{"id":16071,"date":"2024-01-31T15:49:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16071"},"modified":"2024-01-31T15:49:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:49:04","slug":"west-indies-show-strong-resolve-on-day-two-of-second-test-against-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/west-indies-show-strong-resolve-on-day-two-of-second-test-against-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Show Strong Resolve on Day Two of Second Test Against Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>On the second day of the second test match at the Gabba in Brisbane, the West Indies exhibited strong resilience, leaving the match delicately balanced at stumps with a lead of 35 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies, resuming their innings at 266 for 8, were guided by debutant Kevin Sinclair, who made an impressive 50 from 85 balls, including 5 fours and a six. Sinclair&#8217;s contribution helped the team reach a total of 311 all out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notable performances came from Joshua DaSilva with 79 and Kavem Hodge with 71, rescuing the team from a challenging position at 64 for 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitchell Starc took four wickets, while Nathan Lyons and Josh Hazelwood claimed two wickets each during the West Indies&#8217; first innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia, in their batting innings, faced a tough challenge as their top order crumbled to 54 for 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key players like Steve Smith, Marcus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, and Travis Head failed to reach double figures. Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey led the recovery, scoring 75 and 65, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skipper Pat Cummins (64 not out) and Nathan Lyons (19) helped Australia reach 289 for 9 before declaring, trailing by 22 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alzarri Joseph took four wickets, supported by three from Kemar Roach, and one each from Shamar Joseph and Kevin Sinclair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their second innings, the West Indies faced a challenging 7.3 overs before the close of play, losing Tagenarine Chanderpaul and finishing the day at 13 for 1 with a lead of 35 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia currently leads the two-match series after securing a convincing win in the first match in Adelaide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the second day of the second test match at the Gabba in Brisbane, the West Indies exhibited strong resilience, leaving the match delicately balanced at stumps with a lead&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16071","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\/16071","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=16071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16073,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16071\/revisions\/16073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}