US EditionFive Wickets in 15 Balls: Starc’s Stunning Spell Seals Series Win over West Indies
KINGSTON, CARIBBEAN, JUL 14 – Mitchell Starc took six wickets for nine runs in 15 balls, the fastest five-wicket haul in Test history as Australia completed a 3-0 series sweep over West Indies.
- In the third Test at Sabina Park, Mitchell Starc achieved six wickets while conceding just nine runs, including the quickest five-wicket haul in men's Test cricket history, accomplished in only 15 deliveries.
- Australia came into the match having secured victories in the initial two Tests by margins of 159 and 133 runs in Barbados and Grenada, thereby completing a 3-0 series sweep against the West Indies.
- Starc claimed three wickets with his first over, including a dismissal on the very first ball, and secured his five-wicket haul by taking two more wickets within the next two overs, while Scott Boland achieved a hat-trick.
- The West Indies were dismissed for just 27 runs, marking the second-lowest score in Test cricket history and narrowly trailing New Zealand's record of 26 runs set in 1955; meanwhile, Starc achieved his 400th Test wicket during the same bowling spell.
- Australia's 176-run victory in the day-night match completed their series sweep and highlighted dominant bowling, with Starc noting, "I think we've seen some difficult batting conditions throughout.
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