PERTH. Nov 10 (AFP): The West Indies, less than two weeks away from their first Test against Aus

traua revealed another major flaw here Friday — woeful

The day after the tourists’ batsmen surrendered meekly to Western Australia, ousted for 132. the Windles squandered no fewer than five chances as the State team took control of the four-day match at the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) ground

Thanks to the let-offs, the local side made a first innings of 358 to lead by 226.

In their second innings, the West Indies went to stumps with 31-1. still trailing by 195 runs and facing the prospect of being beaten inside three days.

Daren Ganga, a promising 21 -year-old fighting to establish himself in Test ranks, failed for the second time in the match when he was ousted just before stumps for eight

It was a controversial dismissal. with umpire Bruce Bennett ruling he tickled a ball from paceman Brendon Julian down the leg-side, where Test wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist pouched the ball.

Test opener Sherwin Campbell (19 not out) survived, for 58 minutes to stumps, helped in the last 14 minutes by nightwatchman Marlon Black, yet to

in the sequence ol missed chances earlier in the day night-watchman Matthew Nicholson was put down at four.

seven and 27 on his way to 54. onlv the second half-century of his four-year first-class career

State captain Toin Moody had lives at 13 and 25 while making 36.

The slapdash fielding partially negated encouraging workouts by pace trio Black 14-100). Colin Stuart (3-84) and Mervyn Dillon (1-91)

Dillon had two chances missed, and Stliart and Black, as well as left-a rm spinner Jimmy Adams, each saw one catch go begging.

Black, a tall, strongly built 25-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago, staked a strong claim for a Test debut in the first match of the five-Test series, starting in Brisbane (Queensland) November 23.

He maintained good pace over his 31.2 overs, and may have done enough to have earned the right to share the new ball with champion veteran speedster Courtney Walsh at the Gabba in 13 days.

After Western Australia had resumed with 1 10-2. the West Indies did well to peg back the State side to 191-5 by lunch.

Test number three Justin Langer was run out for 45. middle-order Test batsman Damien Martyn tell to Stuart tor a duck and Nicholson was trapped by Stuart from the last ball of file first session, j’*

But Test aspirant Simon Katich (73 from 127 balls, with 12 boundaries) and Moody walloped 85 for the sixth wicket, before Julian (32 from 29 balls, with three fours and two sixes) and Brad Hogg (35 not out) smashed 45 for the

eighth

SCORECARD

Scorecard at the end of Day Two of the four-day match between Western Australia and the West Indies at the WACA on Friday:

WEST INDIES: First innings 132 (R.Sarwan 22. S.Chanderpaul 21. C.Browne 20: G.Swan 3-31. M.Nicholson 3-32. B.Julian 2-34)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA:

First innings (overnight 110-2)

Hussey c Browne b Black 41

Gilchrist c Browne b Dillon 14

Langer run out 45

Nicholson c Browne b Stuart 54

Marini c C'paul b Stuart 0

Katich c Adams b Stuart 73

Moody lbw Adams 36

Hogg not out 35

Julian c Sarwan b Black 32

Nikitaras c C'paul b Black 0

Swan b Black 0

Extras (b-8: lb-10; nb-5: w-5) 28

Total (All out tn 102.2 overs) 358

Fail of wickets: 1-30.2-

106.3-120.4-125.5-191.6-

276.7-298.8-343. 9-347

Bowler O M R W

Dillon 29 7 91 1

Black 31.2 7 100 4

Stuart 21 4 84 3

Hinds 8 3 24 0

Adams 13 1 41 1

WEST INDIES: Second in-nmgs

Campbell not out 19

Ganga c Gilchrist b Nicholson 8

Black not out ■ 0

Extras: (lb-1. w-1: nb-2) 4

Total: (For 1 wkt in 16 overs) 31

Fall of wicket: 1 -27

Bowler O M R W

Nicholson 5 1 17 0

Swan 5 5 0 0

Julian 3 2 6 1

Nikitaras 3 0 7 0