DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite and Anthony Alleyne stroked centuries as West Indies Under-19s surged ahead of Australia Under-19s on the second day of their three-day “Test” here yesterday.
Skipper Brathwaite kept up the prolific scoring that has been the feature of his short career with an unbeaten 168 while Alleyne hit 106, to push their side to 426 for eight declared in response to Australia’s first innings of 350 at the at the ICC Global Cricket Academy.
At the close, Australia were 54 without loss, still 22 runs behind with all their second innings wickets in tact.
Resuming the day at their overnight 81 for two, West Indies benefitted from a 183-run third wicket stand between Brathwaite and Alleyne as they dominated the Aussie bowlers.
Brathwaite, unbeaten on 28 at the start, stroked 20 fours and a six off 293 balls while the left-handed Alleyne, not out on 23 overnight, hammered 18 fours off 136 balls.
When Alleyne departed, bowled by right-arm pacer Jacob Judd, the right-handed Brathwaite added a further 81 for the fourth wicket with Kavem Hodge who stroked an enterprising run-a-ball 46 with six fours and a six.
The partnership put West Indies in sight of first innings lead but when Hodge and Kyle Mayers (0) fell with just five runs added, Australia looked to be back in the fray.
Brathwaite remained resolute, however, and stitched up the innings in a 64-run, sixth wicket partnership with Justin Greaves who hit 41 from 46 balls with three fours.
Following the declaration, any hopes of making early inroads into the Australian innings were quickly dispelled as openers Meyrick Buchanan (28 not out) and Sam Truloff (24 not out) saw the Aussies to the safety of the close.
SCOREBOARD
AUSTRALIA U19 1st Innings 350
WEST INDIES UNDER-19s 1st Innings
(overnight 81 for two)
*K Brathwaite not out 168
R Beaton c Gotch b McMahon 10
A Saunders lbw b Judd 14
A Alleyne not out b Judd 106
K Hodge c wkp Peirson b Scott 46
K Mayers run out 0
J Greaves c Truloff b McMahon 41
D Davis st Peirson b Simonds 5
+S Katwaroo c Bancroft b Simonds 9
D Nelson not out 13
Extras (b6, lb1, w6, nb1) 14
TOTAL (8 wkts dec; 96 overs) 426
Did not bat: R Beaton, A Khan
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Campbell), 2-44 (Saunders), 3-227 (Alleyne), 4-308 (Hodge), 5-313 (Mayers), 6-377 (Greaves), 7-386 (Davis), 8-400 (Katwaroo).
Bowling: Scott 20-5-75-1, Judd 18-2-64-2, McMahon 15-2-57-2, Buchanan 16-3-73-0, Simonds 26-2-144-2, Stevens 1-0-6-0.
AUSTRALIA U19 2nd Innings
M Buchanan not out 28
S Truloff not out 24
Extras (lb2)
TOTAL (without loss, 19 overs) 54
Bowling: Greaves 3-1-5-0, Beaton 5-1-21-0, Davis 7-1-17-0, Khan 4-0-9-0.
Position: Australia U19s trail by 22 runs with 10 wickets in tact.
Toss: Australia Under-19s
Umpires: Razzak Ali, Tanvir Mehdi.
