Kraigg Brathwaite stabilised West Indies after his new opening partner, Shai Hope, was dismissed in the fifth over the day by Josh Hazlewood AFP
He found an able partner in Darren Bravo, and the pair added 91 for the second wicket to take the visitors past 100 Getty Images
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West Indies, however, lost two quick wickets after lunch. First, James Pattinson had Bravo caught off a top edge to a short ball for 33 Getty Images
Then Marlon Samuels' poor Test run continued, as he was run out for 4 after a mix-up with K Brathwaite Cricket Australia/Getty Images
Rain halted play just after the fall of Samuels' wicket, with the visitors at 3 for 115 AFP
Soon after play resumed Nathan Lyon scalped Jermaine Blackwood with a ball that turned sharply from outside off to take Blackwood's off stump Cricket Australia/Getty Images
Rain interrupted play once again after which Lyon brought an end to K Brathwaite's patient innings at 85 Associated Press
Steve O'Keefe then had Jason Holder caught at short leg, claiming his first wicket of the match Getty Images
Carlos Brathwaite and Denesh Ramdin though ensured that the Australian bowlers couldn't make further inroads, taking the visitors to 6 for 207 by stumps on day one Getty Images
