The West Indies struggled on the rain-hit opening day of their Australian tour against a modestly talented Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane yesterday
Brisbane: The West Indies struggled on the rain-hit opening day of their Australian tour against a modestly talented Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane yesterday.
Only 60 overs' play was possible on the first day of the four-day game at Allan Border Field ahead of next week's first Test in Hobart.
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The Windies were restricted to 154 for six with Darren Bravo not out 46 at stumps. The inexperienced tourists gave no grounds for optimism about the upcoming three-Test series, even though the CA XI featured six players new to first-class cricket.
The lowly-ranked Windies rested pace spearhead Jerome Taylor but their batting line-up was expected to be the same as for the Bellerive Oval Test starting on December 10.