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Day three: West Indies battling

Lara becomes second highest run-scorer in Tests

HOBART: Brian Lara reached another milestone in Test cricket on Saturday but the rest of the news for the West Indies wasn't good in the second Test against Australia at Bellerive Oval.

Lara became the second-highest Test run-scorer but the Caribbean side was 82 for four in its second innings at stumps on the third day, still needing another 175 runs to make Australia bat again.

Lara (18 not out) and the injured Marlon Samuels, batting with a runner, were the last of the specialist batsmen and faced a big challenge against the new-ball attack of Glenn McGrath (two for 14) and Brett Lee (two for 49).

Lara moved past Steve Waugh on the list of Test run-scorers with a square drive to the boundary off Lee. The out-of-form Lara has scored 10,934 Test runs, seven more than Waugh, who has 10,927, and only has only another former Australian captain, Allan Border (11,174), ahead of him on the list.

Australia, which resumed at 256 for one on Saturday, made 406 after the West Indies took six wickets in the morning session, holding Australia to 150 for nine on the day.

But McGrath wasted little time taking care of the West Indies top order, bowling Chris Gayle for four and then had Gayle's opening partner Devon Smith removed just before the tea break.

Vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan (32) was caught behind from a wild swipe at a Lee ball and captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul (10) lasted just 23 minutes before he became another Lee wicket.

Australia will retain the Frank Worrell Trophy by either drawing or winning the Hobart Test after winning the first Test in Brisbane by 379 runs. The third and final Test begins next Friday in Adelaide.

Computer glitch

The Australian innings was marked by a computer glitch that appeared to give Andrew Symonds an undeserved reprieve when he was run out.

Symonds (1) was out after a good piece of fielding by Dwayne Smith. The decision was referred to third umpire Steve Davis but Symonds, assuming he was out, had taken off his gloves and was halfway off the ground when a ``not out'' verdict mistakenly flashed up on the scoreboard.

Symonds returned to the crease, believing he had been handed a second chance. But umpire Aleem Dar refused to acknowledge the screen verdict and sent Symonds off the field. — AP

SCOREBOARD

West Indies — 1st innings: 149.

Australia — 1st innings: M. Hayden c Bravo b Collymore 110, M. Hussey c Sarwan b Bravo 137, R. Ponting b Edwards 17, M. Clark c (sub) Smith b Edwards 5, B. Hodge lbw b Collymore 60, A. Symonds (run out) 1, A. Gilchrist c (sub) Smith b Bravo 2, S. Warne c Sarwan b Powell 1, B. Lee c Ramdin b Edwards 18, S. MacGill (not out) 20, G. McGrath (run out) 14; Extras (lb-6, w-3, nb-12) 21. Total (in 109.4 overs) 406.

Fall of wickets: 1-231, 2-257, 3-271, 4-306, 5-315, 6-317, 7-324, 8-362, 9-377.

West Indies bowling: Edwards 27.4-2-116-3, Powell 24-2-117-1, Collymore 28-11-54-2, Bravo 23-2-96-2, Gayle 7-0-17-0.

West Indies — 2nd innings: C. Gayle b McGrath 4, D. Smith c Ponting b McGrath 8, R. Sarwan c Gilchrist b Lee 32, B. Lara (batting) 18, S. Chanderpaul c Gilchrist b Lee 10, M. Samuels (batting) 2; Extras: (lb-6, nb-2) 8. Total (for four wkts. in 24 overs) 82.

Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-27, 3-62, 4-76.

Australia bowling: McGrath 7-3-14-2, Lee 11-1-49-2, Symonds 1-0-2-0, Warne 5-0-11-0.

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