Spearheaded by its fast bowlers, Australia quickly dismissed West Indies after lunch to win the second test by 277 runs on Sunday and sweep the series 2-0 with a day to spare. The hosts, overnight 16-2 in pursuit of an improbable target of 392, were all out for only 114 in their second innings, half an hour into the afternoon session on day four at Sabina Park.
Australia’s pacers led the way with Mitchell Starc (3-34), Mitchell Johnson (2-23) and Josh Hazlewood (2-18) impressive throughout. Off-spinner Nathan lyon wrapped up the match with two wickets in two balls to finish with 2-12.
Australia, which won the first of two Tests by nine wickets, continued its domination early Sunday. Starc, who picked up both openers for ducks late Saturday, returned to snap up Shane Dowrich, bowled by an inswinging yorker for 4.
Hazlewood then got into the action with two quick wickets to lift his series tally to 12. The big right-armer claimed Darren Bravo (11) to a low edge to gully and then rattled the stumps of a flat-footed Jermaine Blackwood (0).
Brief Scores Australia: 399 (Steve Smith 199; Jerome Taylor 6/47) and 212/2 dec (Shaun Marsh 69, David Warner 62, Steve Smith 54 not out) beat West Indies: 220 (Jason Holder 82 not out; Josh Hazlewood 5/38) and 114 (Denesh Ramdin 29; Mitchell Starc 3/34) by 277 runs.