West Indies got a lead of 12 runs on the third day of the second test match against Australia after Sulieman Benn scalped five wickets to bowl the hosts out for 439. At one stage, the Aussies had looked good to bat through the day and half of tomorrow to try for an innings win again, but a middle order collapse saw them capitulate for a much lower total.
Resuming on their overnight score of 174/0, Shane Watson was one scoring shot away from his century. Instead, he was bowled by Benn off the very second ball of the day to depart on 96 – four shot of what would have been his maiden test match century. Simon Katich also did last too long as he inside-edged one to the fielder at short-leg off the left-arm spinner, while Ricky Ponting did well to get to 36 but only pulled one off Kemar Roach to the mid-wicket. 
The partnership of Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey took the Aussie total to beyond 300, and at 312/4 they looked good to play the day out for a big enough total. However, Hussey (41) was beaten for pace and caught behind off Roach. This started a mini-collapse of sorts as Marcus North swept one off Benn to the leg-slip and Clarke edged a ball outside off-stump to the skips.
The rest of the batting fell away and despite the fighting effort of 55 by wicket-keeper Brad Haddin, Australia collapsed to 439 all out. The lead of 12 was converted t0 35 runs by the West Indian openers who did not part ways by the time the stumps were drawn.
With two days to go and two innings already completed, West Indies need to aim to bat through at least three and a half sessions to make this into an interesting game on the final day. On the other hand, if the Aussies manage to bowl the tourists out on the fourth day, a 2-0 series win looks on cards! However, Peter Siddle had a hamstring niggle due to which he did not bowl in the West Indian second innings and if his issue is not resolved, the Aussies will be one bowler short, something that will hit the Aussies hard.