English referee Raman Subba Row declared the fifth one-day match between the West Indies and Australia in Georgetown a draw after a crowd invasion at the close of a tense encounter here.

Subba Row made the ruling after meeting Australian captain Steve Waugh, West Indies captain Jimmy Adams and both team managers.

West Indies seemed to have prevailed by one run after Waugh failed to hit a winning four off the final delivery, but Subba Row decided the Australians were prevented from making a third run to draw the game by the crowd.

With Australia chasing a target of 174, Waugh hit a Keith Arthurton delivery towards the boundary. Waugh and partner Shane Warne completed two runs before Arthurton removed the bails as spectators invaded the pitch.

Waugh then started running a third towards Arthurton's end, by which time all three stumps had been taken by spectators.

To effect a run out Arthurton had needed to uproot one of the stumps with the ball in his hand.

The result was kept quiet at the ground to ensure the Australian team could leave in safety.

In a match reduced to 30 overs because of overnight and morning rain, the West Indies made 173-5 and then restricted Australia to 1728 before Subba Row adjusted the score to 173-7, ruling Warne had not been run out.

Waugh had held together Australia's reply to the West Indies total of 173-5 and was jostled by spectators as the crowd reached the square.

After Subba Row had readjusted the score, crediting Waugh with an extra run, the Australian skipper finished unbeaten on 72 with Shane Warne, initially given as run out, reinstated as not out.

The seven-match series is still all square at 2-2 after five matches.

Pakistan coach Javed Miandad has resigned barely three weeks before the World Cup.