Nathan Lyon takes 6/128, Australia win first Test towards West Indies by 164 runs

Offspinner Nathan Lyon bowled Australia to a 164-run win within the opening cricket take a look at towards the West Indies to retain the Frank Worrell Trophy on the Perth Stadium on Sunday.

That will do it!

Nathan Lyon finishes with six wickets to cap a hard-fought victory #AUSvWI

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Lyon claimed 6-128 because the West Indies have been all out for 333 earlier than tea on the ultimate day. It was Lyon’s twenty first five-wicket haul in his 111th take a look at.

Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite prime scored for the guests with an stubborn 110, and a late order rally by Roston Chase and Alzarri Joseph prevented a capitulation that had regarded possible after the guests slumped to 233-7 within the area of 17 overs within the morning.

A cussed 82-run stand for the eighth wicket between Chase (55) and Joseph (43) delayed the inevitable for 1 ½ hrs on each side of the lunch break.

Part-time offspinner Travis Head offered the breakthrough when he bowled Joseph.

Resuming on 257-7 after the lunch break the West Indies batted for an additional 85 minutes earlier than Lyon had Chase caught by Mitchell Starc within the outfield, and bowled No.11 Kemar Roach (0) together with his subsequent ball.

Chase hit a six and three fours off 72 balls in occupying the crease in two irritating hours for the Australians, who have been with out Pat Cummins in its bowling assault because of the skipper’s thigh grievance stopping him from taking the ball.

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Earlier, West Indies misplaced the in a single day pair of Brathwaite and Kyle Mayers (10) within the first hour of the day and managed solely 24 runs in 15 overs as Australia strangled West Indies’ progress.

After Mayers had edged a Lyon supply that spun throughout him to Steve Smith at slip, the spinner bought a supply to show sharply and beat Brathwaite all-ends-up to assert the prized-wicket.

Brathwaite had defied Australia’s vaunted bowling assault for simply over 5 hours in scoring his eleventh take a look at ton in 80 take a look at appearances and hit 14 boundaries off 188 balls.

Jason Holder (3) went for an enormous drive and edged to Smith at slip, who took a superb catch off part-time spinner Head (2-25), tumbling to his left because the West Indies resistance nose-dived.

West Indies, as soon as the powerhouse of world cricket, has not crushed Australia in 12 exams since beating Steve Waugh’s aspect within the fourth take a look at of a dead-rubber underneath the captaincy of Brian Lara in Antigua in May 2003.

Man-of-the match Marnus Labuschagne scored 204 in Australia’s first innings of 598-4 declared after which an unbeaten 104 not out within the second innings, the primary Australian to attain a double-hundred and a century in the identical match since Greg Chappell in 1974.

West Indies made 283 in its first innings.

Australia’s dominance over the West Indies dates again to May 1995 and stays undefeated over 11 collection.

The two groups head to Adelaide for the second take a look at, a day/night time recreation, beginning on 8 December.