Australia captain Steve Smith returned to the crease with Adam Voges on Sunday for the second day of the Boxing Day Test against West Indies.
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Australia began the day at 345-3, and overnight batsmen Steve Smith (134) and Voges (106) were rarely troubled as they added another 206 runs before declaring midway through the afternoon session.
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The West Indies batsmen crumbled late on Sunday to go away their workforce teetering at ninety one-6 and gazing one other humiliating defeat on the shut of day two of the second check against Australia.
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James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon and Peter Siddle each snared two wickets apiece to leave the tourists – who lost the first Test by an innings and 212 runs – a massive 460 runs behind, with just four first-innings wickets still standing.
Voges has clearly proven himself far superior than his meek opposition but long gone are the days when the West Indies provided the litmus test of a batsman’s ability.
Smith was recently named the ICC cricketer of the year and he is now the leading run-scorer in Test cricket for 2015.
Last-match centurion Darren Bravo and debutant Carlos Brathwaite remained unbeaten on their respective scores of 13 and three.
Pattinson wanted exclusively three extra deliveries earlier than grabbing his second wicket when Marlon Samuels was trapped lbw for a duck.
Offspinner Lyon (2-18) made the breakthrough shortly after tea when Brathwaite was caught by Joe Burns at forward short-leg for 17.
The Caribbean force achieved a 3-0 series win over Australia at home in 1984 without losing a second-innings wicket, something Smith’s men are well placed to achieve here.
Siddle (2-19) would not be denied again as he took two wickets from two balls, first snatching Danesh Ramdin’s for a duck via a Burns catch and then clean bowling Windies captain Jason Holder for a golden duck.
Smith is 90 not out, while Voges is on 74. Smith stroked eight fours, while Voges hit 12 fours.
The 24-year-old Jamaican looked to have been set on making the most of his reprieve when he skipped down the track from the first ball of the following over and lofted Lyon over mid-off for six, but the off-spinner had his revenge four balls later when he dismissed the batsman caught and bowled. That brought in skipper Holder who was out for a golden duck for the very first time as his side’s Test skipper.
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It was more than the West Indies had managed as an entire team in the Hobart Test, where they compiled 18-371 (with injured quick Shannon Gabriel unable to bat).
