27 all out! West Indies record lowest Test score in 70 years as Starc, Boland unleash fire

Mitchell Starc was on a roll as he took 6 scalps to dismiss the West Indies for 27 runs in the second innings to win the match by 176 runs for his team. The hosts were chasing down a total of 205 in the series finale when they had a sudden collapse in the batting order which led to the second lowest total in Test history, and the lowest in 70 years and in a day night Test match. 

After fighting hard in the series, the final match was an opportunity for the West Indies to win the series against the WTC Finalists but a splendid spell from Starc along with an hat-trick from Scott Boland made sure that was not to be the case. 

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"But anyway our bowling attack has been pretty much on the money throughout the series," he added.

Notably, Starc was playing in his 100th Test match as he ripped through the West Indies top order from the first over itself, taking the first wicket of John Campbell on the first ball. The pacer also went on to acquire the record of fastest five wicket haul in a Test match, getting to the landmark in just 15 balls. In the end, Starc ended the match with figures of 6 for 9 and also became the fourth Australian to go past 400 wickets in Test matches

Meanwhile, West Indies skipper Roston Chase was heartbroken by the result as he stated, “Heartbreaking to be in a position like this. It has been recurring for the whole series, makes it all the more disappointing. It is quite easy to assess - the bowlers kept us in all along, batters never really clicked,”