Australia v. WI, 2nd Test: Chandrapaul and Sarawan Help WI to Draw!

Ponting described the Australian bowling attack was not better and that was the reason for not picking the wickets on the final day to clinch the test.

Of course after losing two main bowlers to retirement--McGrath and Shane Warne, Australian bowling attack was not that same.

Though Brett Lee was there as the main strike bowler and Stuart Clarke picked 5 wickets in the first test, the attack did not go beyond that.

In the first innings, Kaitch and Michael Clarke scored 113 and 110 respectively and helped Australia to declare at 479.

Chandrapaul scored 107 not out and helped West Indies avoid the follow on, but WI still conceeded 127 run lead to Australia.

Australia declared their 2nd innings at 244 and set a target 372 for West Indies.

West Indies struggled by losing the first two wickets with 19 on the board. Smith and Marshall were dismissed for a duck and 5 respectively. For the third wicket, Mortan and Sarwan added 65. Lee dismissed Mortan for 14. Sarwan and Chandrapual fought through the innings and ensured that WI did not lose the test. Though they did not go for winning or even tried to attack Australian bowling, they were able to manage the decent pace attack. They played 53 overs together in which they added 143 runs for the 4th wicket. Sarwan scored a wonderful century, his 11th in test cricket.

Chandrapaul was declared man of the match for his century in the first innings and test saving innings with his 77 in the second innings.

Test: 2
Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
Teams: Australia and West Indies
Captains: Rickey Ponting and RR Sarwan
Toss: Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Match Result: Match Drawn
Series Result: Australia leading 1-0 (2nd Test Drawn)
Man of the Match: S Chandrapaul off West Indies
Score:

Australia 1st Innings 479 for 7 declared in 136 overs (SM Katich 113, RT Ponting 65, MJ Clarke 110, BJ Haddin 33, B Lee 63 not out, MG Johnson 29 not out, JE Taylor 3 for 95)
West Indies 1st Innings 352 all out in 107 overs (XM Marshal 53, RS Sarwan 53, S Chandrapaul 107, DJ Bravo 45, B Lee 5 for 59, MG Johnson 2 for 72, MJ Clarke 2 for 20)
Australia 2nd Innings (lead by 127 runs) 244 for 6 declared in 61.5 overs (PA Jaques 76, MEK Hussey 40, PT Ponting 38, A Symonds 43 not out, FH Edwards 2 for 28, JE Taylor 2 for 33)
Drew with West Indies 2nd Innings (372 target) 266 for 5 in 93 overs (RR Sarwan 128, S Chandrapual 77 not out, B Lee 3 for 51)

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