Live Cricket Score of West Indies vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 4 at Kingston, Jamaica

Having lost both their openers to Mitchell Starc, West Indies had an uphill task on Day 4, having been reduced to 16 for two after being set a daunting target of 392 by Australia on the third day of the second and final Test at Sabina Park. With a first innings lead of 179, the visitors' openers David Warner (62) and Shaun Marsh (69) compiled an opening stand of 117 on the way to individual half-centuries and Steve Smith followed his first innings 199 with an unbeaten 54. Skipper Michael Clarke then determined that, at 212 for two in the final session, the tourists had enough runs on the board and challenged his bowlers to make early inroads in eight testing overs before the close of play.

Starc was on target immediately, bowling Kraigg Brathwaite off the inside-edge and drawing a loose drive from fellow-opener Rajendra Chandrika to be caught at gully. Both failed to score, Chandrika enduring the indignity of a 'pair' on debut, just the second West Indian in the history of Test cricket to have such a chastening experience. Darren Bravo, who had an lbw verdict off spinner Nathan Lyon overturned on review, will resume on the fourth morning with the inexperienced Shane Dowrich and the odds heavily in Australia's favour to complete victory and a 2-0 series sweep with a day to spare.

Jason Holder put smiles on glum West Indian faces at the start of the day, blazing an unbeaten 82 to ensure that the home side, beaten by nine wickets inside three days in the first Test, avoided the follow-on. With the home side in deep trouble at 143 for eight overnight, Holder stole the spotlight with a brilliant, counter-attacking innings. He belted 12 fours and two sixes, the second of the towering hits taking him to his second Test half-century, off just 63 deliveries. However Josh Hazlewood wrapped up the innings with the wickets of Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor in the space of three deliveries to finish with his best Test innings figures of five for 38 off 15.5 overs.

Australia were just five overs into Day 4 when Mitchell Starc delivered a breakthrough by getting rid of Shane Dowrich in the 13th over. THe ball was pitched on a good length and swung back in sharply. Dowrich, who tried to play the flick shot, failed to make any contact and was bowled for four. Starc then rapped Shai Hope on the pads off his next delivery and Australia decided to make use of the DRS when the onfield umpire ruled in favour of the batsman. Australia ended up losing a review as replays revealed that the ball was missing leg-stump by some distance.

Darren Bravo became the fourth West Indian batsman to depart, giving Josh Hazlewood a wicket in the 16th over. The batsman pushed at a delivery that was pitched on a good length and moved awayand ended up edging it to Shaun Marsh, who took a good low catch at gully. Jermaine Blackwood did not disturb the scorers and was chopped on a Hazlewood delivery in the 18th over as West Indies slipped to 33/5.

Hope and Denesh Ramdin kept the Australian bowlers at bay as they tried to resurrect the West Indies innings with a steady partnership. While Hope looked solid with his defence, Ramdin struggled a bit against the Aussie pacers, but managed to hang around and support his partner in putting on a defiant stand. The sixth-wicket pair also managed a few boundaries as they made sure to put away the bad deliveries. With a cut past backward point for a four off Johnson in the 25th over, Ramdin helped West Indies to the 50-run mark.

Mitchell Johnson seemed a bit off colour in this game, but the left-arm pacer managed to get amongst the wickets in the second innings when he sent back Hope in the 27th over. The batsman pressed forward and tried to defend a good length delivery which Johnson deliveried from round the wicket. However, the ball sneaked between bat and pad to strike the off stump. Hope departed on 16, leaving West Indies at 55/6.

While Jason Holder came up with a splendid knock in the first innings, he could not repeat that act as he fell to Shane Watson in the 30th over to leave West Indies reeling at 62/7. The batsman flicked one in the air and hit the ball straight to Starc at short mid-wicket to depart on one.

Ramdin and Veerasammy Permaul remained unbeaten to ensure that West Indies brought back Australia for another session. The hosts though were in shambles, reduced to 72/7 in a chase of 392. Beginning the day at 16/2, West Indies needed to bat extremely well, but the Australian bowlers were relentless and put them under a lot of pressure. Mitchell Starc started the collapse with the wicket of Shane Dowrich before Josh Hazlewood got rid of Darren Bravo and Jermaine Blackwood. Mitchell Johnson and Shane Watson then chipped in with the wickets of Shai Hope and Jason Holder respectively to leave West Indies seven down.

Nathan Lyon was brought on to bowl in the 42nd over and he responded by dismissing Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor off consecutive deliveries to help Australia win the game by 277 runs. Roach, looking to defend, handed a bat-pad catch to Smith at short leg while Taylor was bowled when he attempted a wild slog. West Indies were bowled out for 114 to hand Australia a 2-0 series win.

Having lost five wickets for 56 runs in the morning session, West Indies were down and out and Australia completed the formalities after the lunch break. Johnson removed skipper Ramdin, who was fighting it out with Permaul and then Lyon came on to dismiss Roach and Taylor off successive balls and signed off in style.

West Indies managed a few boundaries at the start of the post-lunch session to go past the 100-run mark. However, the boundaries were either edges that evaded the slip fielders or runs via byes and leg-byes. Ramdin and Permaul remained defiant and they frustrated the Australian bowlers. Their resistance was ended by Johnson, who got rid of Ramdin in the 41st over to leave West Indies eight down. The home-team skipper poked at a delivery outside-off and ended up edging it to Clarke, who took a good low catch at second slip. Ramdin departed on 29 and his dismissal ended a gritty stand worth 49 runs.

It was a perfect buildup for the Ashes for Australia as they registered convincing victories in the two-Test series against West Indies. Adam Voges' hundred on debut, along with the pacers' combined efforts, helped Australia to a nine-wicket win at Windsor Park. The visitors extended the momentum with a big victory at the Sabina Park thanks to Steven Smith's superb 199 in the first innings and Josh Hazlewood's terrific showing with the ball. With David Warner and Shaun Marsh getting amongst the runs and Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Johnson also grabbing a few wickets, Australia will leave the Caribbean soil with a lot of confidence ahead of a gruelling series against England.

For the hosts, there were some individual performances of merit - Devendra Bishoo's six-wicket haul and fighting knocks from Marlon Samuels and Shane Dowrich in the opening Test, Jerome Taylor's career-best performance with the ball in the first innings in the Jamaica Test and Jason Holder's counter-attacking knock. However, they could not come up with a combined effort as a team, which led to their downfall. The inexperienced West Indies side was no match for Australia as they were out-matched in all departments.