Australia See Off West Indies To Wrap Up Series Win

Second Test, Grenada (Day 4 of 5)

Australia 286 & 243: Smith 71, Green 52; S Joseph 4-66

West Indies 253 & 143: Starc 3-24, Lyon 3-42

Australia hit West Indies by 133 runs and lead three-Test bid 2-0

Australia clinched a bid triumph complete West Indies pinch a resounding triumph successful nan 2nd Test successful Grenada.

After mounting nan location broadside 277 to triumph connected a difficult pitch, nan visitors ripped done nan West Indies batters successful 34.3 overs to return an unassailable 2-0 bid lead.

Having wrapped up nan first Test wrong 3 days successful Barbados pinch a 159-run victory, Australia enjoyed a akin winning separator connected time 4 successful Grenada, by 133 runs.

They tin complete a bid cleanable expanse erstwhile nan 2 sides meet successful Jamaica adjacent week.

Day 4 started pinch Shamar Joseph (4-66) and namesake Alzarri Joseph (2-52) cleaning up nan Australia tail wrong 45 minutes.

But connected a transportation offering nan bowlers plenty, chasing 277 for triumph was ever going to beryllium a daunting task for West Indies.

And truthful it proved erstwhile John Campbell fell limb earlier for a duck successful nan 2nd complete disconnected nan bowling of Josh Hazlewood (2-33).

Mitchell Starc had Keacy Carty caught for 10 for nan first of his 3 wickets, while opener Kraigg Brathwaite was besides caught disconnected nan bowling of Beau Webster for 7 to time off West Indies 29-3.

The location broadside were past 4 down astatine luncheon arsenic Pat Cummins dismissed Brandon King for 14.

Shai Hope (34) and skipper Roston Chase (17) provided immoderate guidance successful nan day convention earlier some fell to Hazlewood and Starc respectively.

Starc past dismissed Justin Greaves for 2 earlier little fireworks from Shamar Joseph (24) and Alzarri Joseph (13) - hitting 5 sixes betwixt them - were brought to an extremity by Nathan Lyon's spin.

Lyon past removed Jayden Seales to wrap up nan triumph and extremity pinch figures of 3-42.

It besides leaves him connected 562 Test wickets - conscionable 1 down Glenn McGrath's 563 and 2nd connected nan database of Australia's all-time Test wicket-takers.

The late, awesome Shane Warne remains retired successful beforehand pinch 708 Test wickets.

"The wickets person been challenging successful this bid truthful acold but they person besides been a batch of nosy to play connected because Test cricket tin beryllium a grind," said Australia's Alex Carey, who was named man of nan match.

"It was ever a challenging task but you person to believe," West Indies skipper Chase said.

"The guys person to effort and enactment assured and support believing successful themselves."