I was going to call it, Strong but not dominant, Australia's performance on Day 1 of this Test, but looking at that scorecard, I think maybe my view was tainted by the coverage I saw of the late overs. The West Indies certainly didn't seem dejected, but with a score of 4 for 301, maybe that is only a matter of time.
Dwayne Bravo was certainly up - putting pressure on the batsman, doing quite a bit with the ball, and eventually earning his reward with Punter's wicket to a blinder of a catch by debutante Brenton Parchment - a great dive, with the reaction time of a slips catch. So to produce something like that, late in the day to a batsman on 150+ is something! But you wonder...Mitchell Johnson has been sent in, he'll most likely come out swinging, Hodge is known for going on with it, should he scrape passed the ton, and there is still Roy, Haddin and even Lee to come. So it could quite possibly be a 500+ total.
The time difference from Melbourne to the Caribbean makes it awkward to watch a great deal of Cricket, but with the Cats taking on Collingwood tonight, a few quiet bourbons could easily see me slide straight on into some Test cricket, as I celebrate yet another smashing of the Pies at the hands of my Catters. Bring it on!
Correction - Brenton Parchment is playing his second Test.
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D'Oh - the Cats were woeful, smashed by the Pies, and I am now watching the cricket I recorded as there was no way I felt like staying up after that.
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