An hour of rain on Sunday morning, once again revealed the extremely poor drainage at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground (SVRCG) in Antigua, for the third day of the second Test between the West Indies and Australia. The Test has already been plagued by abysmal crowd turnouts and a pitch that seems suitable  for nothing more than batting practice.

The moderate showers flooded the outfield to such an extent that it took ground staff, toiling with the "Super-Sopper", all morning and most of the afternoon to render it ready for play to resume.  It was very similar issues that forced the rescheduling of an International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup (ICC CWC) match between Australia and the West Indies in 2007 at the same grounds.

When the match did resume, the West Indies were able to take their score from 125/3 (35 overs) to 255/4 (71overs) with Chanderpaul battling on 55 and Dwayne Bravo, beaming with confidence after his successful IPL debut, on 29 not out. The only wicket to fall was that of the Windies' Skipper,  Ramnaresh Sarwan, who edged a delivery from Stuart MacGill to first slip in the 54^th over after scoring 65.
 
Michael Clarke takes a Ramnaresh Sarwan edge inches from the ground - Brooks La Touche Photography

MacGill, 37, who has been struggling to have much success against the West Indies also announced his retirement today, saying that the current Test against West Indies in Antigua will be his last.

The West Indies, who suffered a final day free fall to defeat in the first Test in Jamaica, trail in this Test by 224 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. Australia declared on day 2 on 479/7.