By Austin Peters in Bridgetown Australia did their best to help West Indies towards an implausible victory with some shambolic fielding in a chaotic second session of the third and final Test. the Windies reached tea on the fourth day at 99 for one. It could have been worse for the hosts with second-innings centurion Simon Katich setting the tone in the field, dropping one of three simple chances to go down. He grassed a simple catch at third slip to deny Brett Lee the wicket of Xavier Marshall. Later Beau Casson dropped Chris Gayle, with Lee again the unlucky bowler, while Marshall was given another life when wicketkeeper Brad Haddin failed to cling on when he edged a Stuart Clark delivery. In between the drops, Gayle was unusually subdued, though there were a handful of authoritative shots from both batsmen. Lee spurned a...
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