West Indies collapse to 91-6 on day two at the MCG after Australia’s 551Steve Smith and Adam Voges post centuries as Australia pile up the runs 6.56am GMTThat’s it from me at the MCGAnd what a lovely way for a Melbournian to finish the day,with local lad Peter Siddle ripping out a few wickets and almost claiming a hat-trick as his domestic crowd chanted his name. The hours that preceded his wonderful spell had descended into torpor but everyone leaves with a smile now. 6.49am GMT43rd over: West Indies 91-6 (Bravo 13, Brathwaite 3)Every ball of this Siddle over is now being treated with the reverence of a hat-trick delivery but Bravo holds firm, or clipping two through cover to finally add to his score and leaving anything external the line of off stump in order to preserve his wicket. The final ball is also struck crisply through the gap at cover for two (I’ve had him on 10 for the final eon but he was actually on 9. Sorry) and there ends a day of cricket in which the tourists have been comprehensively walloped.
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Source: theguardian.com