“The PLD programme is an exciting initiative for the WICB as it focuses is on ensuring that players, especially the younger players will be able to play cricket without compromising their education,” said WICB Player Relations Officer Ayana Cooper.

“We haven’t always taken into serious account the lifestyle aspect of the development of players and what the PLD programme will do is assist in bringing balance to the all round development of our players,” Cooper added.

“This programme is especially important as with three formats of the game being played at the international level we have more players both men and women representing the West Indies and this will only continue when you look at the packed ICC Future Tours Programme,” Cooper noted.

“In addition we have several West Indian players representing the region on the world stage and they are all ambassadors for West Indies cricket,” Cooper explained.

The PLD programme will comprise three main elements:

i) Personal and Professional Development

ii) Education and Training

iii) Career Development

Personal and Professional Development is geared at assisting players in balancing cricket with the other critical aspects of modern professional sport. Players will benefit from training in various areas including media skills, nutrition, etiquette and how to be an ambassador among other topics.

The Personal and Professional Development component will be mandatory for all regional First Class and WICB contracted cricketers along with Under 19 and Under 15 players. It will also be available for all international players on a voluntary basis.

The Education and Training component of the programme is aimed at ensuring that all players, but especially the younger players, have a solid educational base.

The Career Development component is designed with the senior players in mind and will provide support in preparing for life after cricket.

“The players response to the WICB Player Relations Programme and overall interaction with players have improved significantly over the past year. The players are now more willing and comfortable in coming forward and engaging with the WICB to express their own thoughts on how the WICB can assist them in developing as players and as individuals,” Cooper added.

“It is now time, as the governing body for cricket in the West Indies, for us to implement a more structured programme given the demand from the players and because we have to ensure that we have a system in place for players to develop in every way, on and off the field,” Cooper said.

Cooper has already coordinated Personal and Professional Development workshops for all WICB preparatory camps for men and women cricketers, Under 15 and Under 19 tournaments along with select senior team tournaments.

The WICB funded PLD will be an on-going year round programme and is the next step to the workshops.

Source:http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/breaking-news/05/14/wicb-to-launch-player-lifestyle-development-programme/

Gayle, the leading run-getter in the IPL, managed just six as Royal Challengers Bangalore went down by five wickets to Mumbai Indians, thanks to Pollard’s fireworks.
The strongly built right-hander, who finished unbeaten on 52, smashed a six and two fours off the last over bowled by Gayle as Mumbai, requiring 14 from the last over, reached their target of 171 with two balls remaining.

In Kolkata, Bravo (11 not out) launched the final delivery of the game for six to fire Chennai Super Kings to a dramatic five-wicket win over the Knight Riders, ending on 160-5 from their 20 overs.
Sent in to bat at their home M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Royal Challengers tallied 171-6, with Mayank Agarwal top-scoring with 64 and Tillakaratne Dishan getting 47.

Gayle, entering the match with four half-centuries in his previous five innings, had one scoring shot — a six over long-on — before going bowled off the inside edge off seamer Munaf Patel in the third over.
Indian batsman Ambati Rayudu then stroked a fine, unbeaten 81 off 54 balls to lay the groundwork for Mumbai’s chase.

When Windies all-rounder Dwayne Smith went for six, Mumbai were struggling at 51-5 in the ninth over, but Rayudu and Pollard put on an unbroken 122 for the sixth wicket to revive their side.
With Mumbai still short in the last over, Pollard cracked the second ball from Gayle over mid-wicket, edged the third for four to third man before pulling the fourth through mid-wicket for another boundary, to seal victory.

Source:http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Gayle-fails-but-Windies-players-shine-in-IPL_11469002

The 22-year-old Powell led the way with a polished 108 that anchored West Indies to 377 for eight in their second innings — a lead of 183 — at the close on the third day of the four-day, first-class tour match at Wantage Road.

Powell, dropped on 17 at gully off Matt Coles, reached his milestone from 217 balls, when he swept left-arm spinner Samit Patel and deep mid-wicket fielder James Brooks muffed a save, giving the batsman the last of his 13 fours.

The West Indies left-handed opener stroked the ball with crisp assurance throughout his near 5-1/4-hour innings which also contained one six from 235 balls.

He led a solid batting performance from West Indies that brought the visitors back into the game, after they trailed by 194 on first innings and started the day on 28 for three.

Veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul supported with a typically circumspect 77, Darren Bravo scored 57, his second half-century of the match, Marlon Samuels made 44 and wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin chimed in with 31 not out in the closing stages.

The tall, easy-going Powell, a product of the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre and the beneficiary of a two-year spell at the Millfield School in Somerset, never looked ruffled throughout his innings and shared consecutive century partnerships with fellow left-handers Bravo and Chanderpaul.

He shared 108 for the fourth wicket with Bravo, whose 92-ball knock in 2 ¼ hours included nine fours; and 126 for the fifth wicket with Chanderpaul, nine fours from 159 balls in close to three hours.

Powell and Bravo both passed the 50-run mark, batting through the first period to carry West Indies to 133 for three at lunch.
Bravo, dropped on 19 and 51, reached his 50 from 76 balls, when he lofted Patel for his ninth and last four straight, and Powell arrived at the landmark from 131 balls, when he flicked part-time off-spinner Joe Root to fine leg for a single.

Bravo, who made 57 in the first innings, was bowled behind his back in the second over after lunch, when he moved too far inside the line of a delivery from the headband-wearing Brooks and had his leg-stump extracted.

Chanderpaul came to the crease and brought his steadying influence, shepherding Powell to his hundred.
They continued to grow the West Indies lead with Chanderpaul reaching his 50 from 105 balls, when he drove Root through mid-off for two before Powell too, was bowled, when he essayed a cut at a delivery from Patel.

West Indies reached 260 for five at tea, but Samuels and Chanderpaul continued merrily after the break.
They were just beginning to get into the thick of things, when Chanderpaul was lbw offering no stroke to a delivery from the lively Stuart Meaker.

Samuels continued on the rampage, roughing up England hopeful Jade Dernbach, cracking him for a six over long-on and a few other meaty strokes in an over that cost 15, enlivening the final period of the second straight day blessed with sunshine, accompanied by chilling winds.

Samuels added 65 for seventh wicket with Ramdin before he miscued a pull and was caught at mid-on off Coles before Shane Shillingford was caught behind down the leg-side for 10, when he top-edged a hook at a short ball.

Brooks was the pick of the Lions’ bowlers with three wickets for 46 runs from 23 overs, while Meaker and Coles added two apiece.
The match is the final warm-up for West Indies before the first of three Tests against England, starting this coming Thursday at Lord’s.

Source:http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/sports.php?news_id=10916&start=0&category_id=8

Bledman was the class of the men’s 100 metres field. Running into a 1.9 metres per second headwind, the Trinidad and Tobago sprinter got to the line in 10.12 seconds to beat Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade (10.15) and American Trell Kimmons (10.18) into second and third, respectively.
Saturday’s outing was Bledman’s second 100m race in four days.

Last Wednesday, he bagged bronze at the Cayman Invitational in the Cayman Islands in 10.06 seconds–his fastest 2012 clocking to date. Another T&T sprinter, Marc Burns was eighth in 10.31. And in the 200m, Rondel Sorrillo clocked 20.57 to pick up silver.

Gordon seized silver in Ponce on Saturday in the men’s 400m hurdles in 48.89 seconds, forcing American Bershawn Jackson (48.96) to settle for bronze. Puerto Rican Javier Culson won in a world-leading 48 seconds flat.

Gordon’s 48.89 run was his fastest so far this season, bettering the 48.98 clocking he had produced in finishing second at the Jamaica International Invitational two Saturdays ago.
Gordon is sixth on the 2012 world list with his 48.89 effort.

Another elite T&T athlete, Cleopatra Borel finished fifth in the women’s shot put at the Samsung Diamond League meet, in Doha, Qatar, on Friday. She threw the iron ball 18.30 meters.

At the Clemson Tiger Qualifier, in South Carolina, USA, Aleesha Barber finished fourth in the women’s 100m hurdles final in 13.44 seconds. In the qualifying round, the T&T athlete clocked 13.32.
And Barber copped seventh spot in the 100m final in 12.32 seconds, 15-hundredths of a second slower than the 12.17 she had clocked in the preliminaries.

Source:http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/BLEDMAN_STRIKES_GOLD-151327065.html

Powell got off to the faster start but Gatlin pulled even and managed to get his head in front as they crossed the line.

“This is the fastest I ever opened up my career,” said Gatlin, who dedicated the win to son Jace on his second birthday.

