Good for West Indies. Their bowling attack is weak. All they can depend on is to have strong batting line up against Lee, Gillispe and McGrath. Return of Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the 3rd Test Match squad is a good sign. Also, Jermaine Lawson, who couldn’t play in the 2nd Test 'cause of chicken pox is back as well.
It looks as if the level and standard of Cricket should improve for the Third Test with both sides getting players back into their sides but I think Glenn’s return could spark a bit of attention. I wonder who’s place is he gonna take?
Aussies 6-wicket victory in a warm-up match.
Australia in West Indies, 2002/03
University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI v Australians
Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
26,27,28 April 2003 (3-day match)
**University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI 1st innings
CH Gayle c Noffke b MacGill 129** :k:
*PA Wallace b McGrath 4
**JAM Haynes c Williams b McGrath 58**
D Balgobin c Waugh b MacGill 1
RL Powell st Maher b MacGill 7
MC Clarke c Hogg b MacGill 0
DE Bernard c Bichel b MacGill 28
+MG Sinclair c Love b Hogg 5
CO Obuya lbw b Hogg 17
CD Collymore not out 10
AP Richardson c Maher b Hogg 1
**Extras (b 3, lb 13, nb 14) 30
Total (all out, 71 overs, 344 mins) 290**
FoW: 1-5, 2-200, 3-212, 4-215, 5-221, 6-226, 7-236, 8-264, 9-275,
10-290.
Bowling O M R W
McGrath 11 0 41 2
Williams 8 0 28 0
Noffke 12 0 61 0 (11nb)
Hogg 23 5 94 3
**MacGill 13 2 40 5 (3nb)**
Clarke 4 0 10 0
**Australians 1st innings
JL Langer lbw b Powell 96
+JP Maher c Collymore b Obuya 142** :k:
ML Love c Powell b Obuya 10
*SR Waugh c Sinclair b Collymore 46
MJ Clarke c Gayle b Collymore 8
GB Hogg c Wallace b Powell 18
AJ Bichel not out 17
**Extras (b 2, lb 5, nb 14) 21
Total (6 wickets dec, 91.3 overs, 392 mins) 358**
DNB: BA Williams, AA Noffke, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.
FoW: 1-202, 2-251, 3-277, 4-303, 5-332, 6-358.
Bowling O M R W
Collymore 22 8 54 2 (4nb)
Richardson 18 2 60 0
Bernard 12 0 54 0 (4nb)
Obuya 15 1 77 2 (6nb)
Gayle 10 0 40 0
Powell 14.3 1 66 2
**University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI 2nd innings**
CH Gayle run out 0
***PA Wallace c Maher b MacGill 53**
JAM Haynes b Williams 2
D Balgobin c Bichel b MacGill 26
RL Powell c Langer b Hogg 14
MC Clarke c Love b MacGill 0
DE Bernard c MacGill b Hogg 19
+MG Sinclair st Maher b MacGill 1
CO Obuya lbw b MacGill 0
AP Richardson not out 25
CD Collymore b McGrath 0
**Extras (b 10, lb 1, nb 11) 22
Total (all out, 37 overs, 164 mins) 162**
FoW: 1-0, 2-28, 3-93, 4-113, 5-113, 6-113, 7-126, 8-126, 9-160,
10-162.
Bowling O M R W
McGrath 8 1 22 1 (3nb)
Bichel 4 2 7 0
Williams 3 0 7 1 (1nb)
**MacGill 12 4 45 5 (2nb)**
Noffke 5 0 36 0 (5nb)
Hogg 5 1 34 2 (1nb)
**Australians 2nd innings (target: 95 runs)**
*SR Waugh c Sinclair b Gayle 1
AJ Bichel c Haynes b Balgobin 17
ML Love b Richardson 15
**MJ Clarke st Sinclair b Obuya 47**
AA Noffke not out 7
GB Hogg not out 4
**Extras (nb 4) 4
Total (4 wickets, 21.2 overs, 108 mins) 95**
DNB: JL Langer, +JP Maher, BA Williams, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.
FoW: 1-5, 2-28, 3-72, 4-86.
Bowling O M R W
Richardson 8 2 31 1
Gayle 3 1 7 1
Balgobin 3 1 15 1
Powell 3 0 18 0
Obuya 4.2 0 24 1 (4nb)
Jermaine Lawson was about to have a hat-trick as Steve Waugh declared the Austrilian inning on 605 for 9. Nice move, Waugh.