From Colin Benjamin in Trinidad
A five-wicket haul from South Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon late in the final session aided in curtailing the West Indies fight-back and maintained the visitors’ strong position midway of the second Digicel test at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, yesterday.
Resuming the day on 49/3 the West Indies, who were at one stage 230/4 due to a record fifth-wicket partnership of 130 between Guyanese colleagues Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Narsingh Deonarine, collapsed to end the day’s play on 252/9 – still some 59 runs in arrears.
In bright, early morning sunshine, the Oval was rife with optimism amongst the
