Australia’s 438 runs on the first day was the biggest single day’s score conceded by the West Indies in their test history.
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Voges and Marsh were involved in only the second 400-run stand on Australian soil.
The partnership with Marsh, the sixth highest for any wicket in any test, bettered the 437 that Sri Lankans Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera combined to score for the fourth wicket against Pakistan in Karachi in 2009.
Marsh eventually holed out in the deep in search of quick runs before the interval but the damage had already been done for the hosts going into the break. Three boundaries in three balls from Kemar Roach, none with any finesse, swinging from the hip.
The Windies made a steady start after lunch, but soon began to unravel.
After witnessing firsthand the destruction of the Hobart wicket, the West Indies began tentatively and it didn’t take long before Josh Hazlewood thundered into the pads of Kraigg Braithwaite inside the opening ten overs. Brathwaite went for a review but the impact was umpire’s call ending his stay at the crease.
Snow is forecast on neighbouring Mt Wellington this afternoon and it may take cataclysmic weather to save the listless West Indies whose batting is little better than their inept bowling.
The 28-year-old, playing his 50th test, dismissed Rajendra Chandrika (25), Marlon Samuels (9) and Jermaine Blackwood (0), the latter two in a wicket-maiden over shortly before tea. West Indies bowlers were ragged and lacked the discipline necessary to contain the Aussie batsmen, and the performance provided a bad omen for the tourists ahead of Friday’s second day. Holder, however, has manfully stuck to the line that his eighth-ranked side can upset those odds, even after being hammered by a Cricket Australia XI featuring six first class debutants in a warm-up game in Brisbane last week. Third over into the final session, Hazlewood had Denesh Ramdin (8) castled.
The very next over, Peter Siddle (1-22) trapped Holder (15) lbw. The West Indies captain declined to have the ruling reviewed by video, which showed the ball was pitched too high to have hit the stumps. The pair kept the innings ticking over with an unbeaten seventh-wicket stand of 91.
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Lyon was the pick of the Australian bowlers with three wickets while Hazlewood managed to pick a couple.
