ADELAIDE, Australia (CMC):

Century-making all-roun-der Dwayne Bravo is pleased the West Indies were able to fend off Australia's bowlers on yesterday's opening day of the second Test match at the Adelaide Oval.

Bravo stroked 104 - his third Test hundred - and several other batsmen compiled fighting knocks as the Windies scored a stout 336 for six and reversed the disastrous batting effort that resulted in an innings defeat in the first Test at the Gabba.

"We knew we would not be bowled out like that (first Test) again in this series," Bravo said.

"It's going to be more difficult to beat us now," he added.

Bravo, who lofted off-spinner Nathan Hauritz straight for his 12th four to reach his milestone from 146 balls, believes the West Indies rallied well yesterday after being condemned for their flimsy performance last week in Brisbane.

"We are really happy to be in this position that we are in and I am looking forward to the next four days," said Bravo, who added 116 for the fourth wicket with Shiv Chanderpaul (62) to transform the complexion of the West Indies' innings.

Brendan Nash (44 not out), Darren Sammy (44 not out), Ramnaresh Sarwan (28) and Chris Gayle (26) were the next highest scorers in the West Indies innings.

Bravo said the memory of being dismissed for 187 in the first Test was gone and he now anticipates more respect for the Caribbean side.

"We all respect the Australian team and we hope with this performance we'll get a bit more respect from them also," said Bravo, who is the current eight-ranked all-rounder in Test cricket.

Bravo, one of the top flight West Indies players who made themselves unavailable for international cricket since July because of a contractual dispute with the board, said their poor first Test outing in Brisbane was partly due to the bulk of the team's being rusty.

preparation

"It was six months that the team had not played together as a team," Bravo said.

"Our preparation coming up to here was not the best. We were playing in a limited-overs tournament back home and a lot of the guys didn't have much cricket under their belt. We had one warm-up game against Queensland.

"It was very difficult for us to come up against one of the best teams in the world and beat them," Bravo said.

WEST INDIES 1st Innings

*C. Gayle c wkpr Haddin b Bollinger 26
A. Barath c Hussey b Bollinger 3 R. Sarwan c Clarke b Johnson 28
S. Chanderpaul c
wkpr Haddin b Watson 62
B. Nash not out 44
D. Bravo b Hauritz 104
+D. Ramdin b Watson 4
D. Sammy not out 44
Extras (b4, lb8, w5, nb4) 21
TOTAL (6 wkts, 85 overs) 336
S. Benn, R. Rampaul, K. Roach to bat
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Barath), 2-39 (*Gayle), 3-84 (Sarwan), 3-119* (Nash, retired hurt), 4-235 (Chanderpaul), 5-239 (+Ramdin), 6-273 (Bravo); NB: Nash returned at 6-273
Bowling: Bollinger 15-2-42-2 (nb3); Siddle 19-3-86-0; Johnson 18-2-69-1 (w1); Hauritz 22-0-85-1; Watson 11-2-42-2
AUSTRALIA: S. Watson, S. Katich, *R. Ponting, M. Hussey, M. Clarke, M. North, +B. Haddin, M. Johnson, N. Hauritz, P. Siddle, D. Bollinger
Toss: West Indies
Umpires: M. Benson, I. Gould, Video replays: Asad Rauf, Reserve: B. Oxenford
Matchreferee: C. Broad.