Watch: Mitchell Starc takes 5 in 15 balls, Scott Bolland picked a hat -trick; West Indies Post Second Last Test Score | Cricket news
Australia’s Mitchell Starc claimed six wickets for just nine runs in his 100th Test match, crossing 400 Test wickets, while Scott Bolland achieved a hat trick, as Australia dropped the West Indies for 27 runs, which to win the third Test by 176 runs on Monday in Kingston, Jamaica. The match was notable as the West Indies refrained from setting records for the lowest score in Test cricket history.Stark’s remarkable performance included the fastest five wickets in testing history under his first 15 balls. He took a wicket with his first ball and claimed three wickets at the inauguration of the West Indies innings at Sabina Park.The day and night Test match in Kingston concluded in only 14.3 overs as Australia completed the 3–0 series sweep. Stark missed a hat trick after Stark continuously dismissed Celon Anderson and Brandon King.Bolland achieved the 10th Test hat trick by an Australian, rejecting Justin Greaves, Shamar Joseph and Joomme Warrican. He ended with impressive figures of three wickets for two runs.A total of 27 runs from the West Indies marked their lowest test score, lower than their previous record of 47 against England at the same place in 2004. He came close to New Zealand’s 70 -year -old record against England.The lowest test shift yoga:New Zealand: 26 (V England in Auckland, March 1955)West Indies: 27 (V Australia in Kingston, July 2025)South Africa: 30 (V England in Gquberha, February 1896)South Africa: 30 (V England in Birmingham, June 1924) South Africa: 35 (V England in Cape Town, April 1899)South Africa: 36 (V in Australia Melbourne, February 1932)Australia: 36 (V England in Birmingham, May 1902)India: 36 (V Australia in Adelaide, December 2020)Ireland: 38 (Lord in England, July 2019)New Zealand: 42 (V Australia in Wellington, March 1946)
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The top six batsmen from the West Indies scored only six runs collectively, leaving Extra. He reached 22–6 in dinner breaks and managed to cross 26 runs despite the two dropped catches by Sam Constas from Stark.The match ended within three days after Bolland’s Hat Trick and Stark’s sixth wicket. In the 14th, a Missfield of Sam Constas allowed West Indies to reach 27 runs, which survived the lowest test score record.
