Marsh’s brother Mitch was one not out when the declaration came.
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Voges, 35, who became the oldest Test debutant to score a hundred against the West Indies earlier this year, moved to third on the list of highest scores in a Test at Hobart – behind Kumar Sangakkara (192) and Ricky Ponting (209) – and will have the record in his sights this morning.
His 91-run partnership with number eight Kemar Roach (31 not out) saved the innings from being a total embarrassment, but it may be harder to make it through as Hazlewood (2 for 43) said the pitch is starting to break up.
He received a slice of luck on 74 when an edge from Josh Hazlewood flew between Adam Voges at first slip and Steve Smith at second, with the Australian captain not moving and Voges reacting too late.
Voges’ high score and average is what we can chalk up as a statistical anomaly, an outlier brought about by beating up on soft opposition.
West Indies had spoken of targeting what they perceived as a weakness in Australia’s middle order.
It was also the second-highest test partnership for Australia, the biggest on home soil and sixth-largest overall.
Voges had faced only 285 balls in his epic innings and hit 33 fours, including the one that took the partnership past the 437 that Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera combined to score for Sri Lanka against Pakistan in Karachi in 2009.
Marsh was out for 182 just before lunch, caught in the deep by Bravo off the bowling of left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican (3 for 158).
Lara, who has represented West Indies in 131 Tests and scored 11,953 runs, questioned the passion of the current players in Caribbean cricket, saying that they lack the understanding of their cricketing history. Lyon’s spell underlined the utter dominance of Australia over the hapless tourists since lunch on the opening day and Jason Holder’s men could be forgiven for hoping the drizzle at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval would intensify enough to stop play.
The Aussies gathered 136 runs from 26 overs in the post-lunch session and a further 181 off 39 overs in the final session, comfortably cresting the 400-run mark and leaving the Windies already with a mountain to climb.
Samuels lasted only 14 balls before he was splendidly caught and bowled by Lyon for nine.
Chandrika edged a delivery and Smith took a juggling catch, and Lyon then took an absolutely stunning return catch, diving to his left, to dismiss Samuels.
Lyon’s 3-19 gave him 175 wickets in a career that has built steadily to the point that he is Australia’s greatest off-spinner.
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The Windies attack went down a bowler when quick Shannon Gabriel left the field with what a team spokesman said was a stress reaction in his left ankle.
