Nathan Lyon claims 100th home test wicket as Australia spin Windies into trouble
Kraigg Brathwaite, with 85, one of few shining lights for tourists as they battle to 207 for six at stumps on rain-hit opening day of third cricket test
Nathan Lyon claimed his 100th test cricket wicket in Australia with the dismissal of top-scoring opener Kraigg Brathwaite late on the opening day of the rain-hit third test against the West Indies in Sydney on Sunday.
Brathwaite had defied Australia’s bowlers and two rain delays before he gave away his wicket late in the day to Lyon for 85.
I’m pretty proud of that. It’s a pretty big achievement for myself
Brathwaite, one of the few shining lights in a dismal Windies tour with 94 in the first Hobart test, was in sight of his fifth test century before he fell to Lyon.
It gave the Australia off-spinner his 100th test wicket in Australia and 184th scalp overall.
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At the close, after 75 overs were squeezed in around two lengthy rain interruptions, the West Indies were 207 for six with Denesh Ramdin on 23 and Carlos Brathwaite belting two sixes and four fours in his unbeaten 35 after winning the toss.