MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC) – Australia, leading by 280 on first innings, were 179 for three in their second innings at the close on the third day of the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground .
Scores:
AUSTRALIA 551 for three declared, (Usman Khawaja 144, Steve Smith 134 not out, Joe Burns 128, Adam Voges 106 not out; Jerome Taylor 2-97) and 179 for three (Steve Smith 70 not out, Usman Khawaja 56; Jason Holder 2-49)
WEST INDIES 271 (Darren Bravo 81, Carlos Brathwaite 59, Jermaine Blackwood 28, Rajindra Chandrika 25; Nathan Lyon 4-66, James Pattinson 4-72)