Australia vs West Indies: Mitchell Starc was on a roll as he took six scalps to dismiss the West Indies for 27 runs within the second innings to win the third Check match by 176 runs for his workforce. The hosts had been chasing a complete of 205 within the collection finale at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, once they had a sudden batting collapse, which led to the second-lowest complete in Check historical past, and the bottom in 70 years and in a day-night Check match.
After combating laborious within the collection, the ultimate match was a possibility for the West Indies to keep away from a whitewash in opposition to the WTC Finalists, however a splendid spell from Starc, together with a hat-trick from Scott Boland, ensured that the Aussies sealed the Frank Worrell Trophy collection 3-0.
Lowest complete in Check historical past:
26 – New Zealand vs England, Auckland, 1995
27 – West Indies vs Australia, Kingston, 2025
30 – South Africa vs England, Gqeberha, 1986
30 – South Africa vs England, Birmingham, 1924
Mitchell Starc on his heroics in last Check
Talking after the match about his efficiency, Starc stated, “We did not suppose issues would begin going our manner with the ball at this time till the solar went down a bit, however anyway our bowling assault has been just about on the cash all through the collection,” he added.
Notably, Starc was taking part in in his a centesimal Check match as he ripped by means of the West Indies prime order from the primary over itself, taking the primary wicket of John Campbell on the primary ball. The pacer additionally went on to accumulate the file of the quickest five-wicket haul in a Check match, attending to the landmark in simply 15 balls. Ultimately, Starc ended the match with figures of 6 for 9 and in addition turned the fourth Australian to go previous 400 wickets in Check matches.
In the meantime, West Indies skipper Roston Chase was heartbroken by the consequence. He stated, “Heartbreaking to be able like this. It has been recurring for the entire collection, makes it all of the extra disappointing. It’s fairly straightforward to evaluate – the bowlers stored us in all alongside, batters by no means actually clicked.”
