Head and Webster dig in to slow West Indies charge

First Test, Bridgetown (day 2 of five)

Australia: 180 (Head 59, Khawaja 47; Seales 5-60) and 92-4 (Webster 19*; S Joseph 1-15)

West Indies: 190 (Hope 48, Chase 44; Starc 3-65)

Australia lead by 82 runs

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Australia crushed retired an 82-run lead pinch six wickets remaining successful their 2nd innings aft different melodramatic time successful nan first Test against West Indies successful Bridgetown.

The tourists, having posted conscionable 180 connected Wednesday, trailed by 10 runs erstwhile West Indies made 190 successful their first innings.

There past looked to beryllium problem for Australia erstwhile they mislaid early wickets batting 2nd clip astir and stumbled to 65-4, earlier nan fifth-wicket brace of Travis Head and Beau Webster steered nan squad to stumps astatine nan extremity of time two.

Head faced 37 balls for his 13 not out, while Webster scored much briskly, reaching 19 successful conscionable 24 deliveries, arsenic they crucially stayed together for 8 testing overs.

Australia will statesman time 3 connected 92-4, looking for Head and Webster to propel them towards a patient lead.

After 14 wickets fell connected time one, hosts West Indies resumed their first innings connected 57-4 astatine nan commencement of Thursday's play and soon mislaid Brandon King, bowled by Josh Hazlewood for 26.

Wicketkeeper Shai Hope joined skipper Roston Chase successful nan mediate and nan brace put connected 67 earlier nan second was controversially fixed retired lbw to Pat Cummins for 44 contempt appearing to perchance separator nan shot connected to his pads.

West Indies mislaid wickets astatine regular intervals earlier being bowled out, pinch a precocious Alzarri Joseph flurry handing them a 10-run lead. Hope top-scored pinch 48.

Mitchell Starc, who was arguably nan prime of nan Australia bowlers successful taking 3-65 successful West Indies' first innings, predicted nan lucifer would proceed to travel a acquainted pattern.

He said of West Indies' effort pinch nan bat: "They had a business successful nan mediate and played beautiful well, but nan bowlers person been successful nan crippled and nary uncertainty it will beryllium nan aforesaid tomorrow.

"There were a mates that stayed debased and a mates that popped up. It will beryllium absorbing to spot really it changes connected Friday."

Asked astir nan arguable dismissal of Chase, Starc added: "We tin only inquire nan questions and past it goes to nan officials. One of those went against america and a mates went against nan West Indies.

"It is only nan extremity of time 2 truthful location is still a batch of time. We will effort and get arsenic galore runs arsenic we tin and hopefully it is simply a full we tin take sides arsenic bowlers."