 Yeah, the producers say that it is fantastic Friday and that only happens when we have good news from West Indies cricket because they have a slight lead with nine wickets in hand heading into the third day of the pink ball test against Australia. The wind is lead by 35 runs after ending the day on 13 for one in their second innings following a surprise declaration by the Aussies earlier in the day. Gerard Marseille has the recap of day two. Kevin Sinclair alongside a new partner, Kymar Roche, walking to the middle intent on adding to the wind is his overnight score of eight for 266. The debutant was unrattled by the Aussie bowlers, taking the role of aggressor in his 31 run partnership with Roche. But Roche's resilience innings would come to an end when a mix of hubbund between the peer and he was run out with a score nine for 297. However, the Guyanese reached a milestone in fine style. Even better this time around. That's a beauty and not only that, but for Sinclair. Nathan Lyon got his man the very next ball to dismiss the wind is for three hundred and eleven the first time in five innings. They passed the three hundred run mark against Australia. Steve Smith and Usman Kuwaja could not have been prepared for what was about to happen. Kymar Roche and Azari Joseph got the ball rolling, taking a wicket each in their first over. The two both lethally and Australia soon found themselves reeling at the dinner break at four for 24 when the rose delivered a golden duck to track his head. Four for 24 became five for 54 when Azari Joseph repelled that Mitchell Marseille's effort. Luckily for the home team, ICC test player of the year, Usman Kuwaja was still at the crease. I was able to reconstruct the innings. Alex Carey took a counter-attacking approach to put some pressure back on the windies. He was aggressive, striking boundary after boundary in his 96 run partnership with Kuwaja, bringing up his half century in just 38 deliveries. Shamar Joseph would be the one to end his onslaught. Aggression being Carey's ultimate demise, Australia, six for 150. The other Joseph, Azari, took Australia to tee at seven for one 61 with the wicket of Mitchell Stark, but Kuwaja was still there frustrating the windies bowlers, his patience rewarded with a house entry after the interval. 50 for Usman Kuwaja, his 26th in-test cricket. I love him in Queensland, he's keeping innings together with Usman. This captain Pat Cummings picked up where Carey left off. There was a sense of a possible declaration when the pier changed gears. Cummings and Kuwaja together put on an 81 run partnership for the eighth wicket, and even after the opener departed for top score 75, Cummings pushed on for his first test 50 in almost six years. The declaration speculation was indeed accurate when Cummings said he had enough after Azari got his fourth wicket, removing Nathan Lyon. Australia declaring on nine for 289, 22 runs behind the visitors. West Indies opener is Tejnorei Shandapoal and Craig Brathwit had just about 10 overs to survive the day, but taking the same approach as the first innings was there on doing, Shandapoal gone off the review for Caught Behind. Australia clawing their way back into the game, West Indies in a day two on one for 13, a lead of 35 runs. A lead of 35 runs heading into the third day of this second and final test against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane. And Lancet Mariah, what a performance from this inexperienced at West Indies side so far. They have played brilliantly. We saw the bowling quality from the first test, but in the first innings, the batting also came to the party. And what we have after two days is an unexpected contest. Yeah, I'm so happy that, you know, they win these players, of course, despite going to Australia and, you know, being seen as underdogs, being described as on the strengths, be all odds against them. I think, you know, the West Indies players after leaving Australia would have to leave with their heads held high, despite the overall results. For me, Ricardo, I expected worse results. I have to say, like, as much as I try to be very positive and optimistic, where cricket is concerned, especially for me, just all the odds were against the windy steam. I have to say, I'm very, very impressed with the debutants. Of course, Kevin Sinclair, Shamar, Joseph, they have really, really stepped up. And for me, they've even, they've played cricket like what I would have expected from the senior players, to be honest. You know, Kevin Sinclair batting at that number and then putting up a respectable 50 to help the total go to 300. It was a total 300. 311, yeah. Yeah, 311. So for me, it's as if, you know, these players have understood the assignment and they have taken the opportunity with both hands and I'm very proud of them. Yeah, you know what? And when a team is showing the kind of fight that this young West Indies team is showing, you have to look at their team management and so on, because it's obvious that Coach Andre Coley and the team management is doing a good job keeping them mentally attuned to their jobs. Because although they lost the first test inside three days, there were aspects of their performance in the first test that belied the fact that the game ended inside three days. And in fact, on the result sheet, it looks like an embarrassing loss, but they bowled reasonably well and it was the batting that failed them. And now they're batting better than they did in the first test, bowling as well as they did in the first test. And this is a very encouraging performance here from this West Indies team. Yeah, of course, a lot has been made of the declaration from Pat Cummings. Two hundred and eighty nine for nine, a friend of mine called me this morning and she said, I don't understand. Why would they declare when they are behind? And I saw to explain a few reasons, I think one of them being that the thinking is that the new ball, the new pink ball at night will move around a lot more and there will be opportunities to get wickets. And I think Pat Cummings was thinking if you can get two, three wickets before the close of play in the 10 overs, then that will be a significant advantage for the Australians. Maybe more of an advantage than getting another 10, 15, even 20 runs to get closer to the 311 made by the West Indies. I must admit that I also thought to myself, Lance and Mariah, that the decision was also made because in it is a hint of disrespect. I think so. In it as well, I must admit that is a suggestion that listen, we feel that despite the fact that this test match has been so competitive, we are still significantly better than the West Indies team. And I say that, meaning if Australia were taking on India, that's not a declaration I think they would have made in that situation. But I think given all the circumstances, it's not a bad one. It was an aggressive move. And I can't complain about aggressive moves like that in Test Cricket. Plus, there's rain in the forecast and so they might have been mindful of that as well. I don't believe that it is uncharacteristic of Australia