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Live: Controversial DRS decision sees West Indies skipper given out

    Live updates: WI vs AUS, first Test day two

    55th over – Pat Cummins comes back into the attack

    From the Joel Garner End, Hope defends solidly.

    Driven uppishly through cover! There is a call of catch but Head, at cover point, just can’t get there and they will run three.

    Greaves defends.

    54th over – Webster comes into the attack

    BEATEN! That’s a great ball to start, beating Greaves’ inside edge with a beauty.

    IN THE AIR! Just short of mid on there! The ball just held up a bit and Greaves had to check his shot.

    Greaves drives to cover and they get a single.

    Solid defence. from Hope.

    Hope is hit by a rising ball there that time and takes off for a single – he knew nothing about that shot.

    53rd over – Hazlewood continues

    The West Indies trail by 40.

    INSIDE EDGE! Greaves is lucky as he attempts to drive and sees the ball fly to square leg. He gets off the mark with a single.

    Down the leg side, Hope just fends it behind and Carey takes on the bounce.

    Hope pulls to deep backward square leg and it’s a single.

    Greaves clips away for a single.

    EDGED! Along the ground to third slip, Inglis wishing he had gloves on as the ball pings him on the finger.

    Outside off, left alone to end the over by Hope.

    52nd over – Cummins continues

    Woah! Shai Hope goes on a little adventure down the pitch, swinging his bat like a farmer harvesting hay so agricultural did his swipe look as he misses the ball outside off.

    Outside off, left alone this time.

    Hope jumps in the air and defends into the off side.

    Bouncer now that Hope decides to duck under.

    51st over – Hazlewood continues

    BIG APPEAL! LBW again is the plea but Hope clips the ball away and they opt, wisely, not to review this one and there’s a leg bye.

    Bit of extra bounce there from Hazlewood, hitting the glove of Graves.

    Again, there’s a sound as Greaves wafts the bat down the leg side and Carey dives to make the catch but Greaves got nowhere near the ball and even the over-enthusiastic among the Aussies don’t appeal too much.

    Solid defensive stroke back down the pitch from Greaves, fielded by Hazlewood in his follow through.

    Outside off, left alone.

    50th over – Cummins has four more

     I hate to say this, but Australia has got so lucky there.

    It’s another howler of a decision from the DRS umpire Adrian Holdstock. Frankly, that’s appalling.

    The new man in is another Bajan, Justin Greaves.

    He defends the first couple.

    BIG APPEAL! Has Greaves been caught down the leg side? This time the umpire is unmoved.

    AUSTRALIA REVIEWS!

    This looked a long way away from the bat – “It’s definitely out,” someone says repeatedly.

    It’s definitely not, but that didn’t stop Mr Holdstock earlier this over.

    It’s not out. There’s almost a sigh of relief around the ground.

    CHASE IS CONTROVERSIALLY GIVEN OUT LBW AFTER REVIEW!

    Roston Chase has reviewed instantly.

    If there’s no edge this is stone cold.

    Oh… is there an edge?

    It hit something on the way through – but did it hit the bat in time before the ball made contact with the pads?

    Everyone waits in expectation because, frankly, we have no idea what we’re going to get from the DRS in this match.

    There is a spike before the ball goes near anything, but there is a faint sound and then deviation.

    “There is a clear gap between bat and ball,” says our third umpire…

    There is, but it moves away from the bat?

    He says there’s no bat involved but I don’t know how there can’t be?

    It is hitting all three stumps and it is out!

    It’s the wrong decision for me – that ball hit the bat.

    (AP)

    50th over – Cummins comes in again

    Hope gets that ball away, the ball nipping back off a length and it has actually come off his glove, the ball passing back of short leg for a single.

    49th over – Hazlewood continues

    SHOT! Nicely played by Hope, a check push square through cover point and past the fielder for a couple – the first runs post-lunch.

    Three slips and a gully as Hope screams “NOOO!” as the ball trickles towards point.

    Hope fends the next into the turf on the midwicket side of the pitch. No run.

    Clipping off his pads, Hope is watchful of the ball and plays it straight to square leg – no run.

    He clips the last away for a single to end the over.

    Advice is pouring into the middle from the locals in Barbados, no doubt filling the ears of the Australians in the field.

    48th over – Pat Cummins to resume at the other end

    Three slips, a gully, short leg and Chase is beaten by a ball that stays very low outside off! My, my, my, this will be a test.

    Another leave, this time the ball sails over the stumps – but I’m not sure I’d be trusting the bounce off his pitch given what we’ve seen.

