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Lunch West Indies 291 for 5 (Chanderpaul 58*, Bravo 51) v Australia
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul was fighting a familiar battle against Australia on the second day in Barbados but a pair of wickets to the visitors gave them hope of knocking over West Indies in the second session. The umpires called lunch five minutes early when a shower passed over Kensington Oval and at the time Chanderpaul was on 58 and Carlton Baugh was on 4, and West Indies had moved on to 291 for 5.

They had added 112 for the loss of two wickets in an extended opening session after the rain stopped play early on the first afternoon. For much of the morning the Australian bowlers worked hard for little reward as Chanderpaul and Darren Bravo compiled a 73-run partnership but the breakthrough eventually arrived when Bravo drove on the up and edged Shane Watson to gully for 51.

It was no surprise that Bravo fell to an edge; he had brought up his half-century with an edge wide of slip off Peter Siddle from his 114th delivery and had slashed a streaky boundary over gully the previous ball. There had been some encouraging shots from Bravo, including a consecutive boundaries glided behind point and square-driven off Ryan Harris, but his departure gave the Australians a boost.

They followed with the wicket of Narsingh Deonarine, who reached 21 before he tried to work a shortish ball from Harris down into the ground and behind square leg but succeeded only in top-edging a catch for the wicketkeeper Matthew Wade. Harris could have two in the over when Baugh edged low to second slip, where Ricky Ponting put down a tough chance, but the strike had given Australia the momentum heading in to lunch.

All the while, Chanderpaul kept ticking the scoreboard over in his usual understated fashion, although he did show some aggressive intent when he lofted Nathan Lyon's offspin down the ground for six. Chanderpaul had brought up his half-century from his 108th delivery and it was as if he had picked up where he left off in the last Caribbean series between the two sides, in 2008.

During that series he was at times immovable and even being felled for several minutes by a Brett Lee bouncer didn't stop him. West Indies must hope he doesn't run out of partners too quickly this time around
source:espncricinfo