Boland Takes Hat-trick And Starc Joins 400-wicket Club As Australia Destroy West Indies

Mitchell Starc has produced 1 of nan all-time awesome bowling spells and Scott Boland taken a hat-trick arsenic Australia bowled West Indies retired for 27 to triumph nan 3rd Test.

On a historical time successful Jamaica, Australia’s quicks ran riot to wrap up a 176-run triumph and declare a 3-0 bid expanse of nan Frank Worrell Trophy.

Chasing 204 for victory, West Indies’ 4th innings lasted conscionable 14.3 overs and only marginally eclipsed nan lowest-ever Test full of 26 by New Zealand successful 1955.

Boland became conscionable nan 10th Australian to declare a Test hat-trick, but it was Starc who ripped nan bosom retired of nan hosts pinch figures of 6 for 9. He took 3 wickets successful nan first complete of West Indies’ 2nd innings and claimed 5 successful 15 balls to, astatine 1 stage, person nan hosts 7 for 5.

Playing successful his 100th Test, Starc besides became nan 4th Australian to scope nan 400-wicket milestone, joining greats Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Nathan Lyon.

Starc’s 15-ball five-wicket haul marked nan fastest by immoderate bowler successful Test history, beating Ernie Toshack from 1947, Stuart Broad’s 2015 Trent Bridge effort and Scott Boland’s MCG heroics of 2021. Each of those took 19 balls.

Starc besides became nan 2nd man to return 3 wickets successful nan opening complete of an innings, striking erstwhile he had John Campbell caught down first ball.

He past trapped Kevlon Anderson lbw erstwhile nan right-hander near a shot that tailed successful astatine him, earlier bowling Brandon King pinch nan past shot of nan over.

Starc’s battle carried into his 3rd over, claiming his 400th Test scalp pinch different shot that swung into Mikyle Louis’ backmost pad. Shai Hope followed 2 balls later, again trapped lbw.

At that constituent Starc had figures of 5 for 2, pinch nan only runs disconnected him coming via nan extracurricular separator of Hope’s bat and done nan slips.

Starc could person had a sixth victim, had Sam Konstas not grassed 2 chances astatine 3rd gaffe to region Alzarri Joseph either broadside of tea. But that opened nan doorway for Boland’s hat-trick.

Called successful for Nathan Lyon, nan Victorian edged disconnected Justin Greaves, had Shamar Joseph lbw and bowled Jomel Warrican successful consecutive balls.

The hat-trick marked Australia’s first successful a Test since Peter Siddle successful nan 2010-11 Ashes. In all, 4 of West Indies’ apical 5 were dismissed for ducks, pinch Louis nan only 1 to problem nan scorers pinch a 4 erstwhile he edged Hazlewood to nan boundary.

Australia’s grounds showing came aft they appeared successful threat of dropping nan Test erstwhile bowled retired for 121 successful their 2nd innings.