Australia seal Frank Worrell trophy with dominant Win over Windies in 2nd test





Australia have once again asserted their dominance over the West Indies, clinching the Frank Worrell Trophy for at least another two years with a commanding 133-run victory in the second Test in Grenada. The win, wrapped up just before tea on day four, gave the visitors a 2-0 unassailable lead in the three-match series and extended their 30-year hold on the prestigious trophy—dating back to Mark Taylor's team ending the Windies' reign in 1995.

Despite early resistance from West Indies pacer Shamar Joseph, who claimed 4 for 66 and now boasts 27 wickets at an average of 18 in just four Tests against Australia, the hosts never posed a serious threat in their fourth innings chase of 277. Their batting crumbled once again, folding for 143 all out, echoing the struggles they faced in the first Test in Barbados, where they had collapsed to 8 for 86 in pursuit of a target.

Joseph helped clean up Australia’s second innings for 243, removing Pat Cummins and Alex Carey (30) , while Alzarri Joseph chipped in by bowling Josh Hazlewood. But Australia's bowlers struck early in the Windies innings—Hazlewood trapping John Campbell lbw for a duck in the very first over, just as he had done to Kraigg Brathwaite in the first innings of the match.

Brathwaite’s milestone 100th Test turned into a forgettable outing, scoring just 7 runs across both innings, falling in the second to a faint edge off Beau Webster, collected safely by Carey behind the stumps. The top order offered little resistance—Keacy Carty edged to Carey off Mitchell Starc, and Brandon King was bowled by a stunning delivery from Cummins just before lunch, which jagged away off the pitch and clipped the top of off stump.

That delivery was notably the first after a ball change, following persistent issues with the Dukes ball going out of shape—a pattern seen throughout the series.

After lunch, Shai Hope (17) and captain Roston Chase (34) briefly counterattacked, Chase smashing two sixes off Webster and Starc. But the revival was short-lived—Hope miscued a pull back to Hazlewood, and Chase was trapped lbw by Starc, with DRS confirming the on-field call.

From there, Nathan Lyon cleaned up the tail, taking the final three wickets to finish with 3 for 43. With this performance, Lyon moved within one wicket of surpassing Glenn McGrath’s tally of 563 Test wickets, potentially becoming Australia’s second-highest wicket-taker in Test history.

The match ended just 13 minutes before tea, sealing another emphatic chapter in Australia’s continued supremacy over West Indies in Test cricket, and underlining their iron grip on the Frank Worrell Trophy.


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