Bravo and fellow Trinidadian Dinesh Ramdin combined in a spirited 182-run stand to force Australia to chase 78 runs for a Frank Worrell Trophy series victory on Monday's final day instead of a fourth-day innings victory.

Bravo was out shortly before stumps for his highest Test score of 113, bowled by Shane Warne as he charged the wrist-spinner, who finished with 4-112.

The West Indies were all out for 334 in the final over, leaving the Australians a modest task for victory on Monday.

The promising all-rounder scored 107 in his previous Test against South Africa in Antigua last May.

The record partnership ended when Ramdin edged Stuart MacGill to Warne at slip for his highest Test score of 71 in 225 minutes off 190 balls.

Their near four-hour resistance followed the body blow of losing champion batsman Brian Lara in contentious circumstances before lunch.

Bravo, 22, born in the same village as Lara, scored his second century in his eighth Test match after being overlooked for the first Gabba Test where the tourists were thrashed by 379 runs.

"Dwayne took his time when he first came in, it was pretty tough then, he had a look and decided which shots were available to him and played them pretty freely. He built an innings today, he batted really well," MacGill said.

Australian coach John Buchanan said: "They were good conditions to bat on and six wickets for 250-odd on the day was a very good result from their point of view and from ours to have them out at the end and now chasing a small total."

Bravo had only one life on 56 when he was dropped by a diving Brad Hodge at square leg off Brett Lee nearing tea.

Lara and stricken Marlon Samuels had got the tourists away to a steady start to the day with a 57-run partnership for the fifth wicket.

Lara, Test cricket's second-highest runscorer, was given out to a questionable caught behind for 45 off Warne but television replays were inconclusive as to whether Lara had given an outside edge to wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist.

Audio technology suggested his bat may have brushed his pad in playing forward to the leg-spinner.

Lara, the wicket the Australians prize, lingered over his shot before leaving the wicket ending his watchful 174-minute innings.

Lara on Saturday overtook Australian Steve Waugh (10,927) as Test cricket's second all-time leading run-getter and now has 10,961 runs. Allan Border is the world record holder with 11,174.

He was soon followed by Samuels, unable to fully get forward to Warne because of a restrictive knee injury and popping an easy catch to Hodge at short leg for 29.

Samuels, batting with a runner, was hit on his troublesome left knee while batting on Thursday and needed scans to clear him to bat in the second innings.

After Bravo's dismissal, Daren Powell was given out lbw for a duck in another dubious decision to a MacGill wrong'un and Corey Collymore was caught behind off Warne off the last ball.