The guests resumed day 4 on 38-4 and have been all out within the first session with Mitchell Starc and Michael (*77*) doing the harm to finish a lopsided marketing campaign.
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BAHAMAS: Top-ranked Australia dismissed an outclassed West Indies for simply 77 Sunday to win the day-night second Test in Adelaide by 419 runs and seal the sequence 2-0.
The guests resumed day 4 on 38-4 and have been all out within the first session with Mitchell Starc and Michael (*77*) doing the harm to finish a lopsided marketing campaign.
Australia gained the primary Test at Perth by 164 runs.
“Nice start to the summer, we get an extra day or two (rest) which is handy. But great individual and team performances,” stated tempo spearhead Starc. “The batters set up both games perfectly.”
Defeat ended the reign of West Indies head coach Phil Simmons, who introduced his intention to give up after their disastrous current Twenty20 World Cup marketing campaign, once they exited within the first spherical.
Simmons led the West Indies to victory within the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, after which returned as coach for a second stint in 2019.
Australia took a stranglehold on day one when Travis Head smacked 175 and Marnus Labuschagne hit 163 and so they by no means let up.
It propelled them to 511-7 declared with the guests then dismissed for 214 earlier than Australia posted a quickfire 199-6 to set the West Indies 497 to win.
The Caribbean facet have been by no means within the hunt after Scott Boland despatched down a sensational three-wicket maiden below the lights on Friday night to depart them decimated.
Devon Thomas and Jason Holder, each on eight, trudged out on an overcast Sunday nonetheless 459 runs adrift, with defeat only a matter of time.
Thomas solely survived 11 balls, including 4 runs earlier than trying to drive a large Starc supply solely to edge to wicketkeeper Alex Carey.
Starc was a relentless menace, routinely beating the bat, and he knocked Holder’s stump out of the bottom on 11 with a cracking ball to depart the West Indies reeling on 49-6.
Carey held a juggling catch from (*77*) to take away Roston Chase for 13 with the identical pair combining once more to halt Joshua Da Silva on 15 in the identical over.
Lyon bowled Alzarri Joseph earlier than Carey and (*77*) once more labored their magic to snare Marquino Mindley and finish the sport.
LANDMARK
It culminated a dominant win for Australia notable for a number of landmarks, with Labuschagne turning into the second-fastest man to three,000 Test runs behind solely the nice Donald Bradman.
The targeted quantity three slammed 204, 104, 163, and 31 in his 4 sequence innings to cap a sensational run which elevated him above England’s Joe Root as the primary Test batsman on the planet.
Veteran spinner Nathan Lyon additionally set a report as essentially the most profitable bowler on the Adelaide Oval because the revered floor opened its doorways in 1873, surpassing Shane Warne’s 56 wickets.
There have been few brilliant lights for the West Indies, though the emergence of spectacular opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who made his debut in Perth, was a giant plus level.
They have been in any other case lacklustre, hampered by a slew of accidents that depleted their bowling shares, once more failing to snap 25-year winless Test streak on Australian soil.
While they head house, Australia transfer to Brisbane, with an additional day’s relaxation, to face South Africa from Friday within the first of three Tests which ought to present stiffer competitors.
Skipper Pat Cummins, who missed Adelaide with a thigh niggle, is predicted to be match, however there are lingering considerations over fellow paceman Josh Hazlewood who continues to wrestle with a facet pressure.
If he doesn’t recuperate, both (*77*) or Boland are set to exchange him.
