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Dominant Australia down WI

AFP . Adelaide
12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 | Update: 11 Dec 2022 21:53:42
Dominant Australia down WI
The Australian team pose with the trophy after winning their second Test against West Indies in Adelaide on Sunday – AFP Photo

Top-ranked Australia dismissed an outclassed West Indies for just 77 Sunday to win the day-night second Test in Adelaide by 419 runs and seal the series 2-0.

The visitors resumed day four on 38-4 and were all out in the first session with Mitchell Starc and Michael Neser doing the damage to end a lopsided campaign.

Australia won the first Test at Perth by 164 runs.

"Nice toss to win, the boys batted particularly well the first day. The partnership between Marnus (Labuschagne) and Travis (Head) set the game up for us," said Australian skipper Steve Smith.

"It's been a good week. Everyone is contributing when they need to and we got a lot of trust in each other and sets us up really nicely." 

The defeat ended the reign of West Indies head coach Phil Simmons, who announced his intention to quit after their disastrous recent Twenty20 World Cup campaign, when they exited in the first round.

Australia took a stranglehold on day one when Head smacked 175 and Labuschagne hit 163 and they never let up.

It propelled them to 511-7 declared with the visitors then dismissed for 214 before Australia posted a quickfire 199-6 to set the West Indies 497 to win.

The Caribbean side were never in the hunt after Scott Boland sent down a sensational three-wicket maiden under the lights on Friday evening to leave them decimated.

"Disappointing for sure. The first game we showed some fight, obviously lost guys due to injury," West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite said. 

"Good test for us and hopefully we will continue to work. Very unfortunate about the experience we lost due to injuries, but we can learn a lot from Australia about how to go about things."

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