American Allyson Felix won the 100 with a meet record of 10.92, edging her Jamaican rival and reigning world 200 champion Veronica Campbell-Brown by 0.02 seconds

Gatlin tied Powell’s world record in Doha six years ago, but the result was erased when he was caught doping a few weeks later. Gatlin tested positive for excessive levels of testosterone, which led to a four-year ban.

Gatlin and Powell are gearing up for the London Games. Olympic champion Usain Bolt skipped the meet, along with Tyson Gay of the United States, who is recovering from injury.

“I just showed I have a lot of grit and a lot of competition in these old legs,” Gatlin said. “I want to come back and show the world I can run to the line with the best of them.”

Powell, who has lost to Gatlin seven times in 10 meetings, said he wouldn’t let it happen the next time.

“I cannot complain about my time — 9.88 is a good time,” he said. “I am still feeling the jet lag, so I cannot say I was 100 percent ready. I will surely go for gold at the Olympics.”

Felix, who may run the 200 and 400 metres at the London Games, showed she is starting the season in shape. Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was third.

Meanwhile, T&T’s Cleopatra Borel was fifth in the women’s shot put which was won by Nadezhda Ostapchuk from Belarus.

Borel had a 18.30 metres throw, but that was not good enough for a place on the podium.

Ostapchuk’s effort measured 20.53 metres.

USA’s Jillian Carmarena-Williams won silver with her 19.81 metre effort, while Germany’s Nadine Kleinert was third with a distance of 19.67 metre.

Anita Marton from Hungary was fourth with an 18.33 metre throw

Source:http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Gatlin_beats_Powell_in_Doha-151215115.html

Fresh from their outstanding performances at Saturday’s ninth JN Jamaica International Invitational (JII) meet at the National Stadium, Blake and Williams-Mills are expected to dominate their events.
IAAF World Championships 100m gold medallist Blake, who set a world-leading 19.91 seconds in the 200m on Saturday, will contest the 100m and after clocking 9.90 seconds just under a month ago, could go faster today.

Two other Jamaicans, Michael Frater, who was second in the 100m behind double world record-holder Usain Bolt on Saturday in 10.00 seconds flat, and Kemar Bailey-Cole, who ran a personal best 10.09 in the ‘B’ race, will match strides with Blake and world 100m bronze medallist Kim Collins of St Kitts/Nevis, Trinidad’s Marc Burns and Keston Bledman and American Travis Padgett.

Williams-Mills is off to her best ever start after recording 49.99 seconds to win the 400m on Saturday and will take on the USA’s Monica Hargrove and the US Virgin Island’s Chantel Malone, along with Jamaica’s World Indoor semi-finalist Dominique Blake.
The men’s 400m is a showdown between Jamaica and the Bahamas with six Jamaicans scheduled to contest the one-lap event, led by Jermaine Gayle, who opened eyes on Saturday with a brilliant 45.60 seconds in a ‘B’ race.

Former national champion Oral Thompson, Peter Mathews, Allodin Fothergill, Ricardo Chambers and Dwight Mullings are also listed to compete, as well as Bahamians Ramon Miller and Chris Brown, who should start as pre-race favourites.

Quarter-miler Jermaine Gonzales, who as third in the championships 400m in 45.66 seconds on Saturday, will drop down to the 200m where he will face compatriots Warren Weir, who ran a personal best 20.21 seconds on Saturday; Lansford Spence and Ainsley Waugh.
American Shawn Crawford should start as favourite in the event which will also see Canada’s Rondel Sorillo.

Rising star Hansle Parchment will get the chance to prove his 13.19 seconds in winning the 110m hurdles on Saturday was no ‘flash in the pan’ as he tackles compatriot Richard Philips, Americans Joel Brown and David Payne, and former IAAF world champion Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados.

The veteran Vonette Dixon, Shermaine Williams and Nickesha Wilson are the Jamaicans who will compete in the women’s 100m hurdles where they will face Americans Tiki James, Damu Cherry and Ginnie Crawford.
World Championships semi-finalist Ristananna Tracey, who opened her season in the 400m hurdles on Saturday, will challenge Americans Queen Harrison and Latoya James and fellow Jamaican Shevon Stoddart in the 10-barrier event.

The other Jamaicans scheduled to take part are Samantha Henry in the women’s 100m; Korene Hinds and Mardrea Hyman in the 800m; and O’Dayne Richards, who will make yet another attempt to achieve at least the Olympic ‘B’ standard in the men’s shot put.

