{"id":16077,"date":"2024-01-31T15:59:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16077"},"modified":"2024-01-31T15:59:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:59:31","slug":"australia-takes-control-as-west-indies-bowling-strength-wanes-in-second-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/australia-takes-control-as-west-indies-bowling-strength-wanes-in-second-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Takes Control as West Indies Bowling Strength Wanes in Second Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>On day three of the second test match at the Gabba in Brisbane, Australia, the West Indies find themselves in a challenging position as Australia takes command. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hosts need a further 156 runs with 8 wickets in hand against a West Indies team that is missing Shamar Joseph due to injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies senior men&#8217;s side resumed day three on 13 for 1 but struggled against Australia&#8217;s quick bowlers and Nathan Lyon, finishing on 193 in 72.3 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This performance fell short of their first-innings fight, where they scored 311.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirk Mackenzie led the West Indies with 41 runs from 50 balls, including 5 fours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other contributions came from Alick Athanaze (35), Kavem Hodge (9), and Justin Greaves (33), setting up a 216-run lead for the men in maroon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Josh Hazlewood claimed 3 for 23, while Nathan Lyon&#8217;s off-breaks secured 3 for 42. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the West Indies suffered a significant blow when Mitchell Starc delivered a yorker that forced Shamar Joseph to retire hurt, leaving the team without one of its key bowlers for the remainder of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alzarri Joseph, another frontline bowler for the West Indies, expressed hope that Joseph&#8217;s injury is not too serious but emphasized the team&#8217;s commitment to the ongoing challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their second innings, Australia faced resistance from the West Indies bowlers, with Alzarri Joseph dismissing Usman Khawaja and Greaves removing Marnus Labuschagne for 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At stumps, Steve Smith was at the crease on 33, and Cameron Green was on 9, pursuing a further 156 runs for victory against a determined West Indies side seeking their first win down under in years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On day three of the second test match at the Gabba in Brisbane, Australia, the West Indies find themselves in a challenging position as Australia takes command. The hosts need&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16077","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\/16077","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=16077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16079,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16077\/revisions\/16079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}