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The scorecard from Starc’s opening over read: W000WW. This was wow indeed.
Starc missed his hat-trick – Mikyle Louis blocked a good length ball – but had the scarcely believable figures of 5-2 from 15 balls when he removed Louis and Shai Hope with the 13th and 15th balls of his spell.
The Louis dismissal was Starc’s 400th wicket in Tests and gave him figures of 4-0 from 2.1 overs that most couldn’t even dream of pulling off on the Playstation. Starc joins Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Nathan Lyon as the only other bowlers to take 400 Test wickets for Australia.
Scott Boland is mobbed by team-mates after his hat-trick.Credit: AP
It was the fastest five-wicket haul in Test cricket by some margin, eclipsing the returns of Ernie Toshack (1947), Stuart Broad (2015) and Scott Boland (2021), who brought up the milestone in 19 deliveries.
When Josh Hazlewood found the edge of West Indian skipper Roston Chase’s bat, the home side were 6-11 after 5.2 overs and in danger of being bowled out for the lowest Test total in history.
Just when you thought this was going to all be about Starc, Boland entered the fray.
After conceding two runs in his first over, Boland tore through the tail, dismissing Justin Greaves, Shamar Joseph and Jomel Warrican in consecutive deliveries. He was mobbed by teammates.
With a Sam Konstas misfield, the West Indies reached 27, one more than the unwanted record belonging to the New Zealand team of 1955, who reached 3-14 before being all out 26 against England.
The West Indies’ lowest Test score of 47 came at this ground 21 years ago against England.
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Australia’s previous best bowling performance against a Test nation came in 1932 when they bowled South Africa out for 36.
Starc finished with figures of 6-9 from 7.3 overs, while Boland took 3-2 off two overs.
Days of Test cricket do not get more dramatic than this as Australia sealed a 3-0 series win in the most emphatic fashion possible.
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The scorecard from Starc’s opening over read: W000WW. This was wow indeed.
Starc missed his hat-trick – Mikyle Louis blocked a good length ball – but had the scarcely believable figures of 5-2 from 15 balls when he removed Louis and Shai Hope with the 13th and 15th balls of his spell.
The Louis dismissal was Starc’s 400th wicket in Tests and gave him figures of 4-0 from 2.1 overs that most couldn’t even dream of pulling off on the Playstation. Starc joins Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Nathan Lyon as the only other bowlers to take 400 Test wickets for Australia.
Scott Boland is mobbed by team-mates after his hat-trick.Credit: AP
It was the fastest five-wicket haul in Test cricket by some margin, eclipsing the returns of Ernie Toshack (1947), Stuart Broad (2015) and Scott Boland (2021), who brought up the milestone in 19 deliveries.
When Josh Hazlewood found the edge of West Indian skipper Roston Chase’s bat, the home side were 6-11 after 5.2 overs and in danger of being bowled out for the lowest Test total in history.
Just when you thought this was going to all be about Starc, Boland entered the fray.
After conceding two runs in his first over, Boland tore through the tail, dismissing Justin Greaves, Shamar Joseph and Jomel Warrican in consecutive deliveries. He was mobbed by teammates.
With a Sam Konstas misfield, the West Indies reached 27, one more than the unwanted record belonging to the New Zealand team of 1955, who reached 3-14 before being all out 26 against England.
The West Indies’ lowest Test score of 47 came at this ground 21 years ago against England.
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Australia’s previous best bowling performance against a Test nation came in 1932 when they bowled South Africa out for 36.
Starc finished with figures of 6-9 from 7.3 overs, while Boland took 3-2 off two overs.
Days of Test cricket do not get more dramatic than this as Australia sealed a 3-0 series win in the most emphatic fashion possible.
More to come
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