Australia v West Indies: second Test, day four – live

22nd over: Australia 66-2 (Smith 36, Green 10) No swing yet for the West Indies bowlers, despite the overhead conditions. Roach bowls an accurate but harmless maiden to Green.

21st over: Australia 66-2 (Smith 36, Green 10) Alzarri Joseph, the pick of the bowlers last night, opens up at the other end. Smith waves the first delivery to the cover sweeper to make it three singles from as many balls.

Green is beaten, chasing a wide one, and then works a single off the hip to move into double figures. It’s been a slowish start to the day.

20th over: Australia 63-2 (Smith 35, Green 9) Shamar Joseph isn’t on the field at the start of play. Kemar Roach opens the bowling to Steve Smith with three slips in place; Smith pats the first ball into the leg side and gets off strike.

An extra slip is brought in for Green, who defends solidly and gets a leg bye off the penultimate delivery. Smith does to the last ball of the over as he did the first.

It’s very humid at the Gabba, which should be good news for the West Indies quick bowlers. Though Australia are strong favourites, an almighty shock isn’t beyond the realms. It’s been 27 years since West Indies won a Test in Australia, the match in which Curtly Ambrose took such advantage of the Waca cracks that he was called the fissure king.

Australia’s women have suffered a surprise defeat to South Africa in the second T20I in Canberra.

Hello and welcome to live, over-by-over coverage of the fourth and almost certainly final day at the Gabba. The situation is simple. Australia need 156 more runs to win the series 2-0; West Indies need eight wickets to draw it 1-1; and both teams need the rain to stay away.

There was plenty of rain earlier in the day, but it has cleared for now and play is due to start on time. When it does, Steve Smith will hope to bat with the same authority as yesterday evening: he resumes on 33 not out, with a less convincing Cameron Green on 9.

West Indies have been boosted by the news that Shamar Joseph’s toe wasn’t broken by Mitchell Starc, so he should be able to bowl today. On a pitch that is still playing well, they need early wickets plural.