Mitchell Starc took the fastest five-wicket feature in test match history as Australia secured a clean sweep in their third test against a vicious West Indies that was dismissed for 27 in their second-lap-the second lowest score in the test history.
In astonishing scenes in Kingston, West Indies just avoided equalizing New Zealand’s unwanted record of 26 against England in 1955.
Starc removed John Campbell, Kevlon Anderson, Brandon King, Mikyle Louis and Shai Hope in 15 balls before tea, giving only two races in the process.
Hans LBW against Louis also brought up his 400. The testwick, which only made him the fourth Australian to achieve the brag in his 100. Test match.
Starc then returned to take his sixth wicket from Jayden Seales shortly after tea to finish 6-9 and secure a 176-run victory for Australia, who had already packed victory with a match left over in the second test in Grenada.
The hosts set a goal of 204 to win after they had limited Australia to 121 in their second round, fell to 0-3 in the opening and were soon 11-6.
Although they had managed to stabilize the serious situation a little to get to 22-6 at tea, Scott Boland quickly took a hat trick as Play resumed to elaborate on the hosts’ gloom before Starc returned to hood his record-breaking day with a sixth wicket.
Boland’s figures were three for two when he took Scalps by Justin Greaves, Shamar Joseph and Jomel Warrica.
Greeave’s top scored for the West Indies with just 11, with Benbyes (six) their second top scorer.
Louis and Alzarri Joseph each registered four races per year. Piece.
Windies’ lowest total before Monday had been 47 in their second round of the first test against England in 2004.
The former best five-wicket feature was from Starc’s colleague Australian Ernie Toshack, who took five wickets in 19 balls against India in 1947.
“It’s been an amazing series. I think we’ve seen some difficult batting relationships everywhere,” said Starc, sitting behind Shane Warne (708), Glenn McGrath (563) and Nathan Lyon (562) on Australia’s list of test wicket taking.
“It’s been a few days, very entertaining, and I go home with a smile on my face.
“We saw the conditions of the hard pink ball under light last night. It’s pretty difficult. We didn’t think it would happen so quickly today until the sun went down a bit.”
Earlier, Alzarri Joseph took 5-27 when the West Indies bowled out of Australia for 121 in their second round, leaving a hunt for 204 races for victory. Australia began on the third day of 99-6, but lasted only eight more overs.
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