Australia has lost both openers cheaply to Jayden Seales just before stumps on day two as the West Indies enjoyed an evening session that could prove decisive in the second Test in Grenada.
Holding a slender 33-run lead after the first innings, Sam Konstas chopped on in the first over for the first duck of his Test career and opening partner Usman Khawaja followed soon after when he was trapped LBW in identical fashion to his dismissal a day earlier.
He inexplicably burned a review on his way to the pavilion, with Nathan Lyon emerging from the locker room as the nightwatchman.
After being hit on the arm by a bouncer and seeking lengthy treatment, Lyon reached stumps alongside Cameron Green with Australia 2-12, leading by 45 runs.
It only took 11 balls for Australia to take its first wicket at the National Cricket Stadium, when Josh Hazlewood accepted a sharp return catch from Kraigg Brathwaite (0), ending his hopes of a big first-innings knock in his 100th Test.
Pat Cummins followed suit but added some extra spice with a diving one-hander off his own bowling to get rid of Keacy Carty (6), and John Campbell (40) threw his wicket away when he skied a Beau Webster ball straight to mid-on.
Roston Chase and Brandon King steadied the ship and made it to lunch before Chase (16) was trapped in front by Hazlewood, as revealed by a canny DRS call, in the first over after the break.
King found another willing partner in Shai Hope and the pair put on 58 runs together before Hope (21) was brilliantly bowled by Cummins, and four balls later King (75) was the victim of another expert review by the Australians that revealed he gloved a Nathan Lyon ball down the leg side to Alex Carey.
Justin Greaves (1) also fell to the Lyon-Carey combo to end a mini collapse of 3-5 before Alzarri Joseph (27) and Shamar Joseph (29) started swinging for the fences, clearing them multiple times for valuable lower-order runs to take the score from 7-174 to within reach of Australia.
The innings eventually ended on a controversial note when third umpire Nitin Menon ruled Anderson Phillip (10) had been cleanly caught by bowler Travis Head despite replays appearing to show the ball touching the ground as he gathered the chipped ball. (Australia Broadcasting Corporation)
