Dogged skipper Kraigg Brathwaite scored an unbeaten 101 Saturday to guide West Indies resistance as they chase 498 to win the primary Test towards Australia after Marnus Labuschagne joined uncommon firm in making a double and single century. The house facet declared at lunch on day 4 in Perth after reaching 182-2 to go together with their first innings 598-4, having bowled out the Caribbean nation for 283. The in-form Labuschagne belted an unbeaten 104 to go along with his first innings 204 — solely the eighth participant to attain the 200-100 feat in the identical Test, becoming a member of the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara and Kumar Sangakkara.

In reply, the West Indies battled to 192-3 at stumps, nonetheless 306 runs behind, with Kyle Mayers but to attain alongside Brathwaite.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul (45), Shamarh Brooks (11) and Jermaine Blackwood (24) had been the wickets to fall.

In a blow for Australia, skipper and tempo spearhead Pat Cummins didn’t bowl after experiencing thigh soreness.

Openers Brathwaite and Chanderpaul had been cautious with 154 overs to get via for an unlikely draw, irritating Australia.

The skilled Brathwaite introduced up his 5,000th Test run with a boundary off Cameron Green earlier than finishing a second successive 50 after his first innings 64.

Chanderpaul was dropped on 42 with the ball slipping out of Mitchell Starc‘s fingers at full stretch within the deep after he hooked Green.

But the speedster shortly made amends when he bowled the son of West Indies nice Shivnarine Chanderpaul to snap a harmful 116-run stand.

Nathan Lyon‘s spin accounted for Brooks, a concussion substitute for Nkrumah Bonner, with Steve Smith taking the catch at slip after an edge, after which Blackwood for twenty-four with Labuschagne the protected pair of arms.

But Brathwaite was unmovable and introduced up his eleventh Test century off 157 balls to maintain his staff’s hopes alive.

Intimidating

Australia resumed at 29-1 with David Warner, who started on 17, the one wicket to fall, out for 48.

Labuschagne confidently constructed on his in a single day three to succeed in a ninth Test century with Smith, who hit an unbeaten 200 within the first innings, not out 20.

In a setback for the West Indies, Mayers was unable to bowl with a proper shoulder pressure and Kemar Roach went off with a hamstring damage,

But the tempo of Alzarri Joseph and Jason Holder proved intimidating.

Labuschagne edged a six off Joseph earlier than an enormous let-off subsequent supply when a brutal brief ball flew off his bat onto the facet of his helmet and he was caught.

But a no-ball was known as as he made his means off the sphere, with the batsman present process a concussion test earlier than persevering with on 19.

Warner and Labuschagne weathered the storm till spinner Roston Chase ended their 81-run partnership, with the veteran opener caught by Brooks at brief leg.

With runs flowing freely, Labuschagne powered to his century, from simply 109 balls, and a slice of historical past to depart the West Indies with an enormous activity to save lots of the sport.

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