The Australian crew pose with the trophy on the fourth day after successful the second cricket Take a look at match between Australia and the West Indies on the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on December 11, 2022.
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Australia accomplished a collection sweep with a lopsided 419-run victory Sunday within the day-night take a look at on the Adelaide Oval, with tempo bowlers Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, and Michael Neser snaring three wickets apiece because the West Indies had been bundled out for 77 chasing an unlikely 497 to win.
West Indies resumed Day 4 at 38-4 with Devon Thomas and Jason Holder every on 8, nonetheless needing 459 for an unlikely win with six wickets in hand and 6 classes remaining.
It was throughout within the opening session, with the vacationers dropping six wickets for 39 runs. Australia received the primary take a look at in Perth by 164 runs and was much more convincing in Adelaide, the place it stays unbeaten in day-night assessments.
The Australians will play South Africa in a three-test collection beginning subsequent Saturday on the Gabba in Brisbane.
The motion was all one-sided on Sunday. The West Indies had just one scoring shot earlier than Starc received an edge behind to finish the 21-run fifth-wicket partnership by having Thomas (12) caught behind on the final ball of his fourth over.
The veteran left-arm paceman accomplished one other maiden over subsequent and struck once more with the primary ball of the next over to bowl former skipper Jason Holder (11) with a supply that swung late and took out off stump because the West Indies slumped to 49-6.
Neser and wicketkeeper Alex Carey mixed to take two wickets in an over because the West Indies fell to 76-8.
Carey stood up on the stumps and gloved a deflected, juggling catch to take away Roston Chase (13) on the primary ball of the over and was up once more to catch Joshua Da Silva’s (15) skinny edge on the final ball of the over.
Nathan Lyon chimed in to bowl Alzarri Joseph for a second-ball duck and gather his 450th profession take a look at wicket, as three West Indies batters had been dismissed inside eight deliveries.
It was throughout 9 balls later when Neser and Carey mixed to take away No. 11 Marquino Mindley. It was Carey’s sixth catch of the innings.
The Australians instantly after stand-in captain Steve Smith received the toss at Adelaide, with Travis Head (175) and Marnus Labuschagne (163) posting massive lots of to assist the house crew to 511-7 in opposition to an injury-depleted West Indies bowling assault earlier than declaring on the second day.
Labuschagne, who scored a double-century and a century in Perth final week, was voted participant of the collection.
With out skipper Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood within the Australian bowling unit, Neser and Boland stepped up, combing with Lyon and Starc to limit West Indies to 214 in reply. Solely Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Anderson Phillip, who had been each run out on Day 3, confirmed real composure in opposition to the Australian assault within the first innings.
Set a goal of 497 after Australia declared its second innings a 199-6, the West Indies’ high order crumbled underneath lights as Boland took three wickets in an over to have the guests reeling at 15-3 late Saturday and Starc eliminated Chanderpaul earlier than stumps.
