The second Test match is being played between Australia and West Indies at Gabba, Brisbane, where the host team seems to be in a strong position. On the third day of the game, Travis Head showed the way to the pavilion by running out Caribbean batsman Kavem Hodge in a spectacular fashion.

Actually, Nathan Lyon was bowling in the 50th over of the innings. Kavem Hodge tried to play the sixth ball of the over on the leg side, but Travis Head, posted there, caught the ball with leopard-like agility and threw it straight on the stump. . Before Hodge could return to the crease, the bails had flown away.

In the end the third umpire declared him out. Kevem Hodge returned after scoring 29 runs from 74 balls, batting well. At this moment the visiting team appears to be in trouble.

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Australia headed towards victory

Let us tell you that West Indies scored 311 runs in its first innings. In response, Australia took a shocking decision and declared its first innings at 289/9. After this, West Indies’ second innings was limited to only 193 runs.

No batsman of the team could play a big innings. Kirk McKenzie was the highest batsman scoring 41 runs. Apart from him, Alik Athanaze scored 35 runs. For Australia, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon took maximum 3-3 wickets.

Australia now has a target of 216 runs to win. Till the time of writing the news, it has scored 24 runs without losing any wicket and it still needs 192 runs to win.

Earlier, the Kangaroo team had defeated West Indies by 10 wickets in the first Test match of the two-match series. Even in the Adelaide Test, the Caribbean team did not bat much, where it scored 188 runs in the first innings, while the second innings was limited to just 120 runs.