Australia go into day four looking for quick runs to give themselves enough time to take 10 West Indies wickets inside the final two days of the first Test at Perth Stadium.
Australia will resume at 1-29 in their second innings with a lead of 344 runs, with David Warner (17*) and Marnus Labuschagne (3*) at the crease.
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The West Indies fought hard early in their first innings, but lost all 10 wickets on day two, including a 6 for 38 late collapse to be all out for 283.
Openers Tagenarine Chanderpaul (51) and skipper Kraigg Brathwaite (64) top scored for the tourists, but apart from Jermaine Blackwood (36) and Shamarh Brooks (33) there wasn’t much to write home about in the West Indies’ batting order.
Nkrumah Bonner had to be retired hurt after being struck by a Cameron Green bouncer and was replaced by Brooks.
Pat Cummins took 3 for 34 including his 200th Test wicket to make Australia the first team to field four bowlers with over 200 Test wickets.
Mitchell Starc edged closer to the 300 mark with 3 for 51, while Nathan Lyon had two and Hazlewood and Green one a piece as the bowlers shared the spoils.
Cummins chose not to enforce the follow-on and give his bowlers a rest, but he will need to time the declaration right to give his bowlers enough time to take 10 wickets on days four and five.
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TEAMS
Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitch Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
West Indies XI: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Nkrumah Bonner, Jermaine Blackwood, Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva, Roston Chase, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales
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