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West Indies tour of Australia 2015-16

Scorecard - 3rd Test, Australia vs West Indies at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia (02 Jan 2016)

West Indies

330/10 (112.1) RR:2.94

Match drawn

MOM: David Warner
Australia

176/2 (38) RR:4.63

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112.0 - Lyon to Warrican, FOUR, that's lovely from Warrican and for a change, the ball runs through. The batsman skipped out of the pitch, hit through the line to loft it over the bowler's head. Lyon protracted his left hand up but the ball was too high. And too well-timed to defeat the outfield demons

109.5 - Lyon to Warrican, FOUR, stretches his front leg out, gets down to lower his centre of gravity and sweeps it to deep square leg for four authoritative runs

103.5 - Lyon to Warrican, FOUR, ah, there's no holding back. And why would you? Gets on his knees, digests in the turn and helps it with a clobber through mid-wicket

101.5 - Lyon to Ramdin, FOUR, this line's not working for Lyon. Gives him room outside leg again, Ramdin turns inside his crease and tickles it to fine leg. Not off the middle but you only need to do so much to get runs off that sort of a delivery

89.5 - J Pattinson to Ramdin, FOUR, that had more wrists than the barre chords. Gets forward, hauls his back leg in air and plays a stylish one-legged clip to through mid-wicket

89.2 - J Pattinson to Ramdin, FOUR, beautifully played! Overpitched and came with a hit-me tag but Ramdin leant into the drive and silked it to the deep extra cover fence

88.2 - Hazlewood to Roach, FOUR, oh, edged and that had run away! Roach was cemented inside his crease, didn't come forward to this full ball and eked out an edge. The second slip dived low to his right, stuck out his hand but let it go through

81.2 - J Pattinson to Brathwaite, FOUR, edged and four, Brathwaite got lucky there, this was full and on the off-stump line, Brathwaite was looking to work it towards the on-side, closed the face of the bat a tad too early, gets a thick outside edge that looped over the slip cordon

81.1 - J Pattinson to Brathwaite, FOUR, gentle start from Pattinson, short and wide outside off, Brathwaite reaches out and carves it behind square on the off-side, beats point and rolls away to the fence, raises his second Test fifty

77.4 - Lyon to Brathwaite, FOUR, Brathwaite is using the sweep shot to good effect, this was tossed up outside off, Brathwaite went down on his knees, rolls his wrists along and gets it past square leg for a boundary

74.3 - O'Keefe to Brathwaite, FOUR, compensates with too much of width on a shorter length, Brathwaite jumps on the run-wagon with a flashy cut through backward point

74.0 - Lyon to Ramdin, FOUR, that's the best shot he has played perhaps. Ramdin shuffles to his leg-stump, makes room and silks the drive through extra cover

72.3 - O'Keefe to Brathwaite, FOUR, that's bludgeoned! Flight outside off, Brathwaite leans in and powers the drive through covers. Holds his pose to make job easier for the camera men

69.3 - Lyon to Ramdin, FOUR, looped up but the line's wrong. Down the leg side, Ramdin swivels inside his crease and sweeps it ruthlessly to the fine leg fence

68.4 - O'Keefe to Brathwaite, FOUR, flat and quick, Brathwaite gets on one knee and sweeps the ball out of his sight. Played with such nonchalance that. Backward square leg fence is the victim there

66.2 - O'Keefe to Brathwaite, FOUR, that's dispatched from the sight! Kneels down and sweeps it away. That mimicked brooming with a high followthrough. Off she goes to backward square leg fence

59.3 - Lyon to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR, cracking shot, Lyon gave this one plenty of air, Brathwaite gets a good stride forward, made room as he did so and drills it wide of extra cover. O'Keefe gives the chase, but the ball wins the race

46.2 - J Pattinson to Blackwood, FOUR, nicely played! Wide half-volley from Pattinson, Blackwood gets well forward, plays with an open face and slices it behind square on the off-side for a boundary

