva and Kavem Hodge rescued the innings, putting the team in a promising position at stumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After opting to bat, the West Indies found themselves struggling at 64 for 5, with Kraigg Brathwaite, Tagnarine Chanderpaul, Kirk Mackenzie, and Alick Athanaze falling cheaply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, DaSilva and Hodge formed a crucial partnership of 149 runs, stabilizing the innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DaSilva contributed 79 before being dismissed at 213, while Hodge made a valuable 71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alzarri Joseph further contributed with a brisk 32, featuring seven fours, taking the team to 266 for 8 at the close of play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Sinclair is at the crease on 16, with Kemar Roach and Shamar Joseph yet to bat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitchell Starc led Australia&#8217;s bowling attack with figures of 4 for 68, supported by Josh Hazelwood, Pat Cummins, and Nathan Lyon, who each took a wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second day of the day-night test at the Gabba in Brisbane is set to resume at 12 am local time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies will be looking to build on their recovery and post a competitive total against the host nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On day one of the second test match against Australia, the West Indies faced a top-order collapse, but resilient performances from Joshua DaSilva and Kavem Hodge rescued the innings, putting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16026,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16024\/revisions\/16026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}