1st test: Australia declare on 583-4, West Indies 81-4

1st test: Australia declare on 583-4, West Indies 81-4

Published Dec. 10, 2015 11:21 p.m. ET

HOBART, Australia (AP) Offspin bowler Nathan Lyon took three early wickets to leave the West Indies in big trouble in reply to Australia's huge first-innings total in the first test.

Adam Voges scored his first double century and Shaun Marsh added 182 runs to combine for a world-record fourth-wicket partnership as Australia reached a formidable 583-4 before declaring at lunch Friday on the second day.

In reply, the West Indies were 81-4 at tea.

Pace bowler Josh Hazlewood trapped opener Kraigg Brathwaite lbw for 2 to take the first wicket for the home side before Lyon took 3-19.

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Darren Bravo, on 32, and Denesh Ramdin (1) were batting at the tea break heading into the final session.

Earlier, the 36-year-old Voges finished 269 not out after he and Marsh shared a 449-run stand.

That eclipsed the previous fourth-wicket world record of 437 set by Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera against Pakistan in Karachi in 2008.

Marsh was out just before lunch, caught in the deep by Darren Bravo off the bowling of left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican (3-158).

Voges and Shaun Marsh, who came together at lunch on the first day with Australia at 121-3, came close to setting Australia's biggest ever test partnership - 451 for the second wicket by Don Bradman and Bill Ponsford against England at The Oval in 1934.

Voges' double century also set the highest score in a Hobart test, overtaking Ricky Ponting's 209 against Pakistan in 2010.

Australians' 438 runs on the first day was the biggest single day's score conceded by the West Indies in their test history.

The West Indies received some positive news Friday - scans cleared Shannon Gabriel of a left ankle fracture, but the fast bowler will take no further part in the Hobart test and possibly the tour.

Gabriel, who left the pitch during the final session Thursday, was seen walking with the aid of crutches at the ground on Friday.

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