Live Cricket Score of West Indies vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 1 at Kingston, Jamaica

Having secured a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in three days in the opening Test against West Indies at Windsor Park, Australia will be looking to continue in the same vein at Sabina Park. They will look to clinch the series 2-0 and head to England with a lot of confidence ahead of the Ashes. Australia were by far the better team and exposed West Indies' chinks in all departments in the first Test. The hosts will be eager to make up for their below-par performance by showing better discipline in all aspects of their game when they face off against the formidable tourists in Kingston, Jamaica in the final game of the series.

Riding on a superb ton on debut by Adam Voges and a fine show by the pacers, Australia came up with a near-perfect performance in the first game. However, they do have some concerns which they would like to address before leaving the Caribbean soil. Barring Voges, none of the batsmen got going in the first innings, and if not for the debutant's unbeaten 130, West Indies could well have made things more challenging for Australia. Most of the dismissals were because of poor strokes and Michael Clarke will be hoping that the batsmen show better application and come up with useful contributions.

Devendra Bishoo's six-wicket haul in the first innings and fighting half-centuries by Shane Dowrich and Marlon Samuels in the second essay were the only bright spots in what was otherwise a disappointing performance from the hosts. Skittled out for a mere 148 in the first innings, West Indies were already playing catch-up from Day 1. The exclusion of Shivnarine Chanderpaul meant that the Caribbean team did not have an experienced batsman in the middle order. West Indies will be expecting the batsmen to pull up their socks and prove that they are capable of staying at the middle for longer periods. If they fail to do so, another one-sided contest is on the cards, even if the home-team bowlers show a lot of fight like they did in the first Test.

West Indies skipper Denesh Ramdin won the toss and decided to bowl first. The hosts made three changes - Marlon Samuels, Devendra Bishoo and Shannon Gabriel made way for debutant Rajendra Chandrika, Veerasammy Permaul and Kemar Roach. Australia went in with an unchanged eleven.

Teams:

West Indies (Playing XI): Kraigg Brathwaite, Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Shane Dowrich, Rajindra Chandrika, Jermaine Blackwood, Denesh Ramdin(w/c), Jason Holder, Jerome Taylor, Veerasammy Permaul, Kemar Roach

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith, Michael Clarke(c), Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin(w), Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

The 23rd over was a productive one for Australia as Smith took the attack to Permaul, scoring three boundaries off the left-arm spinner. Taylor returned to bowl one over after lunch and he bowled yet another maiden to finish with figures of 6-6-0-2 at the break. Australia were 91/2 with Clarke unbeaten on 35 and Smith on 38 not out.

Australia suffered an early setback as David Warner departed in the opening over without scoring. Jerome Taylor's delivery took off from short of a length, surprising Warner, who tried get out of the way but ended up edging it to Shai Hope at third slip.

Shaun Marsh got off the mark by driving a low full toss from Kemar Roach to the cover boundary in the second over. Steven Smith played ten dot deliveries before scoring his first runs by flicking Roach to the mid-wicket fence in the fourth over. The pair were looking set to build a partnership when Taylor struck again, sending back Marsh in the fifth over. Bowling from round the wicket, he got one to swing in to Marsh (11) sharply and rapped him on the pads.

The pitch was assisting the pace bowlers and the West Indian quicks were moving the ball both ways, beating the batsmen several times. While Roach was doing a good job, keeping the batsmen in check, the Australians found Taylor, who bowled five maidens in a row, even harder to contend with. Ramdin decided to give Taylor some rest and brought back Roach for the 11th over. The bowler caught the ball when Clarke got a leading edge while trying to play a flick. However, Roach for in for a disappointment as he had overstepped, allowing the Australian skipper to resume.

Three fours came in the 12th over when Holder conceded four byes before being hit for back-to-back boundaries by Clarke. Smith, who was off strike for two overs, got an outside edge in the 13th over off Roach, but the ball landed short of the slip fielders and travelled to the third-man boundary. In the same over, Clarke played and missed before deciding to go over long-off for the first six of the match. Smith then managed a boundary off Permaul in the spinner's first over to take Australia past 50. Clarke hit a six off the left-arm spinner in the 16th over while Smith scored a couple off Roach in the next to bring up the half-century stand.