    Roston Chase’s dad is being shown, periodically on the TV footage – and he’s talking incessantly at nobody in particular as his son bats. I love it.

    There is a bit of extra bounce there and Chase defends and gets his hands away from the handle.

    GOOD BALL! That nips back and sails just over the top of the stumps! Chase senior ducks his head and covers his ears lest he hear his son’s wicket exploding.

    Solid defence from Chase that time.

    And again to end the over.

    Back-to-back maidens to start the session from Hazlewood and Cummins.

    47th over – Hazlewood resumes after lunch

    Rested, revitalised, and another new old ball in his paw, Josh Hazlewood steams in and bowls outside off, exaggerated groans from the close fielders, of whom there are not many, two slips and a gully.

    Solid defence now from Hope, who is a bit tentative to start after his midday field.

    BEATEN! That’s a ripper, the ball seaming away a fair distance to beat the outside edge of Hope’s bat. There’s a bit of grass there that is making the ball bounce a bit.

    Good ball, well defended by Hope.

    Hope gets into a perfect driving position to fend the last ball away. Good start to the session.

    Lunch: West Indies 5/135

    (AP Photo)

    A big tick for the West Indies.

    It wasn’t quite thrill a minute stuff from the hosts – but it was extremely impressive.

    Only one wicket fell, and that was before drinks.

    Chase and Hope have looked largely untroubled since and go into the break just 45 runs behind Australia.

    46th over: Webster to bowl the last before lunch

    And Hope is working one through that big gap through point. A single to kick us off.

    This will definitely be the last over of the session, however, the West Indies batters aren’t taking any chances. They’re gardening and chatting between each delivery.

    Chase works another one through that gap on the off-side for a single.

    A wide one to finish from Webster and that’s lunch.

    50th over: Starc to charge in once more

    Attritional stuff out there at the moment as Starc begins the 50th over of the innings.

    Hope is defending a good length ball.

    After that flurry of boundaries to begin his innings, Hope has dug himself into a bit of a hole here.

    However, the West Indies wicketkeeper doesn’t seem to bothered about his scoring rate as he’s leaving another one outside off.

    Yorker! Hope just about gets his bat down in time, and in the process, squirts it out through point for a couple.

    Hope is shouldering arms.

    And the final ball of the over is defended into the off-side.

    44th over: Webster to bowl his second

     Runs! Chase opens the blade and blazes one behind point. It looks like a boundary for all money. But from nowhere, a diving Goat reels it in, and the batters come back for a couple.

    The next one is too wide for Chase to worry about.

    Chase is punting one back past Webster. There’s a shout of “yeah” quickly followed by “no!” as the ball is collected by mid-off.

    The final ball of the over is too wide again, and once more Chase is shouldering arms and its through to Carey.

    43rd over: Starc is bowling his 12th

    Slightly too straight from Starc and Hope is working it away attractively through mid-wicket for a couple.

    A pretty chanceless hour or so hear for the Windies – Australia needs to create something before lunch, which is about 10 minutes away.

    The television commentators have been wanting to see some chin music for a while, and it seems they’ve finally got their wish with some deep squares and fines coming into play.

    And yep, Starc bangs one in back of a length. Chase sways inside the line.

    That’s over.

    Is Lyon encouraged?

    Do you think the GOAT would be encouraged that the batsmen, Hope in particular, are attacking him?

    – Mike

    Evening, Mike!

    Well, you’d think a part of him must be, but as soon as Hope hit those couple boundaries, Lyon decided to go around the wicket and start darting them in quick.

    And then he was taken out of the attack.

    42nd over: Webster into the action

    Australia turns to its fifth bowling option.

    Not much happening there at the moment for the tourists.

    Webster’s first two are wide and left alone by Chase.

    And the third is even wider and moving away through the air, and Chase is chasing it but not making contact. The umpire calls it a front foot no ball.

    Webster is finding his line and Chase is leaving a couple that are closer to the stumps.

    41st over: Starc charges in again

    He’s coming over the wicket to the right handed Chase, who is defending the first of the over.

    A wayward one from Starc is too short and wide and is left alone by Chase.

    This one is fuller and Chase is driving upishly. However, the ball is well and truly on the carpet before it reaches the fielder at cover point. No run.

    Starc misses his line and it’s down the leg-side. Chase is trying to glance it but doesn’t get anything on it. A leg side strangulation looks about Australia’s best chance of a wicket at the moment, actually.

    Leading edge to finish the over – the batters scamper through for a single.

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