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KINGSTON: West Indies plunged to new lows on Monday at Sabina Park as they were bowled out for just 27 runs in the fourth innings of the third Test against Australia, shattering an old Pakistan record and crashing to a 3-0 series defeat at home.
Their dismal effort with the bat not only marked the second-lowest total in the history of Test cricket but also saw them register the most ducks (7) in a single innings, breaking Pakistan’s infamous tally of six ducks against the same opposition back in 1980 in Karachi.
Batters John Campbell, Kevlon Anderson, Brandon King, Roston Chase, Shamar Joseph, Jomel Warrican, and Jayden Seales all walked back without troubling the scorers.
The only silver lining for the hosts was that they narrowly avoided the all-time lowest Test total of 26, still held by New Zealand.
Most ducks in a Test innings:
7 – West Indies vs Australia, 2025
6 – Pakistan vs West Indies, 1980
6 – South Africa vs India, 1996
6 – Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2002
6 – India vs England, 2014
6 – New Zealand vs Pakistan, 2018
The man behind the demolition job was none other than Mitchell Starc, who turned his 100th Test into a personal highlight reel.
The left-arm quick bagged 6 for 9, including a five-wicket haul in just 15 balls, the fastest to a fifer from the start of an innings in Test history.
Starc sent back Campbell with the first delivery of the innings, then followed up with wickets of Anderson and King in the same over.
He returned to trap Mikyle Louis LBW and, in doing so, became only the fourth Australian bowler to reach 400 Test wickets, joining the likes of Warne, McGrath, and Lyon.
Shai Hope fell soon after as Australia had the West Indies gasping at 7 for 6.
Josh Hazlewood removed Chase before Scott Boland joined the party with a hat-trick, sending back Justin Greaves, Shamar Joseph, and Jomel Warrican. Starc fittingly ended the innings by knocking over Seales to complete a historic rout.
Earlier, Australia had managed 203 in their second innings against the West Indies.
Alzarri Joseph was the pick of the bowlers for West Indies with a career-best 5 for 27, while Shamar Joseph finished an excellent series on a high, taking 22 wickets at 14.95, the most by a West Indian in a Test series against Australia since Courtney Walsh in 1999.
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