Bridgetown: Australia set a target of 475 for the West Indies to win after declaring at 439 for five at lunch on the fourth day of the third Test on Sunday.

With five sessions and 150 overs to dismiss the home batting line-up, Australian captain Ricky Ponting will be backing his bowlers to secure a 2-0 series victory.

The tourists may need only nine wickets to win as West Indies are likely to be without batsman Sewnarine Chattergoon who suffered a sprained ankle while fielding on Saturday.

Chattergoon can only walk with the aid of a support stick and did not field on Sunday—Xavier Marshall was opening the batting with skipper Chris Gayle.

Australia lost century-maker Simon Katich early on Sunday after the left-hander added just nine runs to his overnight score of 148.

Earlier, Katich had batted all day on Day III and shared an opening partnership of 223 runs with Phil Jaques, who had scored 108. Katich’s innings surpassed his previous best Test performance of 125.

Katich batted 482 minutes and faced 332 balls before driving a catch to short extra cover. He struck 14 fours.

Sulieman Benn finally got rid off Katich, after 488 minutes at the crease, for 157, with substitute Darren Sammy taking a catch at short extra-cover.

Benn struck again to get rid of Andrew Symonds for two, the allrounder driving a well-flighted delivery to Shivnarine Chanderpaul at cover.

But then Michael Clarke (48) and Brad Haddin (45) continued the Australian advance, adding 79 before lunch.

The Caribbean’s would need to break their own record of 418, the highest fourth innings total to win a Test match set in Antigua against Australia in 2003.