Australia bowl out Windies for 220

jamaica — Australia were 22 without loss in their second innings, an overall lead of 201, at lunch on the third day of the second and final Test against West Indies at Sabina Park on Saturday.

West Indies were earlier all out for 220, a first innings deficit of 179. Jason Holder was left undefeated after hitting 82 off 63 balls with 12 fours and two sixes. Josh Hazlewood finished with 5 for 38. Earlier on Friday, the hosts collapsed for the third time in as many innings.

After Australia scored 399 in a first innings highlighted by a knock of 199 by Steve Smith, West Indies were left reeling at 143 for eight wickets in reply, facing the prospect of having to follow-on on Saturday.

Off-spinner Nathan Lyon and fast bowler Josh Hazlewood both took three wickets in a balanced Australian attack, while Jermaine Blackwood scored 51 for the home team, a bright spot on another bleak day for Caribbean cricket.

But the day belonged to Australian Smith, who fell one run short of his double century when he was adjudged lbw off the bowling of Jerome Taylor after lunch.

The batsman indicated that he got an edge with his bat but, with no hot-spot technology available, the video evidence was inconclusive and the umpire’s decision stood. Smith was only the eighth batsman in test history to be out for 199, and the first since 2008.

Though he narrowly failed to become the third Australian to score a

West Indies Jerome Taylor (right) reacts dismissing Australia’s Steve Smith on 199 on the second day of the second Test. —

double-century at Sabina Park, it was his highest Test score and vaulted his team into a commanding position to sweep the two-Test series.

Smith made almost half of his team’s total, with no other batsman reaching a half century. Fast bowler Taylor was easily the pick of the West Indies attack, finishing with career-best figures of 6-47 off 25 impressive overs.

Fellow paceman Jason Holder chipped in with 2-64, but the rest of the attack was toothless at best.

Fast bowler Kemar Roach (1113) was particularly wasteful, bowling erratically and committing the cardinal sin of twice bowling no-balls that would have resulted in wickets.— 0 11 > West Indies 1st Innings K. Brathwaite b Lyon 4 R. Chandrika c Haddin b Starc 0 D. Bravo lbw b Lyon 14 S. Dowrich c Haddin b Hazlewood 13 S. Hope c Haddin b Lyon 26 J. Blackwood c Warner b Hazlewood 51 D. Ramdin lbw b Hazlewood 8 J. Holder not out 13 V. Permaul c Haddin b Johnson 0 Extras (b6, lb1, w1, nb1, pen5) 14 > Total (47 overs, 8 wickets) 143 > Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Chandrika), 2-9 (Bravo), 3-25 (Bravo), 4-44 (Dowrich), 5-77 (Hope), 6-119 (Ramdin), 7-142 (Blackwood), 8-143 (Permaul). > Bowling: Starc 12-2-33-1 (1w), Hazlewood 11-7-15-3, Lyon 12-4-35-3, Johnson 10-1-38-1 (1nb), Watson 2-010-0. — Scoreboard Incomplete