AUS vs WI: Kavem Hodge's unique survival technique against Nathan Lyon leaves fans in splits

West Indies have shown a lot of grit and determination in the second Test versus Australia in Brisbane. At Stumps on Day 3, the hosts are 60/2 in their second innings, chasing a target of 216.

The West Indies started Day 3 at 13/1, with a lead of 35 runs. Kavem Hodge, who played a brilliant knock of 71 off 194 balls to resurrect West Indies from 64/5 in the first innings, walked out to bat under much better circumstances in the second essay. He played a patient knock of 29 runs off 74 balls and was looking confident against the Aussie bowlers. However, an unfortunate run-out ended his stay at the crease.

During his patient knock, Hodge showed good technique to keep out the Australian bowlers. However, he didn't only resort to conventional ways to stay at the crease. In Nathan Lyon's sixth over of the day, Hodge used his abdomen guard to defend a ball, leaving everyone in splits. Australian broadcaster 7Cricket shared the hilarious clip on 'X' (formerly Twitter) and wrote the following line in the caption of the post:

"That is a very interesting way of deflecting a ball."

Cricket enthusiasts went on to give some hilarious replies to the post which has received close to 175K views.

Australia need 156 more runs, West Indies search for eight wickets

The West Indies were bowled out for 193 as no batter managed to get to a half-century. Quite a few batters got starts but couldn't convert them to anything substantial. The last four wickets fell for nine runs. Josh Hazlewood and Lyon finished with three-wicket hauls while Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green chipped in with a wicket apiece.

Chasing a target of 216, Australia lost the wickets of Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne. Steve Smith is batting on 33, while Green, who looked tentative, remained unbeaten on nine. The home side still need 156 runs for a win. The West Indies bowlers will come out all guns blazing on Day 4 and look to take the eight remaining Australian wickets in quick time.