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Australia skittle Windies for 27 – lowest Test total for 70 years
Daily FT
|July 16, 2025
AUSTRALIA bowled out West Indies for just 27-the second lowest score in Test history, and the worst since 1955to complete a 176-run win and series clean sweep in Jamaica.
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The Windies total on the third day of the day-night Test in Jamaica was just one run more than New Zealand’s 26 all out against England in 1955. The previous lowest total by West Indies was the 47 they managed against England in 2004.
Australia pace bowler Mitchell Starc, playing in his 100th Test, took 6-9 in figures that included five wickets in 15 balls.
It is the fastest five-wicket haul in Test cricket and also took Starc past the 400-wicket mark in the longer form of the game.
This story is from the July 16, 2025 edition of Daily FT.
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