Australia 286 (Carey 63, Webster 60, Alzarri Joseph 4-61) and 243 (Smith 71, Green 52, Shamar Joseph 4-66) beat West Indies 253 (King 75, Campbell 40, Lyon 3-75) and 143 (Chase 34, Starc 3-24, Lyon 3-42) by 133 runs
Australia made swift work of securing a 133-run victory on the fourth day in Grenada, and with it retained the Frank Worrell Trophy which they have held since 1995, as West Indies‘ batting crumbled to 143 all out midway through the afternoon session.
Australia’s last three wickets were able to add only 22 runs to the overnight total, but despite positive talk the previous evening, a target of 277 was always going to be a tall order for West Indies. In the end, it barely appeared as a dot on the horizon as they lost four wickets in less than 13 overs before lunch, including another Hall of Fame delivery from Pat Cummins to take Brandon King’s off stump.
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Mitchell Starc‘s 3 for 24 left him on 395 wickets heading into his 100th Test in Jamaica, and Nathan Lyon ended the match with a superb catch over his shoulder from his own bowling to finish within one of Glenn McGrath’s tally of 563 as the second-most for Australia.
The visiting quicks made outstanding use of the new ball, which had been the most difficult period to bat in in this game. Deliveries leapt to take the gloves regularly, while there was always the fear in the back of a batters’ mind that one would scuttle low. Roston Chase and Shai Hope briefly counterattacked after lunch, but it would have needed something extraordinary to turn the game around. In all, 13 wickets fell in