The West Indies’ defeat in the first round ended the reign of head coach Phil Simmons, who had announced his intention to resign following their disastrous Twenty20 World Cup campaign.
In the day-afternoon second Test in Adelaide, top-ranked Australia defeated an outclassed West Indies team by just 77 runs to win by 419 runs and win the series 2-0.
The visitors began day four with a score of 38-4 and were all out in the first session, with Mitchell Starc and Michael Neser causing the damage to bring an uneventful campaign to an end. By 164 runs, Australia won the first Test in Perth.
It’s a good start to the summer, and we get to rest for an extra day or two, which is handy. However, outstanding individual and collective performances,” Starc, the pacemaker, said. Both games were perfectly set up by the batters.” Phil Simmons, the head coach of the West Indies, announced his resignation following their disastrous Twenty20 World Cup campaign when they were eliminated in the first round.
Simmons drove the West Indies to triumph in the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, and afterward returned as a mentor briefly spell in 2019.
When Travis Head hit 175 and Marnus Labuschagne hit 163, Australia took control on day one. They never let up.
They reached 511-7 declared, but the visitors were bowled out for 214, and Australia scored 199-6 quickly to set the West Indies up to win by 497 runs.
After the Caribbean team was decimated by a sensational three-wicket maiden on Friday night under the lights, they were never in the running.
With the defeat, only a matter of time, before Devon Thomas and Jason Holder, both on eight, trudged out on a cloudy Sunday still 459 runs behind.
Thomas only made it through 11 balls and added four runs before attempting to drive a Starc delivery that was too wide, but he ended up edging wicketkeeper Alex Carey.
The start was a constant threat because he beat the bat a lot. On 11, he hit a cracking ball that drove Holder’s stump out of the ground, leaving the West Indies reeling at 49-6.
Carey removed Roston Chase for 13 with a juggling catch from Neser, and the same pair teamed up again to stop Joshua Da Silva on 15 in the same over.
Lyon bowled Alzarri Joseph before Carey and Neser again did something amazing to catch Marquina Mindley and end the game.
– Landmark – Labuschagne became the second fastest man to reach 3,000 Test runs, trailing only the great Donald Bradman, in the climax of a dominant victory for Australia that was notable for several landmarks.
In his four innings in the series, the focused number three scored 204, 104, 163, and 31 runs to surpass England’s Joe Root and become the world’s number-one Test batsman.
Nathan Lyon, a veteran spinner, beat Shane Warne’s record of 56 wickets and became the most successful bowler at the Adelaide Oval since it opened in 1873.
Although the emergence of impressive opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who made his debut in Perth, was a big plus point, the West Indies had few bright spots.
As a result of a slew of injuries that drained their bowling resources, they were otherwise subpar, failing once more to end Australia’s 25-year Test winless streak.
Australia moves to Brisbane with an extra day of rest before heading home to face South Africa on Friday in the first of three Tests that should provide more intense competition.
Although skipper Pat Cummins, who missed Adelaide with a thigh niggle, is expected to be fit, fellow pacer Josh Hazlewood, who continues to struggle with a side strain, remains a concern.
Neser or Boland will likely take his place if he does not recover.