First Test, Brisbane, day one (close): Australia 322-5 v West Indies
Simon Katich fell eight runs short of a deserved century as Australia made confident progress on day one of the first Test against the West Indies. The tourists made the perfect start when fast bowler Jerome Taylor removed Shane Watson for a duck in Brisbane.
But opener Katich (92) added 126 for the second wicket with captain Ricky Ponting (55), while Mike Hussey's 66 ensured Australia finished on 322-5. All-rounder Dwayne Bravo (2-66) was the pick of the West Indies bowlers.
After winning the toss and electing to bat on a glorious wicket at the Gabba, Australia began in the worst possible fashion when Taylor trapped Watson lbw for a duck in the third over when the opener shouldered arms to a delivery which nipped back off the track.
But Katich and Ponting settled the home crowd's early nerves, although the Australia captain was the subject of the first use of the International Cricket Council's Decision Review System on Australian soil when he was given not out following a confident lbw appeal by Ravi Rampaul on 30.
West Indies jet-lagged captain Chris Gayle - who arrived in Brisbane from Jamaica on Tuesday following a visit his ill mother - asked for the decision to referred to third umpire Mark Benson, who upheld Ian Gould's decision.
Simon Katich fell eight runs short of a deserved century as Australia made confident progress on day one of the first Test against the West Indies. The tourists made the perfect start when fast bowler Jerome Taylor removed Shane Watson for a duck in Brisbane.
But opener Katich (92) added 126 for the second wicket with captain Ricky Ponting (55), while Mike Hussey's 66 ensured Australia finished on 322-5. All-rounder Dwayne Bravo (2-66) was the pick of the West Indies bowlers.
After winning the toss and electing to bat on a glorious wicket at the Gabba, Australia began in the worst possible fashion when Taylor trapped Watson lbw for a duck in the third over when the opener shouldered arms to a delivery which nipped back off the track.
But Katich and Ponting settled the home crowd's early nerves, although the Australia captain was the subject of the first use of the International Cricket Council's Decision Review System on Australian soil when he was given not out following a confident lbw appeal by Ravi Rampaul on 30.
West Indies jet-lagged captain Chris Gayle - who arrived in Brisbane from Jamaica on Tuesday following a visit his ill mother - asked for the decision to referred to third umpire Mark Benson, who upheld Ian Gould's decision.
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