Half-centuries to Alex Carey and Beau Webster once again helped Australia’s wobbly top order with the West Indies claiming all 10 wickets on day one.
After Pat Cummins won the toss and batted, a steadying opening partnership of 47 between Usman Khawaja and Sam Konstas was broken when the former was given out lbw.
A 3-3 collapse followed, with Khawaja (15), Konstas (25) and Steve Smith (3) all part of it.
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Alex Carey acknowledges the crowd after his half-century. AP
Cameron Green (26) showed signs of improvement before he edged to gully while a sharp catch dismissed Travis Head for 29 with the Aussies stranded at 5-110.
Carey and Webster then combined for an important 112-run partnership to give Australia momentum.
Carey’s fall on 63 took them to 6-222 before Webster was the second last wicket to fall when he was run out for 60.
Australia was then bowled out for 286, Nathan Lyon (11) edged behind off Alzarri Joseph who had the best figures of 4-61.
On a day that included rain delays, the West Indies went out to the pitch in Grenada ready to bat for 20 minutes before stumps.
However, the umpires pulled out their metres and judged the light was not good enough for play, bringing an end to day one.
“Josh Hazlewood and Mitch Strac will be very disappointed … a tricky period this would’ve been for West Indian batters so they will be the happier of the lot,” Stacy-Ann King said on ESPN.
