Australia beat West Indies by 419 runs

CMC – Australia defeated West Indies by 419 runs on the penultimate day of the pink-ball final Test at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.

AUSTRALIA 1st Innings 511-7 decl.

WEST INDIES 1st Innings 214

AUSTRALIA 2nd Innings 199-6 decl.

WEST INDIES 2nd Innings (target: 497 runs)

(overnight 38 for four)

*K Brathwaite c wkp Carey b Boland 3

T Chanderpaul c wkp Carey b Starc 17

S Brooks lbw b Boland 0

J Blackwood c Green b Boland 0

D Thomas c wkp Carey b Starc 12

J Holder b Starc 11

+J Da Silva c wkp Carey b Neser 15

R Chase c wkp Carey b Neser 13

A Joseph b Lyon 3

A Phillip not out 1

M Mindley c wkp Carey b Neser 0

Extras (lb2) 2

TOTAL (all out, 40.5 overs) 77

Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-15, 3-15, 4-21, 5-42, 6-49, 7-69, 8-76, 9-76, 10-77.

Bowling: Starc 10-4-29-3, Neser 10.5-3-22-3, Boland 10-5-16-3, Lyon 10-7-8-1.

Result: Australia won by 419 runs.

Series: Australia won two-Test series 2-0.

Man-of-the-Match: Travis Head.

Man-of-the-Series: Marnus Labuschagne.

Toss: Australia.

Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Rod Tucker; TV – Richard Illingworth.

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