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A Bravo innings

Dwayne Bravo scored a fighting century and shared in the West Indies8217; second-highest seventh-wicket partnership to defy Australia8217;...

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Dwayne Bravo scored a fighting century and shared in the West Indies8217; second-highest seventh-wicket partnership to defy Australia8217;s bid for a quick kill in the second Test at Bellerive Oval here today.

Bravo and fellow Trinidadian Dinesh Ramdin combined in a spirited 182-run stand to force Australia to chase a Frank Worrell Trophy series victory on tomorrow8217;s final day after they had looked poised to sweep to an innings victory.

Bravo was out shortly before stumps for his highest Test score of 113, bowled by Shane Warne as he charged down the wicket to belt the wrist-spinner, who finished with 4-112.

The West Indies were all out for 334 in the last over, leaving the Australians the task of scoring 78 runs for victory tomorrow.

The record partnership was broken when Ramdin was out inside the final hour edging Stuart MacGill to Warne low down at slip for his highest Test score of 71 in 225 minutes off 190 balls.

Only the world record seventh-wicket stand of 347 by Dennis Atkinson and Clairmont Depeiza against Australia in Bridgetown in 1954-55 ranks higher than Bravo-Ramdin8217;s epic effort for the West Indies.

Their near four-hour resistance followed the body blow of losing champion batsman Brian Lara in contentious circumstances before lunch.

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Bravo, 22, born in the same village as Lara, scored his second century in his eighth Test match after being overlooked for the first Gabba Test where the tourists were thrashed by 379 runs.

Brief scores

West Indies: 149 and 334 R Sarwan 32, B Lara 45, M Samuels 29, D Bravo 113, Ramdin 71; McGrath 2/29, Lee 2/99, Warne 4/112, MacGill 2/69 vs Australia: 406

 

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