A spell of five for sixteen by Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon put Australia in charge at Queen's Park Oval at the end of the third day of the second Test in the West Indies on Tuesday. It was the first time that Lyon had taken five wickets in an innings since his debut Test in Sri Lanka.
"I'm over the moon, even though I didn't run around like I did in Galle," Lyon said. "Still over the moon and really happy with the way things panned out but, saying that, we've still got a lot of work to do to win this Test match."
West Indies finished the day at 252 for nine, still trailing by 59 runs, having, at one point, looked as though they would have a lead after a sterling fifth partnership work from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Narsingh Deonarine roused home hope before tea.
But Lyon gave Australia a good chance of wrapping up the three-match series after they won the first Test in Barbados. The Decision Review System (DRS) caused controversy before a ball had even been bowled. West Indies had lost five wickets for nineteen runs with Lyon taking them all.
-- Australia 1st innings 311 all out (M. Hussey 73, S. Watson 56; K. Roach 5-105, S. Shillingford 3-92)
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West Indies 1st innings (Overnight 49 for 3)
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A. Barath lbw b Beer 7
K. Brathwaite lbw b Hilfenhaus 0
K. Powell lbw b Pattinson 19
D. Bravo lbw b Hussey 38
S. Chanderpaul lbw b Lyon 94
N. Deonarine st Wade b Lyon 55
C. Baugh not out 17
D. Sammy c Hussey b Lyon 1
S. Shillingford c Cowan b Lyon 4
K. Roach c Wade b Lyon 0
F. Edwards not out 0
Extras: (lb8, w1, nb8) 17
Total: (9 wkts; 104 overs) 252
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Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-26, 3-38, 4-100, 5-230, 6-231, 7-237, 8-241, 9-249
Bowling: Beer 25-9-52-1, Hilfenhaus 16-4-39-1, Lyon 29-9-68-5, Pattinson 11-2-40-1, Hussey 6-1-19-1 (1w), Watson 12-5-14-0, Warner 3-1-9-0, Clarke 2-0-3-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG), Marais Erasmus (SA)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)
Third umpire: Tony Hill (NZ).