AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES, SECOND TEST, DAY FOUR
SCORE: Australia 7(dec)-511 and 6(dec)-199 bt West Indies 214 and 77.
SUMMARY: Australia emphatically safe a 2-0 sequence whitewash with a whopping 419-run triumph to increase their 20 years of dominance of the West Indies, who final downed the Aussies in a Test sequence in 1992/93. Resuming at 4-38 on day 4 in Adelaide, the vacationers misplaced their final six wickets for 39 runs to be all out for simply 77 – their second-lowest innings complete in Tests towards Australia. The profitable margin is Australia’s largest by runs over the West Indies.
MAN OF THE MOMENT: Marnus Labuschagne. The Australian batsman did little on day 4 however ends the two-Test sequence with a exceptional 502 runs at a mean of 167.33, that includes a double-ton and two centuries. He scored extra runs in a single knock in Perth – 204 – than the Windies’ highest run-scorer within the sequence, captain Kraigg Brathwaite, who made 196 from 4 innings.
KEY MOMENT: Australia’s left-arm fast Mitchell Starc made early inroads with two wickets in a five-over span, having Devon Thomas caught behind after which clear bowling Jason Holder to finish any distant probability of considerable West Indian resistance.
STAT OF THE DAY: 235. The variety of months because the once-mighty West Indies have defeated Australia in a Test match – in May 2003 in Antigua.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nice start. It gives ourselves an extra day off before the next one which is handy.” Starc on Australia’s opening of the home Test summer time forward of the three-Test sequence towards South Africa beginning Saturday.
