Warner puts on a show

Australia's David Warner lit up the final day of the rain-ruined third Test with the fastest Test century at the Sydney Cricket Ground as the match meandered to a draw against the West Indies on Thursday.

Man-of-the-match Warner, determined to finish an undistinguished series on a high, reached his 16th Test century off 82 balls before a small Sydney crowd in the last rites to a frustrating Test. It eclipsed Matthew Hayden's 84-ball ton against Zimbabwe in 2003.

The buccaneering opener had a highest score of 64 in the two previous Tests as team-mates helped themselves to six centuries against the tourists' innocuous bowling attack.

Warner was hell-bent on rectifying that deficiency and attacked from the first ball to raise his maiden ton against the West Indies.

When the match was called off at 4:50pm local time, Warner was unbeaten on 122 off 103 balls and Australia 176 for two in reply to the West Indies' 330.

The match was destined to a draw after two days were washed out with only 86.2 overs possible before the anti-climatic fifth day.

Skipper Steve Smith revealed after play that he had offered to contrive a result through declarations, but said that his West Indies counterpart Jason Holder declined the offer.

"Unfortunately, they didn't come to the party," Smith said.

SCORES IN BRIEF

WEST INDIES: First innings 330 (Brathwaite 85, Bravo 33, Ramdin 62, Brathwaite 69; Pattinson 2-76, Lyon 3-120, O'Keefe 3-63)
AUSTRALIA: First innings 176 for 2 (Warner 122 not out, Burns 26, Marsh 21; Warrican 2-62)
Result: Match drawn.
Player-of-the-match: David Warner.
Man-of-the-series: Adam Voges.