Clark has tried to emulate Glenn McGrath's style

Stuart Clark took three wickets to leave the West Indies struggling 316 runs adrift of Australia's first innings total in Kingston.

Clark produced a devastating spell of 3-18 to leave the West Indies on 68-3, before they rallied to 115-3 at close.

Australia, resuming on 301-4, moved to 431 all out, thanks to a belligerent knock from Andrew Symonds (70 not out).

The West Indies will resume with Runako Morton and Shivnarine Chanderpaul vying to add to their 48-run partnership.

But for Symonds' late rally which included eight fours and two sixes, the West Indies would have been chasing a more manageable first innings target.

Indeed, they were left frustrated by a 32-run last wicket partnership which saw Stuart McGill contribute just two.

In reply, they saw Clark dismiss Brenton Parchment and Ramnaresh Sarwan via Brad Haddin catches behind the wicket, while Devon Smith (32) was bowled.

However, Morton (23 not out) and Chanderpaul (25 not out) survived until the close.

Clark said: "It was good to get a few wickets, we are in a pretty decent spot in the game.

"If we can get a couple of early wickets on Saturday, especially Chanderpaul, then we can put them under a lot of pressure."

The 32-year-old added that he had taken inspiration from retired Australian bowler Glenn McGrath.

"He was really patient and bowled very close to the stumps. Stump to stump type stuff - that's what worked for him. I am doing similar sort of things," Clark said.

"We bowl the ball at similar paces, similar height, we bowl from similar spots on the crease. It's easy for me to look at him and say this is what he did and it was successful.

"I don't think I'll ever be as good as Glenn, because I think Glenn is one of the greatest bowlers of all time. But if you can emulate him in some sort of way and be 80 percent as good as he was, then you'll have a fairly good Test career."