Shane Warne led Australia's charge towards a landslide victory over the World XI with two wickets on the fourth morning of the Super Series Test.

Leg-spinner Warne dismissed Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara inside his first three overs after overnight rain delayed the start at the SCG.

The international stars, faced with an improbable chase of 355 for victory, began positively from a position of 25 for two only for a slump of three wickets in as many overs to snuff out any realistic hopes of a fightback.

West Indies batsman Lara hammered Brett Lee to the cover boundary three times with back-foot strokes and also struck fours off both Warne and Glenn McGrath to belie the difficult batting conditions.

But he lost partner Dravid when the Indian pushed forward tentatively and the edge carried low to Matthew Hayden at slip.

Lara went in Warne's next over when wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist held an under-edge at the second attempt.

And Lee was given a fortuitous first success of the innings when an inswinger flummoxed Inzamam-ul-Haq - although the ball appeared to be missing leg-stump umpire Rudi Koertzen upheld the appeal for lbw.

That brought England Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff to the crease with 285 required and only fellow world player of the year Jacques Kallis of the frontline batsmen for company.

At lunch the pair had progressed the score to 113 for five, having survived some probing spells from spinners Warne and Stuart MacGill on a receptive surface.