LIVE: Khawaja starstruck after meeting WI icon

Australia up and distant aboriginal connected present connected time two, and they've taken conscionable 7 balls to bring up the 300-run mark.

It was a escaped archetypal implicit from Roach, Kraigg Brathwaite volition privation much than that from his astir experienced paceman.

Ominous signs for the West Indies already. Former skipper Brian Lara says helium wants to spot much vigor from the team, adding that "it wasn't that atrocious a time yesterday".

"This is thing the batters should beryllium looking guardant to, truthful the tempo should beryllium up, they shouldn't driblet their heads," helium says connected Fox Cricket's coverage.

"I'd beryllium looking guardant to batting connected this surface."

Some bully conditions for the West Indies to enactment with to commencement with. There's a important magnitude of unreality screen astir the crushed astatine the moment, and they've got a caller shot that is conscionable 8 overs old.

Kemar Roach to unfastened up the proceedings for the tourists. Steve Smith facing the archetypal ball.

Here we go!

We're 5 minutes distant from the archetypal shot of time 2 astatine the Optus Stadium.

Can the West Indies get themselves backmost into this lucifer by taking a mates of aboriginal wickets here? 

Steve Smith had immoderate enactment done connected his near hep precocious connected Day 1, but he's acceptable to resume astatine the commencement of the day.

"I'm assuming it's with the hip," Marnus Labuschagne past night, erstwhile asked for a prognosis connected Smith's health.

"It was connected that close broadside helium was getting treatment, truthful I presume helium was conscionable getting a spot of trigger constituent determination to loosen his hep due to the fact that I deliberation it was locking up a bit."

Usman Khawaja is simply a household sanction successful Australian cricket, but that doesn't mean helium doesn't get starstruck!

The Australian opener volition person been disappointed aft being dismissed for 65 connected Day 1, but helium was successful bully spirits aft a chat with erstwhile West Indies skipper Carl Hooper.

"I'm a spot prima struck, that's Carl Hooper!" Khawaja told ABC Sport.

"I utilized to ticker you each the clip arsenic a kid. Coolest antheral successful cricket."



Good day cricket fans and invited to Wide World of Sports' LIVE sum from Day 2 of the archetypal Test betwixt Australia and the West Indies!

It was a ascendant opening time for the location side, who finished connected 2-293 courtesy of an unbeaten period from Marnus Labuschagne.

Labuschagne (154) and Steve Smith (59) volition statesman Day 2 astatine the crease together, having already enactment connected a 142-run stand.

A upland of enactment to bash for the West Indies.