Melbourne, December 27: The West Indies squeezed past the follow-on to stall Australia’s relentless charge for another comprehensive win and their record 14th on the trot in a dramatic finish to the second day of the fourth cricket Test here on Wednesday.Chasing Australia’s first innings 364, last man in Courtney Walsh was run out going for a ridiculous third run after he and partner Marlon Samuel had scraped their team past the follow-on target of 165 runs in the process to force Australia to bat again. Having already lost the series after big defeats in the first three Tests, the West Indies looked doomed to face the indignity of being forced to follow-on, but they were indebted to a spirited unbeaten 60 from Samuel. Samuel, playing in only his second Test, had batted with courage for 153 minutes while his teammates crashed around him. The Test now looks certain to go into a fourth day after the West Indians had been humbled inside three days in the first two Tests in Brisbane and Perth.The tourists looked to have stabilised with a 75-run sixth wicket stand between the in-form Ridley Jacobs and Samuels before Jacobs fell to a blinding one-handed catch from Mark Waugh at second slip to leave his team at 103 for six.With Jacobs back in the stands for 42 off 69 balls after his unbeaten 96 in the second Test, the West Indies bunkered down with Samuel at the helm and only the weather shaping as their potential ally. Rain intervened three times today and it was just minutes after returning to the wicket from the third shower delay that Jacobs, his concentration broken, lost his vital wicket. Nixon McLean hoisted Andy Bichel for six but the Queenslander got his revenge when he yorked him for 17 leaving the tourists groping at 144 for seven and Mervyn Dillon was bowled first ball by Jason Gillespie nearing stumps for 150 for eight. Colin Stuart was bowled for one giving Bichel five wickets for the innings for the first time in a Test. He claimed 5-60 off 13.3 overs.Jacobs equals record: West Indies might not have had much to celebrate after just managing to squeeze past the follow-on against Australia but wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs today claimed a slice of a proud record. Jacobs equalled the world record for the number of dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a Test innings by taking seven catches as Australia was bowled out for 364 in its first innings on the second day of the fourth cricket Test here. And to cap off a fine day’s work for a player who has been one of the few players to shine for the tourists, Jacobs returned later in the day to score a hard-hitting 42 to rescue his team’s first innings. Jacobs said he was surprised when told he equalled the wicketkeeping dismissals record for a Test innings, jointly held by England’s Bob Taylor, Pakistan’s Wasim Bari and New Zealand’s Ian Smith. ScoreboardAUSTRALIA 1st Innings:M Slater c Jacobs b McLean 30, M Hayden c Jacobs b Walsh 13, J Langer c Jacobs b Stuart 31, M Waugh c Adams b Dillon 25, S Waugh not out 121, R Ponting c Hinds b McLean 23, A Gilchrist c Campbell b Stuart 37, A Bichel c Jacobs b Dillon 3, J Gillespie c Jacobs b Walsh 19, C Miller c Jacobs B Dillon 29, G McGrath c Jacobs b Dillon 11. Extras (lb4, nb17, W1) 22. Total (all out, 114 overs) 364Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-47, 3-101, 4-105, 5-149, 6-210,7-225, 8-306, 9-347. Bowling: Walsh 33-6-62-2, Dillon 21-2-76-4, McLean 27-5-95-2, Stuart 15-4-52-2, Samuel 14-0-56-0, Adams 4-0-19-0. WEST INDIES 1st Innings: L Campbell c Hayden b Miller 5, D Ganga c Gilchrist b Gillespie 4, W W Hinds c Slater b Gillespie 0, B C Lara c M Waugh b Bichel 16, J C Adams c Gilchrist b Bichel 0, M N Samuels not out 60, R D Jacobs c M Waugh b Bichel 42, N A McLean b Bichel 17, M Dillonb Gillespie 0, C E Stuart b Bichel 1, C A Walsh run out (McGrath) 4 Extras (lb-5, nb-11) 16. Total (all out, 57.3 overs) 165Fall of wkts: 1-5, 2-6, 3-28, 4-28, 5-28, 6-103,7-144, 8-150, 9-157 Bowling: McGrath 13-7-15-0, Gillespie 18-6-48-3, Bichel 13.3-2-60-5, Miller 13-5-37-1.
