West Indies-Australia live: Third day-night Test in Jamaica

Live: West Indies vs Australia day-night Test in Kingston

21st over – Justin Greaves to Khawaja

There are just 20 minutes to lunch. Khawaja and Green have to knuckle down and get to the break, but this ball is still talking.

FOUR! Khawaja hooks away and it’s just out of reach of a diving Mikyle Louis at square leg. Would’ve been an all-timer if he’d taken it.

20th over – Seales to Green

Great fielding by Shamar Joseph running and dive at wide mid-off to keep Cameron Green on strike.

There’s a shout for LBW against Green, and Roston Chase really seems to be considering a review, but Shamar Joseph wisely talks him out of it. It was going miles down leg.

Huge in-swing and seam beats Green’s inside edge, hitting him on the back thigh.

19th over – Greaves again

There’s angle and seam in to Khawaja, who’s caught on the thigh pad.

Seamer Alzarri Joseph is walking off the field alongside one of the trainers. One to watch.

Two more for Khawaja as Greaves pitches full and wide and it’s driven through cover.

This outfield is looking very slow as Khawaja nails a cover drive and it looks destined for the boundary but holds up in the deep. Just two.

18th over – Seales continues

And Khawaja clips a single off his pads to start.

Four! Gorgeous timing by Cameron Green just clipping a ball that was going down leg and sending it through the air over square leg.

17th over – Green to face Greaves

The wicket-taker continues with big Cameron Green at the crease, coming off that impressive second-innings 52 at St George’s.

Two fantastic deliveries beat the outside edge to end the over.

A wicket-maiden to start from Justin Greaves.

IMMEDIATE BREAKTHROUGH! Greaves gets Konstas first ball

Justin Greaves angles in at Sam Konstas’s pad and collects him above the knee roll.

The umpire raises the finger and Konstas consults with Khawaja before reviewing, but DRS shows three reds and he has to go for 17.

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I assume he was suggesting it may have gone over or slid down leg, but Konstas was on the crease and standing right in front of all three stumps.

Australia is down to two reviews.

17th over – Justin Greaves gets his first go

Sam Konstas is in his sights.

16th over – Seales resumes

Another one past the outside edge. It’s been a frustrating morning for all the West Indian bowlers, but Seales in particular.

Khawaja isn’t playing at much outside off.

He goes for the big pull shot, which is so often a release for him, but the ball isn’t quite short enough and Khawaja cops it on the thigh pad.

15th over – Alzarri Joseph around the wicket to Usman Khawaja

This right-armed bowling attack loves their chances of getting the left-handed Khawaja from around the wicket.

One clip through leg is stopped by Jomel Warrican, but Khawaja gets the next in front of square leg and takes the single to move to 6 from 41.

A gorgeous seed from Alzarri Joseph, angled in and swinging away. Drawing Konstas into the shot and beating the outside edge. Credit to Konstas for playing with a straight and still bat so as not to nick it.

FOUR! A lovely back-foot drive through point from Konstas. Confident shot from a man who chopped on last Test.

14th over – Jayden Seales returns to the attack

And his first ball is down the leg side. Konstas admonishes himself for not clipping it away.

Edged away with soft hands through the slips but Brandon King does well on the rope to flick it back to Justin Greaves and keep Konstas to just two runs.

They’re the only runs from the over. Konstas isn’t in a rush, but looks more comfortable than he did in the first Test for sure.

England and India dead even

It doesn’t get much more even than the third Test between England and India at Lord’s.

Both teams scored exactly 387 in their first innings.

Both digs featured one century-maker who then immediately got out, supported by two 50s and a duck.

All eyes have rightly been on Shubman Gill, Jamie Smith, Rishabh Pant etc, but KL Rahul with this first-innings ton has 336 runs for the series at 67.20.

It’s been one for the batters, with nine players tonning up and eight players averaging over 50.

13th over: Alzarri gets another

Good running from the Australian pair, who get three after Konstas works one into the on-side.