45.5 - Lyon to Blackwood, FOUR, lovely shot, fraction too short from Lyon, Blackwood swivels across, plays with the spin and pulls it past the square leg umpire for a boundary. Chris Gaffaney did well to get out of the way, it was heading straight at his legs

40.3 - Hazlewood to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR, this batsman is riding his luck like a rodney horse. Full length invites the batsman forward, Brathwaite obliges and drives. Isn't quite as forward as he should have and the attempted drive ekes out an edge that runs along the carpet to the third man fence. Split the gully and the backward point perfectly there

36.5 - J Pattinson to Samuels, FOUR, spears one into the pads, Samuels just wristed the clip to backward square leg. Hazlewood had a lot of running to do from fine leg, did so but wasn't good enough to stop the ball

34.1 - J Pattinson to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR, edged and four! Brathwaite had his feet in a pot. No movement whatsoever. Just hung back in the crease and arched forward to defend. The ball moved away ever so slightly and the healthy edge went at a catchable height through the vacant third slip region

29.2 - Mitchell Marsh to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR, short, wide and four, poor delivery from Marsh, Brathwaite gets on top of the bounce and cuts it behind point, no need to run for those

28.4 - O'Keefe to Darren Bravo, FOUR, gorgeous, O'Keefe drops one way too short and well outside off, Bravo makes room and cuts it square past cover-point, he doesn't need to run for those

27.1 - Lyon to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR, cracking shot, good aggression from Brathwaite, comes down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball, plays with the spin and hoicks it over mid-wicket for a nboundary

23.5 - Lyon to Darren Bravo, FOUR, streaky but four, this was tossed up invitingly on off, Bravo went for an ambitious drive, went with hard hands and gets a thick inside edge past square leg, has enough power to beat the chasing fielder

23.0 - Hazlewood to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR, edged and four, lovely line from Hazlewood, pitched up outside off and went straight on, Brathwaite was lured into pushing away from his body, gets a thick edge that splits the gap between slips and gully, rolls away to the fence

21.5 - Lyon to Darren Bravo, FOUR, nicely played by Bravo, marginally short outside off, Bravo is quick to rock back and cuts it in front of square on the off-side, rolls away to the fence

20.1 - Hazlewood to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR, lovely shot, floaty half-volley outside off, a gentle loosener from Hazlewood, Brathwaite gets a good stride forward and caresses it through extra cover for a boundary

18.2 - Mitchell Marsh to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR, cracking shot, short and wide from Marsh, Brathwaite gets on top of the bounce and flays it behind square on the off-side for a boundary, brings up WI's 50

13.1 - Lyon to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR, aggression is always inductive. Rubs on Brathwaite too. Fullish ball is clobbered towards the long-on fence post a little shimmy down the track

13.0 - J Pattinson to Darren Bravo, FOUR, that's gorgeous. You could watch it all day long. Not all that short a ball, Bravo fetches it from wide of off. Swivelled into the pull, rolled the wrists and whacked it to the long-on fence. Dismissed will be a good word to describe that shot

10.5 - J Pattinson to Darren Bravo, FOUR, bowler goes fuller and Bravo goes squarer. Opens the bat face as he drove and silked the ball square of the wicket with a half-kneeling high-elbow drive

10.4 - J Pattinson to Darren Bravo, FOUR, there it is. The fullish delivery that follows the sharp bumper. Bravo was ready and takes it on the up, times the pants off it and places it to the long-off fence

6.1 - Hazlewood to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR, this was the sucker full delivery outside off, Brathwaite pounces on it. Gets half-forward, not much feet but all timing on that push-drive to long-off

83.4 - J Pattinson to Brathwaite, SIX, Brathwaite is enjoying Pattinson's offerings with the new ball, length ball on his pads, he shuffles across and clips it high and behind square on the on-side for another maximum

