Australia bowl out West Indies for just 27 to seal 3-0 Test sweep

Australia completed a 3–0 series sweep over the West Indies with a dominant 176‑run victory in the third Test at Sabina Park, packing the final punch by bowling the hosts out for a mere 27 runs, the second‑lowest innings total in Test history.

Mitchell Starc, in his 100th Test, delivered a spectacular spell: 6/9, including the fastest-ever five-wicket haul in just 15 balls, and claimed his 400th Test wicket. Soon after, Scott Boland secured a hat-trick, becoming Australia’s 10th bowler to do so.

Chasing 204, the hosts collapsed to 27 all out in just 14.3 overs — seven batsmen went for ducks. A misfield spared them from matching the all-time low of 26. Their only resistance came from Justin Greaves, who scored the team’s sole double-digit figure before Boland’s brutal hat-trick.

Pat Cummins, Australia’s captain, hailed Starc’s spell as “real Mitchell Starc… tearing an opposition apart.” Roston Chase, facing a rare humiliation, called it "quite embarrassing" and emphasised repeated batting failures over the series.

What this defeat says

• Bowling supremacy: Australia’s pace-friendly strategy paid off emphatically, with Starc and Boland spearheading domination.
   
• West Indies’ batting woes: Their top and middle order crumbled under pressure, repeating a concerning pattern from earlier Tests
   
• Legacy moments: Starc’s milestones and Boland’s hat-trick will be remembered as career-defining highlights.

Australia’s clinically brutal finishing act at Sabina Park—bowling out the West Indies for 27 in a gritty day-night Test—underscores their dominance in the Ashes build-up and cements their status as the world’s leading Test bowling side. Meanwhile, the West Indies face urgent calls for structural and talent revamps ahead of their next series.