Fast bowler James Pattinson took five wickets in the second innings to complement fellow paceman Josh Hazlewood’s four-wicket haul in the first.
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After a rain enforced early lunch on day three, the Windies are 5-35 in their second dig after Australian captain Steve Smith enforced the follow-on and Pattinson went berserk.
The West Indies went into freefall in their second innings, confirming fears about their competitiveness ahead of the remaining Melbourne and Sydney Tests.
After Adam Voges’ unbeaten 269 and Shaun Marsh’s 182 led them to 583 for four declared in the first innings, Australia bowled their visitors out for 223 and 148 for a comprehensive win.
Australia media has been critical of the attitude of the West Indies senior players, in particular, batsman Marlon Samuels, who they accused of appearing indifferent in his approach throughout the contest at Bellerive Oval. Bravo stroked 108 in the first innings – his seventh Test hundred – while Brathwaite struck an attacking 94 in the second innings in a desperate attempt to salvage pride for the Windies.
It helped Australia crush the Windies by an innings and 212 runs within three days. “I think that’s a great thing”, Smith said.
Jason Holder’s men lost their last four first-innings wickets within the first 30 balls of the day. “There is going to be a few games of Big Bash that the bowlers are going to miss out on but we’ll wait and see when we get to Melbourne”. “We need to be more disciplined… to spend more time in the middle”.
In the first day of the first Test, West Indies only bowled 50 overs in the first two sessions and were forced to operate with part-time spinners in the final session to make up for the overs.
33 Times West Indies have been asked to follow-on in Tests now, which is one more than the times they have asked the opposition to follow-on. “We had a really good series against England where we competed really well and then the Australians came in after that and we fell back a little bit”.
“I would be comfortable with Khawaja opening the batting, but the captain (Steve Smith) might not want that, so we have to work that out”, said Lehmann.
“I thought Shaun performed superbly all through this test match, he and Voges definitely modified the course of the sport”, the skipper informed reporters.
The simple fact is the test series across the Tasman will be so one-sided, they will not hold the interest of many, if any, cricket followers. “After that we were always trying to catch up”.
“There’s been talk about can you play six batters and then not have the all-rounder”, he said.
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The bowling unit additionally got here in for some reward after what Smith described as a “medical” win.
