Cowan and Ponting guide Australia to 300-plus lead

Western Indies will need to finish their maximum effective pursuit since they rewrote the history guides in Antigua nine years ago if they are to stage the sequence against Australia. Ed Cowan and Ponting both obtained half-centuries on the third day in Dominica as the Aussies designed a cause of 310 operates at stumps, and with four wickets still in side there was no immediate end in vision for the Australia second innings.

Chanderpaul

Viewed in solitude, it wasn't a bad day for West Indies: their last two couples disappointed Australia for an time and a 50 percent in the beginning morning and their bowlers grabbed wickets beginning in the Australia innings and then obtained some strength overdue in the day. But the serves were departed to rue their depressed second day, when Matthew Wade's millennium provided Australia control of the go with, and at stumps on day three Australia had shifted on to 200 for 6 with Hussey on 17 and Harris on 4.

Not since their world-record pursuit of 418 against Waugh's Australia part in 2003 have West Indies pursued down this big a focus on to win a test. On that situation, hundreds to Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan set up the West Indies to succeed, and the way their hitting has spluttered in this sequence they will need something in the same way unique from Chanderpaul now around.

First, they must get through the relax of the Australia hitting line-up. The innings began promisingly for West Indies, whose termination 30 minutes before lunchtime provided Australia an uncomfortable four-over spot to deal with before the separate.Warner didn't create it to protection, found at slide off Kemar Roach for 11, and when Watson was taken at leg slide for 5 off Shillingford's go-karting soon after the resumption Australia were in problems.

But Cowan and Ponting, two men who had sustained a slender sequence, came together in a relaxed and managed 87-run alliance that stopped the West Indies strength. Cowan was a little more fighting than he has been so far on the trip, but was still in no excellent rush, and Ponting live through a number of anxious times to perform his way into the innings.

Ponting was fortunate not to be run out soon before tea when Cowan known as him for 1 and then converted him returning, and had the fielder at mid-on tossed down the stumps Ponting was gone. He also provided a challenging opportunity on 27 when he encouraged a Narsingh Deonarine offbreak previous Adrian Barath at brief leg, and although it was challenging it was the type of opportunity West Indies required to take.

Cowan's half-century, his first since the Perth against India, came from his 107th shipping with a cut for four off Deonarine, but on 55 he dropped trying another cut against the same bowler when Darren Sammy at slide revealed spectacular reactions to entice a challenging get. Ponting dropped for 57 in uncommon conditions - he ducked a Kemar Roach bouncy but departed his bat up and unknowingly lobbed a get to slide.

That was the begin of an motivating interval for West Indies as they also eliminated Clarke, who top-edged Shillingford and was found at brief leg for 25. And an essential increase for the serves came just before stumps when Deonarine had Wade lbw for 4, and despite the umpire's choice being upheld on evaluation - the ball arranged the batsman's feet on the complete and was going on to video leg stump - Wade showed up livid with the choice as he strolled off the area.

The wickets intended West Indies completed the day on a good, and they had began that way as well. One more two Western Indies couples live through for an time and a 50 percent and Shivnarine Chanderpaul didn't modify his hitting design despite having to perform with the tail-enders, stunning only three fours in his 68 from 164 paintballs.

He was the last man out, lbw to a ball from Mitchell Starc, who completed 2 for 29, and Australia had lastly completed a 32-run alliance between Chanderpaul and Roach (9 not out). West Indies included 53 to their instantaneously complete for the decrease of their last two wickets as the Aussies battled to discover a way to eliminate the innings.Lyon completed up with 4 for 69 and shifted into place as Australia's major wicket taker of the series so far.