ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Australia, batting first against the West Indies, reached 259 for three at the close on the opening day of the second Digicel Test at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground on Friday.
SCORES:
Australia 259-3 (Simon Katich 113 not out Ricky Ponting 65, Michael Clarke 38 not out; Darren Sammy 1-31).
| Australia 1st innings | |||||
| S. Katich | not out | 113 | |||
| P. Jacques | lbw | b Bravo | 17 | ||
| *R. Ponting | c Marshall | b Taylor | 65 | ||
| M. Hussey | c Chanderpaul | b Sammy | 10 | ||
| M. Clarke | not out | 38 | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, w 5, nb 7) | 16 | |||
| Total | (3 wickets; 82 overs) | 259 | |||
| To bat: A. Symonds, +B. Haddin, B. Lee, M. Johnson, S. Clark, S. MacGill | |||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Jaques, 14.3 ov), 2-172 (Ponting, 52.6 ov), 3-199 (Hussey, 65.2 ov) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | |
| Powell | 17 | 3 | 54 | 0 | |
| Edwards | 18 | 3 | 55 | 0 | (1nb) |
| Taylor | 15 | 3 | 43 | 1 | (4nb, 1 w) |
| Bravo | 15 | 1 | 56 | 1 | |
| Sammy | 12 | 1 | 31 | 1 | |
| Sarwan | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
