West Indies vs Australia: Vacationers win second Take a look at by 133 runs in Grenada to ensure collection victory | Cricket Information
Australia wrapped up collection victory over West Indies – with a match to spare – after finishing a 133-run victory within the second Take a look at in Grenada.
The guests resumed day 4 on 221-7 and main by 254 runs, just for a promising morning from the West Indies seeing Shamar Joseph full a four-wicket haul and assist dismiss Australia for 243.
West Indies have been set a profitable goal of 277 however rapidly slumped to 33-4 on a deteriorating wicket, with Michell Starc (3-24), Nathan Lyon (3-42) and Josh Hazlewood (2-33) all taking wickets for Australia.
Travis Head congratulates Starc for the dismissal of West Indies’ Keacy Carty
Captain Roston Chase top-scored for West Indies within the second innings with 34, however Australia dismissed the hosts for 143 in 34.3 overs to take an insurmountable 2-0 lead within the three-Take a look at collection.
“We by no means actually received these partnerships going,” skipper Chase stated. “The brand new ball was the largest problem – we misplaced too many wickets. If we might keep away from a number of wickets within the first 10-15 overs, we’d have a greater probability.
“2 hundred and seventy was all the time a difficult process.”
How Australia wrapped up collection win over West Indies
Hazlewood struck together with his fifth supply, trapping John Campbell lbw for a duck, whereas Starc eliminated Keacy Carty for 10 to get the guests off to a great begin.
Beau Webster dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite for seven in his a centesimal Take a look at, earlier than Cummins bowled Brandon King (14) with a supply that straightened simply sufficient to clip off stump.
Shai Hope’s dismissal for 17 – caught and bowled by Hazlewood making an attempt a pull – put West Indies in deeper hassle, though Chase made a spirited 34 that included a powerful six off Starc.
Roston Chase was trapped lbw by Starc after prime scoring for the West Indies
Chase’s dismissal on the stroke of lunch successfully ended any life like hopes of a West Indies restoration, though Alzarri Joseph struck back-to-back sixes off Nathan Lyon and Shamar Joseph hit three maximums in his 24 earlier than the pair have been each dismissed.
“We needed to graft our method in each matches,” Cummins stated. “I am fairly proud. The brand new ball has been fairly difficult for each groups. The pitch deteriorated a bit, so it received a bit easier for our plans. We hit good areas ball after ball, and waited for the sport to return to us.”
The third and ultimate Take a look at match of the collection begins in Kingston, Jamaica on Saturday, earlier than a five-match T20I collection begins on the identical venue on July 20.
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