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Aussies chase Lara-fuelled Windies' total ADELAIDE, Australia, Saturday (AFP) 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 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 doughty left-hander was caught off the glove down the leg-side by wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin off speedster Fidel Edwards. It was the first time he had been dismissed on 99. 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. A philosophical 95-Test veteran Langer said: "If getting out for 99 is the worse thing that can happen to me in life, then I'll take it ... I'll take a 99 over a duck anytime." 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. "To be there and be part of Test cricket history is momentous," Lara said after the day's play. "The celebrations can wait, we still have 270 overs to go in this Test and we're still a chance of pulling something off here. WEST INDIES - 1ST INNINGS
(overnight 352-7)
W. Hinds c Hayden b Lee 10
D. 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
D. 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 NB-9 W-1) 17
TOTAL (all out, 111.2 overs) 405
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-16, 2-19, 3-53, 4-121, 5-237,
6-263, 7-333, 8-381, 9-388, 10-405.
BOWLING: G. McGrath 30-3-106-3 (NB-3),
B. Lee 28-3-111-3 (NB-6 W-1),
A. Symonds 16-5-44-1, S.
Warne 19.2-2-77-1,
S. MacGill 18-3-60-2
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AUSTRALIA - 1ST INNINGS
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 (LB-2 NB-11 W-1) 14
TOTAL (for 3 wickets, 61 overs) 229
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-97, 2-211, 3-228,
TO BAT: A. Symonds, A. Gilchrist, S. Warne,
B. Lee, S. MacGill, G. McGrath.
BOWLING: F. Edwards 10-1-63-1 (NB-10),
D. Powell 11-0-46-0,
C. Collymore 16-1-43-0,
D. Bravo 13-3-42-2 (W-1),
D. Smith 7-1-25-0,
W. Hinds 4-1-8-0.
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