Australia enforced the follow-on after dismissing West Indies for 223 inside the first five overs of the third day at Bellerive Oval, and completed the rout before tea by skittling the tourists for 148 in their second innings.
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Australia lead the three-match series 1-0.
Australia’s first innings was dominated by a record fourth-wicket stand of 449 by Voges and Shaun Marsh (182).
The partnership was also the sixth-highest for any wicket in Test cricket, the second-highest for Australia – two runs shy of Donald Bradman and Bill Ponsford’s all-time high against England in 1934 – and the highest made on Australian soil.
Voges was unbeaten on 269 when Australia declared at lunch.
Brathwaite was the final wicket to fall, bowled by Hazlewood (3-33), as West Indies pace bowler Shannon Gabriel did not bat in either innings after injuring his ankle on day one.
Australia coach Darren Lehmann hailed the performance of Hazlewood, whose ambition to play all six Tests has been aided by how quickly he and his teammates dispatched the West Indies batsmen in the first Test.
“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”, Lehmann told reporters.
But a poor earlier review by Kraigg Brathwaite (2), who fell leg before to Josh Hazlewood, put pressure on Holder not to review his decision, which should have been not out.
“But we saw that in the day-night Test match against New Zealand where we lost [Mitchell] Starc so you need the all-rounder so we’re certainly going to play Marsh”.
“They didn’t play as well as they would have liked in this game, there’s no doubt about that, but we spoke about their bowling attack being risky at various times, and they were probably off their game here” he said. The game was in the balance and we were able to put on a big partnership that changed the course of the match.
Captain Jason Holder insisted his West Indies team’s massive innings defeat to Australia in the first Test Saturday was not a step backwards.
But it very quickly went awry for his team-mates as Hazlewood had Kemar Roach caught behind for a hugely creditable 31, ending a seventh-wicket stand of 99, and then bowled Jerome Taylor first ball via an inside edge.
Playing his first Test for 18 months, the Pattinson ran through the fragile Windies top order to secure his fourth five-wicket haul in Test cricket.
“I think the guys are confident in Darren and me at the crease”.
Now they face a fortnight’s wait until the second Test, on Boxing Day at the MCG. “But now, hopefully my body’s got a bit older and more mature and I can just run in and not worry about it”.
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If the West Indies are found guilty of falling behind in their over rate again in Melbourne or Sydney, Holder would be forced to sit out a test match.
