Bowling with almost metronomic precision, Hazlewood ended with 5-35 in the second innings after at one stage having figures of 4-2.
Australian Josh Hazlewood produced an inspired spell of confluence bowling as Australia crushed the West Indies by 10 lattices in the first Test at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Bowling with nearly unrhythmic perfection, Hazlewood ended with 5- 35 in the alternate innings after at one stage having numbers of 4- 2.
Leading by 95 runs in the first innings, Australia dismissed the West Indies Friday morning for 120.
They also cruised to the winning target of 26 in under seven overs, although there was some late drama when, with the scores position, Australian nature Usman Khawaja was forced to retire hurt after being struck on the jaw by a Shamar Joseph bouncer.
There had been plenitude of disquiet in Australia when the West Indies blazoned a touring team missing a number of top players including former captain Jason Holder.
Only eight of the 15- man team had played Test justice before, meaning there would have to be three debutants in the platoon for Adelaide.
While captain Kraigg Brathwaite and fellow nature Tagenarine Chanderpaul have formed an effective cooperation at the top of the order, the coming four batsmen had only three caps between them.
And with both Brathwaite and Chanderpaul failing in this Test match, that inexperience showed, with only Kirk McKenzie offering important resistance to the Australian attack.
Still, they will take some cons out of the match from McKenzie’s fur and especially the fur and bowling of Shamar Joseph, who was playing only his sixth first class game.
Joseph took five lattices in the first innings and scored precious runs in both innings coming in at No. 11.
After continuing Friday on 73- 6, still 22 runs behind, much of the West Indies ’ faint expedients depended on educated wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva, who wasn’t out 17 overnight.
But after adding one run to his late aggregate Da Silva was caught on the deep fine leg boundary for the alternate time this match after not being suitable to control the hook shot, leaving his side 84- 7.
Alzarri Joseph played well but got a faint edge to wicketkeeper Alex Carey off Mitchell Starc to fall for 16, with West Indies 94- 8, still one run from making Australia club again.
Hazlewood also clean sailed Gudakesh Motie without any addition to the score, bringing freshman Shamar Joseph to the crinkle, who instantly played a beautiful cover drive for four.
The free-spirited Shamar Joseph showed no fear and he and expert Kemar Roach added 26 for the final gate before Joseph charged off- incentive Nathan Lyon and was stumped by Carey.
West Indies trainer Andre Coley conceded inexperience had played a large part in the dramatic alternate innings collapse that saw them slump to 19- 4.
“The literacy wind has been enough steep for some of them, ” Coley said.
“But if they were to sit back and some of the feedback has been, it hasn’t been extensively delicate. It has been testing.
“I suppose the challenge has enough much been the thickness of the bowlers, obviously a wealth of experience in that Australian bowling attack, so their capability to stay patient, and there were times our batters played relatively well. ” Know More Latest Cricket News…
