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Off spinning Home side bowls back after Lara's strong 182
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- Colin Miller bowled Australia back into the match after Brian Lara's 182 had threatened to shut the home side out of the third cricket test at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday. After the West Indies had been dismissed for 391 in its first innings, Australia replied boldly with 180 for three in 49 overs at stumps. But Australia's smooth progress was checked by an untimely runout and two wickets to debutante Marlon Samuels' off spin. Openers Michael Slater (83) and Matthew Hayden (58) put on 156 runs for the first wicket before Australia lost three wickets in the space of nine runs. Mark Waugh and night watchman Jason Gillespie survived 22 minutes to remain unbeaten on 10 and two respectively. Miller, 36, bowling his off cutters, took 5-81 and ended any hopes the West Indies of registering a formidable total on a pitch that is expected to deteriorate as the game progresses. Miller, who also bowled medium pace at the start of the innings, struck before and after the lunch break as the West Indies, strongly placed on 354 for five, crashed to 391 all out. Miller, replacing the rested fast bowler Brett Lee (back injury), claimed the prized wicket of Lara 27 minutes before the lunch break and triggered the collapse. The West Indies lost the last five wickets for 37 runs in one ball short of 17 overs. In a 53-ball spell, Miller took 5-11 to remove Lara, 19-year-old Samuels, Ridley Jacobs and then the tailenders Nixon McLean and Courtney Walsh for a first-ball naught. This was after fast bowler Gillespie had claimed the first five wickets of the innings to finish with 5-89 in 32 overs. The West Indies, resuming the day on 274 for four, threatened to continue with the run glut as Lara unleashed an array of attacking strokes after an uncertain 40-minute period. Lara, who survived two confident shouts for leg before wicket off Glenn McGrath and managed two singles off the first 18 balls, edged the fast bowler close to a diving Damien Martyn at gully for the first of his eight boundaries of the day. The left-hander then slashed Gillespie through point for his 24th boundary to reach 150 runs in five minutes over five hours. This was after night watchman Mervyn Dillon (9) had fallen to the fourth ball of the day to give Gillespie his fourth five-wicket haul in his 16th test. It was Gillespie's second test after a 14-month absence due to a leg injury and in the first test on his home ground since making his debut four years ago. Lara and Samuels, 35 runs in 113 minutes, shared a pacesetting 74 runs for the sixth wicket before disaster struck. Waugh, who had dropped two catches Friday, one of them off Lara on 73, latched on to a flying edge off the left-hander's bat and cut short his hopes of another double century. Lara's 15th century in his 73rd test lasted nine minutes short of six hours and was crowned with 29 boundaries and a six off 234 balls. Eleven of Lara's fours and the six were hit off Stuart MacGill as the leg spinner went for 118 runs in his 24 overs. On 167 he reached 6,000 test runs in his 126th innings and became the seventh West Indies batsman to do so after Viv Richards (8,540 runs in 121 tests), Gary Sobers (8,032 in 93), Gordon Greenidge (7,558 in 108), Clive Lloyd (7,515 in 110), Desmond Haynes (7,487 in 116) and Rohan Kanhai (6,227 in 79).
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