Australia v West Indies: second Test, day one – live

Join us for the action from the day-night Test in BrisbanePlay at the Gabba starts at 2pm local / 3pm AEDTAny thoughts? Get in touch with Jim via email or X

1st over: West Indies 1-0 (Brathwaite 1, Chanderpaul 0) Starc steams in with the afternoon sun on his back and there is sizeable movement from the off! The pink ball hooping and decking off a full length. Brathwaite knocks into the off side for a single and Chanderpaul does well to survive the rest of a probing over. This won’t be easy for the visitors.

Play is imminent. Just time for me to brew something dark and heavily caffeinated. The clock ticking round to 4am here in a black treacle skied south London. Mitchell Starc has the shiny pink orb in his south paw…

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