Australia, West Indies and Test Cricket
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West Indies wrote an unwanted new chapter in the history books when they crumbled to just 27 all out against Australia on Monday - the second lowest score in Test history. The extraordinary innings has prompted a top-level review of West Indies cricket - and it has thrown up several memorable statistics,
The devastating defeat in the third Test in Jamaica saw the West Indies bowled out in just 14.3 overs, registering a score just one run shy of the all-time Test low
At 11 for 6, New Zealand's 70-year record of 26 all out was under threat. When Scott Boland took his hat-trick, there was a realistic chance they would at least have someone to share it with. There won't be many people across the Tasman shouting Sam Konstas a beer after his misfield.
Cameron Green has produced a defiant innings as Australia struggled to 99 for 6 and an overall lead of 181 in the face of hostile fast bowling from the West Indies in the last session on Day 2 of the third cricket test.
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By Shah Faisal Australia clean swept The West Indies 3-0 in the recently concluded test series in the Caribbean. Though the score line 3-0 might suggest an
Having already clinched the series 2-0, the Aussies are eyeing a 3-0 whitewash in Jamaica. The Test match is Mitchell Starc's 100th, making him the second bowler from Australia after Glenn McGrath to achieve the landmark. The pacer is the 16th Australian overall to feature in at least 100 Test matches.
Cricket West Indies will call upon batting royalty Clive Lloyd, Vivian Richards and Brian Lara to help dissect their humiliating 3-0 series whitewash by Australia, which culminated in one of the most spectacular collapses in cricket history.
Australia have never played with a pink Dukes before in a Test, but the prospect of a well-grassed Sabina Park pitch will have the quicks licking their chops as West Indies desperately search for the required runs to avoid a series sweep.