Five-star Clark earns Ponting praise

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Clark returned his best Test figures of five for 32 and, with Brett Lee also in impressive form, West Indies were unable to threaten their target of 287 in Kingston.

Ponting said the often under-rated Clark had proved again he was a vital part of the Australia team.

"How could you not admire what he's done?," he added. "He's averaged around 20 in 125 or so Test matches, that's a great achievement, especially when he hasn't bowled with the new ball on a lot of those occasions. And we're playing on a lot of wickets where you have to go against what you do in Australia and find different ways of working batsmen over and getting them out.

"He's been the guy a bit like Glenn [McGrath] was when he was in the side, whatever the situation, you know he'll get the job done for you."