83.2 - J Pattinson to Brathwaite, SIX, massive, full and wide from Pattinson, Brathwaite gets a good stride forward, reaches out and slices it high and over extra cover, went deep into the stands for a maximum

74.2 - O'Keefe to Brathwaite, SIX, and he's clobbered it out of the ground! Looked all too easy for Brathwaite. Flighted on middle, Brathwaite swung his arms and slogged it into the long-on orbit

64.5 - O'Keefe to Brathwaite, SIX, that's some way to get going, O'Keefe gave this one plenty of air, Brathwaite gets a good stride forward and thumps it back over the bowler's head, went sailing over the ropes for a maximum

112.1 - O'Keefe to Jerome Taylor, out Caught by Lyon!! And that's a wrap. West Indies have notched up 330 runs after electing to win the toss. Not a bad effort to get to a 300+ score and having batted across all five days. Well, good effort from the Windies and the rain. The ball was short and wide, Taylor looked to flay the cut, got a top-edge that popped at a comfortable height to backward point. Jerome Taylor c Lyon b O'Keefe 13(27)

103.1 - Lyon to Roach, out Caught by Burns!! And the march back has begun. Under sunny skies, Lyon drags one back. Had bowled it very slow to allow it to turn. The pitch obliged and the ball spun in viciously, made Roach's hung back approach look mediocre as he took his bottom hand off while fending. The ball took the bat-pad and lobbed in front of the batsman. Burns ran in from FSL and grasped it with ease. Roach c Burns b Lyon 15(52) [4s-1]

102.4 - O'Keefe to Ramdin, out Caught by Smith!! And he perishes now. Had looked fidgety after getting to his half-century. There was minimal turn and bounce on this ball, the sort you expect on a makeshift Day 5 wicket. Ramdin slashes at it hard, got an outside edge that was palmed by Smith at first slip - skid across, stuck his hands out as he arched back and safely held on to it. Ramdin c Smith b O'Keefe 62(151) [4s-5]

85.5 - J Pattinson to Brathwaite, out Bowled!! Beautifully bowled! Lovely delivery from Pattinson, this was full and swung away at pace, Brathwaite was completely opened up as he looked to work it towards the on-side, the ball curved past the outside edge and hit the base of off-stump. Perfect delivery to get rid of a well settled batsman. The umpire has a check for the no-ball, but Pattinson is fine on that count as well. Brathwaite falls after a fighting knock, the stubborn stand comes to an end. Brathwaite b J Pattinson 69(71) [4s-7 6s-4]

64.3 - O'Keefe to Holder, out Caught by Burns!! That's a sharp catch from Burns at FSL! O'Keefe has a wicket to his name. This was tossed up on middle, Holder was pushing forward, turned it off the face of the bat, it went to the right of FSL, Burns was staying low, gets across with soft hands and takes a one-handed blinder, clasps his other hand around it and starts the celebrations. West Indies are falling apart once again. Holder c Burns b O'Keefe 1(9)

62.0 - Lyon to Kraigg Brathwaite, out Caught by Smith!! No hundred for Brathwaite! He misses out on a hundred once again, nicely bowled by Lyon, tossed up outside off and spun back in, extra bounce as well. Brathwaite was looking to dab it late, didn't account for the bounce. The ball lobbed off his gloves and it's a simple catch to Smith - bending forward at first slip. West Indies have lost half their side now. Kraigg Brathwaite c Smith b Lyon 85(174) [4s-10]

49.4 - Lyon to Blackwood, out Bowled!! Cleaned him up! Lyon has a wicket to show for his efforts. Massive spin does Blackwood in, this was tossed up well outside off, Blackwood stood in his crease and let the ball go through. Massive spin from the straight once again, the off-stump wasn't covered by Blackwood, it kept spinning back in and rattles the top of off, disappointment once again for Blackwood, West Indies are in some trouble now. Blackwood b Lyon 10(29) [4s-2]