Big shout! Khawaja is struck on the pads in such a quintessentially Khawaja way. His footwork is nowhere as he’s trying to flick Alzarri through the on-side. The West Indies are up in a big way, but it’s probably sliding down. No review.

Khawaja squeezes one out leg-side and the batters run a couple.

Wayward and down the leg-side from Alzarri. Khawaja watches it through to Hope.

It’s a dot to end a five run over for Australia.

Not quite free flowing, expansive stuff from the opening pair but they’ve done extremely well to survive the first hour in Jamaica.

We’ll have a drink.

12th over: Shamar to continue

Runs! Khawaja squirts one out forward of square and the batters run a single.

Another single! Poor from Shamar, too straight and Konstas is able to work his own leg-side run this time.

Peach! Khawaja’s footwork is nowhere as he dangles his bat at one that pitches and moves away and is collected by Shai Hope.

First sign of aggression from Khawaja, who’s trying to pull Shamar but isn’t timing it.

11th over: Alzarri to begin his second

That’s a very optimistic shout from A. Joseph. Konstas is hit on the pads by one angling down leg and going over the top. No review.

That is a peach! Konstas is cut in half by one that pitches and moves away from him.

More assured this time from Konstas, who’s back and defending a similar ball.

It’s seriously stodgy stuff out there – 13 runs from nearly 11 overs.

Konstas prepares for the final ball of Alzarri’s second over.

He’s defending and that’s yet another maiden.

Actually, it’s not. That last ball is called a no-ball.

The final, final ball is wide down the leg side and through to Hope.

10th over: Shamar switches ends

After a pretty disappointing start, Shamar Joseph is trying his luck from the other end.

And it’s a better look on him. Coming around the wicket, Khawaja is playing and missing at a couple on a fourth stump line.

Ouch! Khawaja cops a short one on the shoulder after shaping to come down the wicket to Shamar.

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Khawaja is defending to end undoubtedly Shamar’s best over of the day so far.

9th over: A. Joseph into the attack

Shot! First boundary of the match and it’s a good one from Sam Konstas. Alzarri’s first ball is loose and short and Konstas stands tall, swivels and pulls him in-front of square.

The Australians will be delighted that they’ve managed to see off the first of the two Josephs.

Not exactly thrill a minute stuff from the two batters – but they’re both still out there.

Konstas tries his luck selling Khawaja another tight single, but the 38-year-old is having none of it.

And Konstas is back and defending to end the over.

8th over: Seales to Konstas again

Edge! This one comes back into Konstas, who is back and defending unconvincingly. The ball kisses his outside edge, but it falls well short of the cordon.

That’s better from Konstas – his first shot of authority in some time. He doesn’t get a run, but is looking good as he drives one off the back foot into the off-side infield.

He swings at another wide one, making contact but not good contact. It dies in the square and that’s another dot.

Too straight from Seales and Konstas is able to work one off the hip for a single to end the over.

7th over: Seales continues to Konstas

He’s once again looking a bit nervous out there, is Samm K.

Seales has him defending to begin the over.

Konstas is 1 from 18 and Khwaja 2 from 22 – not quite a swashbuckling start from the Australian openers.

Konstas is trying to push one back past Seales but it can’t get past mid-on.

Brutal! This one moves a mile off the seam, back in towards Konstas. He wears one on the torso.

Konstas misses out on a wayward one down the leg-side.

Run! Not overly convincing, but Konstas finally has his second run, courtesy of a squeezed single in front of point.

6th over: Shamar gets another

Well, Seales found some serious rhythm in that previous over – can Shamar do the same from the other end?

Not to begin.

Khawaja, once again, is more than happy to leave a couple wide ones.

Khawaja is playing! For the first time in a couple overs, Usman is forced to use his bat. He’s defending a good one from Joseph.

And again.

Play in a miss! Pitching on a fourth stump line and moving away, Khawaja is defending but getting none of it.

Much better from Joseph in the second half of that over.

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