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Starc’s 15-Ball Blitz and Boland Hat-Trick Seal Australia’s 3-0 Sweep

The feat came in Starc’s 100th Test match, where he became the fourth Australian to record 400 Test wickets.

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Overview

  • Mitchell Starc delivered the fastest five-wicket haul in Test history by taking five wickets in just 15 balls during the West Indies’ second innings at Sabina Park.
  • Starc reached the 400 Test wicket milestone in his 100th match, joining Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Nathan Lyon in Australia’s elite bowling club.
  • Scott Boland claimed a hat-trick with three wickets in three consecutive deliveries, finishing with figures of three for two to tighten the home side’s collapse.
  • Australia bowled out the West Indies for 27, their second-lowest Test innings total, en route to a 176-run victory and a clean 3-0 series whitewash.
  • The contest was cricket’s first day-night Test held outside Australia and saw substitute wicketkeeper Josh Inglis replace Alex Carey under concussion protocols.