41.3 - Lyon to Samuels, out Samuels Run Out!! That's a horror. So bad that you would prefer watching this to a horror movie in a scare-me challengathon. There was some width on this flighted delivery outside off, Samuels flayed the cut and just decided to jog. No communication or calling. Hazlewood charges in from backward point, collects and throws it to Nevill who flicks the bail. Has an eternity to do that because the non-striker was perhaps waiting for the call. Actually he responded but turned around, slipped and dropped his bat mid-pitch to save himself. No one else should fall for that attempted run. No one else. Samuels didn't even attempt to turn back but his anger at Brathwaite's response was the thunder-stealer. Samuels run out (Hazlewood/Nevill) 4(20) [4s-1]

34.4 - J Pattinson to Darren Bravo, out Caught by Khawaja!! That delivery should suggest that Pattinson had a good lunch. Bends his back and surprises Bravo with the rear off the pitch. Batsman didn't back away and took it on. Went with the hook shot with his eyes closed, perhaps hoping that he would middle it. Deep square leg ran forward and slid in front to snaffle the top-edge inches above the turf. A quick check for the no-ball to ruin the moment but Pattinson had something behind the umpire's line. Darren Bravo c Khawaja b J Pattinson 33(95) [4s-6]

4.3 - Hazlewood to Shai Hope, out Caught by Nevill!! There goes the first one! That beautiful looking drive was afterall just a flash in the pan and Hope's Test return didn't last longer than 20 minutes. Bowled fullish outside off, Hazlewood invited Hope forward. The batsman stayed rooted to the crease and poked at the delivery to eke out a healthy edge to the keeper. Shai Hope c Nevill b Hazlewood 9(17)

97.1 - Lyon to Ramdin, 1 run, ah, that was close to the leg slip. Plonked his front foot forward and tucked it to backward square leg to bring up his fifty

91.2 - Lyon to Ramdin, no run, lous, loud appeal to invite a review. Ramdin wanted to sweep it brutally out of the park, missed the shot and was struck on his pad. Looked outside the line and the third umpire confirmed the same

29.3 - Mitchell Marsh to Kraigg Brathwaite, 2 runs, full toss on Brathwaite's pads, clipped through square leg for a brace, brings up Brathwaite's fifty, excellent knock - on the first morning of a Test

11.5 - Lyon to Kraigg Brathwaite, 1 run, eventful ball. An airy inside edge and then a run out chance missed. The ball is coming out nicely from Lyon's hands. Bowls it slow and flights it up deliciously, Brathwaite wasn't fully forward and ekes out an inside edge and ricochets behind periliously close to the stumps. The short fine leg fielder runs in and has a shy at the stumps but Brathwaite was well in at the non-striker's end

32.1 - Kraigg Brathwaite to Warner, FOUR, not all that short but Warner sunk low to make it appeat like that. Let out the pull and earned a boundary to deep mid-wicket

26.2 - Brathwaite to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, banged in and the pitch robs all the venom off it. Sits up nicely for Marsh to pull it off the front foot to backward square leg

17.1 - Warrican to Warner, FOUR, short and Warner murders it. Fleet-footedly backs away to create the width and flashes it through extra-cover

16.5 - Brathwaite to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, sliced behind point. Back of a length outside off, Marsh's bottom hand comes off as he reaches out away from the body, but middles it and away she goes past the diving fielder

15.2 - Warrican to Burns, FOUR, hoisted away. Opens his stance to open up the off-side. There is sufficient flight to get underneath and he lofts it inside out beautifully

15.0 - Roach to Burns, FOUR, nozzled behind point. So loves that area. Full just outside off, lunges forward and beside the ball, unfurls those wrists to drive it behind square on the off-side

14.1 - Roach to Warner, FOUR, thumped down to the long-on fence. There is no one at all in that region. Warner picks it from outside off, closes the bat-face and airily jabs it through mid-on. Trickles away

11.1 - Warrican to Warner, FOUR, where do you bowl? Just where. Tossed up and turning in towards off, reverses his stance and cracks the sweep past backward point