Source:http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Blake-leads-charge–24-J-cans-for-inaugural-Cayman-Invit-l_11426823

The Trinidad and Tobago sprint star clocked 10.86 seconds for silver in the women’s 100 metres dash, behind reigning world champion Carmelita Jeter, the American winning in a world-leading 10.81. Jamaica’s Kerron Stewart got to the line in 10.98 to pick up bronze.

Baptiste challenged Jeter all the way to the line, eventually securing the runner-up spot with the second fastest time of her career. Her personal best is the 10.84 national record run she produced in 2010.
Saturday’s 10.86 clocking puts Baptiste in second spot on the 2012 world performance list. The Plymouth, Tobago sprinter is the 2011 World Championship women’s 100m bronze medalist.

Jehue Gordon was also impressive at the Jamaica International Invitational, the 20-year-old T&T athlete seizing silver in the men’s 400m hurdles in 48.98 seconds. Gordon moved into seventh spot on the world list.
Americans Bershawn Jackson (48.73) and Justin Gaymon (49.08) finished first and third, respectively.

Renny Quow just missed out on gold in the men’s 400m. The T&T quartermiler clocked 45.48 seconds to finish second, trailing Calvin Smith by one-hundredth of a second, the American winning in 45.47. Jamaica’s Jermaine Gonzales copped third spot in 45.66.

Finishing strong, as he usually does, Quow seemed on course for gold. Smith, however, out-leaned him at the line to capture the title.
Cleopatra Borel threw the iron ball 18.69 metres to secure silver in the women’s shot put. Thanks to that heave, the T&T thrower is seventh on this season’s world performance list.

American Michelle Carter won the event with a 19.22m effort, while third spot went to Nigeria’s Vivian Chukwuemeka (16.95m).
T&T’s Ayanna Alexander jumped 13.69m to bag silver in the women’s triple jump. Jamaican Kimberly Williams (14.33m) and American Whitney Liehr (13.18m) earned gold and bronze, respectively.
T&T sprinter Richard “Torpedo” Thompson finished sixth in the men’s 100m dash in 10.14 seconds.

Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt dominated the field, the Jamaican megastar winning in a world-leading 9.82. His compatriots, Michael Frater (10.00) and Lerone Clarke (10.03) finished second and third, respectively.

Thompson had been disqualified for a false start, but was allowed to run after pleading his case with officials.
Reigning 100m world champion, Yohan Blake topped the men’s 200m field on Saturday night. The Jamaican sprinter clocked 19.91 seconds.
At the Bob Pollock Spring Invitational, in South Carolina, USA, Josanne Lucas struck gold in the women’s 400m hurdles in 57.29 seconds. Another T&T athlete, Stann Waithe got home in 47.20 for second spot in the men’s 400m.

Semoy Hackett finished third in the women’s 200m, at the Samford Multi and Invitational meet, in Alabama. The Louisiana State University (LSU) student got to the line in 23.32 seconds.
Last Tuesday, at a meet in Baie Mahault, Guadeloupe, T&T sprinter Rondel Sorrillo clocked 20.42 seconds to earn silver in the men’s 200m. And T&T half-miler Melissa De Leon returned a time of two minutes, 05.18 seconds to bag bronze in the women’s 800m.

Source:http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/FAST_START-150378725.html

Included among the 25,000-plus spectators was Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, Opposition Leader Andrew Holness and several high-profile members of parliament.

Four World-leading times and four meet records were established, by Jamaican athletes – World 100 and 200-metre champions Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt, respectively, along with national 400-metre female champion Novlene Williams-Mills and the United States’ 100m World Champion, Carmelita Jeter.

Jeter wiped out her meet record of 10.86 seconds with a new mark of 10.81 seconds to top the world list.

However, it was not easy for Jeter as she had to call on her great top-end speed to get the better of Trinidad and Tobago’s Kelly Ann Baptiste, who finished second in 10.86 seconds. Jamaica’s Kerron Stewart was third in 10.98, the third fastest in the women’s 100m so far this season.

Most of the fans came to see Bolt in action as the double-sprint record holder was competing in his first individual event this season. There were some anxious moments as the starter had to call back the athletes twice. No one was penalised at first, but on the second occasion, Trinidad and Tobago’s Richard Thompson was charged for false starting, but he was allowed to run under protest.

