Australia v West Indies - day three of the first Test in Hobart – live!

Live updates from Bellerive Oval as Australia take on the West IndiesEmail: rob.smyth@theguardian.com | Twitter: @robsmyth0

11.45pm GMT

Kemar Roach has gone, caught behind off Josh Hazlewood. It was an immaculate line and length, and Roach thin-edged a defensive push through to the keeper. Roach played really well, surviving 94 balls for his 31.

11.43pm GMT

That’s Bravo’s seventh Test hundred, and six of them have come overseas. Indeed none of the great West Indian batsmen of the last 80-odd years – not even his cousin – have a better average in Tests abroad than Bravo’s 54.53.

11.42pm GMT

66th over: West Indies 213-6 (Bravo 102, Roach 31) The players are out, with only five minutes lost. The growling vegan, Peter Siddle, will open the bowling. His second ball is too full and Bravo thumps a cover-drive for four to move to 98. And there’s his hundred! He squirts Siddle through backward point for two more and punches the air in celebration. It’s been a lovely innings, and there is warm applause around the ground. All Test centuries are special, but those that you score as an away batsman in Australia mean more than most.

11.31pm GMT

Ach, it’s raining. The covers are on, though it should only be a passing shower. Obviously I haven’t a clue about the weather – I’m 10,000 miles away FFsake - but I’m parroting what Paul Allott just said on Sky.

11.20pm GMT

Hello. The hardest position to fill in a Test team is often No3. For this West Indies side, it’s been the easiest. Darren Bravo is a proper cricketer, of class and substance, as he showed again yesterday with a fine 94 not out in his first Test innings in Australia. Plagiarism is an unavoidable consequence both of digital life and a culture of uniform individuality, but occasionally it’s a force for good: Bravo’s unashamed tribute to his cousin Brian Lara has served him pretty well.

West Indies will resume today on 207 for six, still 177 away from avoiding the follow-on. They are likely to lose this game, but then we knew that beforehand. This tour is not one for the myopic. The role of players like Bravo is so important – not just to restore pride and to save or win the occasional Test, but to give hope for the future.

1.57am GMT

Rob will be here shortly to take you through the first two sessions today, so while he makes his way to his keyboard, catch up on what happened on day two.

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