Australia wrapped up collection victory over West Indies – with a match to spare – after finishing a 133-run victory within the second Check 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 had 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.
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-Check collection.
“We never really got those partnerships going,” skipper Chase stated. “The brand new ball was the largest problem – we misplaced too many wickets. If we may keep away from a number of wickets within the first 10-15 overs, we might have a greater probability.
“Two hundred and seventy was always a challenging task.”
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 super begin.
Beau Webster dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite for seven in his one hundredth Check, 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 an impressive six off Starc.
Roston Chase was trapped lbw by Starc after high scoring for the West Indies
Chase’s dismissal on the stroke of lunch successfully ended any real looking 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 had been each dismissed.
“We had to graft our way in both matches,” Cummins stated. “I’m pretty proud. The new ball has been pretty tricky for both teams. The pitch deteriorated a bit, so it got a bit simpler for our plans. We hit good areas ball after ball, and waited for the game to come to us.”
The third and last Check 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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