Memories of last year’s false start at the World Championships must have flashed back at Bolt, but he kept his composure when the race got under way the third time, winning the event in a world-leading 9.82 seconds, as his countryman Michael Frater ran well for second in 10.00 seconds flat, with another Jamaican, Lerone Clarke, third in 10.03.

“This is a good start for me as I was not able to compete this time last year. To come and give the crowd a nice run makes me happy. I am looking forward to the remainder of the season,” Bolt said.

Unfazed by false starts

Despite what happened to him at last year’s World Championship after false starting in the 100m final, the athlete says he was not rattled.

“No, I did not let that affect me as I learnt from that incident, which helped me to remain focused while this was going on around me,” he said.

The race of the night was the women’s 400 metres, which had a crack line-up with the Jamaica-born Sanya Richards-Ross, who now competes for the United States, Williams-Mills, Rosemarie Whyte and former World and Olympic champion, Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain.

Richards-Ross came into the meet as world leader with 50.11 seconds.

However, Williams-Mills, who has pretty much ‘owned’ this event at this meet, ran a peach of a race. Richards-Ross went out very fast, forcing Whyte to change her game plan by going after her on the backstretch and using up a lot of energy. Running a very tactical race, Williams-Mills did not get carried away as she kept within pace of Richards-Ross and when the athletes touched the 100 metres straightaway, she joined Richards-Ross in a very keen battle before the Jamaican pulled away for a convincing win in a World-leading 49.99 seconds, with Richards-Ross clocking 50.11 for second and Ohuruogu, running her best race for several years, finishing third in 50.93 seconds.

It was a welcome return to competition at the highest level for sprint hurdler Brigitte Foster-Hylton, who gave a blistering performance in the women’s 100-metre hurdles, where she toppled a classy field.

Having not competed for over a year due to injury, the Berlin 100-metre hurdles champion rolled back the years with a vintage performance, as she sped away to a fast 12.51-second win to post the second fastest time by an athlete over the barriers this season.

Only Daegu World champion, Sally Pearson of Australia, with 12.49 seconds in Melbourne, Australia, in early March, has gone faster.

“I was very confident that I was going to run a fast time as my coach told me that I was on target to run 12.4 or 12.5 and I have confidence in him. I believe in him a lot,” Foster-Hylton said.

“Seeing that it was my first hurdle race in a long time, I was extremely nervous at the warm-up track. That was the first I was feeling like that since my rookie year at the 2000 Olympic Games.”

Blake joined the party in the final individual senior race of the night, the men’s 200 metres, where he faced up against his former teammate at St Jago High, Nickel Ashmeade, who posted a record run of 19.98 seconds at the meet last year.

Despite a gallant run from Ashmeade, he was no match for Blake, who went out very fast to sprint away for a World-leading and meet record time of 19.91 seconds. Ashmeade finished second in 20.09 seconds, while the ever improving Warren Weir ran brilliantly for third in 20.09.

“It is a wonderful feeling to know that I was able to run so fast and to a World-leading time in my first 200 metre of the year. I am a bit surprised that I ran sub-20 seconds in my first 200-metre race of the season, because normally I run a low 20.”

Another ever-improving athlete, Hansle Parchment of the University of the West Indies, was also among the records as the World University Games champion defeated a strong field to clock a personal best of 13.19 seconds to win the 110-metre hurdles and erase the old mark of 13.27 seconds done by Antwon Hicks in 2009. Hicks was third in the event on Saturday in 13.36 seconds as Ronnie Ash, also from the United States, was second in 13.20.

Olympic 100-metre champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, failed to defend her title in the women’s 200 metres. She led for the majority of the race before she was caught inches from the finish line by the United States’ Bianca Knight, who won in 22.49 seconds. Fraser-Pryce (22.53) settled for the runner-up spot, with the US’ Shalonda Soloman third in 22.82 seconds.

The Bahamas high jumper Donald Thomas recorded the only meet record in the field, as the 2007 World champion soared to 2.27 metres to erase the old mark of 2.20 metres. Jamie Neito, who placed second, also cleared the old mark, with a 2.24m jump.

Source:http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120507/sports/sports7.html

Gayle was not chosen in the Test squad for the England tour but after progress was made in reaching a resolution between the two parties, he was considered to have a chance to be selected for the three ODIs that follow the Tests. However, those matches clash with the Friends Life t20, a tournament for which Gayle had agreed to play with Somerset, and the WICB chief executive Ernest Hilaire said Gayle could not be considered unless he categorically made himself available.

