Clarke takes five in 75-run victory
Michael Clarke's second five-wicket haul in Tests helped the Australians wrap up a 75-run victory and they took the series 2-0, despite some powerful striking from the West Indies captain Darren Sammy
23/04Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of West Indies at Roseau, Apr 23-27 2012
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![Australia]( "Australia")
328 & 259 -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
218 & 294 (96.3 ov)
Player of the Match
23/04Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of West Indies at Roseau, Apr 23-27 2012
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![Australia]( "Australia")
328 & 259 -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
218 & 294 (96.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 5
Clarke reckons Wade's a Test batsman
Australia's captain Michael Clarke has signed off from the West Indies by opening up the possibility of Matthew Wade retaining his Test place as a batsman should Brad Haddin return as the Test gloveman next summer
English seam on Sammy's mind
West Indies captain Darren Sammy has insisted his team can go on to success in England after again surrendering the Frank Worrell Trophy to Australia, a trophy the hosts have not held since 1995
A year in the life
The upward curve of the Australian team over the period of Michael Clarke's captaincy has been by no means an accidental occurrence
Day 4
Chanderpaul wicket puts Australia on target
West Indies fought hard on the fourth day in Dominica but the loss of Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the last over left Australia five wickets from victory
Bravo's getting of wisdom
Darren Bravo will finish the series with memories more painful than pleasurable. But they could be the making of him
Shillingford is West Indies' bright spot
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the third Test in Dominica
Learning from Chanderpaul a priority - Darren Bravo
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Test cricket's latest 10,000-run man, is providing incalculable value to a young West Indies team by the example he sets in training and at the batting crease, Darren Bravo has said
Chanderpaul joins 10,000 club
Shivnarine Chanderpaul has become the 10th batsman and the second West Indian to pass 10,000 runs in Test matches, reaching the mark on the fourth day of the third Test against Australia at Windsor Park in Dominica
Day 3
Cowan and Ponting steer Australia to 300-plus lead
West Indies will need to complete their highest successful chase since they rewrote the record books in Antigua nine years ago if they are to level the series against Australia
Ponting performs on poignant day
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the third day of the third Test in Dominica
Cowan urges critics to look beyond scoreboard
Ed Cowan has argued that critics of his and Ricky Ponting's contributions to Australia's Test series in the West Indies are not looking far enough beyond the skeletal facts of the scoreboard
Two exceptions prove the rule
If any two of Australia's squad could be said to have offered the least to the team's progress in the Caribbean, it was Ed Cowan and Ricky Ponting. Until the third day in Dominica
Day 2
Wade ton puts Australia in control
Matthew Wade tightened both his grip on the Test wicketkeeping spot and Australia's grasp on the Test with a century that frustrated and demoralised West Indies on the second day in Dominica
Radford shores up West Indies' battered confidence
Toby Radford, the West Indies assistant coach, has denied that the confidence levels of the hosts' young batsmen are taking a battering ahead of a tour of England, in the wake of the top order struggling once again on day two in Dominica
Wade untroubled by Clarke's backing of Haddin
Matthew Wade has refused to lobby for the No. 1 Australia wicketkeeper's spot, even after his match-turning century against West Indies in Dominica made a compelling case for his retention at the start of the next home summer
Starc blunders after vital knock
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the third Test in Dominica
Wade forces the issue
Matthew Wade's startlingly poised and powerful century on the second morning of the Dominica Test means he is no longer just keeping Brad Haddin's seat warm in the Caribbean
Day 1
Shillingford puts West Indies on top
Shane Shillingford finished day one with four wickets and put West Indies in a strong position as the Australian batsmen struggled to handle his bounce and turn
Rampaul back into the swing of things
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the third Test in Dominica
An attack for England?
If West Indies can find enough runs in England in May, for the first time in some years they have an attack that may be capable of defending them
Highwayman Warner takes the slow lane
Like a highway traveller learning to negotiate Sydney's notorious Parramatta Rd, David Warner is finding out how to drive in heavier traffic
Others
Starc news can warm Yorkshire
Andrew Gale, Yorkshire captain, has earmarked his county's match against Gloucestershire at Bristol on May 9 as Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc's debut for the county.
Shillingford's grandstand finish
Apart from trying to help win a Test match for the West Indies over Australia, Shillingford is playing for the right to have his name inscribed on a grandstand
Fudadin looks to build Test career
Assad Fudadin, the batsman who is part of the West Indies squad for the third Test against Australia, has said he is looking forward to experiencing Test cricket
And then there was Ponting
The Dominica Test will be his last Australia match for six months, and Ponting is adamant the break won't dim his hunger for international cricket
Guyana Test in doubt due to tussle
The tussle between the West Indies board and the Guyana government has put the Providence Test against Australia in doubt