Australia reach 126-1 on day 5 of 3rd Test vs West Indies

David Warner raced toward a quick-fire century and helped Australia to 126-1 in their first innings, 104 runs behind the West Indies, at tea on the fifth day of the third Test today at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Warner was 90 not out off 72 balls, with 10 boundaries and two sixes, to provide a rare highlight in a Test frequently marred by wet weather.
Mitchell Marsh was unbeaten on 10 when a passing shower forced an early tea break.
Jomel Warrican took the only wicket of the session, having Joe Burns caught by a leaping Kemar Roach at mid-on for 26.

Before lunch, the West Indies was bowled out for 330, with Denesh Ramdin progressing to 62, four days after starting his innings on day one.
Having waited five days to get to the crease, Warner wasted little time in asserting himself on the West Indies attack. He reached his half century off 42 balls with a six off Warrican and was within sight of his 16th test century at tea.

After a delay of 45 minutes at the start of the day as the pitch was uncovered for the first time in three days, the West indies lower-order batsmen defied Australia's attack for an hour and a half as the visitors recorded its highest innings total of the series.

Denesh Ramdin was the third West Indian batsman to pass a half-century in the innings before swiping at a wide ball by Steve O'Keefe and being caught by Steve Smith at slip for 62. Nathan Lyon dismissed Kemar Roach (15) and O'Keefe had Jerome Taylor caught for 13 to end the innings.
O'Keefe finished with 3-63 in his first Test in Australia.
West Indies captain Jason Holder declined the opportunity to declare before play, meaning the match was drifting toward a draw in front of the few thousand fans who took advantage of free entry to the SCG.
Persistent rain had washed out play from tea on day two, marking only the fifth occasion in more than a century of test cricket in Australia in which play was abandoned for two consecutive days because of rain.

Both teams wore black armbands in memory of Baljit Chandrika, father of West Indies batsman Rajendra Chandrika, who passed away overnight. Opening batsman Chandrika featured in the first two tests of the series before sustaining a groin injury in the warm-up for the third Test.