“I wish to advise that as of today, May 2nd, 2012, I have written to Somerset CC and advised them that I will not be honouring the commitment I made to them when I signed a contract with them for the 2012 [Friends Life t20]. I made it clear to them that my decision was made because of my commitment to West Indies cricket and to West Indies cricket fans, and because … I believe that it is time for the WICB to make a decision which will provide a clearer view of my own future,” Gayle said in a statement.

“I understand that by making this decision, it may place me in a position of considerable risk, since I am foregoing a signed contract, without any guarantees whatsoever, with only the hope that I will be selected to play for the West Indies again. I have now satisfied all of the requests of the WICB and their selection panel, with whom I met via teleconference yesterday, and to whom I reiterated previous assurances given to the board regarding my availability.

“So that there is no doubt, I confirmed to the selectors that I was available for West Indies duty in all forms of cricket, immediately following the conclusion of my contractual obligations to my IPL franchise, Royal Challengers Bangalore. This has been a difficult time, and I wish to sincerely thank everyone who has supported me, my family and friends, and in particular cricket fans worldwide who have continued to show appreciation for me wherever I have played. I look forward to once again putting on the maroon, and resuming my international career and my service to West Indies cricket.”

Gayle has not played for West Indies since the 2011 World Cup, but he has been in outstanding form in the IPL. He is third on the tournament’s run tally and has scored 81, 87, 4, 86 and 71 from his past five innings.

Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/current/story/563553.html

Captain Michael Clarke grabbed 5-86, the left-arm spinner’s second five-wicket haul in tests, to help bowl out West Indies for 294 after the hosts resumed the fifth day on 173-5.

Offspinner Nathan Lyon supported well with 3-87.

Darren Sammy provided some counterattacking defiance with a career-best 61 that was spiced with four fours and three sixes.

The West Indies skipper added 49 for the 10th wicket with last man Shane Shillingford, who contributed an unbeaten 31.

But a large crowd of close to 6,000 was left disappointed as the visitors secured victory to retain the Frank Worrell Trophy they have held since 1995.

Sammy said he was disappointed with the series loss but was positive about his team’s progress.

“I think the score, the result in this series didn’t reflect the way we played,” he said. “I think we did some good stuff throughout the series but playing against Australia, we always knew it was going to be tough.

“They won the key moments in the games and hence we lost 2-0. But I’m very proud of the guys, the way they have come out and played, that never-say-die attitude continues to show in our cricket.”

Clarke said holding the Frank Worrell Trophy was a satisfying end to a long eight months of cricket.

“It’s been a long summer. We’ve played some really good cricket in patches and today probably tops off the summer,” Clarke said. “A lot of hard work and a lot of training and preparation has gone in throughout.”

He credited the home team for a hard fought series.

“We had to dig deep (in) every game. They played some really good cricket and deserve a lot of credit,” Clarke said. “I think they’ve come a long way under Darren and (coach) Ottis (Gibson).”

Australia struck early through Clarke, who claimed a caught-and-bowled chance to remove Narsingh Deonarine for 13. The left-hander’s dismissal had to be confirmed by TV replays as it was close to being a bump ball.

West Indies dipped further to 206-7 when Carlton Baugh (12) swung at Lyon and veteran Ricky Ponting plucked a sharp catch jumping at short midwicket.

Sammy chose aggression as his method, lashing Clarke for 17 in one over including two fours and a six.

But Clarke was soon back in the positive, diving low to his left at slip to grab a brilliant one-handed catch to remove Kemar Roach (2) off Lyon at 234-8.

Ravi Rampaul (11) tried to match Sammy’s hitting and lashed a four and a six before providing Clarke with his fifth wicket. Rampaul holed out to long-on where David Warner pouched a swirling catch at 245-9.

Sammy and Shillingford ensured Australia’s victory was hard fought in a level-headed final resistance.

Shillingford actually outshone Sammy for a while, strong through the off side for most of his six boundaries.

Clarke summoned the second new ball, but the fast men could not polish off the match.

Sammy reached his second test 50 off 41 balls and the stand continued to frustrate.

Lyon finally calmed the Australians’ nerves by dismissing Sammy on the stroke of lunch, a top-edged sweep looping to Ben Hilfenhaus at short fine leg to set off the visitors’ celebrations

Source:http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/other/australia-wins-3rd-straight-test-series-in-caribbean-after-beating-west-indies-by-75-runs-149251995.html