to make a decision like this. That's how they play cricket. They're a bold team. And I take the point that they are confident enough against their opposition to do it. But I think they could have made this kind of decision even against a stronger team than the West Indies, because that's how they play cricket. I take the point they may not have done it against India. Which is why I reference India, Lance, because when you say stronger teams, West Indies is at the bottom of the barrel. So I think I almost said Bangladesh, but I'm not going to do that. But there are other teams that are not significantly stronger than the West Indies. Those are the teams I suspect you are talking about, but they definitely wouldn't do it against the lives of India or South Africa in top form or England in top form. I don't think they would do it against those teams. It is not unlike them to make a decision like that as far as they... It's not the first time I've seen Australia do this, declaring even on a deficit, because based on the state of the game, they want to put themselves in as best of a chance to win the game. And the fact is that they were expecting that they could have taken maybe two or three wickets before the close-up play. They only got one. So their experiment was only partially successful. Anyway, it was a good day for the young West Indies as they scored a crucial win in the Under-19 World Cup at Pottrest Room in South Africa, the Caribbean side, held their nerve to beat top of the table England by two wickets in their Group B encounter. Player of the match, Nathan Edward, took three for 28 to help dismiss the English youth for 192, led by Hasma Shayk, sub-54, before scoring an on-beat in 49 he did to get the winness to 198 for eight with nine overs to spare. Skipper, Stefan Pascal, top-scored with 58. And a good win here by the West Indies on the 19s. The England team are actually leaders of Group B, as we said. And I'm continuing to be impressed by this young West Indies team. They have a lot of quality and they're playing with a lot of confidence. And I'm hoping that they'll go far in this tournament. Yeah, and what I liked is it. With the bat, there was a combination of players stepping up. We had Stefan Pascal getting 58, Jordan Johnson with 31, Nathan Edward, 49, not out. So for me, again, you're seeing intent. And of course, with the batsmen, you feel as if the runs can come from anywhere. And I like when that happens in a squad where you don't really have to depend on one person to score runs. So that for me was a really positive sign. I know Ricardo, you had some reservations with how they were dismissed. Was it bad? Yeah, of course. This team has been bowling well. The team has been fielding well, ground feeling, and they have been catching well as well. I still, that's a brilliant catch. One of quite a few in this innings. I still have my concerns, though, about how they approach a number of these run chases. I have my concerns about the fact that batsmen keep getting starts and not pushing on. With good reason, yeah. And getting out softly, that's an area, soft dismissals. So that is disappointing for me. And I just feel that when you play the likes of Australia and New Zealand, who have so far been excellent at this tournament, you can't be giving away your wickets like that. You can't always depend on your number six, seven, eight, nine, and 10 batsmen to get the job done for you. But you are right, Lance. This is a high quality team with a lot of talent. I just feel that they can be a lot more pragmatic, especially when it comes on to the batting in how they approach their innings. And I don't think we could disagree with the point, Ricardo, because a lot of the dismissals, especially from the top order batsmen, have been soft dismissals. And the victories that they have had so far and even the defeat that they suffered against the whole South Africa, the top performers with a bat were middle and lower batters. So the top order batsmen, saved from the captain Pascal, who got a half century today, haven't really delivered in the way that we expect them to. But you know what? I like to look at the other side of the coin and suggest that it is to come. They haven't done it yet, but the business end of the tournament is still to come. So I'm expecting the top order batsmen to come good when they need to. But I like the confidence that they're playing with. And I know some of the dismissals have been soft, but some of the dismissals have been soft because they're playing with so much confidence. But you are right, Ricardo. There's a thin line line, that's what I get what you're saying. There's a thin line between recklessness and confidence. And one of the things I don't want them to get any habit of doing is what our senior players would have done previously. Like you play as if you're playing T20 cricket or 50 over cricket. And I'm saying T20 because I don't want to even push it to 50 over. Well, they're playing T20 cricket, that's part of the problem. In my estimation, at least. But let me say that I'm right. Today was a massive victory. We can't underestimate how massive it was to beat an informed England team in the way that they did. As I said, the bowling performance was high-quality. The fielding was exceptional, and you have to give them credit. I also want to point out quickly in terms of the change in format for this tournament because we're accustomed to four groups, top two advancing to the quarterfinals, and then you get knockout, quarterfinal, semi-final matches into the final. This time, top three teams advance. You have a super six-phase, two groups of six. You carry forward the points for the teams who advance from the first round of the competition. So you have two groups of six, and the top two from each of those groups advance to the semi-finals of the competition. So the West Indies are through to the super six-phase, and they will carry forward two points to that stage as well, like England will, and quite likely, like South Africa will. And we are, of course, presuming that they will beat Scotland in the final group game. Yeah, and I just want to say before we close the segment that I quite like the fact that some of the top performers in this Western is on the 19 team, as we have been seeing in recent cycles, are from the Eastern Caribbean. Young Nathan Edwards from St. Martin. This is his second consecutive on the 19 World Cup. The first player from St. Martin to go to two World Cups in the on the 19s, of course. Casey Carty, who helped the West Indies win in 2016, was the first. And really, Joel Andrew from Antigone, Barbuda, has been the star performer so far. So I quite like the fact that a lot of the top performers in this setup are from the Eastern Caribbean and not from the traditional TNT, Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, and so on. So I like the fact that there is this spread that we are seeing now among our young talented teenagers in the Caribbean with players coming from the Windwards and Leeward Islands. 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