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(Reuters) -Amid the back slaps and banter in a victorious Australian dressing room, teen opener Sam Konstas's celebrations may feel bittersweet at the end of his forgettable test series in the West Indies.
West Indies suffered a batting collapse and registered the second-lowest Test total in history after they were bundled out for just 27 runs in the second innings of the third Test against Australia at
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Scott Boland has become the 10th Australian in cricket history to take a Test match hat-trick, after Mitchell Starc recorded the fastest-ever five-wicket haul on day three against the West Indies. Starc decimated the Windies' top order with a five-wicket haul in just 15 balls,
Mitchell Starc delivered the fastest five-wicket haul in test history on Monday as Australia crushed the West Indies by 176 runs in the third test in Kingston, Jamaica to complete a 3-0 series sweep.
Australia has bowled out the West Indies for 27 to win the third test by 176 runs in Kingston. Mitchell Starc has taken six wickets for nine runs and surpassing 400 test wickets in his 100th test.
Boland became the 10th Australian man to take a Test hat-trick after Starc had demolished the West Indies top order with five wickets in his first 15 deliveries, including three in the opening over, to put Australia on course for a thumping 176-run victory in the third Test in Jamaica.
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Newspoint on MSNTest Cricket Sees Unbelievable Collapse in Jamaica: 7 West Indies Batsmen Out for Zero in Record-Breaking InningsWhile the cricketing world had its eyes on Team India’s hard-fought but heartbreaking 22-run loss to England at Lord’s, another astonishing chapter was being written 7500 kilometers away in Jamaica. In the second Test between West Indies and Australia,
Cameron Green has produced a defiant innings as Australia struggled to 99 for 6 and an overall lead of 181 in the face of hostile fast bowling from the West Indies in the last session on Day 2 of the third cricket test.
Australia's top-order Test hopefuls will have four rounds of Sheffield Shield cricket to make their case before the first Ashes Test, with the summer's domestic schedule confirmed today.