Langer out for 99 as Aussies chase Lara-fuelled West Indies

Justin Langer fell for 99 four balls from stumps in a late blow for Australia after Brian Lara stole the show for the West Indies with a double-century to become Test cricket's all-time leading runscorer in the third Adelaide Test on Saturday.
The veteran opener, back after missing the opening two Tests with a fractured rib, was stalled on 99 for 20 minutes before he was out just short of his 23rd Test century.
The crestfallen left-hander was caught off the glove down the leg-side by wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin off speedster Fidel Edwards.
At stumps, Australia were 229 for three in reply to the Caribbean tourists' first innings of 405 to trail by 176 runs with three days left.
New No 4 batsman Brad Hodge was not out 13 with Mike Hussey not yet off the mark.
The Australians have already secured the Frank Worrell Trophy series following 379-run and nine-wicket wins, but boosted by Lara's record-breaking 226, the tourists realised their only highly-competitive first innings total of the series after scoring 210 and 149 in the previous Tests.
It was Lara's red-letter day as he became the greatest run-scorer in Tests when he reached 214 in his epic knock.
The Australians also lost their skipper Ricky Ponting for 56, leg before wicket to Dwayne Bravo after putting on 114 runs for the second wicket with Langer.
Opener Matthew Hayden was snapped up at short cover low down by Shivnarine Chanderpaul off Bravo for 47, just three runs short of an century opening partnership.
Earlier Lara, the 36-year-old Trinidad great, 12 runs off the record on his overnight score of 202, swept past Allan Border's world record aggregate of 11,174 runs 20 minutes into the second day.
Lara's 405-minute vigil was finally ended when he was bowled by Glenn McGrath leaving him with a Test aggregate of 11,187 runs at an average of 54.04 in his 121st Test match.
Lara went into cricket folklore when he flicked a McGrath delivery off his hip to fine leg.
He was finally out playing well away from his stumps to execute a cut shot and lost his off-stump some 42 minutes into play.
Lara boosted the struggling West Indians to a powerful first innings total of 405 in his 298-ball knock with 22 boundaries. The rest of his team contributed just 162 or 40 percent towards the total.
But the Australian bowlers had to work hard to remove the normally-brittle lower order.
Daren Powell, dropped on three by McGrath late on the opening day, lasted 77 minutes for his 14, before leg before wicket to McGrath.
Fidel Edwards occupied the crease for 53 minutes for his 10 before he presented leg-spinner Shane Warne with his only wicket of the innings, caught by Hayden. Even No 11 Corey Collymore lasted 34 minutes for his five not out.
McGrath finished with 3-106 off 30 overs and new-ball partner Brett Lee captured 3-111 off 28 overs. Warne, troubled by a back complaint, captured 1-77 off 19.2 overs, while legspin partner Stuart MacGill had 2-60 off 18 overs.
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West Indies (1st innings): (352 for 7 overnight)

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W. Hinds c Hayden b Lee                       10

Devon Smith c Hayden b Lee                     7

R. Sarwan c Symonds b Lee                     16

B. Lara b McGrath                            226

S. Chanderpaul c Gilchrist b Symonds          25

D. Bravo c Ponting b MacGill                  34

Dwayne Smith c Symonds b MacGill              14

D. Ramdin lbw b McGrath                       27

D. Powell lbw b McGrath                       14

F. Edwards c Hayden b Warne                   10

C. Collymore not out                           5

Extras: (B-2, LB-5, W-1, NB-9)                17

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Total: (all out, 111.2 overs)                405

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Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-19, 3-53, 4-121, 5-237, 6-263, 7-333, 8-381, 9-388, 10-405
Bowling: McGrath 30-3-106-3 (3nb), Lee 28-3-111-3 (1w, 6nb), Symonds 16-5-44-1, Warne 19.2-2-77-1, MacGill 18-3-60-2

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Australia (1st innings):

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J. Langer c Ramdin b Edwards                  99

M. Hayden c Chanderpaul b Bravo               47

R. Ponting lbw b Bravo                        56

B. Hodge not out                              13

M. Hussey not out                              0

Extras: (LB2, W-1, NB-11)                     14

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Total: (3 wkts, 61 overs)                    229

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