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West Indies vs Australia 2nd Test: West Indies pace bowler Shamar Joseph could be seen participating in the fourth day of the second Test match against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane, having f gone through an injury scare.

Joseph has been cleared of a toe fracture after he took a blow off Mitchell Starc's lethal yorker and retired hurt.

Notably, Joseph was taken off the field, forcing an end to West Indies's second inning, and couldn't take part in the rest of the third day.

 

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Starc bagged a delivery into Joseph's boot and the batter was initially given lbw before the third umpire called a no-ball, but by then Joseph was already on the ground in pain.

He was seen taking his shoe and sock off for the initial treatment by the physio but it was decided that he couldn't continue and was taken off the field.

 

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The pace bowler was later taken for scans that revealed a piece of good news in the evening.

"He will continue to be monitored by the medical team and assessed tomorrow," a statement posted on X said.

His injury also had put West Indie in a concerning position as they had to take the field just two frontline quicks, Kemar Roach and Alzarri Joseph, supplemented by allrounder Justin Greaves and the offs-spin of Kevin Sinclair while aiming to defend a 217-run target.

Before the end of the day's play West Indies removed Usman Khawaja (10) and Marnus Labuschagne (5) to keep their hopes alive as Australia finished at 60/2 with Steve Smith (33) and Cameron Green (9) at the crease.

Alazarri Joseph said they were all wishing for the best for Shamar, but had to focus on the job at hand as he visitors eye their first victory in Australia since 1997.

"At the end of the day the game has to go on and we have a job to do. Can't worry about who's not there," he said. "Think we bowled pretty well. It's just for us to come tomorrow and keep pegging away. We still have eight wickets to get, you never know what could happen on the fourth day. As long as we bowl the ball in the right areas we can still win this game."

"I like the fight the boys have put in with bat and ball," he added. "We'll take quite a bit of confidence from this series but the game isn't done yet so there could be more."

Shamar had a remarkable Test debut as he took five wickets in the first Test in Adelaide and also made a contribution of 36 runs in the first innings while batting at no.11.