2nd lowest total in Test history as Australia skittle West Indies for 27

Visitors complete Test clean sweep 3-0

FE Team | Published: July 15, 2025 22:07:48

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Agencies): Australia bowled out West Indies for just 27 - the second lowest score in Test history, and the worst since 1955 - to complete a 176-run win and series clean sweep in Jamaica.
The Windies total on the third day of the day-night Test in Jamaica was just one run more than New Zealand's 26 all out against England in 1955. The previous lowest total by West Indies was the 47 they managed against England in 2004.
Mitchell Starc took six wickets for nine runs and Scott Boland claimed a hat-trick as Australia dismissed the West Indies for 27 on Monday.
The West Indies missed the lowest score in Test cricket by one run, due to a misfield.
Starc's first 15 balls delivered the fastest five-wicket haul in test history, and his 15th five-wicket innings in tests. The tall left-arm paceman took a wicket with the first ball of the West Indies' second innings and three wickets in that first over - a triple-wicket maiden.
Australia needed only 14.3 overs to rout the home team in the first day-night test at Sabina Park and complete a 3-0 series sweep.
"It's been a fantastic series. I think we've seen some difficult batting conditions throughout," said Starc, who claimed his 400th career test wicket in his 100th Test, a memorable milestone. "It's been a good few days, very enjoyable and I'll go home with a smile on my face."
Starc said he felt like his rhythm had been building for a month.
"Today again just felt like everything was in sync," he said. "Everyone who had the ball in hand today was on the mark straight away.
"I don't think we imagined it was going to happen as quickly as it did but when you've got an attack like ours, some things can happen like that."
Bowlers dominate
Bowlers dominated the series and the difference was batting, with Australia doing just enough to win the first two tests - by 159 runs in Barbados then by 133 runs in Grenada - and then sweep the Frank Worrell Trophy.
While Starc missed a hat-trick chance after dismissing Kevlon Anderson and Brandon King with consecutive deliveries, Boland completed his with the wickets of Justin Greaves, Shamar Joseph and Jomel Warrican. It was the 10th test hat-trick by an Australian, and the first in 15 years.
Boland finished with three wickets for two runs.
The West Indies was out for its lowest test score, eclipsing the 47 against England on the same ground in 2004. At 11-6 in the sixth over it was in danger of inheriting the lowest score in test history.