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Lawson skittles Australia to lowest score of the series
St Johns (Antigua), May 10: West Indian Jermaine Lawson produced the best bowling performance in Antigua with seven wickets to reduce Australia to their lowest score of the series in an electrifying opening day of the fourth Test here.
St Johns (Antigua), May 10: West Indian Jermaine Lawson produced the best bowling performance in Antigua with seven wickets to reduce Australia to their lowest score of the series in an electrifying opening day of the fourth Test here.
The 21-year-old Jamaican Tearaway had the Australians ducking and diving as he claimed 7-78 off 19.1 hostile overs to bundle Steve Waugh's champion team out for 240, by far their lowest total of the four-match series.
At the close yesterday, the West Indies were 47 for two off 15 overs with Devon Smith on 21 and nightwatchman Vasbert Drakes not out 12. Lawson, who captured a split hattrick in the previous Bridgetown Test, took his series wicket tally to 14 with two aggressive spells which had the brow-beaten home supporters on their feet and screaming for more as the Windies savoured their best day of this lopsided series.
Australia lead the series 3-0 after huge wins in the previous three Tests and are shooting for a record series clean sweep, the first by a touring team in 73 years of cricket in the Caribbean. But not if Lawson could help it as he ripped into the Australian batting order, claiming the wickets of Matthew Hayden (14), Justin Langer (42), Darren Lehmann (7), Andy Bichel (34), Brett Lee (9), Stuart MacGill (2) and Jason Gillespie (6).
The Australians, who had scored 489, 576 for four declared and 605 for nine declared in the first innings of the three other Tests, were uncharacteristically on the back-foot against the Lawson-fuelled attack and were bowled out in 72.1 overs.
Bureau Report
At the close yesterday, the West Indies were 47 for two off 15 overs with Devon Smith on 21 and nightwatchman Vasbert Drakes not out 12. Lawson, who captured a split hattrick in the previous Bridgetown Test, took his series wicket tally to 14 with two aggressive spells which had the brow-beaten home supporters on their feet and screaming for more as the Windies savoured their best day of this lopsided series.
Australia lead the series 3-0 after huge wins in the previous three Tests and are shooting for a record series clean sweep, the first by a touring team in 73 years of cricket in the Caribbean. But not if Lawson could help it as he ripped into the Australian batting order, claiming the wickets of Matthew Hayden (14), Justin Langer (42), Darren Lehmann (7), Andy Bichel (34), Brett Lee (9), Stuart MacGill (2) and Jason Gillespie (6).
The Australians, who had scored 489, 576 for four declared and 605 for nine declared in the first innings of the three other Tests, were uncharacteristically on the back-foot against the Lawson-fuelled attack and were bowled out in 72.1 overs.
Bureau Report