West Indies, desperately needing a boost in confidence before next week's second Test against Australia, suffered another blow when they slumped to 144 for four at stumps on the second day of their three-day tour match against Victoria on Saturday.
West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul was not out 15 and Dwayne Smith on 12 when play ended early because of bad weather at Melbourne's Junction Oval.
West Indies were left with no alternative other than to use the match as batting practice for the second Test, starting in Hobart on Thursday, when Victoria piled on 571 in their first innings after resuming on 441-4.
David Hussey, the younger brother of new Australian Test opener Mike Hussey, finished with 104 after starting the day on 91 while Cameron White took his overnight score of 29 to 63. Brad Hodge made 177 the previous day to celebrate his inclusion in the Australian side.
Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Smith captured three wickets each for West Indies. Dwayne Bravo grabbed two but none of the West Indian fast bowlers took a single wicket. Just as worryingly, the visitors gave away 56 extras, including 29 no-balls and 12 wides.
The West Indian batting was hardly much better. They crashed to 68-3 in the 19th over before Samuels, who made a double-hundred in the tour opener against Queensland, made a neat half-century to start rebuilding the innings.
Openers Devon Smith (34) and Chris Gayle (17) and number three Ramnaresh Sarwan (10) all threw their wickets away after making bright starts leaving the tourists still 427 runs behind with a day to go.
