West Indies All Out For 27 - The Numbers Behind Extraordinary Collapse

West Indies wrote an unwanted caller section successful nan history books erstwhile they crumbled to just 27 each out against Australia connected Monday - nan 2nd lowest people successful Test history.

The bonzer innings has prompted a top-level reappraisal of West Indies cricket - and it has thrown up respective memorable statistics, bully and bad.

BBC Sport has looked astatine nan numbers to spot really they comparison crossed 148 years of Test cricket history.

Like immoderate Test lucifer location were a number of factors astatine play.

The transportation surely favoured nan bowlers, pinch Australia's first innings 225 nan highest full of nan lucifer earlier nan visitors were bowled retired for conscionable 121 successful their 2nd innings.

Then location is nan value of nan opposition. Australia are nan number 1 classed Test squad successful nan world while West Indies are eighth retired of 12.

The tourists, who big England successful nan Ashes this winter, won their matches successful nan three-Test bid by 159, 133 and 176 runs respectively.

Mitchell Starc, 1 of nan champion accelerated bowlers of this generation, bowled a fearsome opening spell that demolished nan West Indies' apical bid successful Jamaica connected Monday.

"Out of nowhere," said Australia skipper Pat Cummins, Starc tin "tear an guidance isolated and triumph a crippled for you."

Left-armer Starc was besides equipped pinch a pinkish shot since nan 3rd Test was a day-night game. Starc has taken 81 wickets successful day-night cricket, acold up of nan adjacent best, his Australia team-mate Cummins who has 43.

The pinkish shot has akin characteristics to one-day cricket's achromatic shot successful that immoderate judge it swings more, surely successful nan correct conditions. Of bowlers to person taken much than 200 wickets successful one-day internationals, only India's Mohammed Shami (25.8) has a amended strike-rate (wickets taken per 100 balls) than Starc's frankly unthinkable 26.6.

Australia were besides helped by immoderate beautiful sloppy shots arsenic nan batting line-up disintegrated. Of those who played, opener John Campbell was nan highest-ranked subordinate successful nan world Test batting rankings astatine 78. Australia person 4 successful nan existent apical 20: Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey and Usman Khawaja.

"Assessing this bid is simple: nan bowlers kept america successful nan title and nan batting fto america down clip aft time," was skipper Roston Chase's frank assessment.

It is further grounds of nan diminution of West Indies cricket since its 1970s and 1980s heyday.

Of nan 87 Test bid they person played since 2000, West Indies person won conscionable 23, pinch 15 of those coming against 3 weaker Test-playing nations successful Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan.

Three of their 5 lowest innings totals person occurred successful nan 21st Century, pinch different successful 1999.

That said, they did declare a reliable tie successful a two-Test bid successful Australia successful 2024, proving they do person nan value to compete pinch nan champion connected their day. They were besides without immoderate of their much established players specified arsenic Jason Holder, Kemar Roach and Gudakesh Motie.

West Indies person changeable consecutive into number 2 connected nan lowest scores list, and conscionable 1 tally short of nan lowest people mustered by New Zealand against England successful Auckland successful 1955.

Such a debased people is incredibly uncommon successful nan modern game.

Those are nan only 2 totals successful nan apical 5 that occurred aft nan Second World War, pinch 1 successful 1924 and nan different 2 successful nan 19th century.

The 14.3 overs West Indies batted is nan third-shortest each retired innings successful Test history aft Sri Lanka's 13.5 successful 2024, erstwhile they slumped to 42 each retired against South Africa (13th connected nan all-time lowest list, successful lawsuit you were wondering), and nan Proteas' 12.3 overs against England successful 1924.

Such paltry totals person resulted successful immoderate stunning bowling figures.

Starc ripped done nan West Indies' apical bid arsenic he vanished pinch figures of 6-9 from 7.3 overs - 4 of those being maidens.

In 1955, England's Bob Appleyard took 4-7 successful New Zealand's grounds debased 26, ably supported by Brian Statham's 3-9, Frank Tyson's 2-10 and Johnny Wardle's 1-0.

The champion figures successful nan apical 5 beryllium to England's George Lohmann, who took an unthinkable 8-7 arsenic South Africa were skittled retired for 30 successful 1896.

However, that only ranks 21st successful nan database of all-time champion innings bowling figures, pinch Jim Laker's 10-53 for England against Australia successful 1953 apical of nan pile.

Justin Greaves was West Indies' apical scorer pinch conscionable 11, nan only subordinate to scope double figures

Greaves is 1 of conscionable 5 players to scope double figures crossed nan 55 who batted successful nan top-five lowest innings - nary scoring much than 11.

It is notable that 1 of nan 4 columns of those reaching double figures is occupied not by a batter, but by 'extras', pinch no-balls and wides contributing heavy to nan debased scores.

The 11 extras for South Africa against England successful 1924 was their apical scorer, pinch opener Herbie Taylor adjacent pinch conscionable seven.