Australia annihilate West Indies
Australia dismissed an outclassed West Indies for just 77 on Sunday to win the day-night second Test in Adelaide by 419 runs and seal the series 2-0.
Australia dismissed an outclassed West Indies for just 77 on Sunday to win the day-night second Test in Adelaide by 419 runs and seal the series 2-0.
Australia’s Scott Boland grabbed three wickets in his opening over to leave a rattled West Indies facing a heavy defeat in the second Test in Adelaide.
Australia took four wickets to leave the West Indies in big trouble in the day-night second Test.
Run machine Marnus Labuschagne belted a third successive Test century as Australia seized control on day one of the pink-ball second Test against the West Indies.
England captain Ben Stokes says the express pace of fit-again Mark Wood will help counter dry and spin-friendly conditions in the second Test against Pakistan.
Spin king Nathan Lyon bagged six wickets as Australia ground down a gutsy West Indies to win the first Test in Perth by 164 runs on Sunday.
Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite scored an unbeaten 101 on Saturday to lead West Indies resistance as they chase 498 to win the first Test against Australia.
In-form Marnus Labuschagne backed up his first-innings double century with an unbeaten 104 on Saturday as Australia set the West Indies 498 to win the first Test.
Australia took a firm grip on the first Test in Perth on Friday with Pat Cummins bagging his 200th wicket.
Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne struck double centuries to put Australia in firm control against an outclassed West Indies at Perth Stadium.
A dominant Australia took control of the opening Test against the West Indies at Perth Stadium on Wednesday.
A young West Indies side head into the first Test in Perth this week without a win on Australian soil for 25 years.
Former West Indies wicketkeeper David Murray, who toured South Africa on the 1983 rebel tour, has died at the age of 72.
Nicholas Pooran has resigned as captain of the West Indies white-ball teams following a disastrous showing last month at the T20 World Cup in Australia.
Cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt has vowed there will be “a thorough post-mortem” of the team’s “deeply disappointing” T20 World Cup exit.