Darren Bravo’s unbeaten 46 helped West Indians reach 6 for 154 after Cricket Australia XI had reduced them to 5 for 83 on the first day of the tour game in Brisbane. Only 60 overs were possible, however, due to rain interruptions.

West Indies opted to bat and their openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Rajendra Chandrika were cautious at the start, adding 32 by the 16th over. The good work was undone, however when both men fell within six overs to seamer James Bazley.

Bravo and Marlon Samuels shared a 31-run partnership for the third wicket, but Samuels’ dismissal was followed by two more quick wickets. Jermaine Blackwood was caught off fast bowler Ryan Lees for 1 and Denesh Ramdin bagged a duck, courtesy medium-pacer Simon Milenko.

Bravo kept steady at one end and inched his way to 46 off 135 deliveries with six fours and a six. He shared a sixth-wicket partnership of 32 with Jason Holder and then added an unbeaten 39 runs with Carlos Brathwaite – the highest stand of the innings so far.

Apart from Milenko and Bazley, who took two wickets each, Lees and leg-spinner Cameron Boyce were also among the wickets.

WEST INDIESs 1st Innings
K Brathwaite c Inglis b Bazley 21
R Chandrika LBW Bazley 10
D Bravo not out 46
M Samuels c Peirson b Boyce 19
J Blackwood c Carder b Lees 1
D Ramdin+ c Andrews b Milenko 0
J Holder* c Peirson b Milenko 26
C Brathwaite not out 25
Total: 154/6 (60 Overs)
Extras: (lb 6) 6
Still to Bat: D Bishoo, K Roach, S Gabriel.
Fall of Wickets: 1-32 (Chandrika, 15.3 ov), 2-35 (KC Brathwaite, 21.1 ov), 3-66 (Samuels, 28.5 ov), 4-69 (Blackwood, 31.5 ov), 5-83 (Ramdin, 35.3 ov), 6-115 (Holder, 43.6 ov).
Cricket Australia XI 1st Innings Bowling: S Milenko 14-3-33-2, R Lees 13-9-10-1, J Bazley 10-4-27-2, C Boyce 12-1-43-1, M Short 7-1-30-0, T Andrews 4-2-5-0.
Cricket Australia XI: J Silk, J Carder, N Stevens, J Inglis, JJ Peirson*+, M Short, J Bazley, T Andrews, C Boyce, R Lees, S Milenko.