- Australia held up by rain, West Indies batsmen

Garth Wattley in St John’s

For two sessions yesterday, moisture would not leave the turf at the US$22 million Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here.

For four-and-a-half hours, Ricky Ponting’s Australia side could make no progress in the Second Digicel Test match.

And when the actual cricket was concluded for the day, the Aussies were still being held up.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (55, six fours) and Dwayne Bravo (29, one four, two sixes) made up for the loss of …..