The West Indies are returning house humiliated after a pathetic efficiency on the ultimate day of the Second Test in Adelaide.
Hoping to revive some satisfaction, the West Indies fell aside dramatically on Sunday, shedding 6/39 within the opening session of play.
The 419-run win is the most important run-margin victory Australia has ever had towards the West Indies.
The vacationers had been put out of their distress, all out for 77, having misplaced their ultimate 4 wicket in 16 balls.
Throwing warning to the wind and exhibiting little respect for the West Indies high order, Australia made one other aggressive declaration on the finish of Day 3, leaving the vacationers chasing 497.
Australia fired the Windies out for 214 of their first innings earlier than piling on 199 runs in 186 balls of their second innings.
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The finish to the day’s play on Saturday summed up the distress of the collection for the West Indies as Scott Boland took three wickets in an over to depart them 4/38 heading into Day 4.
It received even uglier on Sunday.
“That’s an all-out trouncing,” Kiwi commentator Ian Smith mentioned on Fox Cricket.
4.30pm: It’s throughout
Australia accomplished a 2-0 collection sweep of the West Indies with keeper Alex Carey concerned in three of the ultimate 4 dismissals.
Carey took three catches behind the wicket off the bowling of Michael Neser, who completed with three wickets for the second innings.
4.15pm: Lyon takes 450th wicket
Australia took three wickets in eight balls because the West Indies capitulated in embarrassing style.
After briefly exhibiting some spine, the West Indies had been left at 9/76 when the Aussie assault landed the knockout blow.
Michael Neser claimed two wickets in a single over — each caught by red-hot keeper Alex Carey, who was fielding as much as the stumps.
Lyon then eliminated Alzarri Joseph with a superbly flighted ball because the tail-ender tried to bounce down the pitch.
4pm: Starc sends stumps flying
Mitchell Starc bowled a “perfect delivery” to ship Jason Holder’s stumps flying.
It gave Starc figures of three/29 and his second supply of the day.
Aussie legend Mark Waugh mentioned there have been just a few batters on the planet who would have been capable of maintain out such an ideal in-swinger.
The ship swung late to slip in previous Holder’s inside edge earlier than it despatched the off stump an d center stump flying.
3.15pm: West Indies lose key wicket
Mitchell Starc received the essential first breakthrough in simply the third over of play on Day 4.
The Aussie fast received the pink ball to swing away from Devon Thomas, who slashed a careless cowl drive that solely edged by to keeper Alex Carey.
1.45pm: Warner ‘just doesn’t look proper’
David Warner’s wrestle with the bat continued to be the massive speaking level after he was introduced undone for 28 whereas on the lookout for fast runs on Saturday.
Fox Cricket’s Kerry O’Keeffe mentioned on Sunday he noticed some regarding gremlins which have crept into the batter’s type.
“I think he’s potentially in trouble. His feet aren’t moving,” he mentioned.
“If your feet betray you, you’re always searching away from your body and you lose your compactness. The bottom hand takes control of the bat face.”
He mentioned Warner is simply secure as a result of Australia is successful, however expects massive inquiries to be requested of Warner if his type doesn’t enhance.
It got here after The Australian’s Peter Lalor additionally mentioned Warner “just doesn’t look right”.
He mentioned in commentary for SEN: “I think I’m right back in my thinking about David Warner and his dismissal in the first innings, it just doesn’t look right.
“There’s that look of, ‘I’m defeated.
“He almost looks like he’s defeated by the game. He can’t take a trick at the moment, he denies it, he says he’s up for it; he says he’s up for the cricket.
“But the way he’s playing his cricket at the moment, it’s not the David Warner we knew.”
1pm: Next gen of openers ‘miles away’
David Warner is proving to be simply as massive a headache on the sphere as he has been off it lately for Cricket Australia.
The opener has made headlines this week after declaring he is not going to be interesting his management ban as a result of hearings can be made public.
But Warner’s type on the sphere has come underneath rising scrutiny after he struggled towards a weakened West Indies bowling assault within the two-match collection.
While Usman Khawaja has appeared stable and Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head and Steve Smith have scored centuries, Warner has produced scores of 5, 48, 21 and 28 from his 4 innings.
Warner hasn’t scored a Test century since January 2020 towards New Zealand — 1074 days in the past — and his final ton away from house was towards Bangladesh in 2017.
“I didn’t realise it was that lean, to be honest,” Ricky Ponting mentioned on Channel 7 of Warner’s century drought.
“Coming on for two years for a Test match century. Four half centuries in his last 26 innings.”
With a fearsome South African quick bowling assault on Australian soil and excursions of India and England on the horizon, Warner can be hoping to enhance his type rapidly.
“You talk about how things are getting tougher for Warner with the attack the South Africans have got,” Ponting added.
“Well, it’s never easy in India either. We know what wickets we will get there. We will get turning pitches. No doubt. It’s never been easy for any Australian batsman going there and trying to play in those conditions.
“Then on the back of that, what’s after that? The Ashes, in England as well. We will get conditions that will suit (Stuart) Broad, (James) Anderson and (Ollie) Robinson.”
Warner has flagged subsequent 12 months’s Ashes tour of England as a possible end line to his Test profession, whereas the 36-year-old’s sturdy white ball type may see him play ODIs and T20s for a pair extra years.
But Warner’s underwhelming type in pink ball cricket has raised a dilemma for Australian cricket.
If and when Warner and Khawaja hold up the gloves, who will change them?
Will Pucovski was seen as the subsequent long run opener for Australia however the Victorian prodigy has stepped away from cricket for private causes with no timeline on his return.
“Henry Hunt from South Australia and Tim Ward, he really impressed me last year,” ex-Australian paceman Merv Hughes mentioned on Triple M.
“But they seemed miles off until Pucovski got injured. Everyone was just thinking and hoping that Pucovski would come back in and that hasn’t been the case. So it’s really opened the door.”
1pm: ‘Boland for PM’
Scott Boland has accomplished it once more.
After going 0/29 within the first innings, possibly the golden boy’s wicket taking brilliance had lastly worn off.
He took a exceptional 18 wickets in three matches together with a Boxing Day Test 6/7.
But few may have been prepared for his first over of the second innings.
After Michael Neser appeared to endure a knee criticism, Boland was introduced on within the sixth over — and he’s torn the guts out of the West Indies.
A triple wicket maiden has renewed Australia’s love affair with the cult hero.
He took Windies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite caught behind along with his first ball.
Third ball he trapped Shamarh Brooks as plumb LBW as you would get.
The sixth ball Jermaine Blackwood nicked off to Cameron Green at gully.
3/0 from one over.
Grade Cricketer podcast host Ian Higgins posted: “Nah, see ya later, Boland for PM”.
Mitchell Starc has joined the celebration as properly, getting Tagenarine Chanderpaul caught down the legside to make it 4/21.
