ROSEAU – Shane Shillingford celebrated a ten-wicket haul at his home ground in Dominica, but Australia remained on track to finish the series with a win as they set West Indies 370 for victory on the fourth day at Windsor Park on Thursday.
Australia dismissed opener Adrian Barath for nought as West Indies suffered a miserable start to their pursuit of 370 to win the third and final Test. After Australia had been bowled out for 259 in their second innings to set West Indies the sixth highest run chase in Test history, the home side failed to get through the seven overs to lunch unscathed.
Barath clipped a Ben Hilfenhaus delivery off his legs into the air and Ed Cowan dived to his right to take a fine catch in the third over. Only two runs were scored before lunch with Kraigg Brathwaite ending his run of three consecutive scoreless innings. Brathwaite was on 2 with Kieran Powell yet to score, and at 2 for 1 West Indies still needed another 368 runs. Australia, who have already wrapped up the series, started the day on 200 for six and looking determined to keep the scoreboard ticking despite the difficulty of scoring on the slow track.
Only once before have West Indies chased down such a high target to win a Test, in their world-record pursuit of 418 in Antigua in 2003. And while they have reached 370 in the fourth innings of a Test three times in the past five years, the challenge will be significantly tougher on a Windsor Park pitch offering plenty of turn.
That spin was exploited perfectly by Shillingford, who finished with 4 for 100 in the second innings to give him match figures of 10 for 219. He was the first West Indian spinner to take 10 wickets in a Test since Lance Gibbs in 1966, and only the second to do it in the Caribbean, after Wilf Ferguson achieved the feat in Trinidad in 1948.
Mike Hussey had taken his score to 32 when off-spinner Shillingford found the edge and skipper Darren Sammy took a neat catch around ankle height at first slip. Mitchell Starc decided that the aerial route was the best option against Shillingford. The ball seemed to be either beating the edge or flying in the air off the bat towards the boundary as the pair duelled.
When Narsingh Deonarine came on, Ryan Harris tried to slog his second ball but it took the top edge and went high in the air where Carlton Baugh took it easily in his gloves with the batsman on nine. Hilfenhaus, on six, then received a brute of a delivery from Shillingford that took a big bounce off the wicket and hit the splice of the bat.
Brathwaite, at silly point, snared an excellent one-handed catch. Just as Kemar Roach achieved in the last Test in Trinidad, Shillingford was able to celebrate a 10-wicket haul in the match.

     scoreboard

AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS: 328
WEST INDIES 1ST INNINGS: 218
AUSTRALIA 2ND INNINGS:
(OVERNIGHT: 200-6):
D Warner c Chanderpaul b Roach    11
E Cowan c Sammy b Deonarine    55
S Watson c Sammy b Shillingford    5
R Ponting c Chanderpaul b Roach    57
M Clarke c Bravo b Shillingford    25
M Hussey c Sammy b Shillingford    32
M Wade lbw b Deonarine    4
R Harris c Baugh b Deonarine    9
M Starc b Roach    21
Hilfenhaus c Brathwaite b Shillingford    6
N Lyon not out    12
EXTRAS: (b8, lb9, w1, nb4)    22
TOTAL: (all out; 85 overs)    259
FOW: 1-17, 2-25, 3-112, 4-168, 5-171, 6-196, 7-220, 8-230, 9-237, 10-259
BOWLING: Rampaul 9-1-37-0, Roach 13-2-40-3, Shillingford 39-7-100-4, Sammy 10-4-20-0, Deonarine 14-1-45-3
WEST INDIES 2ND INNINGS:
A Barath c Cowan b Hilfenhaus    0
K Brathwaite not out    2
K Powell not out    0
EXTRAS:    0
TOTAL: (1 wicket; 7 overs)    2
FOW: 1-0
BOWLING: Hilfenhaus 3-3-0-1, Starc 3-2-2-0, Lyon 1-1-0-0
TOSS: Australia
UMPIRES: Marais Erasmus (RSA), Tony Hill (NZL)
THIRD UMPIRE: Ian Gould (ENG)
MATCH REFEREE: Jeff Crowe (NZL)