Australia vs West Indies 1st Test, Day 3 Highlights: Australia Extend Lead Against West Indies To 344 Runs

Right then, we are back for the post-lunch session and Australia have declared! The target for West Indies is 498 with about 154 overs left in the game and the Aussie skipper, Pat Cummins hasn't taken the field due to quadricep soreness. The umpires are out in the middle as Steven Smith leads the Aussie players onto the pitch. Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul are the openers for West Indies. Mitchell Starc has the new ball in hand and is raring to go.

... Day 2, session 2 ...

West Indies started this morning on a positive note as Alzarri Joseph bowled with a lot of fire and troubled Marnus Labuschagne regularly. However, once Australia got through those first 45 minutes without any damage they started to up the ante. West Indies were not helped by the fact that Roach walked off the field due to an injury and Mayers and Seales were also not 100 per cent fit. Chase took the solitary wicket that fell in this session and overall West Indies were just trying to limit the damage as much as they can and now have a daunting task in front of them. It would be interesting to see when Australia decides to declare but it seems that they are targeting at least something around 550. Do join us for the second session at 10.30 am IST (5 am GMT).

Australia have dominated yet another session in this Test match and now the lead is 497 which is surely a very healthy one. The declaration seems to be just around the corner as Australia were pretty aggressive in the second half of this first session. Marnus Labuschagne struggled initially with Joseph firing some nasty short deliveries at him but the Australian number 3 hung in there with a bit of luck also going his way and has notched up yet another century to follow a double century in the first innings. Warner initially set the momentum and after he departed both Marnus Labuschagne and Smith have done well to take Australia to a pole position here.

This is on middle, Steven Smith waits for it and works it in front of square on the leg side for a single. The lead moves on to 497 runs and that will be Lunch on Day 4!

And again! Quicker one around off, Smith pushes it out on the off side.

shorter and around off, Steven Smith looks to punch it through covers but doesn't find the gap.

Flatter one around off, Labuschagne punches it off the back foot through covers for a single.

FOUR! Take a bow, Marnus Labuschagne! Follows up the double-hundred in the first innings with a sensational century here, only the eighth man in Test history to achieve this feat. This is quicker and on the pads, Labuschagne just deflects it fine and the ball races away into the fine leg fence for a boundary.

FOUR! Cheeky but skillful as well from Marnus Labuschagne. Quicker one, fired in full and around off, Labuschagne plays the reverse paddle and the ball just runs away into the third man fence. He moves on to 99 now.