10.3 - Roach to Burns, FOUR, and he's made an absolute mockery of my previous ball description. Picks the bones out of this one. Short ball outside off, you don't bowl there, not to these Brisbane lads. Transfers his weight on the back foot and wallops the pull through mid-wicket

8.4 - Roach to Warner, FOUR, he can go on and on .. And on and on and on. Pitch it up to him and you're asking for trouble. Moves forward, his front foot not going to the line of the ball but against it, and creams the drive straight of mid-off

6.2 - Jerome Taylor to Warner, FOUR, wingardium leviosa! Full outside off and it's been levitated over mid-off with a slap. Then stands and follows the path of the ball as it rolls away

5.3 - Holder to Warner, FOUR, and follows it up with finesse. Holder pulled his length back as a riposte, Warner pulls his weight back and glides it behind point. Raced away despite a sluggish outfield

5.2 - Holder to Warner, FOUR, aww, man this bloke is something else. Just look at him churn up those solid punches. Now off the front foot. Nowhere near a half-volley, perfectly on a good length outside off, Warner moves across to get beside it and pastes it through extra-cover

4.2 - Jerome Taylor to Burns, FOUR, runs against the bowler's name, but geez, wasn't it a goodie! Opened Burns up completely. Length ball which moved away against the angle on off, Burns is moved inside-out looking for a flat-footed defence, catches a thick edge and dribbles past the cordon

3.2 - Holder to Warner, FOUR, oh my! That's been shoveled. Fraction full and wide of off, Warner almost walks towards it and slams it straight past the bowler. It rocketed towards the boundary

2.1 - Jerome Taylor to Warner, FOUR, Warner is rumbling. He really is. Pitched up and angled into the channel just outside off, moves forward with back knee bent and looks to blast the off-drive, only manages a thick inside edge which whirs past leg-stump. Rolls away to the fine leg fence

0.2 - Jerome Taylor to Warner, FOUR, oh he's away. Fraction short outside off and it's assaulted through the cover-point region. Moves across on the back foot and slashes it along the carpet

11.5 - Warrican to Warner, SIX, buckle up fellas! Warner is gonna take us for a ride. Sits on his back knee, gets it on a perfect length and slaughters the slog-sweep away. 5, 10, 15 rows back

11.3 - Warrican to Warner, SIX, fifty for Dave! Sees the flight, his mind churns and he clouts it high and mighty over deep mid-wicket. Ferocious hit

32.0 - Warrican to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught by Blackwood!! And he perishes in trying to do a Warner. This aggression is contagious, I tell you. Flighted delivery on middle, Marsh wants to take full monty out of it. Gets down on his knees and slog-sweeps it only to eke out a top-edge. Slipper moves to his left and cages it in his palms. Mitchell Marsh c Blackwood b Warrican 21(63) [4s-2]

16.0 - Warrican to Burns, out Caught by Roach!! Oh relief. No other emotion. Just plain, simple relief. Burns dances down, doesn't quite get underneath his lofted on-drive, and hits it towards mid-on. Roach times his leap well and cups it in front of his face. Burns c Roach b Warrican 26(41) [4s-4]

30.2 - Kraigg Brathwaite to Warner, 1 run, Holder is down on the ground. He has just dropped Warner. And off a full toss. Warner slashed hard at it, failed to keep it down and Holder, at mid-off, got a hand to it but more with an intent to save himself. Brutally hit and Warner reaps rewards with a dropped catch

27.5 - Warrican to Warner, 3 runs, here it is. Warner's has another century and it's the fastest ever at the SCG. What a bloke! Top knock to give the spattering of people to take something home. Keeps knocking runs like turning the pages of a book. The ball was down leg, Warner gets low and nudges it behind square. Umpire had his doubts regarding the wood there but eventually gave in seeing the fist pumps and the airy celebrations. Replays confirmed an inside edge on the pads