Hussey stands firm as Australia struggle

West Indies held the upper hand at the end of the third day of the first Test here on Monday as they reduced Australia to 248 for 5, still trailing by 201 runs. Only a solid 73 by captain Michael Clarke and a typically stubborn unbeaten 47 by veteran Mike Hussey all but ensured that the Aussies would avoid the follow-on.

Clarke was disappointed with his team's performance in the match so far.

“We have no excuses for not bowling and fielding as well as we would have liked day one, day two and certainly no excuses for being five down on that wicket today,” he said. However, he was still cofident the Australians could win the match.

“I think we're going to have to bowl better than what we did in the first innings and we're going to have to try to make as many runs as we can in this first innings to see how close we are to them.

“I certainly think we can still win the Test match from here.” His West Indian counterpart Darren Sammy was by contrast delighted with his team. “The team played well. The bowlers supported each other,” he said.

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	West Indies 1st innings
	   449 for 9 declared
 	Australia 1st innings

E. Cowan c Baugh b Sammy		 14
D. Warner c Bravo b Sammy		 42
S. Watson c Baugh b Roach		 39
R. Ponting run out (Brathwaite/Baugh)	 04
M. Clarke c Deonarine b Bishoo		 73
M. Hussey not out			 47
M. Wade not out				 19
Extras (lb8, nb2)			 10 
Total (5 wickets for, 95 overs)		248

Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Cowan), 2-65 (Warner), 3-83 (Ponting), 4-133 
		(Watson), 5-215 (Clarke)

Bowling: Edwards 15-2-41-0 (1nb), Roach 17-2-56-1, Bishoo 30-7-77-1 
		(1nb), Sammy 15-5-33-2, Deonarine 18-5- 33-0