Windies - Australia Test drawn

Australia retained their two-decade grip on the Frank Worrell Trophy when heavy rain meant the second Test against the West Indies petered out into a draw on Thursday.

The disappointing end came just when the home side were cranking up their pursuit of a 215-run victory target at Queen's Park Oval.

Australian skipper Michael Clarke had declared his team's second innings at 160 for eight early in the afternoon, leaving West Indies with a minimum 61 overs to force a result and level the three-game series.

But after reaching 53 for two off 11 overs, the umpires led the teams off as bad light and heavy rain, which had restricted Wednesday's action to just 30.4 overs, returned.

"I think it was going to be a good final day if the rain stayed away," said Clarke, whose team won the first Test in Barbados. "It was disappointing for both teams and the fans. It's going to be a tough fight in Dominica (where the final Test starts on Monday) because we played inconsistent cricket here."

In an effort to win the game, West Indies captain Darren Sammy switched his batting order, moving Kieran Powell to open and placing himself at number three.

Australian seamer Ben Hilfenhaus soon had the West Indies rocking, trapping Powell lbw for just four in his second over and the decision stood despite another wasted review by the home side.

Sammy, himself, then came to the crease.

However, Hilfenhaus had both openers back in the dressing room just two overs later when he produced a beautiful outswinger that took the edge of Adrian Barath's bat and the catch was taken by Clarke at first slip.

That left West Indies on 13 for two.

Sammy, though, still had his sights firmly set on a win and launched into an attack on Hilfenhaus, striking him for two boundaries and a six over long-off.

He reached 30 not out from 26 balls with his team still needing another 162 runs to win when the weather intervened.

"We were going after the runs. We lost two wickets, but we had Shiv (Chanderpaul) and Narsinh (Deonarine) in the end. We made a positive statement. We looked at it as a one-day scenario," said Sammy.

During the morning the unlucky Fidel Edwards finally took his first wicket of the match in his 10th over of the second innings.

AFP

	SCORECARD

Australia 1st innings 311
West Indies 1st innings 257
Australia 2nd innings (overnight 73-3)

E. Cowan lbw b Roach				20
D. Warner c Bravo b Edwards			17
S. Watson b Roach				00
R. Ponting c Powell b Edwards			41
M. Clarke c & b Sammy				15
M. Hussey b Roach				24
M. Wade not out					31
B. Hilfenhaus b Roach				00
N. Lyon c Sammy b Shillingford			03
Extras (b4, lb1, w1, nb3)			09
Total (8 wickets dec; 61.5 overs)	       160 

Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-26, 3-57, 4-93, 5-95, 6-145
		 7-149, 8-160
Bowling: Edwards 10-2-28-1 (1nb)
		 Shillingford 23.5-4-55-1
		 Roach 18-4-41-5 (1nb)
		 Sammy 8-0-17-1 (1w, 2nb)
		 Deonarine 2-0-14-0
  
West Indies 2nd innings 
A. Barath c Clarke b Hilfenhaus			05
K. Powell lbw b Hilfenhaus			04
D. Sammy not out				30
D. Bravo not out				08
Extras (b6)					06
Total (2 wickets; 11 overs)			53 

Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-13 
Bowling: Beer 4-1-10-0
	 Hilfenhaus 4-0-22-2 
	 Watson 3-1-15-0