ADELAIDE: An effervescent century fromDwayne Bravo and the ongoing interest in the video referral system were thehighlights of a competitive opening day of the second Test at AdelaideOval.
The West Indies won the toss, elected to bat and finished the final session with momentum to be 336/6 at stumps.
Darren Sammyreplaced the injured Jerome Taylor in the line-up and didn't disappoint with ahard-hitting 44 off 56 balls while Brendan Nash, who retired hurt after beingstruck on the forearm by a Mitchell Johnson delivery before lunch, returned tothe crease and also reached 44 to be the other not out batsmen.
ShaneWatson took two wickets in the final session, Doug Bollinger was the earlydestroyer with a couple of scalps while Mitchell Johnson and Nathan Hauritz werethe other successful bowlers.
Bravo came to the crease with the sideat 3-119 (and Nash in the sheds icing his injury) and immediately added somelife to the innings with his clean hitting and busy approach.He joined forceswith Shivnarine Chanderpaul (62 from 151 deliveries) for a critical 116-runstand and brought up his third Test Match century with a lofted straight driveoff Hauritz. Bravo was eventually bowled for 104 by the Aussie spinner, his156-delivery innings featuring 12 fours and a six.