Hussey and Pattinson keep Aussies in control

An 89 run partnership between Mike Hussey and James Pattinson ensured Australia remained in control at the end of the second day of the second Test against the West Indies on Monday. Hussey (73) and Pattinson (32) helped push the tourists, who are 1-0 up in the three-match series, to 311 all out as the West Indies finished the day on 49 for three, still trailing by 262 runs at Queen's Park Oval.

But Kemar Roach insisted the West Indies were still very much in the match. “We're big boys. We're big men,” said the seamer.

“So we're a bit behind, but so it goes in cricket. We can come back. We will come back tomorrow and play cricket the way we want to play cricket.” Hussey top-scored for Australia before falling to Narsingh Deonarine.

Rain arrived shortly before lunch, just after Hussey had brought up his fifty, and Australia added 59 runs for the loss of one wicket before lunch to take the score to 267 for six.

The showers became heavier and another 100 minutes were lost which will mean early starts for the remainder of the Test.

Hussey admitted the wicket was hard to bat on.

“The odd one is spinning a lot. The odd one is staying low. The odd one is bouncing a bit. So, again, you can't trust the conditions, you can't trust the pitch to go through with your shots,” he said.

After the extended break, the West Indian team appeared to be getting more and more frustrated as Hussey and Pattinson were batting with confidence although deliveries were still regularly passing the edge.

“I think the times I got most angry with him was when he started to chase the ball and went for those big wild ones outside off stump,” said Hussey.

AFP

S C O R E C A R D

	Australia 1st innings

D. Warner c Sammy b Shillingford 	 29
E. Cowan lbw b Roach 			 28
S. Watson c Barath b Shillingford . 	 56
R. Ponting c Sammy b Roach 		 07
M. Clarke c Shillingford b Deonarine . 	 45
M. Hussey c Brathwaite b Deonarine 	 73
M. Wade c Bravo b Roach 		 11
J. Pattinson c Bravo b Shillingford 	 32
B. Hilfenhaus b Roach 			 05
N. Lyon not out . 			 07
M. Beer lbw b Roach 			 02
Extras (b5, lb5, w1, nb5) 		 16
Total (all out; 135 overs) 		311

Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Warner), 2-65 (Cowan), 3-83 (Ponting), 4-167 
		(Clarke), 5-178 (Watson), 6-208 (Wade), 7-297 (Hussey), 8-297 
		(Pattinson), 9-309 (Hilfenhaus), 10-311 (Beer)

Bowling: Edwards 23-11-45-0 (1nb), Roach 27-5-105-5 (1w,3nb), Sammy 
		16-6-27-0, Shillingford 49-17-92-3 (1nb), Deonarine 20-6-32-2

		West Indies 1st innings

A. Barath lbw b Beer . 			 07
K. Brathwaite lbw b Hilfenhaus . 	 00
K. Powell lbw b Pattinson 		 19
D. Bravo not out . 			 16
S. Chanderpaul not out . 		 01
Extras (nb6) 				 06
Total (3 wickets in; 25.3 overs) 	 49

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Brathwaite), 2-26 (Barath), 3-38 (Powell) 

Bowling: Beer 9.3-5-22-1, Hilfenhaus 5-3-12-1, Lyon 8-4-9-0, Pattinson 
		3-2-6-1