Australia to chase 192 for victory

Lunch West Indies 449 for 9 dec and 148 (Hilfenhaus 4-27, Harris 3-31) lead Australia 406 for 9 dec by 191 runs

Australia will chase 192 to win the first Test in Barbados after they dismissed West Indies for 148 before lunch on the final day. Ben Hilfenhaus finished with four wickets and Ryan Harris ended up with three as the hosts added 77 to their overnight total for the loss of their last five wickets.

The last specialist batsman, Narsingh Deonarine, added only one run to his score and was the first to depart, lbw to Ryan Harris for 21. It was precisely the start the Australians needed if they were to give themselves time to chase down a target, and they had another perfect chance soon afterwards when Darren Sammy skied a chance to long-on.

Nathan Lyon put down the sitter to give Sammy a life on 12, and nobody was happier than Lyon when Sammy played on to Shane Watson for 14, accidentally kicking the ball on to his stumps as he tried to prevent it rolling back. Carlton Baugh chipped a catch to mid-on from the bowling of Hilfenhaus (4 for 27) for 23 and West Indies were in trouble at 116 for 8.

Fidel Edwards defended solidly for a while before he played a surprisingly rash stroke and skied a catch to mid off for 3 from 17 balls to give Peter Siddle his second wicket, and that brought the No.11 Devendra Bishoo to the crease. Bishoo defended calmly and together with Kemar Roach set about eating up time and adding some important runs to the total.

Their 23-run stand pushed the session beyond the scheduled lunch time but eventually ended when Roach was bowled by Harris for 25. That left the Australians with 192 to chase in two sessions and while the pitch had shown some variable bounce, they were firm favourites.