WI vs AUS | West Indies succumb to new lows in Kingston as 27 all-out culminates in 176-run loss

All those dreams came crashing down in a historic first over itself that began with Mitchell Starc making the ball nip away acres to catch the outside edge of John Campbell's willow. Four balls later, the left-arm fast brought out his stock inswinger to make Kevlon Anderson play all over and trap him plumb, before even more vicious movement on the next delivery dispatched Brandon King to leave the Windies at 0/3. However, the night was just beginning for Starc, who began his third over by picking up his 400th Test wicket in his 100th appearance for the Baggy Greens with some more movement in the air. Another record beckoned two deliveries later when a 144kph missile hooped absurdly to rap Shai Hope's pads plumb in front of the stumps, thus handing Starc the quickest fifer in Test history. Josh Hazlewood joined the party the next over by nicking behind skipper Roston Chase and at 11/6, the Windies found themselves "wretched" into submission in Ian Bishop's words.

The hosts eventually found some momentum to head to Lunch at 26/6 and with the result a foregone conclusion, the only question that remained was whether the Windies would make it past New Zealand's record 26 all-out against England in 1955. The islanders matched the mark in the 13th over and with Justin Greaves becoming the first batter to cross into double digits, the possibility of avoiding a humilation remained. That is until Scott Boland walked into bowl his second over and set the stage alight with three back-to-back dismissals, making him Australia's first hattrick claimer since Peter Siddle in the 2010/11 Ashes. Starc brought the encounter to a fitting close with a searing inswinging yorker to dismantle the poles behind Jayden Seales, thus ending with ridiculous figures of 7.3-4-9-6 to seal a 3-0 Aussie clean sweep with a 176-run win.Mitchell Starc for you!